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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 10, 2015 21:43:59 GMT 12
The first leg of Wings Over Australia has been accomplished. Today I caught the Intercity bus to Manukau City, then the train to Ellerslie, and car to ErrolC's house. So now the next move is a shuttle to the airport that picks me up here at 3.45am!! And then onto the plane fora take off at 6.30am.
Melbourne, here I come..... Wings Over Aussie is all go!
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Post by baz62 on Nov 11, 2015 11:35:09 GMT 12
Practice your Aussie accent Dave otherwise you might end up in a certain detention centre!  Have a good flight, I'm sure Errol will have a nice breakfast for you at the wee small hours! |
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Post by ErrolC on Nov 11, 2015 11:51:23 GMT 12
No I didn’t! Why eat when you have time to kill at the airport?
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Post by baz62 on Nov 11, 2015 15:18:54 GMT 12
What no Full English Breakfast? Tch tch.  Look forward to your posts lads! |
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Post by ZacYates on Nov 11, 2015 15:28:35 GMT 12
Seconded! (about the posts, not the brekkie or lack thereof!)
I hope our Dear Leader has arrived in one piece, and I can't wait to hear the first update.
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Post by ErrolC on Nov 11, 2015 15:41:15 GMT 12
Dave's eyes lit up when he realised that KFC is open from 0430!
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Nov 11, 2015 18:30:57 GMT 12
He DOESN'T NEED KFC!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 11, 2015 23:16:38 GMT 12
And I did not have KFC!! I arrived safely following an uneventful flight over 10/10 cloud cover to a cold (13C) Melbourne. It warmed up later in the day. James took this one  We went and met forum member Keith Webb of Image Control, and recorded a great interview with him.  |
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Nov 12, 2015 6:08:45 GMT 12
The eagle has landed...
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Post by baz62 on Nov 12, 2015 9:41:32 GMT 12
Nice one Mr Johnny. Hey I'm current now, did my BFR about 10 days ago! |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 12, 2015 21:10:14 GMT 12
 Another episode of Wings over Australia 'in the can'. Today I had the great pleasure of meeting and interviewing a true gentleman, former RAAF pilot Peter Isaacson, who has a kiwi connection in that in June 1943 he flew the Lancaster "Queenie VI" to New Zealand (after flying it out to Australia from the UK) to fly a morale boosting War Bonds tour. This was the first Avro Lancaster and first British four-engined bomber to visit New Zealand. |
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Post by baz62 on Nov 12, 2015 21:37:31 GMT 12
(after flying it out to Australia from the UK) And I think he flew her under the Sydney harbour bridge! Look forward to hearing this interview! |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 12, 2015 23:41:18 GMT 12
He did, but we forgot to talk about that (but it has been covered many times in the past)
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Post by Mustang51 on Nov 13, 2015 12:42:36 GMT 12
Dave, Be careful with the Mexicans........... you'll be ok once you cross the border and get into NSW !
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Post by pjw4118 on Nov 13, 2015 12:43:21 GMT 12
Cant wait for Daves Daily Diary , ( or a quality report on the 300 KFC/MacD he will visit )
The Peter Isaacon find is great , we all have pictures of the Lancaster at Ohakea but not of the man .
Until tomorrow
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 13, 2015 19:11:37 GMT 12
Peter, Like the Wings over Australia Facebook page if you haven't already, we have a daily diary running there www.facebook.com/WingsOverAustraliaThis is as well as the updates here on the page, plus James is also posting stuff to Twitter at @wingsoverausToday James and I had a fantastic visit the Airways Museum at Essendon, Melbourne, where we interviewed two very interesting and knowledgeable chaps, Phil Vabre and Maurice Austin about the history of Airways - with such topics as various radio direction systems, automated landing systems, radar systems, early airline flying in Australia, and general safety in the civil aviation industry around the world. I have never delved too deeply into this stuff in the past and found it all really interesting. It was interesting how much of a contribution Australia has made to this industry too. We recorded a lot of material that should make a great WOA episode when it's edited.   Maurice, James and Phil   More photos at Facebook, see the link above... |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 17, 2015 1:47:26 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 18, 2015 0:06:06 GMT 12
I caught up with a couple of good kiwi aviators in Melbourne today, the legend himself Peter Rowley and my WONZ Live Show co-host Grant McHerron (also of Plane Crazy Down Under, and Airplane Geeks). Superb to see them both.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 18, 2015 0:12:23 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 18, 2015 0:16:03 GMT 12
A terrible selfie of me with Matt Henderson in his gorgeous NZAI CT/4A Airtrainer, my first ever flight in the type. It was wonderful, I feel very privileged to have had this opportunity. Thanks Matt!!  |
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Have a good flight, I'm sure Errol will have a nice breakfast for you at the wee small hours!
Look forward to your posts lads!
