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Post by pjw4118 on Feb 6, 2016 15:57:07 GMT 12
And Ahhhh again . I see it now Dave , you know me and technology ,so my fire lighting is now good , next is to build a wheel
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Post by xbaggy on Feb 6, 2016 16:07:31 GMT 12
Not that young Baz hahaha. Joined the RNZAF in 1966 as a 15 year old (for a week)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 6, 2016 16:43:51 GMT 12
Wow, 15? The lowest age they took chaps when I was in was 17.5 years.
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Post by xbaggy on Feb 6, 2016 16:50:51 GMT 12
Yea Dave , had my !6th birhday 4 days after signing on the dotted line. In those days the criteria was between 16 and 17 1/2. Might have something to do that I had been a member of the local ATC for 2 years and had attended camps at Wigram.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 6, 2016 16:53:54 GMT 12
Amazing. Although I have interviewed a couple of WWII sailors who joined the Royal Navy and Royal Marines respectively at 12 years old, and were at sea and in action - one on a battleship and the other on a fleet carrier - just after their 16th birthdays. Things were different back then.
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Post by thelensofhistory on Feb 6, 2016 21:29:38 GMT 12
The numbers we're seeing of people viewing over each 24 period is about normal. Posts however have been a little thinner and I have deduced this is because of one thing, Facebook. There are now specialist groups on Facebook for every single area of NZ aviation you can imagine. While that has its merit I think it is sad that it has drawn a lot of people away from the forum, where we have more of a caring and sharing and helpful community than most of the Facebook pages. Also Facebook is dreadful for searching for older archived messages, and it also is out to make money so restricts who sees your posts unless you pay them, but the average person does not know this. Here on the forum everything is easily found in the archives and goes back to day one nearly 11 years ago. Twitter has had the same kind of effect as Facebook. On the upside I have found Twitter to be a useful way of connecting with authors whose books I have read or I wish to review.
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Post by Mustang51 on Feb 8, 2016 6:55:47 GMT 12
It is a bit quiet over here too ! Not a lot happening but should pick up soon. This is my "every morning" look at the site as soon as I get to work to see what is happening. Doubtless the news shall start flowing. All we need now is a Thread to start on, say, Jerry's rebuild projects?
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Post by ZacYates on Feb 8, 2016 12:38:12 GMT 12
Maybe "TV959 countdown to flight" thread?
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Post by ErrolC on Feb 8, 2016 14:44:19 GMT 12
Maybe "TV959 countdown to flight" thread? Unfortunately it seems likely that there will be little information available to share, per the owner's wishes.
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Post by ZacYates on Feb 9, 2016 12:34:35 GMT 12
A boy can dream!
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