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Post by pjw4118 on Nov 22, 2018 19:07:28 GMT 12
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Post by pjw4118 on Nov 22, 2018 19:19:40 GMT 12
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Post by Peter Lewis on Nov 22, 2018 19:25:03 GMT 12
Nice. Good to see the Auster AXF is a mirror image of itself.
New and previously unknown airfield there as well - Rukutria!
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Post by pjw4118 on Nov 23, 2018 8:25:37 GMT 12
Yes Peter , its hard to do but with some effort , you too can join the snafu club.
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Post by camtech on Nov 23, 2018 8:53:57 GMT 12
In that first batch, I note carefully hidden above ZK-AGM, a spare set of wings, albeit with some bits missing. Who belongs/ed to these?
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Post by davidd on Nov 23, 2018 17:12:07 GMT 12
Looks like they (the wings above -AGM) belong to a DH 89, but I could be wrong. Also glimpsed a Cessna 310 in background of the 4th-from-top photo, behind Tiger CCQ. 310s were generally pretty scarce in NZ, and still are, and now they are considered almost vintage! Incidentally the Fox Moth AGM is still more-or-less in its original NAC markings, although I think it was privately owned by the time this photo was taken. There are certainly some very nice photos in this batch, even Apaches can look good, but Tri-pacers? They still look like bumble bees to me. The Monospar was a nice surprise.
David D
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Post by kevsmith on Nov 23, 2018 22:33:34 GMT 12
On first glance I thought the C310 was ZK-CFG, the Fletcher Construction aircraft.
Could the photos of AKL and ARP have been taken at Ardmore? The background seems familiar.
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Post by madmax on Nov 24, 2018 1:37:22 GMT 12
I too thought it was ZK-CFG however on checking my pix of it when it was with Wellington Aero Club the paint ssheme is different. Of course it may have been repainted later in an updated style
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Post by pjw4118 on Nov 24, 2018 11:16:53 GMT 12
I have checked my spotters book with those registrations , but nothing. It certainly looks like Ardmore and the airshow , also on that roll of negatives , were numerous shots of the visiting Canberra . The shot of AJP is certainly the Ardmore show .
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Post by madmax on Nov 24, 2018 11:27:22 GMT 12
The images of Tiger ZK-BLQ and the Monospar are both in Airepair hangar, Bridge Pa
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Post by shorty on Nov 24, 2018 13:45:54 GMT 12
AGM, ASP, BSG, BBA and AXF look to be in what became the Mt Cook hangar at Harewood. BWJ is sitting at what is now the operation Deep Freeze area at Harewood. Those huts show in the C-97 photos I took and also in my "stash" thread is a photo of BBA in that hangar.
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Post by isc on Nov 24, 2018 21:18:05 GMT 12
At first I thought, maybe The C-310 might be ZK-REX, but no it was an older straight fin model. isc
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Post by steveh on Nov 25, 2018 17:27:59 GMT 12
ZK-AKL(?), the one above ZK-AGM (Proctor?) what is it, a Klemm something???
Steve.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 25, 2018 18:23:13 GMT 12
ZK-AKL(?), the one above ZK-AGM (Proctor?) what is it, a Klemm something??? Steve. It is the Moth Minor with the cabin modification. It belonged to the Auckland Aero Club for some time i believe. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 25, 2018 18:25:35 GMT 12
I have wondered in the past if it flew like that with that cabin mod whilst in the RNZAF. Does anyone know what the mod done before the war or after?
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Post by Bruce on Nov 25, 2018 19:38:46 GMT 12
I've been doing some checking since I'm working through building models of the RNZAF impressed aircraft. I've noticed an odd discrepancy inthe book "Aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force" (Duxbury / Ewing / Macpherson) Which says that NZ597 was the sole Coupe Moth Minor, serving at Norwood. According to ADF Serials, 597 re-entered civilian service as ZK-AKM, currently with Stan Smith. It certainly isnt in Coupe configuration now.
ZK-AKL was NZ591, which is shown in a photo in the book as being a standard Moth Minor with open cockpits! It seems at some point in its life, AKL gained a coupe top, whilst AKM lost its one! was there a point at some stage that both aircraft were in rebuild and components got swapped around? Or has either the book or ADF serials got the histories wrong? An interesting query!
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Post by Bruce on Nov 25, 2018 19:42:11 GMT 12
In that first batch, I note carefully hidden above ZK-AGM, a spare set of wings, albeit with some bits missing. Who belongs/ed to these? they look like Dominie / Rapide upper wings... |
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Post by thomarse on Nov 25, 2018 20:32:18 GMT 12
I have seen photos of AKL in both configurations, but only AKM as open cockpit. I knew her well in the early 60s and she was sure not a coupe then.
Besides which, I think the open cockpit is sleek and the coupe just plain bloody ugly!
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Post by kevsmith on Nov 25, 2018 21:30:27 GMT 12
Looking again at the photo of the C310 it appears to be a C310G which is what CFG was and it appears to be in the original Cessna colour scheme - which was how CFG was painted when I knew the acft in 1965.
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Post by kevsmith on Nov 25, 2018 21:38:03 GMT 12
Dredging the memory here re ZK-AKL (Noth Minor) but I think it may have been owned by a family (brothers) on the Hauraki Plains and it came to Ardmore from time to time.
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