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Post by Peter Lewis on Jun 25, 2007 15:39:03 GMT 12
Recently found newspaper cutting on the end of AMC:  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 25, 2007 16:04:34 GMT 12
Fascinating, so both were bought from TEAL by the same owner.
It says it was bought partially stripped. Did they use the interior fittings in the replacement flying boats perhaps? Or I wonder if this refers to engines being removed and other useable mechanical items.
What did the rest of the article say?
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jun 25, 2007 19:54:47 GMT 12
That's all of the cutting that I have seen. I know no more. Some enlightening stuff there, and I do have more info on the end of ZK-AMA to post soon.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jul 24, 2007 21:06:00 GMT 12
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Post by hairy on May 5, 2008 20:07:19 GMT 12
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Post by Peter Lewis on May 5, 2008 20:18:44 GMT 12
That's enough to make me cry.
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 5, 2008 20:27:33 GMT 12
They were certainly very efficient in cutting it up. Amazing photos Marcus, it's interesting how someone thought it a notable enough aircraft to photograph the different stages of its destruction.
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Post by empiric on May 10, 2008 12:34:36 GMT 12
Horrible shots - I always hate seeing aircraft being cut up. There is movie footage of Aotearoa at www.britishpathe.com/ though I don't have the specific film numbers to make a lookup easier (I found them looking for airmail). I'd like to add a few things to what has been said (very informative - I hadn't realized how close to the edge they were going but it makes sense since they were way beyond the original design specs) - The story of the switched identities between Awarua and Aotearoa isn't quite correct. Aotearoa was incorrectly marked with Awarua's registration in the UK and named Ao-tea-roa then had the spelling corrected to be Aotearoa and the registration corrected from AMC to AMA. (Can someone tell me why there was such a fuss over the name - was there something more than a miss-spelling?) Awarua was always ZK-AMC. I queried the NZ CAA about the identity swap (which just didn't sound right) and they sent me this... www.flickr.com/photos/nieuport/2478739415/in/photostream/If you can wait the CMR resin 1/72nd Empire Flying boat will be released shortly in Australian (and I believe NZ markings). In anticipation of its release I have done several profiles including these (Some of the profiles will be used as box art but I am not sure which ones yet). Awarua wearing wartime flags www.flickr.com/photos/nieuport/2478746075/Aotearoa postwar on beaching gear (for cleaning) www.flickr.com/photos/nieuport/2478746071/in/photostream/Any comments on the appearance of either is appreciated (I strive to make my profiles as accurate as possible and any corrections are welcome). It appears that Aotearoa was re-engined late in her career - does anyone have any information on this? I noticed that when she was given the Union Jacks she had engines whose exhaust was over the top, instead of on the sides as per the standard Empire fit. I am wondering if the cowlings and engines were "borrowed" from a recently retired military aircraft (though I am at a loss as to what type it would have been) Mike Fletcher |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 10, 2008 21:47:35 GMT 12
Welcome to the forum Mike, thanks for the interesting info. Your profile looks great.
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Post by empiric on May 13, 2008 6:54:30 GMT 12
Thanks!
Forgot to mention that the colour photo was in fact colourized. The painter got a little overzealous on the tail markings, as can be seen when comparing other shots of Awarua at the same time.
I have heard there is supposed to be a fiberglass and steel tube 1:1 replica being built (possibly in Australia) - has anyone heard any more about this?
Mike
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Post by andrewpit on Jun 27, 2014 10:41:50 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 27, 2014 12:54:15 GMT 12
Try mary.garden@bigpond.com
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Post by kr2nz on Apr 25, 2015 20:02:48 GMT 12
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Post by kr2nz on Apr 25, 2015 20:04:59 GMT 12
Hi - I was just going through photos I have of my Grandfather's sketches he drew while serving in WW1 (Egypt and Italy). There are lots of them, one is of this plane. While googling to see if NZ-AMC came up, this came up. From order in the sketch/diary, looks like he did this some time after 1941 while on board travelling from NZ on carrier off to war.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 26, 2015 9:50:24 GMT 12
That would be WWII, not WWI.
Great sketch.
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Post by komata on Apr 26, 2015 21:41:32 GMT 12
Kr2nz
Thank you for sharing your grandfather's sketch with us; it is very informative - especially the fact that he flew to Egypt. Presumably he was an Officer (Army perhaps?)
I find the low-wing 'fighter-type' monoplane in the upper part of the sketch interesting. It would seem to be a Hawker Hurricane (although the outward-retracting U/C is 'Spitfire'). However, the Wooden Prop is very curious, since by 1941, the wooden propeller was totally obsolete, with all Hurricanes' having received the later 3-blade Dowty-Rotol and De Havilland units.Yet if he 'drew what he saw' this would not seem to be the case...
Do you have any dates or other aviation-related details which you are able to share with us?
Thanks again.
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