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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 16, 2008 21:42:43 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 16, 2008 21:54:03 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 16, 2008 22:20:51 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 16, 2008 22:30:20 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 17, 2008 12:54:40 GMT 12
What, is everybody fed up with the Spitfire already?
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Post by corsair67 on Jun 17, 2008 13:06:18 GMT 12
Spitfire - big whoopie! ;D
I can almost hear the Merlin roaring in those photos of her in flight.
I guess the intention will be to offer joyflights in this Spity?
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Post by stu on Jun 17, 2008 13:12:46 GMT 12
Never sick of the Spitfire. ;D Spitfire - big whoopie! ;D I can almost hear the Merlin roaring in those photos of her in flight. I guess the intention will be to offer joyflights in this Spity? From what I can gather, there is a new push by NZ Warbirds (soon to be reflected in the website I hope) to promote the fact that there are 3 twin seat WW2 fighters at Ardmore - as well as many other historic aircraft - and to offer flights on a cost share basis. This would involve becoming a member of Warbirds first but I get the impression they're putting a case to the CAA to get around this. Cheers, Stu. |
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Post by stu on Jun 17, 2008 13:13:46 GMT 12
p.s. love that last shot  |
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Post by corsair67 on Jun 17, 2008 13:21:22 GMT 12
That is great news, Stu. Not that I can probably afford to go for a flight at this stage!  Obviously, the US Govt decided that this aircraft wasn't a threat to Global SecurityTM? |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 17, 2008 13:26:45 GMT 12
Could a special category of Warbirds membership be organised, such as 'associate member' for $5 or something to cover the flight?
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Post by stu on Jun 17, 2008 20:58:11 GMT 12
Could a special category of Warbirds membership be organised, such as 'associate member' for $5 or something to cover the flight? Associate membership is currently available on a per annum basis ..... www.nzwarbirds.org.nz/membership.html. I guess what you mean is a per day basis Dave? Cheers, Stu. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 18, 2008 0:23:27 GMT 12
Yeah, or a week or whatever, just to get round the rules.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 18, 2008 0:25:11 GMT 12
Out of interest. what is the Warbirds newsletter like? Is it big, full of articles and photos etc? Or is it just a sheet with brief happenings on it?
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Post by Brett on Jun 20, 2008 17:39:55 GMT 12
Why bother? Associate membership is $99, from memory. If you are charging something north of $1500 for a ride the difference between $5 and $99 is negligible. It's not as if herds of potential 'cost sharers' are going to wander next door and go for a ride in their two-seat Spitfire.
About the only thing that fiddling the rules will do is annoy the CAA, and you don't want them to get ticked off because they might decide to shut down the flights altogether.
Scramble is the newsletter of the NZ Warbirds Association, and it is generally two sheets of A4, printed on both sides. It usually contains news updates from the major syndicates, calendar of events, association news, relevant CAA information etc.
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