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Post by b10m on Jun 25, 2008 19:13:55 GMT 12
Slightly off thread and probably well known to you overseas travellers But an Airline in the States called TED. In quite small writing on the side of the Aircraft the words "A part of UniTED
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Post by Bruce on Jun 25, 2008 23:02:53 GMT 12
Just got the bill to reserve 'CKE for another 2 years - $30.00 to stop someone pinching it until I get the aircraft registered (even though that may be only 2 or 3 months away....)
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Post by nzompilot on Jun 28, 2008 13:02:14 GMT 12
Found ZK-TRC of Air Manawatu in Nelson yesterday, which very helpfully explains on the side that it is an Air Ambulance sponsored by TRC Toyota Feilding.
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Post by shorty on Jun 28, 2008 20:16:21 GMT 12
And the story of NZ111 is the santised version from Darby's book. I've always known it as one eye, one arm, one bodily orifice starting with a and ending with e
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 28, 2008 20:27:35 GMT 12
Hmm, I had never looked into it before but Wikipedia actually states that: "The number 111 is sometimes called "a Nelson" or "Nelson's" (particularly as a score in cricket or darts) after Admiral Nelson, who allegedly only had "One Eye, One Arm, One Ball" near the end of his life.(This is sometimes bowdlerized to say that he lost "One Eye, One Arm, One Life" during his naval career.) Another suggestion is that the number is derived from his three great victories, thus Copenhagen, Nile and Trafalgar which gives the sequence "Won - Won - Won".[citation needed]
A score of 111 or multiples thereof (called "double nelson", "triple nelson" etc.) is considered an ill omen in cricket, because the figures "111" resemble a wicket without bails. Some people, most notably David Shepherd, practiced superstitions around nelsons.
When any aussie rules scores are G.B = 111 points, and the radio call is on 3AW, the game call team read the score in extravegent voices, led by Rex Hunt, followed by; "LORD NELSON!"
So, why is a strangle hold called a half Nelson then?
I was actually told my story by a chap who worked on NZ111.
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Post by shorty on Jun 28, 2008 21:23:03 GMT 12
Thats interesting, I was told by my father who was on Vildeys before going to Hinds and then 10 SU
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Post by slackie on Jul 1, 2008 17:47:28 GMT 12
And ZK-NLN (Saab) was nicknamed Never Leave Napier after a prolonged "engineering stay"
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Post by pa18 on Jul 2, 2008 13:06:12 GMT 12
CKE . Trust you will name it the "Don Erceg?"
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Post by Kereru on Jul 8, 2008 21:45:54 GMT 12
How bout the "new" one?(ex N588G) That other one is in Aus now as is ZK-SIR? Cheers
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 8, 2008 22:42:30 GMT 12
I saw that STU at Ardmore the other day. Very nice looking little plane.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jul 9, 2008 10:42:39 GMT 12
Colin, did you mean VH-SIR?
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Post by Kereru on Jul 9, 2008 14:10:46 GMT 12
Colin, did you mean VH-SIR? No that is a Cessna? www.casa.gov.au/casadata/regsearch/findairs.aspMike's blog has it in Australia. www.mrcaviation.blogspot.com/quote: 5 July 2008 Beech 76 ZK-SIR arrived at the Gold Coast from Lord Howe Island today. On investigation, it would also appear that this aircraft has been exported as it is listed with Premi-Air at Ardmore. ZK-SIR was also a 1995 import and has been used by a large number of operator's during its career as an IFR training platform, most recently with Eagle Flight Training.
Cheers
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jul 10, 2008 10:33:05 GMT 12
Thanks.
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Post by Toby on Jun 25, 2016 20:12:37 GMT 12
ZK-VNM (like Venom) is the Registration of the DH Venom based at Ardmore (I think please correct me of i'm wrong).
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Post by Toby on Jun 25, 2016 20:17:41 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 25, 2016 21:00:00 GMT 12
Toby, ZK-VNM is based at Wanganui.
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Post by dazz on Jun 26, 2016 1:26:19 GMT 12
Moons ago when I flew for Eagle, we had a Metro rego ZK-NSW, which back in the day had a wee pressurization 'incident', It's nickname was " No Side Window "
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Post by scrooge on Jun 26, 2016 8:26:54 GMT 12
The MC-series used on Mt Cook aircraft? Starting with MCA CAF,s Harvard ZK-TEX which (as in Texan) TEX is the Beech 18 SNJ is the Harvard
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Post by shorty on Jun 26, 2016 14:07:28 GMT 12
P-40 GAC wasn't picked for Garth And Charles but is that aircraft's original RAAF Squadron Codes
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Post by pvsjetstar on Jun 26, 2016 15:55:56 GMT 12
TEAL's two letter airline code was TE and their L-188C Electras were registered: ZK-TEA ZK-TEB ZK-TEC ZK-TED Then along came ZK-CLX and and there pattern was broken. No other Air NZ aircraft carried a 'TE' registration.
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