petera
Flight Lieutenant
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Post by petera on Oct 28, 2008 6:59:13 GMT 12
petera, Thanks, that is a nice story about the female pilots. I gather the film "Absolute Heaven" was a documentary for TV or was it a feature on film? When was this film made (approx.)? Tah. Try a Google on 'ML407 "Absolute Heaven" Grace'. Carolyn has made several DVD's on her Spitfire that regularly appear on TV, History Channel etc. I am sure her website marketing will point you at a copy. PeterA ps Try here. www.ml407.co.uk/pages/MailingList2008.pdf
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 28, 2008 8:05:13 GMT 12
NZ1009, my guess is the Devons and Harvards would have been at Taieri for an Exercise Red Owl (the predecessor to today's Wise Owl).
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Post by avenger on Oct 28, 2008 12:15:51 GMT 12
Great photographs, tks for posting, the depiction of 75 with 42's new crest has two pilots in front who coincidentally both later flew with Qantas, Graham Potts and Neil Anderson. Any idents for the remainder, do know some but id appreciated?
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Post by FlyNavy on Oct 28, 2008 12:52:18 GMT 12
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Post by glideboy on Oct 28, 2008 19:41:56 GMT 12
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Post by glideboy on Oct 28, 2008 19:44:18 GMT 12
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Post by glideboy on Oct 28, 2008 19:48:54 GMT 12
Pageants and pilot briefs Whenuapai... Page 1 Ohakea Page 1 Page 2
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Post by glideboy on Oct 28, 2008 20:06:52 GMT 12
Oops, sorry, double post. Here is a photo lurking in this folder:
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Post by FlyNavy on Oct 28, 2008 20:22:52 GMT 12
Very nice.
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Post by corsair67 on Oct 28, 2008 20:56:14 GMT 12
What a treasure trove of wonderful articles and memories this collection really has been; just a pity that Barry isn't around to know how much we're enjoying it. I love the little comments he's added beside some of the articles too....... ;D
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Post by hairy on Oct 28, 2008 21:01:05 GMT 12
Pageants and pilot briefs Whenuapai... Page 1 The Solent made it.......................... ;D A bit closer..............
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Post by hairy on Oct 28, 2008 21:15:07 GMT 12
Pilot Officer M.R.Hawkins, who is mentioned several times in the recent posts is still around and living on the North Shore, he is currently Chief Instuctor for Air NZ on the 777 simulator. As Stan Smith put it "............the last and the smoothest of the great "hands-on" pilots." He went on to add that Maynard would take off in the DC-8 and after 1/2 an hour of smooth as smooth flying it would go all rough and bumpy.............Maynard had turned on the auto-pilot. Fascinating thread, I can't wait for more.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 28, 2008 23:25:04 GMT 12
Gees that Solent looks low, hard and fast!! I never even imagined in my wildest dreams that they did airshow performances in them. Awesome! I'll bet it really thundered on that low pass.
Thanks for the aerobatic routine notes too.
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Post by shorty on Oct 29, 2008 9:47:00 GMT 12
Note the Solent is missing the outboard spinners.
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Post by glideboy on Oct 29, 2008 10:26:43 GMT 12
Just looked through my recent posts from last night, sorry I repeated some of the newspaper clippings, I was starting to get confused on what I had copied over.
Anyway the immediate family are all more than happy for me to continue with posting on here and also happy for me to send out some DVD's of Barrie's footage. So I will make a couple of extra copies for those who have indicated that they would like a copy. I will obviously need to cover expenses, however I'm sure that will not be excessive.
It is a good idea to make an electronic copy of Barrie's log books and more interesting photos too so I will look into the cost of doing that. (Three log books is a little beyond the capabilities of our scanner)
Paul
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 29, 2008 13:34:08 GMT 12
Please pass on our thanks to your family Paul. We're all very pleased and priviledged to get to see this amazing collection.
Just a tip. In the past with my research I have used my digital camera to photograph people's logbooks, it's much faster and easier than scanning and the result is usually as good.
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Post by FlyNavy on Oct 29, 2008 14:11:47 GMT 12
Dave, That is a great tip about using digital cameras for such a task. IF a steady camera is needed above the logbook, or thick spine book to be photographed, then a tripod can be used. Many of the FAA Squadron Line Book pages have been photographed by a handheld digital camera. What a great tool it is when otherwise the pages were unscannable (pages could not be liberated from the thick wooden covers).
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 29, 2008 14:28:25 GMT 12
Yes. Even our National Archives allows researchers to use digital cameras to copy records now where photocopying and scanning may not have been allowed due to the danger of ripping documents, or where if they were allowed they'd have cost you a packet.
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Post by corsair67 on Oct 29, 2008 14:41:50 GMT 12
I don't have a scanner so I quite often use my digi camera for copying items - and so long as the lighting is good, it produces a fairly good quality copy.
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Post by glideboy on Oct 29, 2008 18:42:14 GMT 12
Please pass on our thanks to your family Paul. We're all very pleased and priviledged to get to see this amazing collection. They all have this link and are checking regularly Just a tip. In the past with my research I have used my digital camera to photograph people's logbooks, it's much faster and easier than scanning and the result is usually as good. Tried taking photos of the newspaper cuttings, resolution not good enough to capture the news print clearly enough, but the log book works.
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