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Post by fletcherfu24 on Jan 19, 2009 20:16:15 GMT 12
NZ Aviation 2009 Photo of the Year..... Will be hard to top that one.....great photo.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 19, 2009 20:36:22 GMT 12
I agree about the Harvard photo. Certainly photo of the month so far.
I guess there was also a certain amount of good pilot skills to bring it back under control safely. Does anyone know who was flying it?
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Post by crazyschmidt on Jan 19, 2009 21:27:43 GMT 12
These photographs are absolutely stunning!! What a pleasure it was to visit this site (from a link at a flight sim site I belong to) to find the best reference there could be to an airshow I wished I could have attended but was unable to. Also very nice to see the SE.5a pics after reading an article in the latest "Classic Wings" mag on them. Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed these pics, it makes me feel at least a little closer to the action I wish I could be in front for real. Man.. if only Auckland would host shows of this calibre. Cheers, CrazySchmidt.
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Post by corsair67 on Jan 19, 2009 21:30:33 GMT 12
If anyone knows who it is, please, please, please don't tell us - I think the poor bugger has probably been through enough already after groundlooping NZ1052 in front of a large crowd of spectators at an air show. I hope the damage will not end up grounding the Harvard too long. Great photos everyone: you've all done very well.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 19, 2009 21:41:23 GMT 12
I thought groundlooping a Harvard was a right of passage that all harvard pilots went through. This one is not nearly as bad as others in the past.
Welcome to the forum CrazySchmidt, I'm glad you found the forum and you're enjoying it.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jan 19, 2009 21:59:06 GMT 12
My thanks to all those who attended and who have posted photographs for us to enjoy. Makes life from a sickbed a bit more bearable.
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Post by crazyschmidt on Jan 19, 2009 22:45:00 GMT 12
@ Dave Homewood That RNZAF Dauntless pic in you sig, where did you get that and do you have a story to go with it, I am very curious. I have never seen such a good picture example of the sort. Cheers, CS.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 19, 2009 23:03:32 GMT 12
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Post by crazyschmidt on Jan 19, 2009 23:33:52 GMT 12
Oh you cheat... you had me fooled ;D. Maybe you have a future in the movies! Mind you , I did wonder about the size of the markings on the fuselage. CS.
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Post by hardyakka on Jan 20, 2009 0:00:47 GMT 12
Apparently the damage to the Spit wasn't as bad as it looked. Yes it will need a new prop, but the undercarriage is equipped with shear bolts which did their job (sheared) and the aircraft just skidded along on the radiator housings. I've been told, "new prop, new shear bolts, a bit of panel beating and it should be back in action".
I guess with a wooden prop not transmitting as much of the shock loads to the engine, it may not need a bulk strip and crank inspection.
Let's hope it gets airborne again soon.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 20, 2009 0:17:26 GMT 12
That is good news Evan. Thanks for that. On the NZFF Forum people are talking about wrinkled wing skin, etc, so i was getting rather worried.
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Post by shorty on Jan 20, 2009 11:46:56 GMT 12
I just hope that the maintenance schedule for the P-40 and F4U for the year includes a repaint into their authentic RNZAF colours.
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Post by Damon on Jan 20, 2009 15:08:24 GMT 12
From talking to people on the weekend (at WoW) a repaint of the P-40 is unlikely.For the Corsair who knows.
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Post by corsair67 on Jan 20, 2009 15:27:19 GMT 12
Does anyone here know what kinds of number they got through the gates over the two days?
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Post by Damon on Jan 20, 2009 15:31:14 GMT 12
Unfortunately the weather on the weekend was challenging. The wind picked up earlier on both days of the show than expected or liked .And was never at a constant heading or strength. We were lucky to get the WW 1 aircraft up on the Sunday.A display in the Sunday afternoon of the WW1 aircraft had to be abandoned as the wind would have made for interest ing landings.The Pfalz and Fokker D VII were able to be flown in windier conditions as they were heavier.
The Harvard incident was unfortunate.Gusting wind and variable direction did not help. Another factor was the aircraft heading 'towards' the gold pass enclosures(towards me) and the Harvard going from a grass to a seal runway may have been a contibuting factor to the incident.Afterwards I spoke to a seasoned display pilot who also was there and he commented the damage to the aircraft could have been more serious as he thought a collapsed undercarriage was norrowly adverted. The commentators included Ian Brodie and Jim Hickey .Their wit and humour and knowlagable quips made the show a success.That was entertainment in itself.
I believe ,had the Spitfire been active throughout the weekend patronage would have been very much higher. Crewing for the SE.5 flight was the highlight for me.As was the flight to and from the airshow in the DC-3.
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Post by Damon on Jan 20, 2009 15:33:22 GMT 12
They estimate about 35,000 attended the show .
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Post by corsair67 on Jan 20, 2009 16:37:22 GMT 12
I don't understand that at all - I would have expected a show of that calibre would bring in much bigger crowds? I was thinking of flying across the Tasman at one stage for this show - just to see the Corsair in action - but then, maybe others aren't as mad as I am!
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Post by ARU on Jan 20, 2009 17:18:27 GMT 12
The commentators included Ian Brodie and Jim Hickey .Their wit and humour and knowlagable quips made the show a success.That was entertainment in itself. I actually found the commentary to be very annoying, especailly when drowning out our scanners....... anyways heres a couple more and heres the sequence of the ground loop It's a pity the first photo is slightly out of focus, but I'm happy I managed to catch the event.. I was following WAR and saw NZ1052 "drifting" I thought this dosnt look right and sure enough a ground loop soon followed. me and Hairy spoke to the pilot, and he agreed it could of been alot worse after he saw the photos....
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Post by nzjet on Jan 20, 2009 18:05:17 GMT 12
Bit of a shame to miss the show, we were ment to take DC3 ZK-AMY up but while doing some training at wigram on thursday the port side engine decided to "shit itself" , so shes now sitting in the hangar awaiting another new motor, the joys of old aircraft!
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Post by hairy on Jan 20, 2009 18:26:09 GMT 12
I wondered where AMY was. As for the commentary team, there was some good information from the likes of Ian Brodie and the woman from the RNZAF but Jim Hickey was incredibly annoying with his inane twitter. He managed to get almost every pilots name wrong over and over again on both days, plugged his cafe shamelessly and seemed to blissfully unaware of whereabouts in the show program we were. The biggest sin of all from Jim though was his total inability to shut up and give us a break from time to time.
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