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Post by baz62 on Feb 15, 2009 18:08:39 GMT 12
I was watching TV3 News tonight and it showed some very old cars in Cromwell. What made me really sit up and take notice was I swear I saw the rear fuselage and tail of a Canberra!! It looked to be either white or maybe silver and posed on poles of some sort.
And yes I tried googling it! And yes I was drinking but it was my first glass of wine!
Anyone?
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Feb 17, 2009 20:04:16 GMT 12
Looks like it could do with a coat of paint huh?
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Post by baz62 on Feb 17, 2009 21:41:46 GMT 12
Doh! Thanks Hairy I forgot about that Canberra down there. Yeah FlyingKiwi she needs some TLC for sure!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 17, 2009 21:52:39 GMT 12
Hey, that's one of the Harewood Deep Freeze penguin rubbish bins under that Canberra, cool.
I reckon the Canberra is a disgrace, I'm unsure why the airport owners allow such an eye sore sitting so prominently like that. It's needs some paint, and to be undercover.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Feb 18, 2009 23:01:50 GMT 12
The Canberra A84-207 in 2002, not in the best of condition even then:  |
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Post by agile on Feb 19, 2009 9:35:56 GMT 12
When I first visited the museum at Wanaka in early 1998 it must have recently arrived, as it was sitting on the ground near the gate, on its tail with its nose in the air. Looked in about the same state it does in the '02 picture from memory.
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Feb 19, 2009 21:24:04 GMT 12
Just trying to work out from the pictures, is the canopy painted over, or covered with some sort of material?
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Post by agile on Feb 20, 2009 7:35:05 GMT 12
Just trying to work out from the pictures, is the canopy painted over, or covered with some sort of material? My impression at the time I saw it was that the canopy had become opaque. It didn't appear to have been covered or painted, and the nose glazing was also a bit hazy, if I recall correctly. |
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Post by baz62 on Feb 20, 2009 14:30:34 GMT 12
I take it she doesn't have any engines fitted? (Oh just noticed I can see daylight through cowlings so that would be no then ha ha)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 20, 2009 20:50:39 GMT 12
adf.serials says that this Canberra was shipped to New Zealand as long ago as March 1993, and I don't think it went anywhere else other than Wanaka. This poor old thing first got stuck on a pole in 1973, so it's no wonder the canopy and paintwork are so poor. It's about as bad as the Dakota at Mystery Creek, if not worse. See some 1971 shots of it looking healthy here: www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=A84-207&distinct_entry=true |
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Post by shane on Mar 29, 2009 18:54:51 GMT 12
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Post by Dave.K on Mar 29, 2009 19:28:52 GMT 12
The museum seem to be making a habit of parking stuff up and neglecting it, bit of a shame, but they have built some sheds of late to house things, but even the hudson under cover is just as it was pushed in.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 29, 2009 22:30:16 GMT 12
Lodestar, not a Hudson (thankfully, Hudsons are far, far too rare to be left outdoors rotting away - though some museums still do that unfortunately)
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