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Post by corsair67 on Aug 14, 2009 10:59:47 GMT 12
Obviously the economic downturn has started to bite.........
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Post by shorty on Aug 14, 2009 11:01:49 GMT 12
Does Air New Zealand Engineering now about this? I'm led to believe they have a very strong influence on it's future.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Aug 14, 2009 11:02:24 GMT 12
Unless someone like Mr Brooker decides he wants a Battle of Britain collection?
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Post by corsair67 on Aug 14, 2009 11:09:25 GMT 12
She'd look nice flying alongside TB863 at Temora.... ;D
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Post by vs on Aug 14, 2009 11:10:26 GMT 12
no she wouldnt
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Post by flyjoe180 on Aug 14, 2009 11:23:55 GMT 12
What sort of price would a Hurricane fetch? Does anyone know?
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Post by vs on Aug 14, 2009 12:55:20 GMT 12
I think it is around the 4 to 5 million mark. Depending on condition, engine life, combat history etc
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Post by flyjoe180 on Aug 14, 2009 13:00:10 GMT 12
A big Lotto win is required then.
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Post by corsair67 on Aug 14, 2009 13:07:32 GMT 12
She'd be very happy in Temora......... ;D
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Post by phil82 on Aug 14, 2009 14:01:23 GMT 12
She'd be very happy in Temora......... ;D No she wouldn't...all those rough Australians pawing her bits..she'd sulk!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 14, 2009 14:24:30 GMT 12
It's being auctioned in Australia, well that pretty much seals its fate as far as staying here goes I guess. I'm just pleased I made it to Wanaka in 2006 and actually got to see a Hurricane flying in real life. A huge thanks to the vision, hard work and dedication of Sir Tim Wallis, Ray Mulqueen, all the Alpine Fighter Collection workers and the restorers at Sir Tim's Hawker Restorations and Air New Zealand for making this possible. So many kiwis have had an opportunity to see this wonderful aircraft which otherwise would never have been seen in NZ skies.
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Post by skyhawkdon on Aug 14, 2009 15:19:36 GMT 12
I noted on the latest NBR "Rich List" that came out last month that the Wallis Family are still doing alright! Tim will be gutted as he has no say in how his affairs are managed any more. This recent activity by the family to "sell the farm" probably also explains the departure of Ian Brodie from the Museum. The writing has been on the wall for a while...
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Post by corsair67 on Aug 14, 2009 15:40:19 GMT 12
Yeah, I guess the Hurricane's days were numbered - after all it's not a very useful tool for towing someone around the Marlborough Sounds on a rubber inner tube, not like a Hughes 500, eh!
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Post by Naki on Aug 14, 2009 17:18:37 GMT 12
I dont see how airshows in the future will be boring just because the Hurricane left..whilst its sad to see the Hurricane possibly leave (and I was really sad when the Spitfire left .. but that has sinec been made up by the arrival of two more Spitfires)
I have said this before but the world of vintage planes is forever in a state of flux and things come and go..we still have a couple examples each of Spitfire, Mustang and Kittyhawk, a La-9 (although that is for sale too) and a Yak-3..there are other things on the horizon ..a.Fw-190 or Mosquito anyone??.a P-36 Hawk, Kittyhawks etc. NZ really is a haven of interesting and historical aircraft for the population ....where the world can you see a fleet of aircraft like we have for a country our size? Be thankful for what we get
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 14, 2009 17:30:45 GMT 12
I totally agree Paul. Well said.
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Post by corsair67 on Aug 24, 2009 16:29:27 GMT 12
From - www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aJ5fC0VkMPmMHurricane Warplane May Fetch $3.3 Million at Auction: By Scott Reyburn Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The first airworthy Hawker Hurricane warplane offered at auction for 20 years is expected to fetch as much as A$4 million ($3.3 million) at a sale in Australia. The fully restored example of the 300-mph, wooden-fuselage fighter that was the mainstay of the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain will be offered by Bonhams & Goodman on Sept. 27 in Melbourne. The 1940 World War II plane had been recovered in 1991 from the Murmansk area of Russia, where it had been shot down in 1943, Bonhams said in an e-mailed statement. The wreck of the single-seat fighter was bought by New Zealand-based vintage-warplane enthusiast Tim Wallis in 1992 and took eight years to restore to the colors of No. 73 Squadron. It is one of only 11 Hurricanes in airworthy condition worldwide, the London-based auction house said. More than 50 Spitfires remain operational, including a two-seat example that was sold by Bonhams for 1.7 million pounds ($2.5 million) in London in April. “This is a very historic aircraft that’s fought in the Battle of Britain,” said Steve Vizard, managing director of U.K.-based Airframe Assemblies Ltd., which restored the plane’s wings. “That might make a difference to the bidding. Hurricanes have never caught on. They’ve always been the poor relation of the Spitfire. Hurricanes look a bit ungainly in comparison.” There are more than 50 buyers of historic fighter aircraft -- so-called “warbird” collectors -- in the U.K. alone, said Vizard. The U.K.’s Fighter Command deployed 1,715 Hurricanes during the Battle of Britain, where they were assigned mainly to shooting down bombers. Hurricane squadrons outnumbered Spitfire squadrons by 32 to 19, and they accounted for 80 percent of German aircraft destroyed during the first phase of the battle from July 1940 to October 1940, said the Web site of the RAF. Children’s author Roald Dahl was among the aircraft’s wartime pilots.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 24, 2009 17:45:58 GMT 12
I would have thought it would be worth more than that, given its rarity and history as a Battle of France, Battle of Britain and Battle of Russia survivor.
I disagree with Steve Vizard that the Hurricane is "ungainly", it's a thing of great beaty and looks better than most fighters in my opinion.
Is this article inferring that Roald Dahl flew this particular aircraft? Or just the Hurricane as a type? I've not heard any connection to Dahl before with P3351.
Where do you think it will end up then, the USA or UK? Truly the end of a golden era.
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Post by ZacYates on Aug 24, 2009 17:46:24 GMT 12
Wow. And what does Air New Zealand Engineering have to say about this?
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Post by shorty on Aug 24, 2009 18:32:38 GMT 12
Thought it was in a trust with Air NZ to stay in the country…………………….
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 24, 2009 18:49:21 GMT 12
Air New Zealand's main shareholder is now the Government, so why would they care if they can turn a profit?
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