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Post by rone on Nov 29, 2017 10:14:19 GMT 12
Camtech, you are correct, the medical centre was at the top of the road, just a wee way along from the top of the hill. But I cannot recall the building between it and the parked up Sunderland. Perhaps we are wrong all round. I had a cousin who was a Corporal Medic., Trevor Weaver who was there for donkey's years, but can't ask him, he has passed on. Maybe others can identify the buildings.
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Post by rone on Nov 29, 2017 10:04:02 GMT 12
With reference to the comment " is this Hobsonville?" with a Vampire on the grass near the hangar. I can report that yes it is at Hobsonville, the hangar is what was later home to 3Sqn. The Vampire T11 is inside where it was assembled. CMT LAA Gunnery School shared half of this hangar with the aircraft assembling operations.
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Post by rone on Nov 27, 2017 16:11:17 GMT 12
Camtech, can you correct me if I'm wrong, In the picture you posted of Hobsonville 1957, is the buildings in front of the parked up Sunderland, the Medical Centre and Hospital?. My memory aint what it used to be.
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Jokes
Nov 4, 2017 13:30:39 GMT 12
Post by rone on Nov 4, 2017 13:30:39 GMT 12
Question:- Why do women fart after urinating
Answer :- Because as they can't shake it, they have to blow dry it.
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Post by rone on Oct 22, 2017 15:38:31 GMT 12
Try this. what about the rear of the flight deck of a Bristol Freighter. It may not be a NZ aircraft.
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Post by rone on Oct 22, 2017 14:03:57 GMT 12
Whatever the aircraft is, it is of British origin. The clue is the Methyl Bromide fire extinguisher in its bracket just to right of centre of the picture. Surprised the expert commentators on here did not spot it. And it is not in a Sunderland.
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Post by rone on Oct 17, 2017 10:53:02 GMT 12
Are they definitely Anson bits. I am aware the tubular fuselage is similar to an Anson. But the engine nacelle's are not fluted like Anson, and the prop. boss is entirely different, almost looks like a variable pitch boss. The nacelle's are the same as Oxford. And while they are Cheetah engines, there is something different about them, perhaps the experts on here can help. Or did Canada have a different variant of Anson.
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Post by rone on Oct 17, 2017 10:03:28 GMT 12
Apart from one or two forum members who post on here, I am assuming most members are of an age that CMT was something from a different age. I have only noticed references by about two or three members on here. Maybe past history is no longer interesting. There has been plenty of reminiscing of Airforce life, but it appears age has caught up with those who did CMT and their stories are not interesting enough.
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Post by rone on Oct 15, 2017 19:21:38 GMT 12
All this talk of old ammunition and being stored within Auckland reminds me of 6million or so rounds of ammunition stored at CAC Mt Eden during the late 1950's through into the sixties. Stored right beside the high fence beside the prison. Every calibre from 9mm, .45, .303, .50 through to 6pound anti-tank. It was all dismantled to reclaim the brass, the .303 ammo. was put through a fire as there was no safe way of stripping the cartridge. I still have a few rounds of .50 and .45 pistol ammo.
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Post by rone on Sept 30, 2017 9:22:28 GMT 12
With reference to the newspaper article above regarding the Seafire. It arrived here in 1947 on HMS Theseus, was left behind after a supposedly hard landing. The origin of this aircraft has cropped up many times in the past and has always been found wanting. It is well documented regards the ship it belonged to and its arrival date.
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Post by rone on Sept 20, 2017 11:43:48 GMT 12
Another 3cents worth. I cannot believe that damage to the pipe is recent. Having had some experience of the type of pipe, my opinion is this damage is some years since it was caused. The pipe is approx. 8mm wall thickness, is heavily bitumen coated, wrapped with thick poly vinyl tape, and is of high quality seamless steel. The damage could have happened during laying of the pipe, even though it is handled with kid gloves. Only takes some rubbish in the backfill material to drag along the pipe to do the damage. Takes a while for corrosion to set in, so some years go by until thickness is reduced enough for rupture to take place. If as the neighbour says, no digging has been done in his 18 years there, looks like Kauri Hunting is an excuse for what may turn out to be just old fashioned rough workmanship. Certainly is an expensive exercise.
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Post by rone on Sept 18, 2017 13:24:42 GMT 12
Caused by a swamp kauri hunter with a digger some months back according to reports. Would be vey interesting if in any way there is a connection with a certain cabinet minister's husband's kauri log exporting.
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Post by rone on Sept 16, 2017 17:33:31 GMT 12
And from a later publication, N0.14c 1943. New Zealand fighter squadrons in the Pacific are equipped with this type of aircraft, the latest models are equipped with Allison 1,325 hp engines. A descendant of the Mohawk, Tomahawk, and Kittyhawk, the Warhawk has proved to be a match for Japanese fighters except at the highest altitudes.
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Post by rone on Sept 16, 2017 17:24:41 GMT 12
With regards the name Kittyhawk, this from my Aircraft Recognition No.14a 1943. The Kittyhawk is a recent development of a design which commenced with the radial-engine P36 of the U.S. Army Air Corps. when fitted with an Allison engine,this became the P. 40, which was used by the R.A.F.and called the Tomahawk. The Kittyhawk, which is the same as the U.S. Army P. 40D, is merely a redesigned Tomahawk. A later version uses the Packard-built Rolls Royce Merlin engine. The silhouettes are under lined Curtiss P-40D, P-40E.
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Post by rone on Sept 6, 2017 17:44:36 GMT 12
Sorry to have to correct you Dave, but you must have watched the Queen leave Rukuhia on the later visit by the Queen. In 1953 there was no television in New Zealand, technicians were still doing courses at Seddon Tech. in Auckland at that time, and colour Telivision did not come to NZ until mid 1960. And the car in the last picture is a Daimler.
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Post by rone on Aug 3, 2017 11:38:37 GMT 12
I would like to correct a statement given by Rayman in his second post on page 1 of this article. In, discussing the various Hamilton locations of RNZAF during WW2,Rayman stated that the buildings at the south end of Dey Street were, he believed to have been RNZAF Administration. Those buildings, recently demolished, were built early 1940 for use as No1 factory of the Colonial Ammunition Company. There was a second factory built, also on Dey Street but further north nearer to Clyde Street. These were in use by CAC until late 1945 when they were closed down and all operations moved back to Mt Eden. I believe the recently demolished buildings were used by Waikato University at some stage, while NO2 factory was given to the maoris and is now the Marae.
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Post by rone on Jul 8, 2017 20:21:58 GMT 12
Ah, brings back memories
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Post by rone on Jun 29, 2017 16:59:32 GMT 12
What a bunch of self centred, one eyed twits some of you are.
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Post by rone on Jun 8, 2017 11:43:23 GMT 12
This article sums up what is wrong in this bloody country nowadays. Too much political correctness. What is wrong with handling a firearm and learning how to use one. Too many in this country are just wimps who cry for mummy when the going gets too tough. There, I've said my piece.
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Post by rone on May 1, 2017 10:41:31 GMT 12
Sounds just like Colin Craig and his non-believing theories
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