kiwiwreckdiver
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Mar 5, 2013 12:46:18 GMT 12
Dont know about ref numbers yet they are still on the way from Ozz will keep you up dated
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Mar 4, 2013 2:40:59 GMT 12
Hi guys and thanks for your interest The 2 projects haven't changed much in recent years due to me being out of NZ the ATC kids would come round and help out from time to time but a few move on a find girls and beer and loose interest ( 2 still 2 of my favourite aswell). Still collecting parts for the 2 of them, 2 silver framed MkII but 2 different cockpit lay outs. (Will have to get some onions of some of you guys about that one) I'm currently in Norway until August due to work but will be returning to New Zealand, for some serious retro work. I was a member of the local ATC as a kid and had a blast I would like to give something back to it in the form of a flight simulator made with the left over frame, hopefully sparking some of the younger ones into path in aviation. I'm also collecting cockpit fittings for P40, P51, and F4U as a side project to make up some cockpit displays.
Dave - Yes been to a He111 and a JU52 just out side of Stavanger where i'm living but on the ground
The Ju52 was on the side of a small pond and still had body parts sticking out. Spoke to old boy who done the recovery of the bodies (16 of them) when it crashed, the Germans just wrapped a rope around the head of the dead and pulled on it until something came to the surface he said most of the time only half a body would come up, gruesome stuff. typically the He11 crash there wasn't much left but i'm going back up (this time with a fully charged battery) and will post up some pics to come. nice leading eadge with fuel por tup there and one of the large spares is still there.
Also translating 3 books over winter from the local library on ship wrecks and aircraft wrecks during the war there were 80 odd in this area including a Wellington that crashed into the school across the road from my house !!
The school still hold a once a year memorial to the young lads (incl a Kiwi) who were lost in the raid.
There is also a Wellington control dash up on the wall as the memorial. The Norwegian weather is still pretty cold to you have to take it one day at time !!!
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Mar 1, 2013 22:42:53 GMT 12
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Mar 1, 2013 22:42:15 GMT 12
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Mar 1, 2013 22:41:32 GMT 12
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Mar 1, 2013 22:40:50 GMT 12
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Feb 28, 2013 22:55:38 GMT 12
Wow right in my own back yard, being raised in the Thames area, and having friends and family living around and near Tapu/ Coroglen, who would have knowen there could be chopped up Hudson still still dumped in someones back yard. Dewobz - If I had the space I would love to take it off his hands (soft spot for the Hudsons) but have 2 Harvard projects taking up lots of space. Currently in Norway due to work and will not be back until August, let us know how the sale go's if not I could look into it then Hope the owner is getting better
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Feb 26, 2013 20:05:06 GMT 12
Quick question to dewobz ?? Is the owner the origanl guy that carried out the conversion from aircraft to camper ?? Where are did it originate from??, who built it and where was the conversion carried out, what happend to the rest of the Hudson ??
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Feb 26, 2013 7:17:32 GMT 12
Considering the current financial trouble NZ is in, I'm extremely happy to see these aircraft with a roof over their heads, better than sitting in someone back yard still rotting. Motat had most of their aircraft out in the open for years back in the day now look at the collection. As the old cheese add says - Good things take time
And a bucket load of cash
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Feb 26, 2013 6:38:21 GMT 12
WOW some great stuff on this site MANY THANKS AGAIN !!
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Feb 26, 2013 4:40:14 GMT 12
Thanks for the link guys will make some space on thé computer, looks ike I'll need Cheers again Hamish
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Feb 23, 2013 22:49:23 GMT 12
Shamus (Don) ? Still looking for a Vild\Vincent prop ? The owner of the one down in Thames has fallen into ill health in recent years, he may want to part with it.... he also thinks its the last one in the world and worth a million dollars. Also hear of one down in Hamilton (another Ex ATC wall display)
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Feb 23, 2013 22:45:29 GMT 12
Yes Please Where are you based ??
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Feb 23, 2013 1:33:29 GMT 12
Ah so she is still around. Great news !! Thankfully not sitting in a smelter in Auckland. She would be a great start for a static Hudson, combine the center section Hodson from New Cal and other bits laying in between NZ & Ozz I think we could get a great museum piece together. We'll see how much stuff is left once Bill gets his airborne, we should give him priority for his very worth while project. Best of luck to him For those keen to see the center up on Caldonia heres a link www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/hudson/NZ2023.html
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Feb 19, 2013 0:47:07 GMT 12
If he wanted to take it step further there is a complete center section of a Hudon bomber up in New Caldonia (ex RNZAF) still sitting on the side of the field, fuse as been partly scrapped not sure on its if its a contender for airworthy status. 70 years in the open will do that. Any one else up for a static Hudson project ??
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Feb 18, 2013 23:23:59 GMT 12
Do they have any photo graphic evidence to say that there is a P51 in Kaipara Harbour ?? Or is this another familiar 'A friend of a friend of a friend said' ??
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Feb 18, 2013 23:04:53 GMT 12
Hello AIRCRAFTCLOCKS Forgive the laim man here, IPB ??
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Feb 11, 2013 22:55:56 GMT 12
Did anyone get any of this stuff
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Post by kiwiwreckdiver on Feb 11, 2013 22:47:18 GMT 12
Been to a few Hudsons around Auckland, afew Corsairs south of Auckland , 1 Dc3 in the Kaimai's, a very complete but sad looking Avenger Nth of Auckland (so sad) and Rukuhia. The stuff at the crash sites is slim pickings, what the airforce didnt take humans have picked and ripped to bits over the years. But from time to time you never know whats guna pop up
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