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Post by Officer Crabtree on Apr 2, 2013 20:25:38 GMT 12
Beautiful shots Dave!
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Apr 1, 2013 21:58:15 GMT 12
Bloody good job Graham, and everyone else involved with the show. I was extremely impressed and entertained- the only bad thing about the whole weekend was the damned weather. Can't really pick out the best thing about the whole affair, but highlights for me were the 757, and the Focke-Wulf (LOVE that grunty, snarly engine). The two Yaks were very pretty to watch, partly because they simply looked like they were having a lot of fun. Good to see the mandatory Natter explosion at the end as well as the brave Tiger crew fighting their last stand on the field (had a funny moment at the end when a German re-enactor fired off his last 5 or so clips at the aircraft taking off for the big flypast). World war one scenario was good as usual, I never get tired of watching the confusing scene of 15 or so canvas machines held together by wood and string zoom around the airfield while the artillery and archie fires on the ground (great work with the 'flaming oinions', pyro people!). Lovely aerobatics as usual, have to say I liked the Harvards the most out of the three teams simply for the noise factor . I have to say of all the show the thing that most caught my attention was that magnificent dive and fast pass from the right that the Corsair executed wonderfully. Gets me every year. Perhaps next time I'll be able to get a gold pass seat and mix it with the rest of you big shots on the forum. On a final note, Classic Fighters is the reason I am here on these forums, and the reason I have saved up (so far) 600 dollars to learn to fly. It is not only a privelege to be able to watch but a great tool for getting young people interested in aviation. With that in mind I'd like to personally and sincerely thank everyone involved with the show, and also everyone who brings their aircraft that have taken so much money and so much time. It is an honour to watch this history fly before my eyes.
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Mar 28, 2013 19:09:49 GMT 12
My goodness that is intricate. Best thing I've seen yet!
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Mar 23, 2013 0:14:47 GMT 12
Apologies if this has been posted previously, but I found this gem on YouTube recently. It's a drama set around a pilot in the RFC and I have to say I am more impressed by it than I have been by any film depicting the same period. All episodes are on this users channel. I hope you enjoy.
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Mar 21, 2013 16:35:55 GMT 12
Now this, this is my kind of stall!
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Mar 19, 2013 18:19:47 GMT 12
Been on and off since Sunday in Nelson, a pleasant change after nothing for the past two months. Although the ridge overlooking my particular suburb is still golden brown, not green at all.
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Mar 18, 2013 21:18:23 GMT 12
Love them, nice job!
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Feb 4, 2013 21:27:37 GMT 12
I've just received word that arrangements are being made for 23 SQN to stay at Woodbourne on the weekend (from Saturday?) and attend the air show with free roam around the place for the whole day. I might have to take my officers up on this offer, although it may prove a hinderence to doing a couple of things I was planning, but I'm sure I'll work around it. This would be a great opportunity to have a look at what life is like on base, even if we aren't actually doing much there. Looking foward to it whether I go with 23 or not. One question, what's the word on the Mossie? Is it being shipped out before the show? I'm much looking foward to seeing it, but it being at Omaka would mean I wouldn't have to wait a few years to see it in person.
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Feb 3, 2013 0:28:42 GMT 12
I can't agree with you about apples Dave. The 'Jazz' apple variety, though a hybrid of different apples, tastes absolutely wonderful and has a great flavour and crispness to it. The other varieties I've tried as of late have been up to standard as well. Then again I haven't the pleasure of picking apples from an orchard or garden. As for peanut butter, a man in Nelson makes his own. It's called Pics and I believe is sold across the country.
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Jan 23, 2013 21:51:11 GMT 12
That's a fantastic painting Luther. Very much looking forward to this series.
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Jan 18, 2013 21:39:37 GMT 12
Curtiss, would you mind if I put those photos on 23 (Nelson) Sqn. ATC's Facebook page? I'm sure my officers would be very interested in them.
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Jan 5, 2013 22:14:03 GMT 12
If there are, then I want to know about them!
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Jan 5, 2013 10:38:34 GMT 12
How long have you been playing, expatkiwi?
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Jan 4, 2013 23:28:38 GMT 12
Thanks Dave, here's the link to our 'sacred item', which is a lovely piece called 'Highland Cathedral'. The uploader has more videos of us doing Stars and Stripes Forever, our big main piece called 7 wonders, and a video or two of us playing and marching to 500 Miles down the streets of Timaru. Note, we weren't competing in the march, but we were there to entertain the crowd. On a side note, this year we are going up north to either Palmerston North or New Plymouth, can't remember which, to defend our title. I encourage anyone living wherever the brass nationals are being held to go along and listen to some music. New Zealand has some great brass players and it's wonderful to have them all gathered in one place to listen to.
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Jan 4, 2013 22:45:30 GMT 12
Excellent! Nice to have such a variety of World War One aircraft in the country.
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Jan 4, 2013 22:40:43 GMT 12
Probably not quite what you're looking for Dave, but I play second tenor horn in the Nelson City Youth Brass Band. Our claim to fame is winning the national title in our division at the Brass Band Nationals last year in Timaru, which was great fun and a great way to find out what a nice place Timaru is. We are a large band in Brass terms with about 40 members. We play all sorts of music, not so much of the classical stuff but a few folk songs and some pop ('Thriller' sounds excellent when played by a brass band) as well as stuff written specifically for youth bands. Our conductor is a youngish English guy called Nick Sharpe, rather appropriately. He came to Nelson in 2006 and since then the brass scene here has absolutely blossomed. He's a one of a kind conductor and the whole band really likes him. There is stuff on youtube of us, but it's not our best playing- even the videos of us in our award winning nationals performance. If you want to watch it you could probably just search on youtube and it'd come up.
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Jan 4, 2013 16:30:41 GMT 12
I love the Sturmovik, I'm extremely happy that one is flying around somewhere and that one day I may have the privilege of seeing it in person.
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Dec 17, 2012 17:26:20 GMT 12
Heh heh. How amusing.
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Dec 17, 2012 17:21:18 GMT 12
High frame rate I think. The Hobbit was filmed at 48 frames per second, faster than normal movies. I have yet to see it in that framerate because the cinema we were meant to see it in Nelson had a broken projector and we were diverted to a theatre without that capability.
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Post by Officer Crabtree on Dec 10, 2012 21:50:43 GMT 12
Indolent youth...it is unfortunate that a minority within my generation make the rest of us look bad by doing stupid things such as these. I most definitely can't call all youth indolent, since I am surrounded by people who every day excel at sport, academic studies and suchlike. Sadly there are those that do nothing to contribute to society and expect everything they desire from it in return. Compulsory attendance of a youth group such as cadets or St John would be the logical way to stop these idiots from doing stupid things like this, but I don't imagine it would be well received in New Zealand.
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