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Post by madmac on Apr 15, 2024 8:43:03 GMT 12
Dauntless!
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Post by madmac on Mar 14, 2024 18:09:10 GMT 12
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Post by madmac on Mar 11, 2024 21:00:26 GMT 12
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Post by madmac on Feb 27, 2024 13:49:27 GMT 12
Somewhere in Christchurch I was told that the engine had, had the pistons melt in to the block due to the speed the prop was driving the pistons at during the dive.
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Post by madmac on Feb 18, 2024 19:31:11 GMT 12
The whole thing is completely insane, 7.5% reduction in spending just for shits and giggles (because a correcting government overspend doesn't require massive tax cuts as well), although one does have to note that a significant contribute to this governments election was the multi year foreign disinformation campaigns aimed at the previous government which by extension contributed to the election of the current government. What a deluded statement - cuts needed for 'shits and giggles' And I won't even touch the weird foreign disinformation thing. Your side lost and indeed was thumped because the average Kiwi taxpayer was sick of the endless incompetence, woke hand-wringing drivel, the talentless ministers and the sickly divisive type of apartheid they were attempting to shove down peoples throats. Try educating yourself on the current financial state of play regarding the Govt's books and the mess the new lot have inherited. A 200Bn debt mountain, Govt spending up 84% over 6 years with F-all to show for it. Even the bumbling incompetent G Robertson admitted the present interest alone on the debt was $7BN a year, climbing to $10Bn per annum by next. The number is appalling and is greater than the total Defence and Police budgets combined - and that's just the interest payments!! Try running your own finances this badly & your bank manager would be calling in a mortgagee sale But as usual the few remaining blinkered far left supporters won't accept this Accept that the country is on the bones of its arse and sadly Defence like other Ministry's will need to trim back-end costs to shore up the front line services. 2024 /25 won't be easy years thanks to the morons in charge previously but hey, give her a Damehood and hope she never returns to our fair shores. Net government debt as of 8 months ago $86 billion. www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/government-finance-statistics-general-government-year-ended-june-2023/Foreign interference www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/11/new-zealand-intelligence-report-accuses-china-of-foreign-interferenceThere is also reports that at one point a couple years ago 40% of global russain bot traffic was aimed at NZ. The phase "your side lost" suggests you are probably in a far right wing American filter bubble, as thats a classic Thump propaganda phase, yet another foreign interference campgain which we suffering the halo effect of. We are in very deep shit and National is just digger deep for no purpose except to enrich their friends which means they are ensuring failure is not left to chance.
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Post by madmac on Feb 17, 2024 7:50:24 GMT 12
The whole thing is completely insane, 7.5% reduction in spending just for shits and giggles (because a correcting government overspend doesn't require massive tax cuts as well), although one does have to note that a significant contribute to this governments election was the multi year foreign disinformation campaigns aimed at the previous government which by extension contributed to the election of the current government.
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Post by madmac on Feb 12, 2024 14:25:27 GMT 12
So was Sergeant W. G. Russell's P-40 recovered at the time?
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Post by madmac on Jan 25, 2024 10:34:56 GMT 12
Found another nice photo archive tairawhitimuseum.org.nz which these are all from These are titled as photograph of a bi-plane at Showgrounds Racecourse. The bi-plane is probably the Walsh Brothers DH6. Maker and role Robert Cook (b.1875, d.1944): PhotographerIts interesting to note the exhaust and cowl differences from the other photos of the DH6. These are described as Biplane, possibly at Gisborne Racecourse. Production date Circa 1915This is a nice pic, details given as Planes at Darton Field with small group watching, Gisborne Air Transport planes ZK-ABA and ZK-ABY. Maker and role Millard Photographic Studio: PhotographerThis really nice image is described as Huia in flight.What looks like the southern cross wing but with different damage to the other photos in this thread (the spar doesn't look broken) Description One black and white photo of a large piece of equipment (aeroplane wing?) on a wagon with two people in the foregroundWhat looks like a lodestar with an incredible polish on it (I can see the trailing edge flap fairings reflected on the fuse) Description Two men shaking hands standing in front of a small plane. According to the caption they are Lieutenant Commander Hugh Cave welcoming Sir Artwellate Navy Chief.I am a sucker for airfreight, description people with boxes of oranges, a sign reads: I'm off to / Invercargill / on N.A.C / for Operation / Sunshine.
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Post by madmac on Jan 23, 2024 8:03:59 GMT 12
Watching them board the He 111, I wonder how often the belly gunner bitched about people not wiping their feet before they got in, and getting mud in his position.
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Post by madmac on Dec 28, 2023 11:21:42 GMT 12
All in all, I think this should be raising some questions about the leadership in the ADF, why should it have been such a charlie foxtrot from end to end while the RNZAF actually manages to make them work.
Now should be we be taking bets on the RNZAF will ending up with a couple of NH90's deployed to Oz to help fill the capacity gap till the black hawks arrive and are operational.
I hope we get all the spares, even if it sits in a hangar for a decade of years while some poor techs sort it out in to usable, suitable overhaul and unusable.
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Post by madmac on Dec 26, 2023 16:39:47 GMT 12
C-130 or even A400 is not going to offer the required payload range envelope. Neither is a B737 unless its got belly tanks, so a B737 freighter isn't going to work (the long range A320 designed to replace the B757 is also in the same boat). There is no 787 cargo version and it is unlikely to happen for at least decade if at all. One of the biggest mistakes this country has made is not purchasing C-17's when we had the chance. The interoperability with the USA and Australia, ability to travel to the Antarctic, carry the NH-90 would have allowed us to make a more than meaningful contribution to regional responsibilities. The only way C-17's would have made sense is if we operated a joint squadron with the RAAF, they are even more odd ball than the B757 in this part of the world. For the ranges we operate at, civilian makes more sense than would most military airframes, the 757 biggest problem is there is a global shortage of them, we should have brought newer examples (this would have greatly improved the reliability rate) and we didn't put the money into maintaining a sufficient spares pool to support them.
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Post by madmac on Dec 22, 2023 22:28:54 GMT 12
My take on potential solutions: - The 757's have this weird transport/cargo role. Split that in two by buying an extra C-130 to replace the Cargo capacity and then buy a smaller jet like the Dessault Falcon 7X (which the RAAF have) for PM travel. Possibly too small - Buy or modify a 787 or two to a cargo configuration and operate it in tandem with Air NZ. There are rumours over the years that the 757 sitting idle has been detrimental to their maintenance. Having Air NZ use the unfulfilled capacity may reduce this issue. The other benefit being that the RNZAF will have a brand new airframe - Buy second hand 737SF's with the same engine/fit as the P-8 so maintenance can be shared with that type. Work in a similar way to the 757s. Of course money would put a stop to any of those ideas. C-130 or even A400 is not going to offer the required payload range envelope. Neither is a B737 unless its got belly tanks, so a B737 freighter isn't going to work (the long range A320 designed to replace the B757 is also in the same boat). There is no 787 cargo version and it is unlikely to happen for at least decade if at all. Well used airliners really don't like sitting, easiest fix is to simply don't attempt to be cheap airframes. Parts commonality percentage between the P-8 and the 737NG series is given as 86%, anyone seen an operating cost model for running both types, the 14% difference in parts could be all the cheap reliable parts or the unreliable expensive bits. For a VIP transport, they could just buy a P-8 like the VIP transport P-3. As for operating costs of a 737NG this a pretty good guide for civilian reg operating costs. pdfslide.us/documents/owners-operators-guide-737ng.html?page=1
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Post by madmac on Dec 22, 2023 22:03:18 GMT 12
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Post by madmac on Dec 22, 2023 11:36:11 GMT 12
Strike Eagles have a back seat which fulfills the VIP transport role. B21's come with a loo, and a bit more leg room plus there's not as many refueling stops required.
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Post by madmac on Dec 21, 2023 20:36:53 GMT 12
I suppose the interesting question is, if Act and NZF are pushing an increase in defense spending, have the requirements changed to the point of more than 2 airframes or more than 1 type to replace the B757's.
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Post by madmac on Dec 13, 2023 6:18:34 GMT 12
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Post by madmac on Nov 25, 2023 14:11:39 GMT 12
She’ll be too busy on other stuff. She’s got a whole heap of ministerial portfolios; more than any other minister: Attorney-General Minister of Defence Minister for Digitising Government Minister Responsible for the GCSB & SIS Minister for Science & Technology Minister for Space Lead Minister for the March 15 Response Apparently Labour isn't the only one with a very limited depth of able minsters.
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Post by madmac on Nov 24, 2023 20:53:55 GMT 12
Got help us. Judith Collins?? Ffs Well it makes sense I guess, Papakura will get even more Defense minister visits than usual (she was apparently a very frequent visitor under the last national government). Well we knows who's budget is going to do well out of this, regardless of the proprietress of it!
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Post by madmac on Nov 19, 2023 20:15:19 GMT 12
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Post by madmac on Sept 20, 2023 20:40:26 GMT 12
I image the accident report will make interesting reading.
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