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Post by avenger on Feb 23, 2018 19:46:03 GMT 12
Yes I was sent these photos of 2539 at Bennetts but I don't know the original owner of them. I would be happy to acknowledge that person if we find out their name. Tks for the acknowledgement , I appreciate the real time aspect, but do "we' actually declare names on this site?
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Post by avenger on Feb 23, 2018 19:26:32 GMT 12
Interesting - I have these identical photographs.
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Post by avenger on Feb 17, 2018 15:30:34 GMT 12
Is anyone from Wanganui/Manawatu/Taranaki planning on going? I'd love to but money is super, super tight for us and I'm not sure I can justify the petrol cost on my own. Am going to WONZ from Taupo, but up and back in the day.
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Post by avenger on Jan 17, 2018 15:02:58 GMT 12
Re the Percival Prince aircraft in Samoa, there was a TEAL connection as TEAL seconded at least one of their co-pilots to fly the type. D.R.A. Eden, he later became AirNZ's Flight Operations manager.
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Post by avenger on Dec 11, 2017 15:21:54 GMT 12
AKA 600 m.p.h.Tape?
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Post by avenger on Nov 8, 2017 14:32:02 GMT 12
My advice from a crew member is confirmation the 20th March flight progress report was 1966.
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Post by avenger on Aug 23, 2017 12:20:40 GMT 12
I have a copy of "Mac's Memoirs," described as 'The flying life of Squadron Leader McGregor.' The preface dated January 1937. Malcolm Charles McGregor born March 4th, 1896 near Hunterville.
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Post by avenger on Aug 23, 2017 11:50:09 GMT 12
Re Utiku Albert Potaka, from (the) National Library of New Zealand. October 1958.
" A noted Maoris wartime airman, Mr Utiku Albert Potaka, was killed in a motor accident on the night of Friday, June 6. Mr Potaka, a farmer aged 40 years came from Ohingaiti. The heavy truck he was driving collided with the side of a concrete bridge on the Rongotea - Longburn highway, Manawatu. He died on the way to PN Hospital. Mr Potaka served in the RNZAF from 1942 to 1952. He was awarded the Queens Commendation for services in the air. He served two tours of operations in the European and Middle East theatres of war."
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Post by avenger on Jul 10, 2017 19:28:19 GMT 12
Strongly suspect Ross Hill also a qualified Nav, certainly during 1957-58 he displayed the pilot's brevet at WG.
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Post by avenger on Jul 10, 2017 7:10:06 GMT 12
I'm in contact with 'Bud' Rose and asked him the question re crew composition. Indeed he was a crew member. Only a partial response so far. He has made some comment re those departed, shall post further when more info available.
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Post by avenger on Apr 29, 2017 20:37:03 GMT 12
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Post by avenger on Mar 4, 2017 14:47:01 GMT 12
The DC 8 as certified was reasonably fitted for Wellington ops, but I recall at least in initial crew qualification there was crew training completed at Auckland for "Wellington landings." My logbook for an instructor training day at Wellington simply states "short ldgs."
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Post by avenger on Mar 4, 2017 10:00:12 GMT 12
A question earlier re Lockheed Electra trans tasman flight times. These logged times, not scheduled, and chosen randomly. Ak - SY 3 hrs 50 mins. (DC8 3.00) SY - AK 3 35 (DC8 2.40) WN - SY 4 15 (DC8 3.00) SY - WN 3 35 (DC8 2.50)
The Wellington - Sydney flight appears excessive but I flew only ever one single sector on this route and this the logged time.
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Post by avenger on Jan 24, 2017 18:52:04 GMT 12
Reviewing the photo, this must have been late 1957 or early 1958, but then possibly 1960 -1961.
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Post by avenger on Jan 24, 2017 18:46:54 GMT 12
My info is Bill Cranfield passed on 22 Jan, TBC.
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Post by avenger on Jan 24, 2017 12:17:34 GMT 12
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Post by avenger on Jan 24, 2017 12:04:27 GMT 12
Am unsure exactly when this incident at Christchurch. In this era aircraft would taxi across the grass but this visitor found a soft spot and the nosewheel became bogged.
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Post by avenger on Jan 10, 2016 20:06:35 GMT 12
Is this the J H Budd of interest?
Jack Henry Budd
Jack was Born in Te Puke, 9th September 1923, the son of the accountant at the local Stock Agents.
He grew up in Rotorua and left School to Join the Bank of New South Wales now Westpac.
He was called up to serve in WW2, joining the army attached to the Air Defence in Kawakawa.
While Stationed in Kawakawa he and his mate Jeff Burton thought; 'There must be a better way to fight the war than being in the far North'.
He saw a notice on the local notice board calling for volunteers for the Air Force.
He and Jeff Burton joined the air force and then he did his initial training on tiger moths in Christchurch. He was then transferred to Calgary in Canada.
He remained there for 18 months where he got his commission as a Pilot Officer and he became a training instructor. He then went to England in the last few months of the war.
Upon returning to NZ he rejoined the bank, for a short period of time - and again noticed an advert for pilots for National Airway Corporation - NAC.
He began flying as a pilot for NAC in 1948. His first flight was with Roy Montrowe flying out of Whenuapai in the Electra 10A.
In 1957 Jack flew De Havilland Herons out of Nelson into Wellington and one of his favourite stories was how flying into Wellington, which has some of the world's worst airport turbulence, and would really sort out the men from the boys.
This was proven when they discovered cracks appearing in the rear wing spar of the Heron. When the engineers came out to NZ from De Havilland in the UK and flew around for couple of weeks they were reported as saying that the Herons were never designed for these conditions.
About that time Jack moved to Paraparamu where we lived for a few years while he built a new house for the family in Karori.
Wanting to move back to Auckland he then Joined SPANZ and he and the family headed back to Auckland.
While on a school committee at Kohimarama primary school he met the Fight Operations Manager for TEAL, Ken Brown-John.
Knowing that his time in SPANZ was drawing to an end, he asked Captain Brown-John if there were any opportunities at TEAL for a pilot, and with luck being on his side, he got the job.
He joined TEAL in 1966 which in turn became Air New Zealand.
He was a Captain on the Lockheed L188C Electras, DC8s and DC10s.
He retired from Air New Zealand in 1978 as a Captain on the DC10s aged 55 as that was the compulsory retirement age at the time.
He then went on to live in Singapore for 2 years flying for Singapore Airlines which he always said was a highlight in his career and felt it was a very special time for Shirley who relished the chance to live the ex-pat lifestyle.
Jack finished his flying career with a stint at Garuda Airlines flying pilgrims to Mecca, before returning to NZ.
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Post by avenger on Aug 18, 2015 17:10:57 GMT 12
By coincidence am reading "Gateway to the Ice" (Christchurch International Airport - Antarctic Air links from 1955.) The publication copyrighted 2001 so assumption is the era 1955 - 2001. The Appendix lists the support aircraft during that era. The list mind boggling. USN Douglas R4D models total 17 visitors during that period. Tinman, (earlier this thread) gets a mention. "Flight Lieutenant P. W. Tremayne, RNZAF, visited McMurdo in Deep Freeze - 62 and logged 140 flying hours as a co-pilot with VX-6 flying R4Ds and Otters."
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Post by avenger on Aug 4, 2015 14:18:36 GMT 12
[Correct, An R4D at wigram was very common during the mid 1950s, however, one flown by a serving RNZAF officer in the late 1960s was unusual!]
Sure would have been, I recall another serving RNZAF officer ( am able to recall the name) being offered a conversion onto the Neptune but this denied . Actually, could be argued there would be no gain for the RNZAF.
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