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Post by madmax on Aug 25, 2017 23:49:46 GMT 12
A powerful and thought-provoking interview with the guitar master Does anyone know if/when the "Us and Them" tour is coming downunder?
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Post by madmax on Aug 22, 2017 23:04:23 GMT 12
I assume the Trevor Page referred to above is the Trevor Page who owned Page Plating in Taradale and who owned many aircraft over the years including, I think, Chrislea Ace ZK-ASI. I'm unsure if Trevor is still with us>
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Post by madmax on Aug 17, 2017 11:42:34 GMT 12
Dave, I'm fairly sure the image showing Hawk AEZ and Waco ADE is taken inside the Council hangar not the Govt one as it had windows down both sides while the Council one did not. Also if i recall correctly the interior walls of the Govt hangar were not vertical but sloped inwards.
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Post by madmax on Aug 15, 2017 19:35:38 GMT 12
Great workmanship Harry, I photographed the real BQE on Wellington airport circa 1960 when it was undergoing maintenance at de Hav prior to crossing the ditch. If I recall correctly it still exists in a museum in nth Queensland, however I stand to be corrected on that.
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Post by madmax on Aug 6, 2017 21:52:41 GMT 12
Yes, seem to recall he did have some tie-up with BPT
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Post by madmax on Aug 6, 2017 15:57:21 GMT 12
I got to know John and his wife Shona well during the early 80s, I think he specialised in repair/rebuilding Robinson R22s at that time. Johnnyfalcon or anyone else - do you know if John is still with us.
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Post by madmax on Aug 6, 2017 15:38:08 GMT 12
I seem to recall that following its Taupo dunking CKX was rebuilt by John Hobday at his Taupo engineering facility but may be wrong here. I logged a few hours in it prior to the Taupo episode but do not have access to my log books for details at present
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Post by madmax on Aug 6, 2017 12:31:38 GMT 12
Saw a pair of US military Ospreys take off from Bne airport when I passed through there last month
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Post by madmax on Aug 4, 2017 18:57:06 GMT 12
Hi baz62, I have several colour images of RAF Comet XK695 at Ohakea circa 1956. Included in the lineup are Vampires NZ5766 and another unidentifiable, Devon NZ1801, an unidentifiable P51 and Harvard and Avenger NZ2504 which i assume was still airworthy at that time.
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Post by madmax on Aug 4, 2017 13:48:08 GMT 12
Hi Savinghistory, Thanks for that information. I pleased to learn Richard is still with us. During the 1980s I lived at Awhitu and got to know him well and was instrumental in arranging the B170 deal between Ron Dwen and Richard. I had planned to by a B170 fuselage myself and convert it into a dwelling on my property there but things did not proceed as I planned.
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Post by madmax on Aug 3, 2017 17:42:21 GMT 12
I would be interested to know if you met Richard Hudson, owner of the Bristol at Awhitu?
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Post by madmax on Aug 2, 2017 13:44:30 GMT 12
I've not seen ramps like those used in the operations of ATR's and Dash 8s in other countries. I guess they are used to give Kiwis the comforting feeling of being herded like sheep.
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Post by madmax on Aug 1, 2017 15:33:42 GMT 12
isc - The aircraft in Rex hangar was most likely the aircraft which is in the Taranaki museum now as I know of no other Fleas that were built in the Taranaki district
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Post by madmax on Aug 1, 2017 12:36:09 GMT 12
The Flea was completed by McMillan brothers in 1936 and flown on at least one occasion. It was displayed at a Stratford airshow in 1937 but did not fly there. In 1938 It was loaned to ER Brewster for him to further experiment with a multi-slotted wing. Whether the multi-slotted wing ( supposedly built from timber from ZK-ACU) was ever completed and fitted to the Flea is unknown.
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Post by madmax on Jul 31, 2017 21:23:37 GMT 12
Negative Peter, the Flea was not constructed by Brewster however after obtaining it he experimented with models having multi-slotted wings which he believed would be capable of flying slower. He than began building a slow landing aircraft based on his design using timber taken from the 504. I have the full story in my archives but am unable to access them at present.
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Post by madmax on Jul 30, 2017 17:39:36 GMT 12
I know that at one time at least the Flea's fuselage was on display however I'm unaware if they had the original wing, its last owner (Brewster) was experimenting with a new wing design, or the Scott Squirrel engine
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Post by madmax on Jul 30, 2017 15:41:57 GMT 12
Hi Zac, would love an image of the Flying Flea if you can get one. Thanks
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Post by madmax on Jul 30, 2017 13:52:28 GMT 12
I would like to add comments about the 3 images supplied by Paul Sheehan and posted by Dave Homewood on 10 July.
Image 1 depicts the Government hangar, referred to at that time as the CAA hangar about to be moved. It was raised and several trucks positioned under it which were then driven very,very slowly the half kilometer or so to the present site. It I recall correctly the trucks were (wire) roped together in order that they travelled in unison otherwise the structure would have been torn apart.This hangar was originally built to house PAF Blackburn Baffins
As a young lad I watched these proceeding each day after school. The Council hangar was the first to be shifted after which it became the de Havilland hangar.
Image 2 would probably have been taken in early 1939 prior to the de Havilland facility being built. On the extreme right can be seen the NZ Exhibition building.
Inage 3 would have been taken a year or two earlier prior to construction of the Government hangar. On the extreme right, in the centre of the picture can be seen a cluster of buildings, the second structure from the left is the Air Work facility. In the righthand foreground of this image is a grassed area which was where the first Avro 504s of NZ Aero Transport Co and Canterbury Aviation Co operated in 1921. They operated from the area in the immediate foreground between the fence that juts out on the right and the darkened area to the left. The original hangar was built here.
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Post by madmax on Jul 23, 2017 1:32:21 GMT 12
I recall my father telling me many decades ago that the crew of an American naval ship docked in Wellington during W.W. 11 fired upon a Union Airways Lockheed Electra. Luckily they missed!
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Post by madmax on Jul 4, 2017 15:57:15 GMT 12
The Brazier brothers were engineers and initially operated out of the Wellington Aero Club hangar, I do not know if either were pilots however I don't believe they owned any aircraft. They serviced a number of aircraft including Canterbury Aero Club's Monospar (ZK-AET I think) and I have a pix of CACs Hawk ZK-AFJ in front of their workshop. Whether they worked for WAC prior to establishing their own business I'm unsure.
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