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Post by mumbles on Apr 29, 2018 22:55:53 GMT 12
Maybe a Taiaha instead of the fern for the 2Sqn jet and spine flashes (like the RAAF Classic Hornets) instead of the squadron titling?
Cool idea
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Post by mumbles on Apr 16, 2018 13:47:30 GMT 12
Good to see the RNZAF making a real effort to raise its public profile at airshows once again. The Black Falcon Texan II display team put up a good effort on each day, but yes its a real challenge to photograph a black aircraft against the sun in a cloudless sky. I find the latter an issue with the Black Falcons in general - the all over black just isn't as photogenic as the yellow/black or grey/red of the Red Checkers. It's not a challenge per se, just the photos aren't as appealing to me when I've photographed them. Agreed on the participation aspect though, it's good to see.
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Post by mumbles on Apr 5, 2018 15:54:57 GMT 12
As I have posted many times before, providing a url such as that with regards to online items at the National Library of NZ is fraught with the danger that the individual item will be moved on their website, something the National Library does regularly as they re-arrange things. There are two things which never change at the National Library of NZ website: the item record number and the reference code. So you should ALWAYS provide those, because otherwise the url as is posted above is likely to end up leading nowhere. Some people at this group are worse offenders than others when it comes to posting links to photographs at the National Library. So to give examples pertaining to the above link; the correct url would be this one: • natlib.govt.nz/records/36390322....because that item record number (36390322) tends to never change. Once you have that page open, you can then click on the “See Original Record” link to gain access to more details about the item and, if the item is available to view online, to a link to open the image in a viewer. Or....you can simply post the reference code, in this case AWM-0803-F and inputing that code into a search box at the website will locate the item, even if the exact location of the image on the website has changed. Rant over!! Pardon me for not being intimately familiar with the National Library's internet practice, or for missing your clearly many previous dissertations on the topic. Any link anywhere on the internet is subject to change at any time, it is the nature of the medium.
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Post by mumbles on Apr 5, 2018 12:21:28 GMT 12
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Post by mumbles on Mar 7, 2018 20:36:34 GMT 12
I was amazed at the aircraft condition. The Wildcat even had the very clear squadron marking. And four kill markings Looked like there was fabric still intact on what appears to be the TBD rudder under the fuselage. How can that be possible? Low temperature at that depth, plus whatever the fabric was treated with is likely unpalatable to marine life and micro-organisms.
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Post by mumbles on Feb 20, 2018 21:05:11 GMT 12
Wellington ... down by Island Bay Won't see much from there. Carparks at the northern end of the runway and around and above the Air Traffic Control building are much better, or the little park with seating on the other side of the runway where the aeroclub entrance used to be. Southern end you can park just off road near the breakwater or around Moa Point. If you have a longer lens the summit of Mount Victoria and the WW2 bunkers above Strathmore are good spots. Ohakea ... sometimes sporadic and the new hangar makes it dificult Frecklington Road still works if you don't mind a bit of polite scrutiny by Force Protection on the other side of the fence
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Post by mumbles on Feb 19, 2018 22:10:20 GMT 12
Do you mean Air Chathams? Ansett New Zealand
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Post by mumbles on Feb 19, 2018 10:09:50 GMT 12
It was obvious though that it was partly sponsored by Air New Zealand, with one domestic airline not being mentioned at all. . . Also the usual footage not matching the narrative and annoying but fashionable animation of still images, but the interviews were good.
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Post by mumbles on Jan 25, 2018 22:04:36 GMT 12
Atomic Suttle. That's a name from the distant past. I travelled from Queenstown to Christchurch with them once....it must have been at least 20 years ago and was most likely after a Warbirds Over Wanaka airshow. I seem to recall they picked us up at the gate of the apartment we were staying at by Perkins Road along the Frankton Arm. Interesting to hear they are still going. Did Dunedin Christchurch and then Christchurch to Picton with them in 2003. The first trip was ordinary, the second was "never again" bad.
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Post by mumbles on Jan 25, 2018 20:53:54 GMT 12
That's cheaper than one way from Chch to Wanaka on Intercity! Surely not Dave. There are various bus options these days - try Atomic Shuttle. I'm impressed Atomic Shuttle are still around. My wife and I had a couple of very ordinary experiences with them in the 2000's
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Post by mumbles on Jan 13, 2018 22:15:45 GMT 12
Didn't similar tongue/brain-trouble happen to an earlier President in a public announcement about the F-117?? it certainly was with the RS-71. I thought that too, but it's actually a myth. LBJ read the recently altered but correct "SR", but the media release hadn't been updated and read RS.
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Post by mumbles on Oct 1, 2017 21:49:43 GMT 12
Great build Sam, and nice to see a Stuka in something other than the 'usual' Thanks Joe. Axis aircraft aren't really my thing modelling wise. This one was done as part of my club's annual Build the Same Kit (BSK) competition so the subject and scale aren't my usual. I started looking for captured or foreign operator schemes before I'd even got the kit, and this one fit the bill nicely
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Post by mumbles on Oct 1, 2017 21:44:28 GMT 12
Was this particular aircraft perhaps taken under RAF management after the Italian capitulation and realignment with the Allies? No, as I alluded to in the OP it was "pinched" after a raid's worth of Italian Stukas force landed after running out of fuel in the Western Desert in September 1941. They came down inside British held territory, so a pair of RAF officers set out to locate and acquire one. Three days later after a bit of a desert adventure they flew it back to their aerodrome, with a Royal Navy officer in the gunner's seat who they had picked up along the way (he had been doing a bit of sightseeing of the land war while on shore leave). The full account of the heist was published in "They Flew Through Sand" (1943, ISBN 9780951607817) by Squadron Leader George Houghton (), and reproduced in "Freedom's Battle: The War in The Air" (1968, ISBN 978-1845950842) edited by Gavin Lyall, the latter of which I have a copy of.
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Post by mumbles on Sept 26, 2017 21:11:16 GMT 12
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Post by mumbles on Sept 26, 2017 20:46:25 GMT 12
This video on YouTube shows the collision (set to play a couple of seconds before) as they're moving to formate on Sally B - one of them drops rather quickly once it happens! The sharkmouthed, RAF camo'd example "bit" USAAF-painted Miss Helen's tail, photos show a nasty gash on Miss Helen's port tailplane. Very lucky that. Also using microphones in the open without wind protection should be illegal
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Post by mumbles on Sept 26, 2017 20:36:42 GMT 12
Thanks Sam, terrific photos. Were they actually doing arrestor landings while you were there? I don't see any hooks on these aircraft. Cheers Dave The arrestor hook is between the ventral fins so isn't very visible. The RHAG is for emergencies only I think.
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Post by mumbles on Sept 26, 2017 20:10:04 GMT 12
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Post by mumbles on Sept 9, 2017 11:11:22 GMT 12
Or just kids being kids. That's an incredibly broad brush you are using there. It could be argued that placing such aircraft in a playground is a bigger act of vandalism than any damage the intended users inflicted on it. The graffiti is part of the aircraft's history whether you like it or not.
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Post by mumbles on Sept 7, 2017 10:51:29 GMT 12
Has any record been made of the scratched in names and graffiti? I know it is technically vandalism, but it is old enough to be historic in it's own right, especially when some of the people who made those marks will still be around to recognise them.
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Post by mumbles on Aug 30, 2017 12:40:21 GMT 12
Thanks for the history, I've always preferred the Venom to the Vampire :)I remember that era well, especially the pair display with the Mustang.
What caused the over-run if anybody knows?
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