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Post by mumbles on Oct 4, 2011 21:01:24 GMT 12
It was abridged - all of the formation stuff had to be extra-spaced and no 5ship loops - because it was windy and extremely turbulent. The phrase I got was "beaten to death". That's what I noticed the absence of, although I wasn't sure if it was due to the weather or the display being tailored to the location. It certainly looked bouncy from where I was standing, and you can see it in some of the smoke trails in the pics. I noted there were a few pre display orbits, both in formation and joining/rejoining; it looked like some decision making was being undertaken as to whether to display at all. That they did even an abridged performance in the prevailing weather was much appreciated . It isn't something we get to see around here often, just a pity it wasn't earlier in the week (or day even). The funny thing is it only seemed to be particularly blustery around the city itself. A little further north at my place in the hills it wasn't anything like as rough. Local wind does intensify the closer you get to Cook Strait though, so that isn't entirely surprising.
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Post by mumbles on Oct 4, 2011 20:11:25 GMT 12
Shoot at 1/500 plus and stop the propellor usually Two of those comments are mine. Unexpectedly for a stuff article, a couple of the points noted were actually acted upon. The point about dragging up apropos of nothing history wasn't. Anyone know what time Sunday's display is down for? Details of Red Checkers display Sunday 2 October at 2.30pm over the Wellington Inner Harbour (weather permitting) www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/media-releases/2011/29092011-rcdtwaos.htmCheers Some shots of Sunday's display from Mount Victoria. I didn't get up there as early as I wanted, so missed the orbiting around the city which would have made for some nice shots. As it was is wasn't a great day for either formation aerobatics or photography; dark and windy, after a week of calm days and blue skies . I think the wind might have abridged the display a little, as some familiar elements were missing, as well as making it hard to keep the camera steady. A better day and I might have got some better shots. Giving the people queing to get into the stadium for the AB-Canada match something to look at: Crop making me wish the light had been a bit better: With Mount Kaukau in the background: Spaghetti Break: Crop from one of the break shots. I didn't know CT4's could generate tip vortices like these .
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Post by mumbles on Oct 2, 2011 22:32:46 GMT 12
This airframe was also the subject of a recent breif build article in Scale Aircraft Modelling.
Also nice work Raymond, and having seen the source, nice choice of profile pic ;D
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Post by mumbles on Oct 2, 2011 18:38:11 GMT 12
Sam they had the excellent advert "Have you got the right stuff?" playing in the late 1980's and into the 1990's. That had Skyhawks in it. And it was better than the adverts of the later 1990's in my opinion. That's the problem. It was better than what appeared in the late 90's. That ad started screening in early 1989 or so, but by the mid 90's it was well outdated. From then to the latter 90's there was no effective "this is who we are and how we do it" style advertising for the RNZAF. The two I mentioned for the other services were very good, and I remember thinking at the time the RNZAF needed something equally as good, something which never appeared. Like I said in the very late 90's, early 00's they finally came up with a very good awareness/recruitment campaign.
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Post by mumbles on Oct 2, 2011 16:38:58 GMT 12
Its all down to education and I think Don commented to me that the RNZAF didn't really "advertise" what they did with the Skyhawk as well as they could have ie: at Airshows for example. And usually people seem to equate old with useless when the Skyhawk certainly wasn't the latter. Absolutely right. Whoever was in charge of Air Force PR in the 90's in particular needs a serve. There were great and widely seen TV and print campaigns for the Army and Navy ("Arm me with a career", "Go Navy" etc), nothing like it as visible or engaging from the Air Force. A good campaign did emerge in the very late 90's, but far too little too late, and I can't help but feel that this lack of visibility helped contribute to building the political environment that enabled the ACW disbandment.
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Post by mumbles on Oct 2, 2011 11:33:06 GMT 12
I think we should ban the use of the word 'obviously' from the forum, as things usually aren't. Using it to make wild assumptions here in an ad-hominem fashion is silly.
I don't necessarily agree with Agman's point, but I'm not going to say he is 'obviously' this or that when I have no way of knowing if that is the case.
His point about 3, 5, 40 and 42 Sqns actually being out there and performing the roles they train(ed) and practice for for real has a certain amount of validity. That isn't the only thing to take into account though in considering the Skyhawk's place in the NZ aviation pantheon.
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Post by mumbles on Sept 28, 2011 16:10:06 GMT 12
You've got to wonder what their own photographers do all day. Shoot at 1/500 plus and stop the propellor usually Two of those comments are mine. Unexpectedly for a stuff article, a couple of the points noted were actually acted upon. The point about dragging up apropos of nothing history wasn't. Anyone know what time Sunday's display is down for?
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Post by mumbles on Sept 28, 2011 9:44:04 GMT 12
Just when the average Joe will think it's safe to speed up after the camera van and choose to break the law because it suits them Fixed that for you.
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Post by mumbles on Sept 28, 2011 8:43:08 GMT 12
From The Press Oct 23 2002: "Pilot relegated." The Press. Independent Newspapers Limited. 2002. A Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot has been busted down to co- pilot as punishment for buzzing Jade Stadium in his C-130 Hercules. Spectators at the Canterbury-Auckland NPC semi- final on Friday night ducked for cover when … Remember now?? CRFU whined like little girls over it. They should have counted themselves lucky. Ducked for cover lol, I would have loved to have been there. I remember it quite well, there was even a write up of sorts in one of the sports mags (the one Eric Young edited) IIRC. Could have been worse, they could have got this guy to do the flyover: I was there for the 747 flyover at the last Athletic Park test in 1999, which was awesome.
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Post by mumbles on Sept 28, 2011 8:32:23 GMT 12
"between 10.30am and 11.30am"
Thats some good precise reporting right there. They have just overheaded my office in Seaview, so are either doin g the flyover now, or landing in Wellington.
Also love how the article has precisely two sentences about upcoming displays, and seven about last year's incidents.
Is there a schedule for their displays anywhere on line? I have spent about 15 minutes googling but it seems to be a closely guarded military secret.
Is it just a flyover today and full display Sunday?
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Post by mumbles on Sept 22, 2011 9:54:12 GMT 12
The only time I remember seeing it in person was in late 1985, and even as a 9 year old I could tell it was in a very poor state.
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Post by mumbles on Sept 21, 2011 21:06:56 GMT 12
Whatever happened to the MOTAT P-47? Didn't it get traded for something, and where is it now?
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Post by mumbles on Sept 21, 2011 21:05:28 GMT 12
Will all displays be without engines? Must look a bit odd peering up the tail into a big cavity.... The sit of the airframe is quite different too. The Ohakea bitser T-Bird had a water tank installed to rectify this I'm told.
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Post by mumbles on Sept 21, 2011 21:03:23 GMT 12
Crickey, that US Navy Aircraft History website has an interesting pic of two Argentine A-4's attacking HMS Broadsword. Anyone able to comment at what appears to be presumably AA gunfire hitting the sea all around the A-4's? thanlont.blogspot.com/2011/09/scooter.htmlCertainly is AAA, and a very cool customer taking the picture. The sinking of the Coventry featured on an episode of "Seconds from disaster" a few years ago. During the episode they played an audio recording from Broadswords Ops Room made during the attack; you can hear the outgoing gunfire quite clearly, before the playback ended with the matter of fact announcement "Coventry's blown up".
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Post by mumbles on Sept 18, 2011 14:22:58 GMT 12
I notice all the Kiwis supporting Ireland as I believe that you all know the Wallabies will be a huge threat here for the cup (just saying) As a New Zealander of part Irish descent, I'm always going to support them unless they are playing us. Doesn't matter who the opposition is otherwise
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Post by mumbles on Sept 14, 2011 12:52:10 GMT 12
There was a similar ZS-Reg Gulfstream parked in the same place on Sunday, probably here for the SA-Wales game.
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Post by mumbles on Sept 14, 2011 9:48:26 GMT 12
Or have we got the wrong one. Just found an accident report for NZ1056 which was "damaged" after hitting a truck 3 Feb 1969. The pilot was Rennai. I'm sure I have a photo somewhere of this aircraft and also a photo of the truck. Pays to double check!!!! This could very well be the incident!!!! are you able to post the pictures? My father was on a crash crew at OH at the time and remembers the incident well. He collected the roof of a MOW truck with the wingtip, and returned to OH with the aileron hanging by a single hinge the story goes. As I understand it had the pilot not been low flying in the first place he would have been endorsed for recovering the aircraft, but under the circumstances he was immediately grounded. Not sure if that part is correct but that is the story as relayed to me.
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Post by mumbles on Sept 6, 2011 9:37:11 GMT 12
Not really relevant, but since it has come up ina nother discussion I am having, is Paul Holmes still actively flying himself?
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Post by mumbles on Sept 6, 2011 9:33:31 GMT 12
I guess that is as good a confirmation as any that the flash new Ohakea visitors centre is dead in the water. Wasn't it supposed to be open by now?
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Post by mumbles on Sept 6, 2011 9:30:52 GMT 12
Did someone like Tamiya come along and just do their own thing, and it caught on? As I understand it where 1/35 is concerned, yes. They also tried to do the same thing with 1/100 scale for aircraft, but less successfully.
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