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Post by oj on Oct 15, 2023 17:12:13 GMT 12
It is a pity that we cannot often offer constructive criticism on items without the PC brigade going woke and pussy-footing on what kids or adults don't need to know. No wonder our education standards and core common knowledge are fast approaching third-world standards (if not already there).
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Post by oj on Oct 14, 2023 22:26:50 GMT 12
Not everyone knows about topdressing aircraft - I can only imagine how startling it must be for someone unaware. There is no excuse for this in NZ. Don't be so soft. Parents and schools have an obligation to teach this important part of our agricultural heritage.
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Post by oj on Oct 13, 2023 19:21:40 GMT 12
People in woke world never wake up!
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Post by oj on Oct 7, 2023 14:31:34 GMT 12
I don't think it is an operational photo because there is a potential FOD problem. Someone has stowed, stashed or discarded their Hi-vis jacket among the u/c mechanism. If this is a control lock, the flag should be unfurled and hanging down, or it may have been and then flicked up by the wind?
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Post by oj on Oct 6, 2023 18:35:30 GMT 12
Now where did you get that photo McFly? Sitting on some PSP matting in the grass. Museum photo?
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Post by oj on Oct 6, 2023 18:28:06 GMT 12
There is no horizon reference to see whether this might not be perhaps a disassembly and stowage preparation at Port Lyttelton. It kind of doesn't look cold. If the photo series is numbered, the sequence may help us here?
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Post by oj on Oct 5, 2023 19:34:29 GMT 12
Please tell us what the trailer was used for, or was it never finished off?
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Post by oj on Oct 4, 2023 19:04:16 GMT 12
Eh? you mean "Hear, hear" Sir, surely (to be truly Queens/Kings English).
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Post by oj on Sept 23, 2023 17:43:29 GMT 12
"There'l always be an England And England shall be great So long as there's a Kiwi there To take the bloody weight."
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Post by oj on Sept 19, 2023 20:24:35 GMT 12
Regarding "a gentleman's aerial touring carriage " The ground-based carriage has the advantage of you being able to ask "Once more over the cobblestones please driver" (with the girl in your lap)!
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Post by oj on Sept 4, 2023 20:24:50 GMT 12
Have you captured him for an interview?
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Caribou
Sept 4, 2023 20:20:41 GMT 12
Post by oj on Sept 4, 2023 20:20:41 GMT 12
I don't get it Zac. What's this?
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Post by oj on Sept 4, 2023 20:15:11 GMT 12
What Electrical School? Are you talking about 2TTS at Wigram E&W School? What years?
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Caribou
Sept 2, 2023 21:23:19 GMT 12
Post by oj on Sept 2, 2023 21:23:19 GMT 12
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Post by oj on Sept 2, 2023 21:09:41 GMT 12
They were at Ohakea in the 1960s. Notoriously hard to start in those days. If they didn't fire up promptly (which was rare) there were often long delays waiting for the starter motors to cool between their duty periods and time to bring up a second ground-start battery cart. I don't think the word "scramble" would be in their Ops Manual!
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Post by oj on Sept 2, 2023 20:58:05 GMT 12
I guess the mud-flaps mod on the mains help to keep shite off the tailplane ...
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Post by oj on Aug 23, 2023 19:38:13 GMT 12
You can get huge detail on all of this project by reading the book Fire Across the Desert by Andrew Morton. It is the official defence department history of what was known as the Australia UK joint project, though ultimately the Australians paid the greater amount to smoke their joint!
I have a copy of this book but it is currently out on loan. It is profusely illustrated and has many diagrams. I have not researched whether it is available digitally. I do recommend it.
With regard to the video, just a reminder to you all that the last batch of (I think about 14) Jindiviks were 50% built by PAC in the 1990s, written about elsewhere in this Forum.
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Post by oj on Aug 21, 2023 22:00:24 GMT 12
I think the fire bombing by Beaver would have been at Rotorua and the James hangar there also. The Beaver was also used for tourist flights and dad took us up on a flight over the Rotorua lakes and mountains in about 1958. This was from the old aerodrome in Rotorua town, what is now Fenton street I think.
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Post by oj on Aug 19, 2023 19:09:27 GMT 12
Whoops! I am 18 years late in noticing this thread. I have to clear up some misunderstandings from comments back in 2005. To Bruce: 1. The Callair was initially powered by Lycoming IO-540 in the Callair A versions. 2. The only callairs that came to NZ were Callair B1 versions, with the IO-720-A1A engine (with Bendix S700 series magnetos). 3. The Callair NZ distributor was Aero Engine Services Ltd. at Rukuhia. 4. The Callair has no relation to the Aerocommander Snow agricultural aircraft that James Aviation operated. 5. James Aviation never owned or operated the Callair. 6. The Callair was built by the Intermountain Company in the USA so was known as the IMCO Callair. 7. In NZ, Callairs were operated by Rangitikei Air Services (Taihape), Air Contracts Masterton and either Timaru Air Services or Otago air Services.
I worked on Callairs at AESL from 1967 onward.
There is a fair bit of other information about Callairs elsewhere in this forum. Enjoy!
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Post by oj on Jul 24, 2023 20:42:29 GMT 12
Good stuff. I wonder how quickly they were deployed from Australia and by what means?
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