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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2017 19:09:50 GMT 12
Wow great pics..$8000 for a Corsair! Just for fun: $8000 in 1971 works out to $109,537.64 today. That is a GREAT price for a Corsair! |
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Post by sammie123 on May 25, 2018 15:35:28 GMT 12
HI,
frank Bish was my uncle and took me down to the opening of the Hamilton Airport in 66". I was 16 yrs old at the time.Josephine, the name of the plane was after Frank's wife Josephine(Jo), who was my mother's sister. As a Flight Sergeant, Frank had flown this plane in the Pacific during Ww2. remember the plane going down the tarmac and lifting off the ground. also recall Frank saying before getting into the cockpit, that he was sure the plane could fly, however wasn't allowed to lift it off the ground. So, was it intentional well !!!!
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 25, 2018 20:05:41 GMT 12
Welcome Sammie. Do you or your family have any photos of either the restoration and 'flight' of the Corsair, or from Frank Bish's wartime years? Is his logbook still around?
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Post by kiwi285 on May 26, 2018 17:25:41 GMT 12
We were at Hamilton Airport that day and took a joy ride about that time in a 172. We were coming into land on the main runway and ended up beside the Corsair on it demo run so we had a birdseye view. I remember that the aircraft was bouncing on the mains in the take off position. I took a couple of black and white photos but I cannot find them anymore. Bugger.
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 26, 2018 21:04:09 GMT 12
Oh man, I'd love to see those photos Mike. What a great thrill that would have been.
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Post by chrism on Feb 21, 2021 14:18:17 GMT 12
Does anyone know, or is able to say, what the current situation of NZ5648 Corsair is? After the fraud charges and legal case, who owns it? Where is it? Is it likely to be seen in our skies again? I certainly hope so......
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 21, 2021 16:09:06 GMT 12
The ownership dispute is yet to be settled, that was not part of the previous cases. It is still stored at Masterton away from public gaze, as is the P-40E. The future remains uncertain.
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Post by planecrazy on Feb 22, 2021 8:30:03 GMT 12
Hope they stay in the country and get painted as RNZAF machines.
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Post by aeromuzz on Feb 22, 2021 11:09:17 GMT 12
Hope they stay in the country and get painted as RNZAF machines. I remember reading an interview with Oliver Wulfe where he stated, he's not a pilot has not interest in getting a pilot's licence. He also said that his aeroplanes were just so he could hang a picture on his wall and say that he owns the plane and that they are better off being managed by people that can fly and maintain them. So, I would speculate that he won't be looking to move the P40 offshore. Then there's the whole antiquities law that others here would know more about, so I doubt they will leave NZ But then I could be wrong......... |
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Post by bell47 on Feb 28, 2021 17:58:47 GMT 12
I understand the Corsair and P40 are both rotting in Masterton. They have both been "stored" in a very bad state and uninhibited apparrently by an ownership dispute, for the last 5 years. The Corsair is hidden behind the white tent in the TVAL hangar. Very sad to see two of our most historic aircraft being treated in such a terrible way.
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Post by Damon on Feb 28, 2021 18:46:42 GMT 12
Not a situation Ray would have liked at all , I am sure.
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Post by harvard1041 on Mar 1, 2021 6:49:44 GMT 12
Neither the P-40 or Corsair are 'rotting away' in Masterton - they are in pretty good storage, well cared for.... but until the lawyers finish their work, unlikely to emerge...but when they do, fairly confident they will get the maintenance work done (needed before going in to this period of limbo) and will emerge to fly again  |
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Post by bell47 on Mar 2, 2021 8:01:06 GMT 12
Please convince me otherwise by proof or photos and I would be very happy.
Until them I prefer to believe people who have seen the aircraft in their current condition, covered in bird droppings, minus wheels and chained to the hangar wall. They were not inhibited so hydraulics, electrics, engine etc will need complete overhauls. The Corsair is enclosed in a tent surrounded by cameras and the P40 in a hangar with blacked out windows, why the secrecy?
These aircraft were hidden away in perfect flying condition but will require a tremendous amount of work and money to get them back to that condition.
Ray Hanna would be horrified.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2021 21:19:03 GMT 12
To be fair, they were both covered in bird droppings during my visits to TVAL open days before things went south - it seemed weird to me that they weren't cleaned before a public event but to be fair the focus was on the Great War aircraft. Here's the Corsair in January 2016 as an example:  ZK-COR Hood 310116 Zac Yates by Zac Yates, on Flickr I'd be surprised if recent photos of either appeared. |
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Post by cheeky62 on Apr 23, 2021 9:37:40 GMT 12
My Father served in the Solomon’s as a LAC - No.4 Servicing unit. He taken a few photos one being of NZ5211.
I'd like to post the photo, however unsure on how to do this on this site.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 23, 2021 20:08:26 GMT 12
Welcome to the forum cheeky.
If you can email me the photo, to dave_daasnz@hotmail.com - I will post it for you.
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Post by camtech on Jan 18, 2023 15:54:14 GMT 12
Just reviving this thread to try to solve "NZ5648" true identity.
On NZ Civil register, its constructors no is quoted as 32823.
Air Force Doomsday book quotes Buno 92044 and c/n as 3305.
Joe Baugher has two entries for this aircraft:
The first: 92044 (MSN 3305) to New Zealand as NZ5648. Currently airworthy with the Old Flying Machine
Company in the UK. This serial may not be genuine since 88391 (MSN 3205) to New Zealand as
NZ5648. Made airworthy as NX55JP. Now with Old Flying Machine Company at Duxford, UK as
G-BXUL painted in US Navy colors with false BuNo 92844.
Registered Feb 23, 2006 to Air Tight Trust of Ardmore, New Zealand as ZK-COR
The second: 88391 (MSN 3205) to New Zealand as NZ5648. Made airworthy as NX55JP. Now with Old Flying
Machine Company at Duxford, UK as G-BXUL painted in US Navy colors with false BuNo 92844.
Registered Feb 23, 2006 to Air Tight Trust of Ardmore, New Zealand as ZK-COR
Does anyone know the real identity?
As mentioned earlier in this thread, it is quite possible that plates were swapped to achieve airworthy status, but it would be great to know the true story.
And people wonder why it takes time to update NZDF Serials!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2023 20:09:28 GMT 12
I'll be tuning in to this Les as Geoff Goodall's Warbirds Directory says Bu88391.
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Post by camtech on Jan 19, 2023 20:57:31 GMT 12
One point that still confuses me, Zac, is the Constructors No quoted on the NZ Civil Register. 32823 is not a Corsair no by my reckoning. I've tried BuNo and that does not compute. The jury is certainly still out on the correct identification of this aircraft. Some hocus pocus going on here.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 19, 2023 21:47:14 GMT 12
Are you able to contact Joe Baugher and ask him to explain his discrepancy?
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