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Post by curtiss on Feb 28, 2010 21:28:40 GMT 12
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Post by curtiss on Feb 28, 2010 21:36:06 GMT 12
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Post by curtiss on Feb 28, 2010 21:45:17 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 28, 2010 22:41:14 GMT 12
Superb photos!
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nickj
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Post by nickj on Mar 12, 2010 19:59:20 GMT 12
i remember seeing one land on the nelson sand flats years ago, it was then towed to the founders museum
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Post by baz62 on Mar 13, 2010 10:51:00 GMT 12
Oh yes yes yes!!! Bristols!!! And do my eyes deceive me or is that the one and only CPT in the first shot? ;D
Wonderful photos curtiss you have certainly made my day!!
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Post by beagle on Mar 13, 2010 13:21:17 GMT 12
I was about to say Baz and Al would be posting here pretty soon and sure enough.
Your mrs will be having trouble calming you down after that lot Baz.
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Post by oj on Mar 13, 2010 22:00:49 GMT 12
Magnificent history shown in those Curtis. I cannot speak highly enough of them.
But, there is also one very valuable and interesting adjunct to the series:
What is that British United Carvair doing on the deck at what appears to be Wellington?
I have been reading quite alot of Carvair history, but that movement hasn't cropped up.
Could you do us a favour and post that pic into the Carvair thread as well so we can get someone to sniff it out?
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Post by curtiss on Mar 14, 2010 19:31:08 GMT 12
Hi oj,
from what I can work out, SAFE Air considered purchasing Carvairs at one stage and this is probably part of a marketing effort to sell the aircraft. I have some more Carvair photos including a range of them taken when they were being modified from the DC4. I will post them for you.
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Post by curtiss on Mar 14, 2010 20:57:59 GMT 12
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Post by chinapilot on Mar 15, 2010 23:20:02 GMT 12
Great photos...very nostalgic to see 'Herby' the chief engineer in Wellington driving the 'windbreak', third photo from the bottom...
Earned enough there as a loader/refueler to pay for a CPL in the mid 60's.
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Post by oj on Mar 17, 2010 20:21:30 GMT 12
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Post by suthg on Nov 24, 2014 7:58:05 GMT 12
I know this thread was about the photos of the Bristols but thought this video of the SAFE Air operation would sit well here as well... I sat and watched it all the way through  |
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Post by McFly on Nov 5, 2021 14:28:22 GMT 12
Another good video - 'A Bristol Pilots Day - 1963'..  |
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Post by shorty on Nov 5, 2021 15:35:11 GMT 12
5th photo down, chap working o an engine, looks like "wingnut" Williams who was a F/S on 14 Squadron 1968/69
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Post by shorty on Nov 6, 2021 5:06:13 GMT 12
Red spinners? You learn something every day!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2021 11:50:49 GMT 12
How amazing to see them all lined up like that! |
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