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Post by oj on Mar 16, 2010 20:28:52 GMT 12
Crowd scene at Ohakea Open Day March 1964.  Aircraft, from the left, include: ?, B170, 3xC130, Victor, original Globemaster, ?, another C130, Argosy, Hastings, Neptune wing. Photo taken from No. 5 Hangar annexe roof above Ground Equipment Bay. Photo from Owen Cunliffe collection. |
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Post by oj on Mar 16, 2010 20:48:53 GMT 12
RAAF P2V7 Neptunes at Ohakea March 1964. (Owen Cunliffe collection)  |
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Post by oj on Mar 16, 2010 21:10:59 GMT 12
14 Squadron. (Owen Cunliffe collection)  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 16, 2010 21:17:04 GMT 12
Great stuff OJ. Thanks for posting.
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Post by oj on Mar 16, 2010 21:20:38 GMT 12
Follow me!  |
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Post by oj on Mar 16, 2010 21:35:13 GMT 12
Whoops!  Where'd he go?  (Owen Cunliffe collection) |
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Post by oj on Mar 16, 2010 21:51:21 GMT 12
The lead aircraft must have beat a hasty retreat after this buzz-and-break as he cannot be seen. Might be tail-on to the viewer and receding in his turn. I checked with a magnifying glass but cannot see any hint of a third image.
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Post by mumbles on Mar 16, 2010 21:54:41 GMT 12
Crowd scene at Ohakea Open Day March 1964. Aircraft, from the left, include: ?, B170, 3xC130, Victor, original Globemaster, ?, another C130, Argosy, Hastings, Neptune wing. The '?' looks like an F-105 Thunderchief. IIRC some were sent from PACAF for this and participated in the display. |
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Post by oj on Mar 17, 2010 19:34:05 GMT 12
Correct. There were three F105D's there, one of which had an engine change done on the concrete apron outside the control tower. I was able to watch some of that at the time. Huge powerplants in those 100 series fighters.   (Owen Cunliffe collection) |
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Post by lumpy on Mar 17, 2010 19:51:49 GMT 12
The lead aircraft must have beat a hasty retreat after this buzz-and-break as he cannot be seen. Might be tail-on to the viewer and receding in his turn. I checked with a magnifying glass but cannot see any hint of a third image. Whilst clearly the camera angle in both shots is the same , to me the aircraft in the second shot look a little bigger ( ie ,they seem a little closer to the camera ) suggesting the photos are not consecutive shots of the same aircraft . The bits in the foreground seem about the same size in each shot , so I dont think its a zoom thing . |
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Post by beagle on Mar 18, 2010 10:37:34 GMT 12
Crowd scene at Ohakea Open Day March 1964. Aircraft, from the left, include: ?, B170, 3xC130, Victor, original Globemaster, ?, another C130, Argosy, Hastings, Neptune wing. second ? maybe KC-135, looks like a boeing radome. Photo taken from No. 5 Hangar annexe roof above Ground Equipment Bay. Photo from Owen Cunliffe collection. |
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Post by furyfb11 on Mar 21, 2010 16:29:32 GMT 12
Six F-105D aircraft from the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing at Guam arrived at Ohakea on the Saturday prior to Air Force Day 1964 after a 7 and a half hour flight. They were refuelled by four KB-50J tankers over New Guinea and 100 miles NE of Brisbane. The tankers carried on to Christchurch with two of them flying up to Ohakea later in the week.
Other overseas aircraft attending were
RCAF
CL-44Yukon
RAF
3x Victor B.2
Beverley C.1
Argosy C.1
Britannia C.1
Hastings C.4
RAAF
C-130A
P2V-5
2x P2V7
US Navy
Orion P-3A
LC-130F
USAF
4xKB-50J
6X F105D
6x C-130B
2x C-124A
Victors, RNZAF Canberras and F105s made numerous formation flights around the country during the week prior to the airshow.
I have arrival dates and serial numbers if anybody wants them,also the RNZAF aircraft which took part.
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ron
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Post by ron on May 23, 2016 10:08:39 GMT 12
Sorry to create a zombie thread but does anyone have the identities of the 6 USAF F-105D that attended this show?
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Ron
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Post by merv on May 23, 2016 11:50:45 GMT 12
If my memory serves me correctly. As a prelude to the event, wasn’t a lot of damage done and windows broken in the Bulls area when some aircraft broke the sound barrier? Can somebody elaborate?
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Post by planewriting on May 23, 2016 15:49:03 GMT 12
Ron, according to AHSNZ Journal April 1964 page 76 the 6 USAF F-105Ds logged were 61-215, 61-171, 61-212, 62-4224, 62-4269 and 62-4247.
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Post by pjw4118 on May 23, 2016 16:46:57 GMT 12
These two shots are from Chub Roberts and may be at Ohakea for the Open Day   |
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Post by planewriting on May 23, 2016 17:28:35 GMT 12
Well, there is a "212" in each of the upper photo and the list I provided a few minutes earlier so that is a step in the right direction. Do you have any more photos of other attending F105s providing a clear similar match to improve the odds? There are indeed 6 aircraft in the photo, which works in the match's favour.
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Post by ron on May 23, 2016 17:56:55 GMT 12
planewriting and pjw4118 Thank you for that information. I figured that AHSNZ would have recorded the serials. I asked the question as a result of finding this photo of F-105D 61-0212 landing at RAAF Williamtown. It was thought to have been taken in October 1965 when five F-105F and one F-105D deployed to Williamtown for Operation Pacific Concord 1. However there are photos of the single F-105D at Williamtown and its identity is clearly 62-4375. Therefore this photo of 61-0212 must have been taken in 1964 when the aircraft were returning from Ohakea. The inbound flight was direct from Guam air-refueled as "Operation Wing Over". Many thanks for solving this problem. Regards Ron  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 23, 2016 19:32:33 GMT 12
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Post by ron on May 25, 2016 9:54:12 GMT 12
planewriting
I sent you a private message.
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Ron
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