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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 27, 2005 17:19:40 GMT 12
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Post by turboNZ on Oct 27, 2005 18:45:11 GMT 12
yup, thats a Banshee alright.
895 built
First Flight: January 11, 1947
End of Service: September 1962
In 1949, an F2H-2 set a jet altitude record of 52,000 feet.
(source: globalaircraft.com)
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Post by Bruce on Oct 27, 2005 20:11:08 GMT 12
I wonder if it is one of the Banshees that broke the sound barrier during a visit of thier carrier (USS intrepid I think) in the mid 1950s. The carrier visited Wellington and as it arrived it flew off a flight of banshees, at least one of which set off a sonic boom in a shallow dive over Wellington Harbour. They later toured over the southern half of the north Island, which may be when the photo was taken. - Just a guess, does anyone have any more leads?
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Post by hairy on Oct 29, 2005 10:03:47 GMT 12
That seller had a whole lot of photos for sale, I managed to get a bunch including;
- shots of Ohakea taken during the '50s with Devons and Mustangs on the ramp
- an RNZAF P-40 in flight (air to air) possibly NZ3039.
- an air to air of an RAF Valient over the Manawatu.
- a pair of Vampire trainers taxying.
- a shot of the Avenger now in the RNZAF on the ramp in its target towing colours.
- the shot that you mention (not that one though, they had two).
- the photo taken after the one above with the Banshee banking away over Mt. Egmont.
I think they are all RNZAF public relations photos from the '50s, there were some pearlers that I missed out on though, like a RNZAF P-51 bellied on a beach somewhere, a Suderland air to air over Auckland and so on, but they went for too much.
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