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Post by Peter Lewis on Mar 8, 2010 21:01:03 GMT 12
Clarifying the above:
ZK-WAS/1 = Ted Smith Aerostar 600A, valid 21Jun78 thru 5Dec85, S.Abd USA
ZK-WAS/2 = Cessna T188C AgHusky 400 c/n T188-03628T, valid from, 24Aug1988 with Wareham Air Spray Ltd., Ashhurst. Arr with 400hp Lyc.IO-720. Assem Feilding, f/f 24Sep88.
It may have crashed and been rebuilt as discussed above, but was sold abroad (to where?) and canceled 26Nov2009. Just the one.
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Post by clintb on Mar 21, 2010 20:25:52 GMT 12
CQO at Feilding circa 1978. shame you cant see the other side of the hangar as that was where all the wrecks were "stored" Attachments:
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Post by furyfb11 on Mar 22, 2010 15:55:17 GMT 12
I am not sure if there is a thread already on this, but thought that since we have hijacked the 180 thread a bit with agwagons , they will probably warrant a thread of their own. I have some pics from the past I hope to get scanned into the forum soon enough. In the meantime, congratulations to those at the Classic Flyers museum, some real progress has been made on their agwagon. This is how it looked yesterday (although the wheels look a bit SE5a-ish, thought someone who has some old 180/185 tyres and hubs might want to pass them on).  Further progress on Classic Flyers Agwagon Photos taken this morning 22/3/10   |
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Mar 23, 2010 20:52:16 GMT 12
Good to see it is being done up nicely - I noticed it when I was at the airshow last month but I wasn't certain whether it was destined for the museum or just dumped there!
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Post by Gavin Conroy on Jul 28, 2010 18:34:07 GMT 12
Flew with this one yesterday, she was a noisy old girl   |
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Post by Dave.K on Jul 28, 2010 21:01:00 GMT 12
Nice and clean, drooped leading edge, still cessna's sexiest machine
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Post by Gavin Conroy on Jul 28, 2010 21:08:15 GMT 12
They sure are a sexy aeroplane, the boys even gave it a good clean just for the flight and it looked great.
Will sort the Air 2 Airs out and post some soon.
Had waited for quite a while to fly alongside one of these, and as there are not many left now it was good to finally fly with one, it is ZK-EJL by the way.
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Post by thomarse on Jul 28, 2010 21:28:51 GMT 12
For the life of me I can't work out why the Agwagon faded from the scene as it did, especially the A188B.
Certainly a classic machine, outstanding as a sprayer. Only flew one once; will never forget it - as a "first up" experience, only my one flight in a Harvard comes within a bull's roar.
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Post by Gavin Conroy on Aug 1, 2010 9:02:48 GMT 12
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2010 9:59:03 GMT 12
Great photos Gavin... what camera ship where you in ?
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Post by The Red Baron on Aug 1, 2010 16:13:08 GMT 12
For the life of me I can't work out why the Agwagon faded from the scene as it did, especially the A188B.
Thats a good question actually,obviously not for lack of parts as theres plenty of 180's still flying,must still be reasonably economic to use..anyone else got some ideas?.
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Post by hawkesbay on Aug 2, 2010 9:32:32 GMT 12
too small
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2010 10:32:09 GMT 12
O/T - amec, you wouldn't happen to have any photos of Fletcher ZK-CBG by any chance? She was owned by Langslow in 1983 and then Farmers Aviation - also Otane-based - until 1990.
Great shots, and thanks for the one of JCR! Always happy to see more WAW machines.
And great to see your shots of EJL Gavin!
The progress on the CF aircraft is superb! Is there a "planned" completion date as yet?
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Post by thomarse on Aug 2, 2010 13:56:44 GMT 12
So is the Fatman though James, and they're hanging in there.
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Post by Gavin Conroy on Aug 2, 2010 19:00:36 GMT 12
Great photos Gavin... what camera ship where you in ? Camera ship was a Cessna 172  |
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Post by amec on Aug 2, 2010 19:57:03 GMT 12
Great photos of EJL there Gavin. It is good to see it still looking good after all these years. Is that Ray flying it?
Sorry Zac no pics of CBG, the pic of FYJ is from about 1991/92. That was the only dealings we had with Langslow Aviation apart from they flew for Air Services in the mid nineties.
The demise of the Agwagon was probably due to the rising costs of operation, Ce$$na Parts, small payload especially compared to the Fletcher and even more so turbine aircraft. Remember production stopped in 1984. I think for NZ operations the Fletcher or its turbine derivatives seems to rule.
The GA200 Fatman is a good follow on from the Agwagon, Although not many have been built, they are a good performer, Cheap to fly and maintain, decent payload.
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Post by clintb on Nov 17, 2010 13:27:42 GMT 12
I would love to kick start this thread again but need help. Was hoping to appeal to one of the more computer savvy people on this site that is an agwagon fan. i have had all my dads topdressing videos transferred onto dvd bit i dont have the necessary know how to edit these into a format that i can post them here, or on you tube. if you have the time and can help please contact me via the message service. Videos are of CQO and EJK, and Rurals dothistroma contract 1981
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Post by alias on Jan 8, 2011 11:41:02 GMT 12
Feilding 1974  1979  |
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Post by mstokes on Feb 16, 2011 19:53:13 GMT 12
I was trolling through some photos the other day while my brother was down and came across one of the agwagon air-to-airs that I mentioned earlier. This was from the December 1982 over Kereru in Central Hawkes Bay. DPA was the old man's favourite Cookson machine. I believe the other pilot taking the photos was most likely Ian McCarthy.  I am not usually a photo Nazi  , but please do not publically repost this photo, it will be appearing in print in the future. Cheers! |
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Post by noooby on Feb 22, 2011 4:27:41 GMT 12
Hi there,
Does anyone have a photo of DMA? She crashed up the back of Te Puke in 1989 (?) with John Martin (now tandem skydive pilot in Tauranga) in the hot seat.
Thanks for your help
Cheers
Graham
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, but please do not publically repost this photo, it will be appearing in print in the future.