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Post by Peter Lewis on Feb 22, 2011 19:14:30 GMT 12
ZK-DMA - Cessna A188B Agwagon C Aerial Work Ltd., Blenheim Nelson 23Jul1979 red & white Cr near Te Puke 15Apr89 while with Motiti Island Air Ltd., Mt Maunganui  |
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Post by noooby on Feb 23, 2011 3:33:38 GMT 12
Excellent!! Thanks for the photo. Are you sure about the colour? My extremely foggy memory remembers it as orange and white (with lots of spots of primer from repairs). They really are a cool looking machine aren't they  |
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Post by isc on Apr 4, 2015 1:53:17 GMT 12
Have a look on Google, put in Cessna 188 turbo, there's also a bit about a similar Piper Brave, perhaps the old Waggon has got a new life. isc
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Post by Mr Cresco on Jun 10, 2015 21:35:24 GMT 12
And speaking of DPA, how low can you go? Doing a spot of recreational water skiing! Lake Taupo, circa Dec 1988.   |
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Post by Mr Cresco on Jun 10, 2015 21:59:12 GMT 12
And another shot from higher up. The full yarn is in my book with a little old lady poking her nose in!  |
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Post by Jesus on Sept 22, 2016 16:57:59 GMT 12
Hello everyone, this is my first post and I can see the love for these aircrafts is all over the world. Anyway, what bring me here was this post from "amec", the rebuild of EJL I got a similar problem with my dad's A188B Ag Truck. He had an engine problem on take off, fortunately he was unhurt, and walking on his own. As you can see BGN got serious damage:       imagehostThe plan is to rebuild this beautiful aircraft, I dont want to see it in that condition no more, practically with this airplane my dad fed all his family. "amec" is there any way you can help me with a structure jig? Cheers Some more photos for those who are interested.. EJL was the second to last (DHX being the last) Ag wagon to be completely rebuilt by us. It had an engine failure and forced landed onto a ridge line. Ripped a leg out, damaged wings etc. Was transported to us for repairs, and received more damage on ferry crossing, when a truck full of pumpkins collapsed on top of it. Aircraft in storage awaiting rebuild. Aircraft behind is CSM part.way trough rebuild. And tube structure used to repair EJL.  Tube structure in jig.  Aircraft finished awaiting customer pickup, 1995  Start to finish took about 9 months, although aircraft was out of the air for a couple of years. Most of the last crashed Ag wagons seemed to have had a problem getting airborne. This was due to trying to compete with fletchers etc and overloading and pushing the aeroplane to it's limits. We fitted a lot of STOL kits and even vortex generator kits to improve take off performance. This helped considerably. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2020 23:15:19 GMT 12
Alright folks, from my research I’ve identified four AgWags that were with Wanganui Aero Work: DKG, DME, DPU and JCR. So I have two questions:
1) were there any others? and
B) who else has photos they can share? I’m sad to see many have disappeared from the thread thanks to Photobucket.
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Post by isc on Mar 24, 2020 23:38:10 GMT 12
Being mainly grounded at the moment, I l, looked out my little collection of Rex Aviation's Flight Time magazines from July 1965 to November 1066, these have a good introduction of the C-188, from testing in USA to assembly and starting work in NZ, exciting days. isc (ex Rex Dunedin)
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Post by planewriting on Mar 26, 2020 14:53:59 GMT 12
Anyone notice this? I think it should be on this thread.
ZK-RJB Cessna T188C T18803845T 1496 Aeroplane Initial registration Enfield Enterprises Ltd PO Box 429 Oamaru 9444 Registered 10-3-2020 ex VH-LCP
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Post by delticman on Mar 26, 2020 16:02:49 GMT 12
Anyone notice this? I think it should be on this thread. ZK-RJB Cessna T188C T18803845T 1496 Aeroplane Initial registration Enfield Enterprises Ltd PO Box 429 Oamaru 9444 Registered 10-3-2020 ex VH-LCP I've seen it many times in Australia and was previously very familiar to me as it was first ZK-ETR owned by the Central Aerial Co-op in Wanganui. Fieldair bought them out and the Husky was sold to Australia. |
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Post by thomarse on Mar 26, 2020 19:28:25 GMT 12
Alright folks, from my research I’ve identified four AgWags that were with Wanganui Aero Work: DKG, DME, DPU and JCR. So I have two questions: 1) were there any others? and B) who else has photos they can share? I’m sad to see many have disappeared from the thread thanks to Photobucket. I can name you three Zac - CQL CQU and CQX. Can't give you their life histories (I bet Delticman can) but: CQL ended her life while with WAW and her demise was written up in an early "Flight Safety" mag CQU ended up in the tragic pile of Agwagonry at Feilding CQX ended up in Havelock North and IIRC her final achievement was to hit a dunny on (failed) take-off Cheers |
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Post by oj on Mar 27, 2020 20:50:55 GMT 12
In the 1970s I did a magneto change on an Agwagon at Te Kuiti airfield.
The pilot was Dick Powdrill. That was one of the CQs.
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Post by johhn on Mar 29, 2020 11:33:14 GMT 12
About 1980 - 1981 i was the first loader driver for an agwagon at wanganui - the farmers started a coop - the plane was a bit tired but the pilot - malcolm parkin - knew how to throw it around the corners !
What rego was that one please ?
I suspect that was the one that crashed at nearby kai iwi some years later
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Post by delticman on Mar 29, 2020 12:12:42 GMT 12
About 1980 - 1981 i was the first loader driver for an agwagon at wanganui - the farmers started a coop - the plane was a bit tired but the pilot - malcolm parkin - knew how to throw it around the corners ! What rego was that one please ? I suspect that was the one that crashed at nearby kai iwi some years later ZK-DMA was registered on May 6, 1981 to Central Aerial Co-op, Brunswick and later as Central Aerial Co-operative Society Ltd of Wanganui on July 3, 1981. It was sold to Aerial Work (Taupo) Ltd and later to Motiti Island Air and was destroyed April 15, 1989. |
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