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Post by chewy on Sept 17, 2009 20:03:34 GMT 12
In 1994 i joined Aero Support in fielding when i left the Air Force. I worked there for two years until i rejoined the Air Force as a civvy. We de-skinned the wings of a fletcher there. I got inside the wing with a dolly to help knock the rivets out. They had to peel back the skin to get me out. I also fit into the cargo spot in an Agwagon. We had the fuel tank out though.
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Post by mstokes on Sept 18, 2009 0:53:14 GMT 12
Tukituki, the old man certainly thought our 300 was the equal of the 400 that replaced it. Of the two, BOF was his favoured mount for actually flying. It was even used for pleasure flying, checking the snow on Ruapehu and the like, CBD was never used in such a way ;D
I wonder if the big blunt nose, extra fuel tanks and so forth actually diminished any advantages a bigger donk gave. I suppose the big chord wing doesn't help either!
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Post by Peter Lewis on Sept 18, 2009 8:04:45 GMT 12
Hairy - check your messages
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Post by stu on Sept 18, 2009 11:29:59 GMT 12
Unfortunately not working  , but the shell of BWV on poles. A bit of photoshop magic though and I could make the second picture look like it a working fletcher just coming off a strip... if I could use photoshop.  Needs a bit of work on the shading but hopefully this is what you had in mind. Cheers, Stu. |
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Post by Bruce on Sept 18, 2009 15:18:37 GMT 12
A Fieldair Fletcher in the hills above Karapiro? This is James and Robinson territory!  |
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Post by stu on Sept 18, 2009 16:59:15 GMT 12
A Fieldair Fletcher in the hills above Karapiro? This is James and Robinson territory! Minor detail ;D Prelude to a turf war and test of the Fletcher's dogfighting capabilities? To tell the truth, the shot from the top of Maungakawa (or the Sanatorium Hill as we always called it) was the only one I could easily find that kind of worked |
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Post by mstokes on Sept 18, 2009 17:00:34 GMT 12
We had the Fieldair unit in Te Awamutu for about a year after we sold out to them.
Nice work Stu, worthy of a Karma point!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2009 17:22:47 GMT 12
;D Nice one Stu! Looks pretty darned good to me.
I'm also looking for as many shots of ZK-BDS as possible....in addition to the WAW machines.
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Post by fletcherfu24 on Sept 18, 2009 22:29:09 GMT 12
Freed from the pole somewhere over Germany.. ;D  |
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Post by corsair67 on Sept 18, 2009 23:37:30 GMT 12
Achtung, Britisher Fletcher!  |
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Post by haughtney1 on Sept 19, 2009 7:13:46 GMT 12
Very Commando comic
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Post by barnstormer on Sept 19, 2009 12:57:02 GMT 12
I found a few more Fletcher negatives, including one in color FU-24, VH-EOC from 12/81, (Or EQC?) FU-24A, VH-CYM, Superair, 9/73, and VH-FMJ Armadale 24/1/97    |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2009 13:58:23 GMT 12
Thanks for the shots, Joe! The more the merrier! It looks to me that the first subject is EQC. The shot of FMJ looks like it could've been taken in New Zealand!
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Post by b10m on Sept 21, 2009 9:15:54 GMT 12
Thank-you very much O Hairy One! Very appreciated. The EUH photo is better than any I'd be able to get of her in her current state. Here we see her in an earlier Fieldair scheme (photo from Gisborne Aviation Preservation Society website): I'm looking for photographer credit for the following photos, as well as location and date if poss.  Hi Zac. I took this photo some years back (sorry exact date unknown but it would have been the early 80s) at Ohingaiti. they were operating, if I remember correctly, 3 Fletchers off a strip just east of the rail line. If you go to google maps and pull in Ohingaiti you can see a strip depicted. Cheers Ash |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Sept 21, 2009 23:03:49 GMT 12
Zac's list - Part 1: ZK-BHZ Masterton December 1959?  ZK-BXX Rukuhia 19Feb1966:  ZK-BIL Stratford 1961?  ZK-BIT Taumaranui (Piriaka) 7Oct1967:   ZK-BOA Wanganui 1963?  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2009 18:20:14 GMT 12
;D Grand! Thank you so very much, Peter!.......any others?  |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Sept 22, 2009 21:27:10 GMT 12
Zac's list - Part 2: Fletcher ZK-CMK Wanganui Feb1967:   Fletcher ZK-CRF New Plymouth 4Mar1967:   Fletcher ZK-CZA Pahiatua 26Nov1979:  FU24-950 ZK-DDX Wairoa 5Sep1981:  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2009 6:41:57 GMT 12
Thank-you very much Peter! Let me know if there's every anything I can do for you in return.
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Post by fletcherfu24 on Sept 23, 2009 7:42:47 GMT 12
Just curious did BXX actually fly for WAW or was it just rebuilt from BHZ parts by TEAL and then sold to Adastra?.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Sept 23, 2009 9:48:33 GMT 12
As far as I know, ZK-BXX was built up by TEAL (at Mechanics Bay and Whenuapai) and spent it's entire six year active life with Adastra.
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, but the shell of BWV on poles. A bit of photoshop magic though and I could make the second picture look like it a working fletcher just coming off a strip... if I could use photoshop.
