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Post by dakman on Feb 10, 2012 20:39:25 GMT 12
Found a few pics of ZK BOX which give a bit of its
history ,
have a pic in airspread taranaki titles at Stratford no date sorry but likely from
Nev Worsley early 60s Think Nev was flying for them at that time At some stage the aircraft
went to Bruce Aitken as I photographed BOX on his field in 1969 in a white and red stripe
paint job sans hopper , Caught it again Greymouth 04 78 same colours hows it looking now
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Post by dakman on Feb 10, 2012 20:42:12 GMT 12
that date at Greymouth should be 1975 sorry
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Post by Luther Moore on Feb 10, 2012 21:08:04 GMT 12
It's Richard Soar of 14 Sqd. It does sound wrong.Is the compoany in King Country?
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Post by dakman on Feb 10, 2012 21:21:10 GMT 12
The name to me has a connection with the Piriaka airfield at Tuamaranui
Its a strip used by ag operators mainly WAW
Maybe Richard was involved in ag flying in the area at some
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Post by Luther Moore on Feb 10, 2012 21:35:56 GMT 12
Sorry, looking at the thread now I think i'm mixed up.I got told today in a letter that Richard Soar started a company called Top Dressing in King Country.I saw Top Dressing and commented  |
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Post by thomarse on Feb 11, 2012 6:55:29 GMT 12
As Dakman says, R A (Richard, probably Dick) Soar owned the farm on which all the ag boys hung out at Piriaka south of Taumarunui. He was a regular correspondent to the AHSNZ Journal in the early 60s (as were a few others on here). He provided monthly reports of movements and also wrote a series of articles about the history of aerial topdressing in the Central King Country.
Although I don't think he started a company, I seem to recall that he may have later been the Area Manager for Wanganui Aero Work. Another Soar whom I assume was his son flew for WAW and sadly lost his life in an FU24 accident in Taranaki.
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Post by Luther Moore on Feb 11, 2012 7:44:18 GMT 12
Yes thats the one.Richard Soar's son was killed in an accident.I recieved a letter yesterday from an ex 14 sqd WWII pilot who told me Uncle Peters no.2 in Peters section was Richard and he wrote that Richard started it and later his son was killed.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Feb 13, 2012 23:01:49 GMT 12
Found a few pics of ZK BOX which give a bit of its history , have a pic in airspread taranaki titles at Stratford no date sorry but likely from Nev Worsley early 60s Think Nev was flying for them at that time At some stage the aircraft went to Bruce Aitken as I photographed BOX on his field in 1969 in a white and red stripe paint job sans hopper , Caught it again Greymouth 04 78 same colours hows it looking now Piper PA18A Super Cub 150 ZK-BOX started life with Wings Fertilisers Ltd., Napier, which then got folded into Reeves Transport (Air Services) Ltd., Hastings. Sold off to Airspread (Taranaki) Ltd., Stratford in May 1963, it collided with a loader at Inglewood 28Feb67. Rebuilt by Farmers Aviation Ltd., Hawera it left the ag industry in June 1974 for private owners J F Dixon & R Maas of Fox Glacier. It wandered around the West Coast for a couple of years (venison recovery?) before moving North in 1979. |
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Post by nobody on Feb 18, 2012 12:45:55 GMT 12
Found a few pics of ZK BOX which give a bit of its history , have a pic in airspread taranaki titles at Stratford no date sorry but likely from Nev Worsley early 60s Think Nev was flying for them at that time At some stage the aircraft went to Bruce Aitken as I photographed BOX on his field in 1969 in a white and red stripe paint job sans hopper , Caught it again Greymouth 04 78 same colours hows it looking now Piper PA18A Super Cub 150 ZK-BOX started life with Wings Fertilisers Ltd., Napier, which then got folded into Reeves Transport (Air Services) Ltd., Hastings. Sold off to Airspread (Taranaki) Ltd., Stratford in May 1963, it collided with a loader at Inglewood 28Feb67. Rebuilt by Farmers Aviation Ltd., Hawera it left the ag industry in June 1974 for private owners J F Dixon & R Maas of Fox Glacier. It wandered around the West Coast for a couple of years (venison recovery?) before moving North in 1979. I first saw BOX in Don Andrew's hangar at Helensville, which must have been 1979 as he'd just purchased it. Don flew it for six months before the C of A ran out and a badly needed rebuild was commenced. Don did not complete this and he traded it on BOV with David Phillpotts. The rebuild was completed by David and after a short period of banner and glider towing it was sold to a gentleman from New Plymouth. He sold it on to the Ardmore Taildraggers who operated it for many years before it ended up in the mangroves in Hobson Bay on Battle of Britain day 1998. David Phillpotts purchased the wreck from Ardmore Taildraggers and after some rebuild work it was sold to Bruce Coulter. After Bruce had used it as a christmas tree the remains were sold to Andrew Phillpotts. It was then rebuilt and test flown on 31 Dec 2006. It now lives in a hangar at Patumahoe as pictured at the beginning of this thread. |
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Post by thomarse on Feb 18, 2012 13:08:11 GMT 12
A "christmas tree"  Suffice to say the Philpotts' know it quite well........ |
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Post by nobody on Feb 18, 2012 20:08:43 GMT 12
A "christmas tree" Suffice to say the Philpotts' know it quite well........ Christmas tree is a technical aviation term used to denote an aircraft robbed of parts for spares........ |
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Post by dalcom on May 29, 2012 20:43:06 GMT 12
This is ZK BTI at Wanganui in the mid 1960's  |
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Post by nobody on May 29, 2012 21:16:23 GMT 12
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Post by nobody on May 30, 2012 20:51:13 GMT 12
Found a few pics of ZK BOX which give a bit of its history , have a pic in airspread taranaki titles at Stratford no date sorry but likely from Nev Worsley early 60s Think Nev was flying for them at that time At some stage the aircraft went to Bruce Aitken as I photographed BOX on his field in 1969 in a white and red stripe paint job sans hopper , Caught it again Greymouth 04 78 same colours hows it looking now Dakman's photos of BOX can be seen by clicking on this link: www.supercub.org/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=36290&title=zk-box-yesteryear&cat=500 |
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Post by nobody on Jun 30, 2014 10:29:49 GMT 12
I don't suppose anybody has any pictures of ZK-BOV?
Mainly interested in the period 1976 to 1990, but even pictures outside that period would be of interest.
Thanks!
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Post by craig on Jun 30, 2014 17:45:01 GMT 12
Couple of Cubs at Gore in the mud. Can't make out the reg,n.  |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jun 30, 2014 18:18:54 GMT 12
I don't suppose anybody has any pictures of ZK-BOV? 150 Cub ZK-BOV at Ardmore March 1978 while doing banner-towing work with Dave Philpotts. Colours at that time were the standard Piper red and white.    Quite a few years later, at Queenstown during the Kaihinu Aviation ownership  |
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Post by nobody on Jun 30, 2014 19:29:48 GMT 12
Absolutely perfect Peter. Just what I was after.
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Post by nobody on Jun 30, 2014 20:25:02 GMT 12
Couple of Cubs at Gore in the mud. Can't make out the reg,n. I wonder if one of those is BNX while it was with Central Aviation. |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jan 11, 2016 16:56:12 GMT 12
During my visit to the Classic Flyers museum at Tauranga last weekend, I was shown the skeleton of a Piper Cub of unknown origin as seen here:  Now the question - is this the mortal remains of ZK-BTC (as discussed earlier in this thread)? Is it at least possible to decide if this is an AgCub or a ClubCub from this skeleton? |
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