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Post by planewriting on Apr 11, 2020 23:46:16 GMT 12
it does have Auckland Aero Club on the cowling too. I'm thinking that it is Ardmore judging by the hangars. There were several of this type from Word War II days and some remain to this day, including those used by the Aero Club and the Auckland Gliding Club.
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Post by kevsmith on Apr 12, 2020 1:54:28 GMT 12
C180 BUF definitely at Ardmore circa 1963 outside the nearest hangar to the Auckland Aero Club office. Can't tell you who the cars belong to though owing to the 57 year time gap since the photo but they would have been owned by some of the engineers.
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Post by starr on Apr 12, 2020 8:09:02 GMT 12
BUF was an Auckland Aero Club aircraft in the early sixties.
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Post by thomarse on Apr 12, 2020 9:31:32 GMT 12
ZK-BKG OAMARU ahem..."so who's got the better shoes"?  ZK-BKGCan anyone ID the (presumably) pilot? |
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Apr 12, 2020 10:05:25 GMT 12
Yeah, Bill Fallon, my father. Was a pilot but not BKG's. He used to fly ZK-BJV and ZK-BEZ
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Apr 12, 2020 12:18:02 GMT 12
C-185 ZK-CAU  |
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Apr 12, 2020 12:27:56 GMT 12
Unidentified C-185 Back of print says Clive taking a load, note racks under wings, 4 bales under each wing
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Post by thomarse on Apr 12, 2020 15:26:31 GMT 12
Thanks. "Clive" shot is CAU again I think, Clive Thorne
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Apr 12, 2020 15:33:35 GMT 12
I wondered if it was CAU or CAV (see earlier pic). CAU has the wing racks and a spinner in it's photograph.
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Post by thomarse on Apr 12, 2020 18:18:56 GMT 12
Good point - CAV definitely had bomb racks but AFAIK was flown all her ag days by Naylor Smith.From memory CAV was a bright red and white, CAU was a sort of brown and white.
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Apr 12, 2020 20:12:41 GMT 12
Odds are that it is CAU then
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 6, 2020 21:11:06 GMT 12
The Cessna 185 turns 60 this month, and the Cessna 180 has been flying for 63 years. Both types are still workhorses and popular recreational aeroplanes. Very cool designs.
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Post by gooneybird47 on Mar 13, 2021 14:10:45 GMT 12
Wow, these pictures bring back memories, if only I had a camera or even a note book. My Dad was the Stores Manager for Rex/Rural Aviation and most Saturdays I had free range around Bell Block Airfield. I had flights in anything that was being test flown after maintenance at the hangar. We flew down to Christchurch several times for school holidays with our grandmother in 180/185 on delivery or after maintenance flights. From 180/185 through to Airland/Fieldair DC-3 and Lodestars I was lucky enough to get a ride. There is a picture of me in Paul Harrison and Brian Lockstone's A Century of New Zealand Aviation. Taken in 1964 at Bell Block sitting on the ground by an NAC DC-3, I am all of 9 years old. I remember the Rex/Rural annual meetings and Dad always arriving home late. Back in those days a lot of New Zealand's aviation seemed to involve a lot of alcohol. At an early age I tried to obtain one of the hangar cats new kittens. Momma Cat and I had a discussion over this, she won and I needed several stitches.
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Post by wingnut180 on Oct 25, 2021 21:09:20 GMT 12
ZK-WGT went to South America in 1953 as CX-AZP, and only arrived in NZ in late 2006 (registered 5Jan2007. Not quite right, it never went to Uruguay until 1962. |
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Post by wingnut180 on Oct 25, 2021 21:41:36 GMT 12
Any idea where the last shot is taken Peter? I don't recognise the backdrop Taken at TeKuiti 7/12/63 by Wingnut |
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Post by wingnut180 on Oct 25, 2021 21:47:08 GMT 12
Any idea where the last shot is taken Peter? I don't recognise the backdrop Taken at TeKuiti 7/12/63 by wingnut180 |
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Post by wingnut180 on Oct 25, 2021 21:49:41 GMT 12
Any idea where the last shot is taken Peter? I don't recognise the backdrop Neither do I, given the peripatetic nature of Christie's operations. |
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Post by thomarse on Dec 22, 2021 12:52:48 GMT 12
Trivia Time! (but very interesting, at least to me...)
I just discovered by chance that we have three Cessna 180C with consecutive serial numbers - BYJ (50908) BYI (50909) (how did Rural manage to get them the wrong way around?) and KRD (50910)
So the challenge is to get all three girls in the same photo. This may not be likely anywhere else in the World?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2022 6:14:35 GMT 12
Easton's canopy Tiger was ZK-AZY. He obtained it from topdressing firm Aerodress Ltd. in December 1957 (and presumably fitted the coupe top at that stage as part of the conversion from topdressing config) and eventually parted with it to the Southern Hawkes Bay Aero Club in September 1962. All of these operators were Dannevirke based. ZK-AZY was eventually blown over at Taieri 12Nov67, though some remains are still extant.  Off topic, but do you have any other photos of this machine Peter? Online I've found mention some remains are still extant. Do you or the WONZ brains trust have any idea where they might be, and with whom? |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 12, 2022 18:46:43 GMT 12
Float Plane Flips Over On Lake
(New Zealand Press Association)
INVERCARGILL, July 15.
A woman passenger suffered facial lacerations when a float plane, owned and operated by Southern Scenic Air Services, Ltd., flipped over on its back when it landed on Lake Wakatipu yesterday morning.
She is Mrs Fay Margaret Skinner, aged 24, of Auckland. The pilot of the aircraft, a Cessna 180, was unhurt. Mrs Skinner was admitted to Frankton Hospital Her condition tonight was described as not serious.
The aircraft, piloted by Captain D. W. Cowan, was returning to Queenstown from a routine flight to Milford when the incident occurred at 11.5 a.m. The plane was travelling about 60 miles an hour when it hit the water.
The plane touched down about half a mile from the Queenstown wharf and flipped over on its back as soon as it struck the water. However. it was prevented, by its design from sinking. The launch, Meteor, picked up the two persons and the plane was later salvaged and taken to the company’s hangar. The plane was expected to be repaired within six weeks.
A small amount of mail, from Milford, carried in the plane was damaged by water. According to the Post Office the damage was not serious, and the mail would go forward on schedule.
The general manager of the company owning the aircraft, Mr D. W. Davies, said the accident was a serious setback to the company’s operations.
The company would continue operating its remaining nine aircraft, four Dominies, four Cessna 180’s and one Piper PA. 18A.
Mr Davies said that Captain Cowan had had considerable experience with all types of aircraft, having flown with the United States Air Force and later with Hawaiian airlines. He had been flying for Southern Scenic Air Services for six months. The accident was the second this year involving the same Cessna aircraft. On January 2, the pilot, Mr R. Dobey, escaped injury when the craft nosed over in 20ft of water in the Frankton arm.
PRESS, 16 JULY 1962
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