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Post by chinapilot on Nov 21, 2009 2:56:43 GMT 12
Just to keep it going ,here's BXV at the Mt Cook airfield 1969  |
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Post by chinapilot on Nov 23, 2009 17:10:26 GMT 12
In the Eddie Coates collection there are several shots of 180s with a cylinder on the starboard wing which may or may not be connected to the hopper...used to know what they were but can someone please enlighten me?
Also, many, many years ago used to go to a 'strip' at Welcome Flat in the Copeland Valley in a 180..is that still used?
Thanks.
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Post by 185skywagon on Nov 23, 2009 18:19:19 GMT 12
Also, many, many years ago used to go to a 'strip' at Welcome Flat in the Copeland Valley in a 180..is that still used? I was just up there on foot a few weeks back, didn't know there was a strip there. Where abouts was it do you remember ?? I think there was a big land slide there maybe back in the 80s took out the hut maybe the strip too ? |
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Post by weheka on Nov 23, 2009 18:30:25 GMT 12
No strips that are usable in welcome flat these days chinapilot, possibly still there, but overgrown, and the great DOC would have you by the b***s if they caught you!
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Post by chinapilot on Nov 23, 2009 18:39:25 GMT 12
Wasn't a strip or such but just a clear area..  Just Googled the area now and trying to remember if it was that area on the southern bank and upstream...know we used to walk over to the hut and springs...but seem to remember another shingle bar was used further upstream also... This was in the mid 60s and had some photos but long lost with many moves over the years...frustrating. |
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Post by chinapilot on Nov 23, 2009 18:41:50 GMT 12
Oh...didn't realise it was like that now...  |
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Post by 185skywagon on Nov 23, 2009 18:43:06 GMT 12
43°38'6.19"S 169°58'11.63"E
That kind of looks like the remains of a strip...East - west, those numbers are in the center. About 300m worth. Might that be it ?
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Post by chinapilot on Nov 23, 2009 18:55:58 GMT 12
Excellent! Think that could be it ..well spotted - just trying to figure out how we got the hut from there Wish I still had those 'Instamatic' photos.... |
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Post by 185skywagon on Nov 23, 2009 19:01:47 GMT 12
just trying to figure out how we got the hut from there Wish I still had those 'Instamatic' photos.... It is does look like a fair hike. The Current hut location is different to the old one, perhaps that was closer ? Google Earth is brilliant for finding strips and places, I could spend all day on here looking for spots to land  |
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Post by chinapilot on Nov 23, 2009 19:28:09 GMT 12
Isn't it great...also just put the co-ords in your GPS straight away.
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Post by thomarse on Nov 24, 2009 4:49:37 GMT 12
Weheka
Are there ANY back-country strips in South Westland /Fiordland that are still available to approved f/wing pilots these days?
Landsborough?
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Post by weheka on Nov 24, 2009 8:04:25 GMT 12
thomarse, there's at least two usable ones in the Landsborough although its a few years since I have been on them, other people would have more up to date info. Between haast and Milford there are quite a few strips dotted about. I haven't been south of Milford.
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Post by chinapilot on Nov 25, 2009 17:04:29 GMT 12
CHJ Tasman '69  |
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Post by thomarse on Nov 27, 2009 9:07:55 GMT 12
Weheka:
Are those recent shots of BDE?
I understood she had gone to Oz (hope not!)
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Post by weheka on Nov 27, 2009 9:26:06 GMT 12
Thomarse, pics very recent and the aircraft should be remaining in NZ. Very skilled and experienced team doing rebuild, will be better than new when finished.
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Post by thomarse on Nov 27, 2009 10:40:43 GMT 12
Just noticed the vernier mixture control.
Is she getting IO470ed or perhaps even IO520?
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Post by Bruce on Nov 27, 2009 12:08:34 GMT 12
Its an O-470 - you can see the carb hanging under the engine.
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Post by weheka on Nov 27, 2009 13:48:50 GMT 12
Possibly going to be a pponk of some sort.
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Post by Bruce on Nov 27, 2009 14:18:03 GMT 12
pponk?
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