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Post by John L on Apr 8, 2010 20:38:37 GMT 12
ZK BXV (I think), parked in a paddock across the road from us at Motukarara, in, I think 1987  |
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Post by alias on Mar 3, 2011 21:32:47 GMT 12
Hard at work last Sunday;  |
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Post by chinapilot on Apr 19, 2011 14:06:29 GMT 12
Neat photo !! Great to see the thread going again... Have a photo like that of our son dropping Mum from a Porter  |
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Post by alias on Jun 19, 2011 23:46:00 GMT 12
 Roger Monk's lovely machine departing Manapouri  BUQ getting a winter warmup. The cowl flaps were opened not long after the picture was taken. |
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Post by alias on Jun 20, 2011 0:02:56 GMT 12
 One for thomarse. |
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Post by chinapilot on Jun 20, 2011 1:36:56 GMT 12
Great shots... There would be somebody that would notice... The ones that had 'hoppers' would have had the controls rerouted like a friends 1962 model that had a camera hatch. |
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Post by 300cat on Sept 11, 2011 7:23:54 GMT 12
MYSTERY PHOTO - FIRST 180 TOPDRESSER
Surely that would be an AUSSIE One Eighty.
This photo appeared in "AIRCRAFT" magazine as a full page REX AVIATION ad.
Unfortunately my copy of the ad is 1.37mb, which exceeds the size limit for posting on this site.
The ad states that the machine is operated by HAZAIR, Toogong, via Cudal (near Orange NSW). Hazeltons were major operators of Cessna ag aircraft.
The pilots window is open...an indication of a hot aussie day. Strangely, this detail is hard to spot on the framed photo but shows up in the printed ad.
At least two of the first batch of aussie machines were delivered with the ICD rotary brush spray set-up. This utilised a pair of cylindrical hoppers, one mounted under each wing. It appears that this equipment was junked in short order. The machines so equipped were VH-RAT (31123) and VH-BQD (31120).
And the mystery aircraft is?
VH-BQD (31120).
The painted section at the top of the fin and rudder seals the deal in distinguishing it from other aussie possibilities.
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Post by 185skywagon on Sept 15, 2011 16:47:03 GMT 12
BUQ !! Awesome photos, got any more ?? I would love to fly that machine, got so much history. Jealous
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Post by area51 on Sept 17, 2011 9:11:08 GMT 12
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Post by 185skywagon on Sept 17, 2011 21:21:50 GMT 12
You know what, I just might be there for half a day in the next few weeks. Might have to take you up on that !
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Post by alias on Jan 20, 2012 11:09:28 GMT 12
Some nice pictures of BUQ, BYI and CFI at Te Anau Airport, Manapouri, taken by resident engineer Steve Hall. BUQ has since migrated to Rangitata Island and CFI has had a refurbish and is in a different scheme with a 3 bladed Hartzell hanging on the front.    |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 20, 2012 12:05:11 GMT 12
Very evocative shots.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jan 21, 2012 9:30:41 GMT 12
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2012 17:23:07 GMT 12
I saved the last one for my screensaver.
Does anyone have photos of A185E ZK-LJG taken after March 2010? She is now part of the Wanganui Aero Work fleet, according to the CAA website.
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Jan 21, 2012 19:39:55 GMT 12
I've got a photo of LJG at Ardmore in November 2008, but not more recently than that. Might as well post it anyway, can never have too many 185s in one thread.  |
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Post by Gavin Conroy on Jan 22, 2012 7:20:30 GMT 12
Couple of photos of WGT taken yesterday.   DBX  |
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Jan 25, 2012 18:41:22 GMT 12
Another 185, here's CBF spotted sitting in the warm sun at Ardmore this morning.  |
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Post by chinapilot on May 13, 2012 0:14:19 GMT 12
Time to kick start this thread again:) Two 'blasts from the past'...Kodak 120 photos - didn't scan well, off slightly blurry originals unfortunately, but from the heady days when the C185 was a 'working machine'...Taken in 1968-69. Fox Airstrip...door off, seats out for a supply drop in the Copland...  Airborne Upper Fox Névé...  |
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Post by Dave.K on May 13, 2012 10:55:50 GMT 12
Oh China pilot if we only had good cameras in the good old days, we never thought these old pictures would be in hot demand. The graineness is like the old vinal records, it's all part of the history. Keep them coming.
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Post by chinapilot on May 13, 2012 17:55:32 GMT 12
Kind words Yeah...didn't get a Pentax 35mm until I was in New Guinea a few years later. Sometimes I think my Box Brownie took better 'snaps' than the 'Instamatic'... Here's COH on the lower Fox....1969 Beautiful virgin snow...glad I was going to follow his tracks :-)  |
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