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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2009 20:05:18 GMT 12
Hey guys
Compiling a list of Fletchers operated over the years by Wanganui Aero Work, have I got them all?
BHC, BHJ, BHM, BHE, BHT, BIT (this one I'm not 100% of), CMK, CRF, CYN, CZA, DDX (leased for a while), DJE, DJD (rebuilt as Fletcher "Falcon" LTF), DZI (now CMK the 2nd), DZN, EGK, EGY, EMC, EHX, EML, EUH, CLI.
Also, out of interest, where on Earth is DZN? It's still registered to WAW.
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Post by fletcherfu24 on Mar 16, 2009 22:13:35 GMT 12
BHZ,BIL,BOA.BIT is correct.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 16, 2009 22:22:53 GMT 12
Don't you work there Zac? Surely your work mates will have more idea than the forum as to where your aircraft are??   |
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Post by Radialicious on Mar 16, 2009 22:32:01 GMT 12
That's what I was thinking... It's not a trick question is it? |
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Post by Radialicious on Mar 16, 2009 22:37:46 GMT 12
"All stations on wun wun niner wun, Wanganui Ops, is Delta Zulu November listening out kkchh....? If so, just a quick query from the payroll girls, where on Earth are you kkchh...?"
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Post by fletcherfu24 on Mar 16, 2009 22:56:15 GMT 12
No,often the aircraft are withdrawn from service and broken up but the owner keeps the registration alive.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2009 6:05:03 GMT 12
I asked a fairly senior member of staff, he just vaguely gestured and said "I think its over there"....I'm not kidding! I'll ask around at The Top Hangar and our Chief Pilot today  LMAO, thanks for that Al! Thanks PG, much appreciated! I'm in awe of your Fletcher knowledge. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2009 15:44:09 GMT 12
May be in Hastings, could be in Napier.....no-one's really sure!
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Post by Peter Lewis on Mar 17, 2009 17:21:51 GMT 12
Add ZK-EGM, from mid-1994 until it's crash 29Feb96.
ZK-EHX was ZK-BIT with a new fuselage and a new wing, not a lot of the original BIT left apparently.
ZK-DZI was registered as such to NZAI, then went to Iraq, came back in 1994 as ZK-SKF with Skyfarmers, R J Harding bought it in 1998 and changed the rego to ZK-CMK/2 before transferring it to WAW in 2004. So ZK-DZI is not really a WAW registration.
ZK-DZN was stored at Taihape from Apr87 until reactivated for the Turkey adventure late 1992. Maybe it's back in storage at Taihape?
As a point of interest, WAW were originally scheduled to get the first 'production' Fu-24 ZK-BHA c/n 2 in 1954. However, they gave this up in favour of Aerial Agriculture Ltd. of Hastings and got ZK-BHE instead.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2009 18:00:18 GMT 12
Thanks for the EGM info! I had no idea! Number 26!
Any idea what the names of the various aircraft were? So far I have the following:
DJE - Makakaho, CMK2 - Mangamahu III, DZN - Makauiti, EGK - Mangawhero, EMC - Timuhanga. And please correct me if I'm wrong!
EML, EUH and DDX don't/haven't had names like the others of the fleet, as EML is still ostensibly Marl. Aerial Work's machine, EUH was in a pseudo-Fieldair scheme, and DDX was only leased.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Mar 17, 2009 20:23:12 GMT 12
An incomplete list, looks like some names were reused:
ZK-BHE - 'Rangitikei'
ZK-BHM - 'Wanganui'
ZK-BHZ - 'Tauherekau'
ZK-BIL - 'Rangitikei', 'Patea'
ZK-BIT - 'Ongarue'
ZK-BOA - 'Hautapu'
ZK-CLI - 'Whakapapa'
ZK-CMK - 'Mangamuka'
ZK-CRF - 'Waitara'
ZK-DJD - 'Kakahi'
ZK-EGY - 'Wanganui II'
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Post by fletcherfu24 on Mar 17, 2009 21:27:18 GMT 12
Its not in Napier as in being converted to a Fletcher Crusader by any chance Zac?. otherwise.."One of your aircraft is missing".... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2009 6:38:57 GMT 12
There was mention from one on of the more senior staff members yesterday of DZN and turbines..... may not have gone ahead though, he thinks the fuselage could still be there? Thanks a million Peter! I'll add them to the list. Any idea why BIL had two names? Something else has got me puzzled....EGK, still with us, is Mangawhero, and Cresco LTS is Mangawhero III - what was Mangawhero II?? |
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Post by fletcherfu24 on Mar 18, 2009 16:49:19 GMT 12
How many 400's have you got left still flying Zac?,just CMK and EGK?.
I see EGK has had a fin fillet fitted like the Cresco,was this a modification to try and adress the tail failing off problem?.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2009 17:36:07 GMT 12
There's a totally new fin mod which includes the fillet. Our Crescos are all progressively having this mod fitted as well, as well as another Fletcher in the company. Don't know how much I can say here EGK is the sole flying 400 we have at the mo. CMK is dismantled and in storage, and EUH is in mostly one piece but hasn't flown for some time. DZN, as we all know, is AWOL  , and EML of course has a Walter. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2009 17:06:15 GMT 12
I'm just missing a couple of aircraft names now, then I'll start looking into pilots, and exact dates of WAW ownership  ! BHC, BHT, CYN, DZL (IF this was an Aero Work machine), EGM. |
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Post by fletcherfu24 on Mar 22, 2009 11:02:19 GMT 12
If you look on page 189 of The Topdressers theres a photo of BHT Zac,the name starts with a 'W' but your eyes might be better than mine.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2009 13:08:01 GMT 12
It could be Whangaehu - a river in the area, and a name that doesn't appear to have been used. Would be great to see colour pics of this scheme!
ZK-BIL s/n39 - I have two names, Rangitikei and Patea...
Also, was DZL/ s/n213 a WAW machine? It crashed with the loss of Robert Higgie in 1978, and his entry in The Topdressers gives his only employer as WAW.
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Post by fletcherfu24 on Mar 22, 2009 14:26:25 GMT 12
BHT crashed in 1957,if you watch the DVD SuperPilots it shows the remains of an crashed FU 24 in WAW scheme being recovered,which is possibly BHT,it had a very bright red scheme.
Some of the other old footage shows later FU24s in a green scheme.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2009 14:48:56 GMT 12
Got it out from the library yesterday - for the fifth or so time - must get my own copy!
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LMAO, thanks for that Al!
, and EML of course has a Walter. 
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