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Post by fletcherfu24 on May 17, 2008 16:04:29 GMT 12
  Tatco Fletcher BIK near Whangarei 1978,Maurice McLean was the pilot |
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Post by fletcherfu24 on May 17, 2008 16:11:25 GMT 12
  Same aircraft in 1983,Neal Satherly doing the driving. |
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Post by fletcherfu24 on May 17, 2008 16:13:08 GMT 12
  CBI and BIK at Thames around 1981/2. |
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Post by fletcherfu24 on May 17, 2008 16:17:11 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 17, 2008 16:45:12 GMT 12
Great shots Pool Guy/Fletch!
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Post by fletcherfu24 on May 17, 2008 17:22:34 GMT 12
Yep,sadly all those Fletchers are gone now,BIV was written off,CBI and BIK were involved in fatal crashes and DHY featured in another thread having crashed overseas.Peter Sylvia was kiiled in a crash shortly afterwards in the crash of BIO.His loader driver was from Cambridge,I had a yarn with them while they were waiting for fertiliser.
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Post by Peter Lewis on May 17, 2008 18:23:15 GMT 12
Now thats strange - I have ZK-CBI recorded as TATCo fleet No 8. I must check up on that.
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Post by fletcherfu24 on May 17, 2008 22:20:27 GMT 12
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Post by Peter Lewis on May 18, 2008 9:40:34 GMT 12
Yep,sadly all those Fletchers are gone now Another piece of useless information - no ex-Thames ATD Fletcher is now airworthy. Apart from ZK-BWV (up the pole at Gisborne) every Fletcher ever owned by them has been destroyed in a crash by now. Bad karma? |
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Post by area51 on May 18, 2008 11:05:09 GMT 12
Can anyone shed any light on the expected future for Transavia PL12 Airtruk ZK-CJU. This aircraft languished outside at Ardmore for years and years and there was speculation a couple of years ago that a crowd in the USA had bought it for a museum display.
It was also listed on Trade Me back in 2006:
Designation Transavia PL-12 Airtruk
Registration ZK-CJU
Serial # 1239
Total Hours flown 2523
Engine I0-520-D Continental 300hp
Hours remaining 500
This versitile one owner aircraft will provide a lot of pleasure to a private owner. Its unusual configuration is a great crowd draw card and crowd pleaser at air shows. Glider towing, two at a time, adds to its versatile use. The Airtruk was used in the film Mad Max. This single cockpit Airtruk can carry two passengers in a rear facing cabin.
This aircraft requires some work before a C of A could be issued. Otherwise in going order.
Start price: As is where is $30,000.
However, the aircraft has re-entered the register (cancelled on 23Jan91 and re-registered 08May08) to a Mr AH Ruddenklau of Waimate.
So I can only presume the aircraft was trucked south (its been absent from its parking spot at Ardmore for several weeks) and is now in the South Island. So, does anyone know its plans?
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Post by fletcherfu24 on May 18, 2008 20:22:05 GMT 12
....not for want of trying.. ;D   I'm 99% certain the last photo is BWV it was based at Whangarei around the time,but my memory has dimmed slightly in the interviening 22 years..  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 18, 2008 20:30:25 GMT 12
He's talking into a carton of milk! ;D
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Post by fletcherfu24 on May 18, 2008 20:34:47 GMT 12
1989.....the flip phone hadn't been invented yet.
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Post by airtruk on May 24, 2008 7:14:36 GMT 12
Yep I can shed some light on the future of ZK-CJU the Transavia PL-12 Airtruk that sat at Ardmore for years. I purchased the aircraft back in the beginning of April and it's since been dismantled and trucked to Waimate where it is currently been stored. The plan is to rebuild this aircraft over the next twelve months or so and return it to its original glory. The aircraft is one of the last in the country and is after all part of New Zealand's history. The aircraft will I'm hoping be capable of doing a days work once the rebuild is finished but I would like to see it back in the public eye at airshows and other events around the country.
I'm currently hunting for any information on spare parts that might still be hiding out there, history of both the PL-11 and PL-12, photos of the fleet working in New Zealand and anyone that was involved with the type over the years that they were in services along with anyone else thats interested.
Would be very grateful to hear from anyone with any contacts.
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Post by Kereru on May 24, 2008 10:52:17 GMT 12
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Post by fletcherfu24 on May 24, 2008 14:53:53 GMT 12
 Hamish Ross in DVN and Nigel Arkley in ELL Hamilton 1980ish on a very overcast day. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 24, 2008 14:55:43 GMT 12
Welcome to the forum Airtruk. What a neat project you've taken on, to return a rare and odd-yet-interesting aviaition workhorse to the skies. I look forward to seeing it in the air. I've only ever seen Airtruks parked up and never in the air. Please keep us posted on the progress of your restoration project.
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Post by Peter Lewis on May 24, 2008 18:37:25 GMT 12
How about we create a new thread for the PL-12?
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Post by fletcherfu24 on Jun 1, 2008 0:38:06 GMT 12
CML Matamata 1991  AJO Hamilton 1980  BDS Hamilton 1980  An Adastra Fletcher near Putaruru 1959,possibly BIN?,from a very scratchy sepia photo.  Business card from well known Northland pilot Allan Thomas James/Aircraft Services pilot.  BIV 1978  |
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