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Post by skyhawkdon on May 13, 2011 12:52:46 GMT 12
Have a great day tomorrow team. Looking forward to seeing some photos and hearing all about it!
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 13, 2011 12:58:49 GMT 12
Thanks Don. It's a shame that you won't be here with us.
We have had one Dakota guy pull out and another is now umming and arring and has not confirmed his seat so there are potentially two spare seats now if anyone wants to make a last minute decision to come by Dakota. Call Jessica Cooper if you do.
A reminder of the raffle, we have over 20 prizes that have been kindly donated, lots of very good aviation DVD's and videos, some jet books, some lovely photos, and the Dakota crew are brining some hats too. Each raffle ticket you buy will have more than 20 chances of winning so they're a great investment and the money raised goes toward keeping a lovely aircraft flying too, the Dakota.
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Post by camtech on May 13, 2011 13:46:47 GMT 12
Dave, my apologies for not being in touch re the forum meet - have been somewhat distracted by moving my father up from Chch and getting him settled at Sunningdale RSA home here in Hamilton.
There was a guy Adams, I think in the room next door, with Cpl RNZAF, 30 Sqdn on his door, but he has gone back home I believe. i will ask the staff if they know where he is.
Good luck for the day and catch up soon.
Les
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Post by Kereru on May 13, 2011 17:17:12 GMT 12
Can't make it due to family commitments so have a great day and give us some pics, dialogue when you can. Weather looks good for the Dc 3 folk so have a great time in Betsy, she is a grand airliner.
Cheers
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Post by Bruce on May 13, 2011 21:16:28 GMT 12
Just been packing 25 1/72 models into boxes of bean bag beads ready to take to the meet... I think I'll be finding polystyrene beads all around the house for months!
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Post by Ykato on May 13, 2011 23:23:04 GMT 12
Ok I should really check the General board more often - hope you all have a great day  . |
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Post by corsair67 on May 13, 2011 23:27:18 GMT 12
Good luck for the weather and have a wonderful day everyone.
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Post by Ykato on May 14, 2011 11:31:32 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 14, 2011 18:12:52 GMT 12
Thanks to everyone who came along today to make such a successful day. We had some great guest speakers and lots of people there. We had a good turn out of veterans from both lthe local area and further afield from Auckland and Tauranga, etc. I really enjoyed the day even though I had so much to remember and think about. A huge thanks to the guest speakers, and to helpers Bruce Cooke who was a legend. Richard Stowers, Paul Bevan who provided the PA system and Mike Cater who set it up. A huge thanks to the Dakota crew, Geoff Cooper, Jessica Cooper and Dave Hayman for bringing down the Dakota and the forum members and making the day a success.
The speakers we had were"
Colin Murray (Army and KEV president)
Bob Glading (Fleet Air Arm)
Larry Hill (on Jack Rae's parachute)
Ian Ronalds (the Hobsonville Memorial)
Alan Peart (RNZAF Spitfire ace)
Wayne Green (the James Aviation DC-3 restoration)
Geoff Cooper (the DC-3)
Sadly we ran out of time to have Reg Mitchell speak before he had to go home, who is the last living No. 488 (NZ) Squadron aircrew member in NZ. Hopefully we can arrange a future event and have him along to give a talk.
Thanks again everyone.
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Post by Darren Masters on May 14, 2011 18:41:29 GMT 12
Dave, I'd like to say thank you so so much for making it an excellent day. I came down in the Dak as you know and thoroughly enjoyed the day. Enjoyed listening to the stories from the vets. Wow, some amazing tales. Some great laughs too. Mostly, it was great to finally put faces to names and to bond with people who share their love of aviation. Absolutely stoked about getting a job (volunteer) onboard the Dak as flight attendant after speaking with Jess. Had a wee bit of 'training' on the way home today and doing some more tomorrow. Really look forward to helping out in the cabin of the Dak when I can and not flying in the Airbus. For those of you I met, Errol, KB etc can you please PM me your details and I will get in contact as I was at the Dak when alot of you left back at Ardmore. Again, thank you so much Dave for organising a wonderful day and I'm sure it was appreciated by all who attended.
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Post by Darren Masters on May 14, 2011 18:43:23 GMT 12
Nice video Ykato You should have come said hello. |
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Post by Peter Lewis on May 14, 2011 18:55:47 GMT 12
Yup, a great day out and thanks to Dave, Bruce and whoever arranged the weather.
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Post by Damon on May 14, 2011 19:35:21 GMT 12
A very enjoyable day.Thanks to Geoff Cooper, Jessica Cooper and Dave Hayman for the flight to the forum meet in Fly DC-3 ZK-DAK. A wonderful flight and a Fly dakota hat won in the raffle. A special thanks to Dave and the team,Bruce ,etc for organising and setting up an enjoyable day. Thanks too to the lovely staff at the venue.
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Post by oj on May 14, 2011 20:30:30 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 14, 2011 20:35:05 GMT 12
Thanks for the raffle prize that you sent over too OJ. The NAC tie and cufflinks went to the right gut, a very nice veteran who wears ties and cuflinks.
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Post by Bruce on May 14, 2011 20:35:25 GMT 12
Great day! lots of aeroplane spoken and listened to. I think Dave was quite taken back by the huge turnout (over 80!) and it was certainly amazing to mingle with the veterans, listening to their stories. We wont have the opportunity for much longer, so great to make the most of it. Anyway, some photos of the model display - I didnt get any "general" pics sorry - too busy chatting! General view of the model display, which came from 3 collections, including some of mine (Mike Aldridge sent some and I forgot the other chaps name, sorry...)  From the 3 collections we had 4 1/72 Catalinas in various schemes, which we displayed in one group, along with my Singapore, Sunderland III and Walrus.   Mainly training types - including Link Trainer  Also included was an RNZAF Wellington Mk 1, as used briefly for training in the UK before being handed back on outbreak of war.  Some of the larger scale examples  Wartime Lockheed twins - Hudson, Lexington, Lodestar, Ventura and Harpoon - with other WW2 types behind  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 14, 2011 20:45:12 GMT 12
The other model maker was Dave Roberts. Both Dave and Mike are members here on the forum by the way.
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Post by Ykato on May 14, 2011 21:02:17 GMT 12
Nice video Ykato You should have come said hello. Always Next time, I Discovered the thread a little late in the plan of things and had other commitments - although was able to get out & video you lot arriving & just managed to get it flying off into the setting sun - hope you all had a good day . |
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Post by northcro on May 14, 2011 21:10:06 GMT 12
Congratulations Dave, your team of helpers, along with Geoff, Dave and Jessica on the Dakota flight; the staff at the Cambridge Club and the guest speakers for making today's forum meet and veterans day most interesting, enjoyable and successful.
Photographs to follow.
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Post by philip on May 14, 2011 21:45:04 GMT 12
Yes well done everyone involved. Ant and I had a great time.
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