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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2011 19:58:00 GMT 12
Someone mentioned the Vampire had been recovered from a Rukuhia roadside where it had sat since 1958....? I'd definitely say this is an ex-RNZAF airframe. I am a little confused though, as I took photos and saw a FB.5(2?), but Peter refers to a T.11?
Thanks for the ID on the Scout, I can now find some photos. And thanks for the shots of the Wasp oopsies, McFly! Were you with us on Sunday?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 29, 2011 20:29:31 GMT 12
No he wasn't there Zac.
That's a massive bottle of chianti on the side of that ship. ;D That photo of NZ3904 is very scary, were the crew ok?
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Post by Peter Lewis on Mar 30, 2011 19:55:21 GMT 12
Someone mentioned the Vampire had been recovered from a Rukuhia roadside where it had sat since 1958 Hmm . . . further digging thru Vampire listings reveals that FB52 NZ5732 "Sold by GSB tender number 8241 dated 09 January 1963. To Dwen Distribution Company, Auckland. On display at Asplins Garage, Hamilton from June 1963. To J. Chambers, Auckland in 1972. Stored with B. Billing at Torbay, Auckland." This would seem to be the only Vampire that spent post-RNZAF time at/near Rukuhia. I saw it at Asplins 16Dec1967:  So possibly "B.Billings" has passed it on to Don. |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Mar 30, 2011 20:11:18 GMT 12
If the Vampire providence is correct, then we saw:
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk.II NZ1332
Westland Wasp HAS.1 Series 4 NZ3901
Westland Wasp HAS.1 NZ3904 (components)
Avro 652A Anson Mk.I NZ412
Hawker Hind NZ1528
Hawker Hind NZ1535
Hawker Hind NZ1544
Vickers Type 266 Vincent NZ311
DH100 Vampire FB.52 NZ5732
Fletcher Fu-24 ZK-BYC
Westland Scout AH/1 ZK-HYS/2
Gloster Meteor NF.11 TT.20 WD767
Fairey Battle - unknown ID, ex-Australia (components)
Add or amend if you wish.
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Post by fwx on Mar 30, 2011 20:47:47 GMT 12
"This would seem to be the only Vampire that spent post-RNZAF time at/near Rukuhia.
I saw it at Asplins 16Dec1967:"
That would be it - still has the "KEEP OFF" on the side!
And "B. Billings" was there helping to show us around I believe?
Bill being one of Don's partners in crime I gather, he was very knowledgeable and helpful about the various airframes.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 31, 2011 0:05:22 GMT 12
Yes, Bill Billings was with us there Peter, he's the chap who wanted to stay out of the photo.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2011 7:29:40 GMT 12
Quite an impressive collection when you see the IDs all together like that! There were also numerous other components, several Merlins I think they were, Spitfire mainplane leading edge, Sea Venom vertical tails and tail booms, and goodness knows what else.
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Post by ron on Apr 1, 2011 18:03:17 GMT 12
Did anyone get a serial or code from the Sea Venom boom?
Rgds
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Post by shorty on Apr 9, 2011 20:37:35 GMT 12
The Subritzky "cave" features in the latest copy of "The Shed" magazine as thge "Shed Of The Month"
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 10, 2011 2:22:51 GMT 12
Indeed it's a great feature and a nice spread of photos. I had never seen the magazine till this issue but I'm mightily impressed by it, such a variety of different topics and they're all pretty interesting. It's a great magazine. And the editor Terry Snow who kindly sent it to me has just joined the forum too.
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Post by baz62 on Apr 11, 2011 16:13:35 GMT 12
Merlins or Kestrels I wonder?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2011 16:37:19 GMT 12
Did anyone get a serial or code from the Sea Venom boom? Rgds What you see in my photo is what I saw on the day unfortunately, like many artifacts there the booms were sandwiched between other miscellany and the shed walls. Very cool to see though, my first encounter with a Venom ;-) |
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Post by shamus on Apr 13, 2011 21:13:44 GMT 12
The serial on the Sea Venom boom is 930. It also has the number 865 included.
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Post by baz62 on May 31, 2011 17:32:10 GMT 12
For those wondering, from left to right are: Zac Yates Chris Newey (fwx) Jim Mungall (Shamus) down the front John Halton (johnh) behind Jim Ralph Starck Me (with my shirt hanging out!!) Errol Cavit (ErrolC) at back in orange ?? (Raymond's son?) Damon Edwards (Damon) down the front in red Steve Subritzky (trying to hide) Don Subritzky Raymond? - sorry i never got a chance to meet you Keith Bunyan (kb) Dave Atchinson (northcro) Pete Mossong (trx850) Stu Russell (Stu) Young master Hart - sorry I have forgotten your name  Peter Lewis (flyernzl) Phillip Hart (Phillip) Christ its a small world. On Facebook I suddenly thought to search for a friend who was at the RNZAF Museum in the 1980s with me and Obiwan27, he was also in the RNZAF plus worked on Harvard NZ1040 with me too. I speak of one Ray Pichon who is named as Raymond? in the above list. It was amazing really as when I searched for his name a whole lot of Ray and Raymond Pichons came up. I peered at the first one and nearly didn't message him as the Eiffel Tower was in the background but since he had a lot of Kiwi friends I took a punt. And it was him! And he is a forum member! Small world huh? ;D |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2011 19:10:45 GMT 12
See? If only every world issue could be solved with pedants debating the suitable amount of weathering to go on a Fletcher model :-D
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Post by shorty on May 31, 2011 19:18:13 GMT 12
Baz, Ray was down in Canterbury just before Christmas, but we couldn't arrange to meet up.
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Post by raymond on May 31, 2011 22:25:43 GMT 12
Yo Shorty/Baz may be down soon (next couple of weeks otherwise Im off to change my facebook photo (same pic but this time in summer!) looking forward to checking out a few museums (aeronautical) in the UK as well. Was down in CHCH after Xmas but was busy out at the airport and didnt get much time off and then back again to get a couple of things going after the last big quake, stayed in some motel with no water...
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Post by baz62 on Jun 1, 2011 17:31:17 GMT 12
Yo Shorty/Baz may be down soon (next couple of weeks otherwise Im off to change my facebook photo (same pic but this time in summer!) looking forward to checking out a few museums (aeronautical) in the UK as well. Was down in CHCH after Xmas but was busy out at the airport and didnt get much time off and then back again to get a couple of things going after the last big quake, stayed in some motel with no water... That would be good Ray and we will get you some water (I prefer beer but didn't realise you were teetotal) ;D |
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