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Post by Ykato on Apr 5, 2012 7:40:42 GMT 12
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Post by haughtney1 on Apr 5, 2012 8:24:04 GMT 12
Coooool the new twin engined stubb wing Orion, half the fuel burn and 3 times the landing roll ;-)
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Post by Ykato on Apr 5, 2012 10:25:36 GMT 12
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Post by kiwitone on Apr 5, 2012 10:32:08 GMT 12
the head on shot is cool! great pic ykato!
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Post by beagle on Apr 5, 2012 16:27:06 GMT 12
Yes very nice had on shot.
Still going strong even after being attacked by a spinner
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Post by Ykato on Apr 5, 2012 18:21:22 GMT 12
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Post by beagle on Apr 5, 2012 19:15:15 GMT 12
and having it's radome smashed by one of it's brothers in a hangar fight
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Post by beagle on Apr 5, 2012 19:35:27 GMT 12
Another big workhorse of the RNZAF for the past 46 years
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Post by Ykato on Apr 5, 2012 21:35:56 GMT 12
Now that's a proper aircraft!    |
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Post by beagle on Apr 6, 2012 12:28:17 GMT 12
I take it the grass there has been sprayed to kill it as there is too much rain in Auckland to have grass die off naturally.
Be nice to see same images but with P3K3 to check out new antenna etc
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Post by Ykato on Apr 7, 2012 19:40:23 GMT 12
I take it the grass there has been sprayed to kill it as there is too much rain in Auckland to have grass die off naturally. Think So it turned yellowish before it went it's present color.   |
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Post by beagle on Apr 7, 2012 20:17:37 GMT 12
and 20 years ago  |
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Post by Ykato on Apr 7, 2012 20:20:16 GMT 12
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Post by McFly on Apr 7, 2012 20:36:29 GMT 12
Yes very nice had on shot. Still going strong even after being attacked by a spinner That would be this one Beags.... rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=Postwar&thread=13762&page=2#129255Not directly related to the original post, however another interesting P-3 propeller accident is referenced here. The attached photo is the 'hull' damage to an RNZAF P-3 Orion following the loss of the 'spinner' on the #3 engine during a maintenance ground run at night. Those familiar with James Reason's 'Swiss Cheese' or 'Reason Model’ (See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model) of accident causation will understand how a series of omissions and failures some deliberate and others not can, under the right circumstances, all line up with the end result being and accident or incident etc, which was what happened here.  In this particular case, the spinner hadn’t been reattached properly following a series of prop balancing runs and when it came off during the next engine run was picked up by the blades and the shattered pieces flung against the side of the fuselage puncturing the pressure hull in multiple places. One of the challenges in repairing these 'wounds' was a number of the fuselage skins had to be completely replaced and the aircraft jigged. As there were no commercial available sheets of aircraft grade aluminium available that were large enough, Lockheed Martin had to make the specific P-3 factory skins and air freight them out to NZ..$$$. Coupled with this was the damage to the prop blades and engine..! More $$$ I'm sure Beagle would like to enlighten us on some of the finer details surrounding this specific incident..  Beagle feel free to chip in mate..   and 20 years ago |
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Post by beagle on Apr 7, 2012 20:40:21 GMT 12
for some funny reason, I think I was there that night
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Post by Calum on Apr 8, 2012 9:09:21 GMT 12
and 20 years ago Great photo |
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Post by Ykato on Apr 8, 2012 14:56:27 GMT 12
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Post by beagle on Apr 8, 2012 19:36:53 GMT 12
Ya wouldn't know she had been wounded
whats that stencil just aft ofthe overwing hatch
fire axe ?
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Post by lesterpk on Apr 9, 2012 1:10:08 GMT 12
Asbestos gloves stored here
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Post by corsair67 on Apr 9, 2012 13:08:47 GMT 12
whats that stencil just aft ofthe overwing hatch fire axe ? Thumbs up if you like Orion NZ4202??? ;D (Sorry, I've obviously been spending far too much time on Youtube!) |
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Beagle feel free to chip in mate.. 
