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Post by expatkiwi on Sept 26, 2012 22:51:34 GMT 12
 Looks like this one got away...would have looked good in "Wings of the Nation" orange scheme. The New Zealand Post scheme though looked interesting...  Note: pic taken from www.airliners.net |
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Post by eieio on Sept 28, 2012 15:19:00 GMT 12
my guess is NAO wont be around for long [scrap metal]as I am told parking space is not plentiful at AKL
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Post by eieio on Sept 28, 2012 15:19:31 GMT 12
my guess is NAO wont be around for long [scrap metal]as I am told parking space is not plentiful at AKL
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Post by madmac on Sept 28, 2012 20:31:25 GMT 12
NOA arn't going to make it!!!
but fitted with the spray system for moth spraying would have been the most interesting scheme /config.
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Post by expatkiwi on Sept 28, 2012 22:31:21 GMT 12
my guess is NAO wont be around for long [scrap metal]as I am told parking space is not plentiful at AKL Sad to see a plane like NAO going out in this manner. |
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Post by ngatimozart on Sept 28, 2012 23:07:20 GMT 12
I know no money but a shame didn't keep one for RNZAF Museum.
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Post by agile on Sept 29, 2012 16:46:41 GMT 12
They had one - they didn't want it.
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Post by alexjc on Sept 29, 2012 18:40:43 GMT 12
They didn't even want to keep an Andover...probibly embassased that they were second hand?
I remember reading in the Listener in the 80's that the RNZAF F27s could be armed with Exocet missles?
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Post by beagle on Sept 29, 2012 19:08:25 GMT 12
There is an Andover in the Air Force Musuem  and as for the Exocet missile, maybe the Singapore F-50 MPA might . |
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Post by beagle on Sept 29, 2012 19:18:31 GMT 12
And then there was the turbofan friendship and 4 engine friendship
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Post by expatkiwi on Sept 29, 2012 22:20:41 GMT 12
Can't really see exocets mounted on this plane...  Note: picture taken from www.airliners.net |
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Post by alexjc on Sept 30, 2012 7:11:50 GMT 12
And then there was the turbofan friendship and 4 engine friendship  Haa! I remember those "unofficial" RNZAF pics in Wings magazine around that time. Oh and a Harvard with a Dart. But didn't the government of the time look at turning the F27s into 'Maritime Enforcer' variants - and arming them? |
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Post by beagle on Sept 30, 2012 18:06:40 GMT 12
no no no, these wern't unofficial photos These were ideas by Fokker.   |
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Post by alexjc on Sept 30, 2012 18:15:14 GMT 12
no no no, these wern't unofficial photos These were ideas by Fokker.  Good grief!!!! Interesting that Dornier ended up going down that swap the props for fans idea. |
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Post by eieio on Oct 1, 2012 11:18:19 GMT 12
For those in the area ,watch for the digger that will reshape the future of NAO
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Post by flyjoe180 on Oct 1, 2012 14:31:44 GMT 12
Do you think they will bury it?
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Post by expatkiwi on Oct 2, 2012 5:45:13 GMT 12
Do you think they will bury it? Considering what happens with other airplanes that are scrapped, it wouldn't be the worst fate.... |
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Post by alexjc on Oct 3, 2012 18:22:52 GMT 12
 What I can remember is after spooling down, the F27 props always were left to 'idle' spin...Was this just a gearing issue? I notice these days props on ATR, Q300 et al seem to stop almost straight away....Of course OSH would frown on the F27 nowadays, as ground handling crew are all legally blind and most likely to walk into them.... 
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Post by expatkiwi on Oct 4, 2012 6:31:32 GMT 12
What I can remember is after spooling down, the F27 props always were left to 'idle' spin...Was this just a gearing issue? I notice these days props on ATR, Q300 et al seem to stop almost straight away....Of course OSH would frown on the F27 nowadays, as ground handling crew are all legally blind and most likely to walk into them.... Could be the same reason as the Viscount's shutting off their outboard engines just before entering the taxiway after landing: the props just took time to come to a stop. |
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Post by eieio on Oct 4, 2012 6:38:07 GMT 12
I understand the ATR left prop has a brake on it
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Looks like this one got away...would have looked good in "Wings of the Nation" orange scheme.
Haa! I remember those "unofficial" RNZAF pics in Wings magazine around that time. Oh and a Harvard with a Dart. 
Good grief!!!! Interesting that Dornier ended up going down that swap the props for fans idea.
What I can remember is after spooling down, the F27 props always were left to 'idle' spin...Was this just a gearing issue? I notice these days props on ATR, Q300 et al seem to stop almost straight away....Of course OSH would frown on the F27 nowadays, as ground handling crew are all legally blind and most likely to walk into them.... 
