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Post by chinapilot on Oct 10, 2012 1:33:34 GMT 12
A couple of tarmac views...Auckland, early '80s... BXG
NAN
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Post by rbwannabe on Oct 10, 2012 6:53:53 GMT 12
Sad to see NAO go this way.
NAO was famous for having it's tail removed by a passing 747 wing, the whole rear end was replaced.
The darts required a cooling down period (1 minute from memory) at idle, so any increase in power to taxi required the clock to be started again. With practice it was possible to land on 02 at Christchurch and make the parking spot at the post apron, (which required a 180 degree turn), with the engines shutting down, took a bit of practice though!
I think the rear window was blocked out for the installation of the dunny, from memory POH/PAX has the extra window and NAO didn't.
NAO/NAN where much easier to land than the newer ones, with about 70,000 cycles I guess they had been beaten into submission!
Logbook say's 3000 hours on the F27, must be about right I have the hearing loss to prove it!
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Post by flyjoe180 on Oct 10, 2012 16:14:28 GMT 12
An eagle eyed chap has spied the tail section of NAO beyond the remains of the Air NZ 767-200 (NBJ?) at Auckland airport so obviously a rescue fire trainer is her fate - sadly. I'm afraid the fate is apparently going to be even worse than that. It was moved from the open ended hangar at the northern end to make way for the new 737. As destruction was not yet complete (all the usable bits have been removed as spares), it was apparently temporarily dumped where no one can see it easily. It is coke cans and cars for the remains I am told. |
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Post by alexjc on Oct 10, 2012 18:19:07 GMT 12
I think the rear window was blocked out for the installation of the dunny, from memory POH/PAX has the extra window and NAO didn't. Thanks for the explanation rbwannabe.  |
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Post by expatkiwi on Oct 11, 2012 8:58:04 GMT 12
So now the end has finally come,
A friendship we all know.
A pleasing sight in Southern Skies,
'Twas ZK-NAO.
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Post by corsairarm on Oct 12, 2012 17:20:09 GMT 12
Dam it. I was hoping that it would go to Motat but that was not to be.
Is there any other F27's still operating in NZ or are the three that have recently gone to museums all there is which makes the dimise of NAO more tragic.
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Post by eieio on Oct 13, 2012 7:41:44 GMT 12
Airwork still run 2
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Post by flyjoe180 on Oct 15, 2012 9:01:07 GMT 12
Yes, POH and PAX are still operational.
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Post by expatkiwi on Oct 15, 2012 22:53:04 GMT 12
Yes, POH and PAX are still operational. Well, that's something. It's hard to imagine New Zealand skies without Friendships. |
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Post by alexjc on Oct 16, 2012 6:49:48 GMT 12
Yes, POH and PAX are still operational. Well, that's something. It's hard to imagine New Zealand skies without Friendships. Bet we all said that 'bout the HS 748 Budgies 15 years ago when they all flew away...Dang I miss their sound! |
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Post by expatkiwi on Oct 16, 2012 7:41:32 GMT 12
I emigrated to USA in 1990, so I didn't have that pleasure, Alex.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Nov 1, 2012 14:18:34 GMT 12
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Post by beagle on Nov 1, 2012 14:50:38 GMT 12
Chatham Island Aviatioin Musuem...
That sounds like the next place for a forum catch up
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Nov 1, 2012 14:54:48 GMT 12
Chatham Island Aviatioin Musuem... That sounds like the next place for a forum catch up Well....they do supposedly have a Short Sunderland there. Anyway, the only time I ever went to the Chathams (on a delivery trip of a fishing boat), I was too drunk to remember much of it (apart from the pub, and the East Air Metroliner flight back to Napier), so I suppose it wouldn't hurt to go and take a sober look at the place! ;D  |
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Post by beagle on Nov 1, 2012 14:58:51 GMT 12
bloody Canterbury Draught was it
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Post by baronbeeza on Nov 1, 2012 15:15:49 GMT 12
bloody Canterbury Draught was it Actually strange you say that. I was out there before CD became popular again. I am sure it was Wards off the tap at the time. I think it was Wards that was rebadged to become CD. Is there a story about CD and the Chathams ? |
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Post by beagle on Nov 1, 2012 15:22:17 GMT 12
Yes, I was about to reply saying I was meaning Wards.
I remember my old flatmate at WB went there on adventure training.
Can you imagine 2 people like Dave Oaks and Roy Carmody together.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Nov 1, 2012 15:26:40 GMT 12
Wards does vaguely ring a bell.
But as I already posted, I was rather pissed the entire time I was there and it was back in about 1988 or 1989 so the memory of exactly what we were drinking is a wee bit hazy.
However, it's interesting about the Fokker Friendship heading to the Chatham Islands Aviation Museum to join the resident Sunderland. It looks like they are slowly building up quite a collection for such an out-of-the-way place.
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Post by expatkiwi on Nov 6, 2012 23:52:43 GMT 12
Wards does vaguely ring a bell. But as I already posted, I was rather pissed the entire time I was there and it was back in about 1988 or 1989 so the memory of exactly what we were drinking is a wee bit hazy. However, it's interesting about the Fokker Friendship heading to the Chatham Islands Aviation Museum to join the resident Sunderland. It looks like they are slowly building up quite a collection for such an out-of-the-way place. Waitangi: the new must-see place for Aviation enthusiasts. |
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Post by rockwell on Dec 1, 2012 1:18:11 GMT 12
Wow.. what great nostalgia trip to find this thread here of the old 'FriendlyBirds'. Awesome.
One of first enduring memories as a kid, was sitting in the jump-seat of the F-27, doing a 'Special Flight' (positioning flight, no pax on board) all the way up the east coast at about 1000ft from Auckland to Whangarei, one stunning spring morning in 1974 or 75.
I also remember I'd figured out where the switch was that the pilots used to bank the plane when flying on AP... and that I could reach it. Dad figured that putting me on his lap for 'a bit of fly' was far less annoying and troublesome. Good times.
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