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Post by Peter Lewis on Nov 18, 2012 14:30:53 GMT 12
The Hiller UH-12B ZK-HAB was a factory-new machine.
First flight in NZ was 11Jan1955.
Tiger ZK-ARB finally crashed in the Waikite Valley 7Nov56.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 18, 2012 14:57:23 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 18, 2012 15:02:41 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 18, 2012 17:13:20 GMT 12
I decided that as the first Fletcher Flight was so important, it might look good with a little colour added:  |
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Post by baz62 on Nov 18, 2012 17:51:17 GMT 12
Beaver air drop system I guess:  And an Auster in the background. Cant quite make out the rego under the port wing. Looks a bit clean to be topdresser but you never know. On that note I saw a Canterbury Aero Club Cherokee Archer II fly overhead yesterday and I noticed it had the rego under the port wing, Hadn't seen that done on a civil aircraft for a long time! Nice job on the colour photo Dave! |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 18, 2012 17:58:15 GMT 12
Manipulating the original photo it is ZK-AXO, I think.
What is the splattered plane on the truck? And I wonder how that truck got so munted? Roll down a hill?
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Post by craig on Nov 18, 2012 19:03:36 GMT 12
What is the low wing aircraft on the back of the truck
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Post by The Red Baron on Nov 18, 2012 20:57:05 GMT 12
The Auster is most likely from James Rotorua,it was a seperate company that operated tourist and charter flights out of Rotorua.There was a cross over where pilots flew for the topdressing and charter company.It operated until around the mid '60s.
The Beaver BFO was fitted with bombracks after the Auck-Tok-Kawerau air service folded.It did some work dropping building materials for the Forest service before it went topdressing.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Nov 18, 2012 21:02:41 GMT 12
Manipulating the original photo it is ZK-AXO, I think. Not saying you are wrong Dave, but ZK-AXO was a South Island-based Auster until coming north to Masterton in 1982. It would seem an unlikely visitor to Hamilton, but anything is possible of course. I think a more likely candidate would be James' own Auster J-5B Autocar ZK-AYQ. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 18, 2012 21:15:34 GMT 12
Agreed Peter, it could well be ZK-AYQ.
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Post by starr on Nov 19, 2012 7:23:03 GMT 12
The Thorneycroft loader unloading the packing crate was the original DC3 loader. At the time shown it was only partly built.
I never saw any of the early loaders. The lowest numbered vehicle I remember was No 18, which was a small Commer truck which was used to tow the DC3 loader hopper when two hoppers were used. The hoppers were interchanged between loads. This system had stopped by the time I started driving.
The Thorneycroft was No 20 and a Fordson front end loader was No 38.
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Post by The Red Baron on Nov 19, 2012 7:25:54 GMT 12
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Post by Peter Lewis on Nov 19, 2012 8:03:53 GMT 12
The plane-on-the-truck does not look like a Whitney.
The Messenger looks to be more likely.
ZK-AWE was imported for Arthur Baker, who was involved with James Aviation.
I have a note that it was damaged in a landing accident (where?) 24Jan1955. This could be the cause of the damage shown.
Repaired, it failed its CofA at Timaru in 1970 due to suspected glue delamination and after lying derelict at the airport was eventually burnt.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 19, 2012 8:19:20 GMT 12
Ah right, I wondered if that was one of Arthur Baker's aeroplanes. He was from Cambridge and ran Baker Construction here, but was also a diretor of James Aviation. It had been in Arthur's Tiger Moth that Ossie had first done topdressing trials, before the RNZAF did tehir own research. Arthur flew and Ossie sat in the bag scooping fert out of a sack and dropping it on Arthur's hilly Whitehall farm.
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Post by thomarse on Nov 19, 2012 10:41:19 GMT 12
The accident to AWE was at Te Pahu which is out toward Mount Pirongia in the Western Waikato.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2012 10:44:53 GMT 12
I decided that as the first Fletcher Flight was so important, it might look good with a little colour added: *faints again* |
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Post by The Red Baron on Nov 19, 2012 10:56:47 GMT 12
Harden up Zac......Daves delaying the Fletcher photos until your constitution is robust enough stand them.......  And I cant wait for them...  |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Nov 19, 2012 18:55:10 GMT 12
The accident to AWE was at Te Pahu which is out toward Mount Pirongia in the Western Waikato. Thanks |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 19, 2012 19:10:53 GMT 12
Did you like that colourised shot then Zac?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2012 7:34:22 GMT 12
I surely did! Life is pretty hectic thanks to working with an injured back and coming up to the end of study, so such things are real treats :-) You've done a great job on that, and for scanning and sharing so many images.
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