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Post by The Red Baron on Mar 20, 2015 11:33:28 GMT 12
There was a photo earlier in this thread of the original Fletcher hopper box up close.....  |
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Post by The Red Baron on May 4, 2015 17:45:35 GMT 12
Frank Jarvis on the left,can anyone put a name to the pilot on the right he's talking to?.  |
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Post by starr on May 4, 2015 21:24:08 GMT 12
Pretty sure it is Jack Roberts.
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Post by The Red Baron on May 4, 2015 21:53:24 GMT 12
Hi Dave,this is a picture of Jack Roberts taken about the same time.I had a look at a large James collection with someone else and he didn't think it was Jack. Is it possible its Bruce Oliver,he joined James around mid '55,he did about 500 hours in Tigers with James,was also listed as an operations manager and I've even seen him listed as involved with the DC-3.He left James in '57 for Adastra?. Jack Roberts.  |
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Post by The Red Baron on May 4, 2015 21:58:26 GMT 12
Bruce Olivers wartime photo with 10 years later?  |
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Post by derekbu on Jul 26, 2016 22:27:07 GMT 12
Can anyone identify a James Aviation pilot with the surname Jervis? He visited CAC in September 1959 to test the Ceres.
OK, I just noticed Frank Jarvis further up this page... should have searched with both spellings!
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jul 27, 2016 10:11:32 GMT 12
Jarvis' regular mount in the early 60s was Fletcher ZK-BOK.
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Post by The Red Baron on Jul 27, 2016 20:17:21 GMT 12
ZK-BOK,with Frank Jarvis having a yarn with my Grandad,Putaruru circa 1961.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 27, 2016 20:31:15 GMT 12
His regular mount a little earlier than this was a Fleet Air Arm Corsair I believe.
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Post by The Red Baron on Jul 27, 2016 21:00:09 GMT 12
Out of interest Dave are there any more photos in the James collection to come?.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 27, 2016 22:25:14 GMT 12
I'll have to check Warren, I can't remember if they're all up yet or not.
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Post by The Red Baron on Jul 28, 2016 11:44:13 GMT 12
I figure were up to about 1955 so far,and obviously James went on until around early 1980's.It would be good to see some more,especially as I know another companies large collection that was given to a public repositary of artifacts has been lost by them.Cheers
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 28, 2016 11:49:26 GMT 12
There is not a lot of later stuff in the collection I have.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 27, 2016 20:09:17 GMT 12
A nice film here
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Post by cronicash on Dec 30, 2016 19:33:36 GMT 12
So happy to see so many photo's of my grandfather "Robert(Bob) Scott".
May have to post some up i have myself.
Surprised that no mention of Bob being first helicopter pilot in NZ or one of NZ's first turbo prop tests pilots cropped up.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 30, 2016 23:28:01 GMT 12
We'd love to see the photos you have, and any stories you can pass on, please.
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Post by cronicash on Oct 2, 2017 16:35:19 GMT 12
Bob Used to pilot one of the first fletchers as a test pilot. But this photo is 1967  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 2, 2017 17:12:16 GMT 12
Very nice photo, thanks for posting that!
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Post by delticman on Oct 2, 2017 18:58:26 GMT 12
Bob Used to pilot one of the first fletchers as a test pilot. But this photo is 1967 The very first turbine powered Fletcher FU-1060, first flight 19 July 1967. It was based in Rotorua with Bob Scott before moving to Gisborne where it spent most of it's working life. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 2, 2017 20:03:58 GMT 12
Now in MOTAT?
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