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Post by Peter Lewis on Jul 2, 2009 20:20:23 GMT 12
Thank you. The response has been worth the work involved.
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Post by shamus on Jul 3, 2009 17:38:07 GMT 12
A wonderful thread, very much enjoyed. Now a parting shot to remind us what a beautiful aircraft the Harvard is.  |
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Post by NZ1009 on Jul 3, 2009 20:22:19 GMT 12
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Post by yak2 on Jul 3, 2009 21:09:37 GMT 12
One that got away. C/N 1051 magnificently restored by the Old Aeroplane Company at Tyabb and owned by Judy Pay  |
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Post by trx850 on Jul 3, 2009 21:29:16 GMT 12
(A wonderful thread, very much enjoyed. Now a parting shot to remind us what a beautiful aircraft the Harvard is.)
And that's the view I often saw from Hobby village as a 15 year old living there in 1965! Oh, the sound!!!!!!!!
Cheers,
Pete M.
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Post by shamus on Jul 3, 2009 22:20:52 GMT 12
Yes, it is NZ 902.
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Post by shorty on Jul 3, 2009 23:22:24 GMT 12
I've just put a few more Harvards up in my "stash" thread.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jul 4, 2009 13:20:51 GMT 12
Wouldn't want to be the one that has to polish Judy Pay's Harvard!
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Post by NZ1009 on Jul 4, 2009 13:40:36 GMT 12
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Post by baz62 on Jul 4, 2009 14:48:18 GMT 12
NZ1044 started out with NAC then ended up with Air New Zealand(in Christchurch as NAC had ceased to be.)
NZ1041 started out with Air New Zealand and was in Auckland before coming down to ANZ Christchurch(late 1980s early 1990s) and John Saunders getting her(and she now lives at Omaka).
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Post by Damon on Jul 4, 2009 20:34:16 GMT 12
Thanks for the picture Yak2 .Sure does look good! Is the cockpit standard fitted through out?
Looks stunning doesnt it!
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Post by shamus on Jul 5, 2009 17:24:07 GMT 12
Another Harvard. I think by the numbers I can see under the stb wing could be NZ 1056.  Also a few of NZ 944 posted on Early Motat thread. |
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Post by baz62 on Jul 6, 2009 11:42:28 GMT 12
I have a question about the wooden radio mast(seen just forward of the windscreen.) If memory serves correctly NZ1015 had the mast removed for some reason after the Harvards were retired. If you look at the newspaper clipping of her display on the retirement of the fleet you can clearly see the mast. And none of the other Harvards have it fitted. rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Postwar&action=display&thread=9218&page=10 |
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Post by harvard1041 on Jul 6, 2009 13:36:23 GMT 12
Great thread - and 'Thank You' for the photos and background info- very neat. Only have a few photos of interest but may as well start with 1099 - here's a couple - taken at Lake Head Station near Lake Rotoiti - about 15 years back -when Charles Darby and Jim Pavit owned it - believe that might be Jim in one of the shots - not the skinny guy holding the prop (that's me) - but the portly chap. Other shot was at WB in 1975. Always thought the folding rear canopy and rear gun were an interesting fit...most of the NZ Harvards had the canopy rivetted down and the actuating arm cut off (from production I think). Rgds Hvd1041    |
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Post by harvard1041 on Jul 6, 2009 13:44:27 GMT 12
Couple of shots of NZ1098 - OH in 1983 and WB in 1975. Rgds Hvd1041   |
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Post by Bruce on Jul 6, 2009 14:44:50 GMT 12
I worked on '099 when I was at Gulf Aeronautics. As one would expect with an aircraft owned by Charles Darby, it had a lot of authenic fittings onboard. It was flown once or twice with the full weapons trainer kit on board, including bomb racks, and the 3 guns (cowl, wing and rear cockpit) Charles even had some ancient little practice bombs to mount on the racks, but they looked a bit dodgy and we decided against that. The 1099 rebuild wasnt an extensive strip and rebuild (unlike 1057) and the rear fuselage retained a number of minor dings etc incurred at some point of its career, however in many respects that added to its appeal. Definitely a nice example and missed on the NZ airshow scene nowadays.
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Post by baz62 on Jul 6, 2009 19:00:14 GMT 12
And I see 1099 has the radio mast I mentioned. We had an unused one for 1040. I wonder if she has it fitted?
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Post by NZ1009 on Jul 6, 2009 19:30:24 GMT 12
It was not fitted to NZ1040 in 2004 (nor in 2007 from another photo)  |
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Post by tbf25o4 on Jul 7, 2009 12:00:44 GMT 12
for the final day of the Harvards in June 1977 it was agreed that NZ1015 would be fitted with all the various "bits" that Harvards had supported over the years. There are photos of it with the wing gun, bomb and rocket racks, exhaust extension for smoke and the wooden mast for the BC226? homer radio system.
The wooden mast, racks etc were removed after the last "official flight"
Paul
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Post by harvard1041 on Jul 7, 2009 12:43:11 GMT 12
Actually I think the (wooden) radio masts were original from production (US Radio) - retained for the TR1936 radios (Brit)...but removed when the 'modern' TR16440s were installed in the 1960s. Radiating wire ran from the TR to the top of the mast and then to the top of the vertical. All the brackets were left however...and these wooden masts seem to have survived. Rgds Hvd1041   |
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