hughw
Flying Officer
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Post by hughw on Nov 24, 2016 20:50:20 GMT 12
They were used pre and post Kahu for night illumination of target areas and as "targets" for live firing of AIM-9s! Thanks, i'm not claiming any piece of information in your book to be inaccurate, so sorry if my question came across in that way. However I'm curious as to why the SU-44's were used for that job post kahu and not the ALR-39 dispensers?
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Post by skyhawkdon on Nov 25, 2016 16:08:36 GMT 12
The SU-44 was a large parachute target illumination flare not an infra red decoy flare. The pods only held four each, whereas each CDS dispenser could hold up to 30 IR decoy flares.
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Post by planecrazy on Mar 12, 2017 20:20:40 GMT 12
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Post by mumbles on Mar 13, 2017 10:16:41 GMT 12
Not all of them correctly attributed I notice
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Post by skyhawkdon on Mar 13, 2017 11:52:09 GMT 12
Yes, most of them came from my collection via Phil Thompson in Aussie. Unfortunately in most cases the copyright holders haven't been credited correctly.
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Post by planecrazy on Jun 21, 2017 22:11:51 GMT 12
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Post by skyhawkdon on Jun 22, 2017 10:11:47 GMT 12
It looks good. The Safe Air guys did a good job of converting it back to a TA-4G. Interesting how the canopy is open. Hopefully the birds aren't nesting inside! Wigram recently made the decision to close all of its canopies/windows to stop dust entering the cockpits.
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Post by planecrazy on Jun 22, 2017 12:57:49 GMT 12
Interesting, I guess there are reasons for and against having them open or shut. As you can see the single seater has her's closed but quite a few in the Nowra museum have them open. Link below to my visit to Nowra. rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/25498/ran-museum-nowra
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Post by camtech on Sept 6, 2017 13:02:39 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 6, 2017 14:38:40 GMT 12
Nice!!
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Post by camtech on Sept 28, 2017 16:35:29 GMT 12
A few more Skyhawk shots - the first two belong to me 9hence horrible!) and the rest are RNZAF Skyhawk passing MoTaT May 1970 by Les Billcliff, on Flickr Skyhawks on motorway May 1970 by Les Billcliff, on Flickr This was taken from Triangle Road, as the motorway was still closed at that stage. Skyhawk head on view on grd by Les Billcliff, on Flickr Obviously early in their career, as this one still has the straight refuelling probe. Skyhawk NZ6205 air to air by Les Billcliff, on Flickr And finally another shot of the oops on '08. Skyhawk NZ6208 nose gear collapse Ohakea 27 Aug 1980 by Les Billcliff, on Flickr However, I do like the pilot walking past, doing his best not to look at the carnage - if I don't look, maybe the groundies will have sorted it out by the time I get to the bar!
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Post by skyhawkdon on Sept 28, 2017 20:10:58 GMT 12
Thanks Les. Always nice to see photos I haven't seen before.
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Post by planecrazy on Nov 23, 2017 11:02:37 GMT 12
The latest XL 750 to call by was piloted by Pacific Aerospace’s chief pilot who happened to be an ex A4 driver, Chris “Undies” Underwood. Chris is possibly/probably the last person to fly an A4 in New Zealand delivering NZ 6505 to Woodbourne on the 30/7/2004. Had a great old chat with Chris who kindly answered my many questions and also signed my History of the RNZAF Skyhawk book, here is my rc two seat A4 with the book, thank you Chris! Note, I put possibly/probably because on page 341 of the book it states "What was probably the last Skyhawk flight ever in New Zealand, took place 30/7/2004, when Chris Underwood flew '05 into storage at Woodbourne,,,,,,,,,," Be great to find out if that was in fact the last flight? Thank you..........
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Post by skyhawkdon on Nov 25, 2017 7:37:12 GMT 12
Yes that was definitely the last flight.
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Post by planecrazy on Nov 25, 2017 9:44:20 GMT 12
Thanks Don, had a good old chat about all things A4, how they went against RAAF Hornets, the F16s that didn't etc.
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Post by ErrolC on Nov 25, 2017 22:17:45 GMT 12
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Post by skyhawkdon on Nov 26, 2017 7:41:17 GMT 12
At the RAeS Canterbury Branch meeting last week we had a former Skyhawk pilot (who frequents this site) enthral everyone with tales of dog fighting F-16s and other amazing tales from his aviation career. Even I learnt a few things!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 26, 2017 12:12:20 GMT 12
NZ Warbirds Facebook page posted that link after they'd seen me post it on the WONZ Show Facebook page. Do you follow the WONZ Show page Errol?
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Post by ErrolC on Nov 26, 2017 12:20:45 GMT 12
NZ Warbirds Facebook page posted that link after they'd seen me post it on the WONZ Show Facebook page. Do you follow the WONZ Show page Errol? In the same way that I follow several FB pages - they are favourites in my browser, which I go to occasionally. So NZW shared RadioNZ without reference to you (unsurprisingly) and I didn't know you had done it first.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 26, 2017 13:29:27 GMT 12
I'm not at all bothered that they shared it. I was just plugging the WONZ Show page.
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