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Post by baz62 on Jan 5, 2014 13:25:29 GMT 12
Great to see the old girl still about. Is it me or does the engine cowl look different.....perhaps a turboprop fitted? Thanks for the update Correct she had a turbo conversion done when with the SAAF as were the other ex-RNZAF C47s I believe. |
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Post by baronbeeza on Jan 5, 2014 13:40:46 GMT 12
Ahh, interesting. I was at Lokhichokio a few weeks after a South African DC-3 (?) took off with the rudder lock still in place. It took out the front of a Twin Otter just forward of the two pilots before then finally spudding in itself. 1994 or thereabouts. Kenya/Sudan. That aircraft had been converted to a turbo-prop. The Morris Catering DC-3's were about in the region at the same time. Kenya/ Somalia. I am wondering if the wreckage I saw at Loki was an ex-RNZAF machine. aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19931107-0www.baaa-acro.com/1993/archives/crash-of-a-douglas-dc-3-in-lokichogio/Type of AircraftDouglas DC-3
OperatorProfessional Aviation Services
Registration ZS-KCV
Flight PhaseTakeoff (climb)
Flight TypeCargo
SurvivorsYes
SiteAirport (less than 10 km from airport)
c/n 15268/26713
YOM 1944
LocationLokichogio, Kenya
CountryKenya
RegionAfrica The owners of the Caravan in the background were probably hoping to have a chat to someone also. |
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Post by baz62 on Jan 5, 2014 15:57:09 GMT 12
Done a bit of Googling and it doesn't appear to have any RNZAF history.
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Post by baronbeeza on Jan 5, 2014 16:27:51 GMT 12
I didn't get that far Baz but I did see there were heaps of them in South Africa over the years.
I remember that we couldn't believe how lucky no-one was hurt during all this. The Twin Otter guys were sitting there, engines running, when this wing shot through and took off the front of their aircraft.
I think the engine controls may have been removed, they could not shut their engines down.
One of the aircraft needed the fire trucks to flood the engines.
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Post by dakman on Jan 5, 2014 21:42:49 GMT 12
Re ZS KCV, I have it as ex N240GB .it was among several aircraft in the N230/40 block registered
with a GB suffix ,possibly ex SAAF aircraft ,I will check back further >.
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Post by planecrazy on Jan 30, 2014 20:47:28 GMT 12
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on May 26, 2014 10:55:54 GMT 12
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Post by davidd on May 26, 2014 11:34:16 GMT 12
That has to be ZK-AQT near Paraparaumu in 1954 I think - led to the introduction of air hostesses (these days called flight attendants) a year or two later as at least one child died in this wreck, victim of the resultant fire. Good job there were only a few passengers aboard that day. As indicated by the caption, this was a forced landing carried out under the most adverse conditions (principally because of the only available landing area, a roadway in a suburban area among sandhills).
David D
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Post by delticman on May 26, 2014 11:58:25 GMT 12
A few years ago there was a story in the Dom-Post about a young lad who was on his way to Nelson I think and survived the crash. He walked out of the wreck and stood and watched from a car shed with other locals and sometime later was asked who he was and then taken to the airport and carried on his journey.
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 26, 2014 12:05:02 GMT 12
Apart from this and the Kaimai crash, did NAC lose any other DC-3's?
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Post by flyjoe180 on May 26, 2014 12:41:05 GMT 12
Apart from this and the Kaimai crash, did NAC lose any other DC-3's? ZK-AOE out of Blenheim in 1948. NAC's first fatal accident. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 26, 2014 12:42:20 GMT 12
OK. Sad.
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Post by alexstewart on Mar 27, 2015 20:27:36 GMT 12
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Post by isc on Apr 2, 2015 23:55:17 GMT 12
Got a photo of AZL at Dunedin, probably 1966. All control surfaces not sure if they are unpainted, or painted grey, also got a bent wing tip, It was in at Rex Aviation (we were using the NAC hangar) for a generator/ starter motor(can't remember which)change, or repair. It may have been both, as some P&W R 1830s had a combined starter/generator. isc
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Post by phil82 on Apr 3, 2015 10:48:24 GMT 12
Ahh, interesting. I was at Lokhichokio a few weeks after a South African DC-3 (?) took off with the rudder lock still in place. Ahhhh...sweet nostalgia Watching a USN DeepFreeze Dakota preparing for departure,[this very aircraft in fact] and USN liney does all the checks and climbs aboard and aircraft is about to taxi with rudder lock still engaged. So I inform the tower, then step out in front of the aircraft and indicate he should stop! Door opens, liney gets out, lock removed, everyone happy, and a thumbs up from the pilot. Flight safety is EVERYONE'S responsibility.  |
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Post by phil82 on Apr 3, 2015 10:49:57 GMT 12
I think it's actually an RC47 in USN parlance!
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Post by agile on Apr 4, 2015 8:52:41 GMT 12
Or even an R4D or LC-47H.  |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Dec 14, 2015 21:21:47 GMT 12
I see that the Airscapade DC-3 ZK-JGB has been cancelled as 'exported'.
Anybody know where and when?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 14, 2015 21:51:02 GMT 12
It is still at Omaka and nearing completion of its restoration to the air
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jun 21, 2016 21:54:56 GMT 12
Posts on ZK-AOD, ZK-AOE and ZK-AOF updated with additional period photos.
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