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Post by beagle on Feb 6, 2013 20:24:42 GMT 12
are those Hastings parked up after retirement from RNZAF use.
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Post by shorty on Feb 6, 2013 20:37:20 GMT 12
Parked at Ohakea circa 1968
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 6, 2013 23:53:02 GMT 12
So yes, they had retired by then. They look quite forlorn awaiting the chop. Great photos Shorty.
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Post by John L on Feb 7, 2013 17:24:24 GMT 12
Another plane there SHOULD be a complete example of in NZ!!!
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Post by praxis on Feb 7, 2013 18:11:30 GMT 12
Re: Lodestar NZ 3507 on page 35. This photo is from files of late Fl/Lt RD ("Pete") Steel. Pete was second pilot on 3507's flight to Japan for AVM Isitt to sign surrender document on behalf of NZ on 2 Sep 1945. Handwritten note reads "With many thanks for a great trip. L M Isitt AVM 9/9/45." Document confirms that NZ 3507 was first british aircraft to land in Japan after the cease of hostilities.
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Post by mumbles on Feb 12, 2013 11:33:21 GMT 12
More from the golden times at Wanaka This time up we have the FW 190 project and parts and patterens thereof I like the model perched on the fuselage. This reminded me of the Stuka project they had, seen below in 1994. Whatever happened to that in the end?
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Post by ZacYates on Feb 12, 2013 15:25:14 GMT 12
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Post by phil82 on Feb 12, 2013 15:30:23 GMT 12
The 4th RNZXAF Hastings, 04, where it ended up in Darwin! Written off.
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Post by shorty on Feb 22, 2013 18:14:01 GMT 12
It's getting increasingly awkward to use photobucket now, since they started storing the images in a random order but I have found 3 more that I took at Changi when I went there in a Herc in 1965 (when thet were very new!) First shot has a USN R4D, our C 130, a Brittania, a Valetta and a collection of Hastings scan0094 by Neville Mines, on Flickr I started out with three photos in this set but photobucket has hidden the third one lord knows where so sorry, no Changi Shackeltons this time another shot out the taxy window (they had to cross the tarmac ) showing more Hastings and another Valetta scan0093 by Neville Mines, on Flickr
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 22, 2013 18:16:52 GMT 12
That is quite a collection of transports there. Very interesting to see how busy the place must have been.
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Post by beagle on Feb 22, 2013 19:22:47 GMT 12
So what would have been the reason for so many Hastings there. Take it they were all RAF
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Post by shorty on Feb 23, 2013 7:28:59 GMT 12
Photo was taken 1965 during confrontation so there must have been at least one RAF squadron based there to shift pongo grunts around. Because of confro we had to fly clear of Indonesia so our route was Whenuapai-Brisbane-Port Moresby-Labuan-Changi-Coco Island-Perth-Whenuapai
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Post by shorty on Feb 23, 2013 10:52:46 GMT 12
While I'm doing transport machines here are another three, First up a BOAC 707 at Mangere,with a Starlifter and something else in the background scan0119 by Neville Mines, on Flickr Next we are off to Ohakea for another couple of Boeings finest with, again, a Starlifter in attendance scan0118 by Neville Mines, on Flickr and still at Ohakea a clear shot of the second aircraft in the line scan0117 by Neville Mines, on Flickr
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Post by shorty on Feb 23, 2013 18:44:19 GMT 12
Staying with the heavy metal here we have two Starlifters at Tengah, these were supporting the RB 57F that was flying from there in late 1967. scan0113 by Neville Mines, on Flickr In this next shot we have from the right, the tail of one of our Canberras, the C 141, the modified research Canberra from the RAE, an Andover, probably later to be one of ours, and in the distance the Lightnings of 74 Squadron scan0114 by Neville Mines, on Flickr
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Post by skyman on Aug 28, 2016 15:28:50 GMT 12
"It had reportedly been "borrowed" from 74 Sqn RAF in Singapore by either 14 or 75 Sqn" Correct. I believe that it was Barry Dorr who liberated the tigers head. it hung in the Sgts mess at Ohakea for years. Glad to hear that it is being preserved.
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Post by skyman on Aug 28, 2016 16:09:45 GMT 12
Regarding skyhawkdon's story (Aug 3 2009) about 74 Squadron's tiger's head and having only recently come across this thread about the Lightnings of 74 (Tiger) Squadron, RAF, I can add to their tiger's head "liberation". During 14 Squadron's last deployment to Tengah, Singapore, in 1970 before our Canberras were sold to India, all 74 (Tiger) Squadron personnel were away from their flight-line one day in May, a fact which became known to the above mentioned 14 Squadron member. As I was "between tasks" at that point I was hurriedly summoned to drive a tractor from 14 Squadron's line about 500 yards along to 74 Squadron's line with Barry as passenger. He raced into their line-office and raced out again several minutes later with something wrapped in a blanket, jumped on the tractor and told me to drive like hell back to our flight-line, he then disappeared into our pack-up store. He later told me he had just secreted 74's tiger's head in a bale of rags which were ready to go back to NZ with the rest of us very soon after. Upon finding their tiger's head missing 74 Squadron guys immediately came to us demanding it back. As I understand it from there, Barry pointed to one of our C-130s which had just taken-off and said they were too late. And as previously mentioned the tiger's head later appeared in the W/Os' and SNCOs' Mess at Ohakea. When I visited the mess in 2012 it was still mounted there looking in better shape than the last time I saw it. Al.
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Post by scrooge on Aug 28, 2016 16:41:14 GMT 12
Just pointing out that this shot is taken at the same place as the other 2. The same car is in the picture. While I'm doing transport machines here are another three, First up a BOAC 707 at Mangere,with a Starlifter and something else in the background
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Post by planewriting on Dec 13, 2016 15:33:33 GMT 12
Just been looking at this thread from page 1 and will work my way through it and add any useful comment. On page 1 is a Heron. I believe it is ZK-AYV wearing the white top. It was the only NAC Heron to do so having been originally imported by de Havilland NZ Ltd and wore a white top in their ownership. The other three NAC Herons were all factory new and wore the same scheme as the DC-3 fleet throughout the 1950s, that is, silver overall with a single red band at window level and another band on the tail. Below the windows the aircraft were simply polished metal. There appears to be sufficient contrast between the upper and lower tones to consider this as ZK-AYV.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 13, 2016 16:01:16 GMT 12
These added insights on the photos are great Peter, but please use the quote button so we see the specific photo with your post if you can, it'll make it easier to see what you're referring to.
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Post by toulouse on Feb 7, 2017 12:55:37 GMT 12
Here are a couple more shots of the P39 at Motat, about 1979-80. The nose shot, whilst not very clear (old faded Viko colour prints, shows the name "Jane" and 9 (I think) bomb markings
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