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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 22, 2010 9:40:50 GMT 12
The Strikemasters were certainly tatty by 1993 at least. The four that left the service and flew to Wigram for No. 2TTS and the Museum were really rough as guts paintwork-wise. It was not the S&S guys at fault, the budget to repaint them was rightly halted as they were retiring.
That Pioneer is an interesting type, one we see very little about these days. Does the RAF still do FAC work or is the reconnaissance spotting all done by sattelites nowadays?
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Post by shorty on Jan 24, 2011 10:01:25 GMT 12
This thread has been dormant for a while as I got involved in other projects but it may be time to resurrect on an occasional basis. First up is a Vildebeeste which has stood on it't nose. I don't know where or when but it is nicely tethered so it doesn't fall backback uncontrollably (pity the car if it did!) NZ 103 nose over by Neville Mines, on Flickr Next up is another Vildie, very possibly NZ 110 which crashed at Wigram during a night flying exercise on 11 May 1939. The aircraft was on approach for landing at 2015 hours when it struck trees 150 yards from the boundary of the airfield, dived into the ground and burst into flames. Pilot Officer William Dawson, Acting Pilot Officer Reginald McCrorie and LAC George West all died of injuries that they received. Aircraft burnt out and destroyed. If it is not 110 the other possibility is NZ 117 which crashed and burnt at Nelson on 9 April 1941 but I don't think so. All it says on the back of the photo is "75 seconds exposure" NZ 110 by Neville Mines, on Flickr Finally this time a close up of the engine from the crash. NZ 110 engine by Neville Mines, on Flickr
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 24, 2011 15:39:37 GMT 12
Thanks for those Shorty, it's good to see the Stash is open once again.
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Post by beagle on Nov 29, 2012 13:48:07 GMT 12
Strikemasters tired and tatty? I suppose you get that when you rely on S & S to keep them pretty! . mmmmmmm How many foreighners did S&S do for you Shorty
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Post by shorty on Feb 4, 2013 16:41:37 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 4, 2013 17:46:38 GMT 12
Neat!
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Post by shorty on Feb 4, 2013 18:23:13 GMT 12
More from the golden times at Wanaka This time up we have the FW 190 project and parts and patterens thereof FW 190 tail assy by Neville Mines, on Flickr
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 4, 2013 18:44:17 GMT 12
Great to see these photos Shorty, thanks!
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Post by shorty on Feb 4, 2013 18:59:52 GMT 12
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Post by Peter Lewis on Feb 4, 2013 20:56:05 GMT 12
Ah, those were the days.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 4, 2013 22:36:50 GMT 12
Personally I think more exciting things in warbirds are happening now than back then.
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Post by shorty on Feb 5, 2013 7:53:21 GMT 12
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Post by vs on Feb 5, 2013 13:19:36 GMT 12
WHat ever happened to the FW190's that were being restored in Christchurch? I am pretty sure one of the Me110's was restored and is on display in Berlin.
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Post by shorty on Feb 5, 2013 15:26:18 GMT 12
Ooopps!, checking back I find I had already posted the FW 190 photos and further info on them back on page 31. Sorry!
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Post by shorty on Feb 6, 2013 7:28:59 GMT 12
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Post by phil82 on Feb 6, 2013 8:42:56 GMT 12
You bring back some great memories Shorty!
My first trip to RAAF Tindal was in 1967, though as I explained in an earlier post, I spent most of it in Darwin, and you're right, it was a bit primitive. I gather these days it's all air-conditioned comfort!
I also did a stint at the Asahan range with 20 Sqn, and was asked to go down to the strip to pick up a couple of visitors [female RAF officers as it turned out] who had been delivered in a Single Pioneer flown by an Army Air Corp Warrant Officer who was a bit surprised to see me there. So I dropped the girls off, and came back to help him refuel from those square 4-gallon flimsies. We just dumped them when empty and the locals carried them off! The Single Pin was indeed an amazing STOL aircraft, and those pilots used to land on strips you could barely recognise.
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Post by shorty on Feb 6, 2013 9:44:56 GMT 12
Hell, we sold the empty flimsies to the locals and replenished our beer tokens with the profits!
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Post by shorty on Feb 6, 2013 18:43:36 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 6, 2013 18:57:13 GMT 12
Wow, nice aircraft!
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Post by shorty on Feb 6, 2013 20:01:47 GMT 12
Now for a RNZAF aircraft which is under-represented and yes, before any **e chimes in, we know it's reputation as the finest three engined transport built. My question is what are the differences between the Hastings wings u/c and engines and that of the Halifax? The Halifax rebuilt in the UK utilised the Hastings components scan0100 by Neville Mines, on Flickr scan0097 by Neville Mines, on Flickr scan0099 by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos 187797881@N02/]Neville Mines[/url], on Flickr scan0098 by Neville Mines, on Flickr
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