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Post by stu on Jul 28, 2008 20:30:20 GMT 12
as you can see in this (not very good) shot (also at Hamilton) Just my five tuppence worth but there's something really arty about that photo that appeals to me. Fascinating posts and photos all round Shorty, I hope you have plenty more to come. Cheers, Stu. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 28, 2008 22:05:38 GMT 12
And to add to Stu's opinion of that Vampire four-ship photo, I for one reckon it's very good.
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Post by shorty on Jul 29, 2008 18:18:55 GMT 12
Continuing with Vampire we have three photos of one in colours it never flrw in. This is INST 171 which was mistakenly painted as INST1717. It is a FB9 (formerly WA202 and served with 14 Sqn in Singapore) and then came to NZ as a purely INST airframe at 1 TTS mainly for the spray painters. Passed on to MOTAT the first shot shows it shortly after arrival there and before the booms were fitted.Taken in December 64.(sorry about the camera flare)  INST 171 by Neville Mines, on Flickr next we have after the booms were on but it was still stored outside, which is not good for wooden aircraft!  INST 171a by Neville Mines, on Flickr Final shot is of it after the tail was repainted (from memory just grey) because of fading of the dayglo paint. Note the ejection seat sign in pictures 1 and 3!  INST 171b by Neville Mines, on Flickr |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 29, 2008 18:31:34 GMT 12
That Harvard is NZ1053 isn't it?
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Post by shorty on Jul 29, 2008 18:52:51 GMT 12
No, its INST153 ex NZ944.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 29, 2008 19:06:44 GMT 12
Cheers. MOTAT owned NZ1053 at one stage too. One of the few aircraft that have escaped their coop to fly again.
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Post by shorty on Jul 29, 2008 19:48:43 GMT 12
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Post by sniff on Jul 29, 2008 20:39:16 GMT 12
I like the tailboom trestle in the NZ5708 pic!
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Post by shorty on Jul 29, 2008 20:41:24 GMT 12
I like the tailboom trestle in the NZ5708 pic! ;D Special one for use while towing! |
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Post by 14liney on Jul 31, 2008 7:31:34 GMT 12
Continuing with Vampires here is an unidentified T 11 being serviced at ASF Ohakea on 10-10-72 Of the guys working on it I can identify the SNCO on the ladder is "Tweety" Stormont, in front is "PC" Callaghan and of the two guys waiting for the Joe Wagon the partly concealed one is Russ Torrey Whoa Shorty, suddenly I feel old. The others I think are Ian Hingston and maybe Dick Coker. In the second photo that is yours truly working on the undercarriage with Dick Coker(?) on the right looking in the cockpit. I have a copy of this photo that you gave me way back when Adam was a cowboy. That is NZ5711 by the way. |
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Post by sniff on Jul 31, 2008 13:04:51 GMT 12
I flicked Ian a copy of the pics this morning.
His thoughts were:
Russ Brown: extreme right of pic 1 and looking in cockpit in pic 2.
Guy with moustache in pic 1 could be Kevin Rolls (or Torrey/Tolley?)
Dick Coker doesnt ring any bells.
PC leaning over power unit.
Ian watching out for PC
....and Laurie Stormont.
So that will give you more clues, except for whoever has his back to the camera in pic 2.
Did PC go on a pilot's course? He looks like the A-4 Callaghan jock of the mid-70's.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 31, 2008 13:26:36 GMT 12
Was Dick Coker by any chance the same man as R.A.C. Coker who has popped up in my research as a pre-war Territorial Air Force man? perhaps not as he may not be old enough, but no harm in asking.
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Post by shorty on Jul 31, 2008 16:43:39 GMT 12
Guy withe moustache is Russ Torrey (he was on my course) guy behing PC in pic one might be Raxworthy?
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Post by sniff on Jul 31, 2008 20:01:20 GMT 12
Shorty, guy behind PC reckons it's himself. Ian Hingston.
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jul 31, 2008 20:16:22 GMT 12
I like the tailboom trestle in the NZ5708 pic! ;D Special one for use while towing! No, no ,no. Remember the Vampires were pretty old when the picture was taken. It is not a trestle it is a walker  ;D |
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Post by sniff on Jul 31, 2008 20:35:34 GMT 12
Did the walker have wooden legs too?
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jul 31, 2008 21:23:46 GMT 12
Did the walker have wooden legs too? ;D ;D ;D Yes if it was a pirate walker  Paul |
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Post by shorty on Aug 1, 2008 13:37:22 GMT 12
As a bit of a change from the Air Force in the 60s and 70s I'll make a brief foray into civvy steet of the 80s and 90s. Don't worry, I'll return to the others shortly after I see if people are paying attention!  Document73-2 by Neville Mines, on Flickr  Document98 by Neville Mines, on Flickr |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 1, 2008 13:50:55 GMT 12
That is interesting to see the way the HS748 was jacked up at the front to get it indoors. Did that make working on them difficult Shorty? I guess not much different from working on a DC-3.
Which hangars are they in? It's two different hangars, aren't they?
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Post by shorty on Aug 1, 2008 19:04:38 GMT 12
Here we go with a couple of steps back in time. Vildebeeste NZ 108 Whicch force landed in a river on 6.2.40 and was written off on 23.5 40 while serving with 2 FTS at Woodbourne  NZ 108 by Neville Mines, on Flickr NBext we have Vincents at what looks like Woodbourne. Taken from an Oxford theses Vincents seem to all have coloured fins  At Woodbourne by Neville Mines, on Flickr Finally another Vincent at Woodborne (also taken from an Oxford) which shows the "new" barrack blocks in the background.  From Oxford by Neville Mines, on Flickr |
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