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Post by planecrazy on Dec 8, 2012 7:54:43 GMT 12
In 2008 not one but two Beech Staggerwings crossed the Tasman Sea, in my opinion one of the best looking
between the war aeroplanes.
Both these very stylish, recently restored in New Zealand machines with similar
paint jobs both came through on beautiful days, lucky for me, you should see the video!
Have reloaded the pic's lower in this thread.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 8, 2012 9:22:25 GMT 12
They were both flying at Classic Fighters in 2007 with a third yellow example. Simply beautiful to see all three in the air together, a real treat.
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Post by DragonflyDH90 on Dec 8, 2012 11:06:37 GMT 12
All three were red Dave, well one was a burgandy colour to be precise.
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Post by DragonflyDH90 on Dec 8, 2012 11:08:00 GMT 12
I spent a LOT of time on NC16S "The Red Rockette" it was a big, big rebuild.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 8, 2012 11:57:21 GMT 12
Hmm, ok, thanks Ryan. I am sure I have seen a yellow one somewhere and assumed it was there.
Well done on the rebuild, I recall thinking it was the ncest of the lot.
How many remain Staggerwings in NZ today? Any?
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Post by DragonflyDH90 on Dec 8, 2012 19:35:22 GMT 12
The early model Staggerwing that we have been doing for an Australian client until recently was yellow but is now in its original factory dark blue and silver scheme.
It never flew here in yellow however.
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Post by fragamort on Aug 4, 2015 0:25:49 GMT 12
Hello people from Downunder :-)
I write to you from Belgium and I'm a newbee on the forum. So, excuse me for my poor english... I will come for a month in NZ in March 2016 and the Stag' is something like my fetish aircraft. Can anybody tell me if there is still one flying (or not!) in NZ?
Thanks
Steph
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Post by area51 on Aug 22, 2015 8:31:27 GMT 12
Hi Fragamort! Welcome to the forum. Sadly I am pretty sure we have no flying ZK examples, however the stunning VH-UXP is, to the best of my knowledge, still flying in NZ post restoration work a couple of years ago. As to its actual location - I am unsure. nzcivair.blogspot.co.nz/2015/06/staggerwing-vh-uxp.html |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Aug 22, 2015 9:15:42 GMT 12
I believe that VH-UXP operates out of Mandeville.
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Post by planecrazy on Aug 22, 2015 22:13:19 GMT 12
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Post by fragamort on Aug 24, 2015 16:33:58 GMT 12
Thanks guys for the information. It seems the Stag is in Mandeville and I discovered they also had a museum and the fly-in w-e in early March 2015. Maybe I will be there at the right time in 2016 :-)
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Post by wingstwo on Sept 9, 2015 21:32:26 GMT 12
Thanks guys for the information. It seems the Stag is in Mandeville and I discovered they also had a museum and the fly-in w-e in early March 2015. Maybe I will be there at the right time in 2016 :-) Beech C17B Staggerwing VH-UXP is based at Wanaka and will be on display during Warbirds over Wanaka 2016. |
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Post by fragamort on Sept 10, 2015 1:29:31 GMT 12
Good news! I'll be back to Belgium before the show, but I'll have a chance to see her before at Wanaka! :-)
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