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Post by ErrolC on Nov 12, 2013 15:31:59 GMT 12
Great work minicooper, welcome!
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Post by Peter Lewis on Nov 12, 2013 15:57:25 GMT 12
The Snipe was a type I have never seen before. There seems to have been three of these at Masterton (plus one static for the RAF Museum - E6655). The one marked 'E8102' was ZK-SBT in 2011 and went to the USA for Kermit Weeks. The two others are ZK-SNI (March 2013) and ZK-SBY (October 2013). Not sure which one of these two F2367 is - can anyone confirm?   It gave quite a brief display   Rather a pig-ugly profile on the ground  |
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Post by minicooper on Nov 12, 2013 16:40:35 GMT 12
Based on the info in the "On the Wings of History" from TVAL SNI was on show this past weekend. It was registered back in April while SBY was registered in October. I have not been able to find any images of SBY!
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Post by suthg on Nov 12, 2013 16:51:47 GMT 12
Lovely shots Minicooper - nice and sharp, and some good prop blur!!
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Post by delticman on Nov 12, 2013 18:51:52 GMT 12
I think ZK-SBY was the set of uncovered wings and fuselage in the old Air Contracts hangar, (unless there is another one). If there is a complete ZK-SBY, I didn't see it on Friday either.
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Post by ErrolC on Nov 24, 2013 6:22:16 GMT 12
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Post by canso42 on Nov 25, 2013 10:58:09 GMT 12
I'd like to know a bit about the Albatros D.386/16. A D II model maybe? How long has it been flying and how many Albatroses have been completed thus far?
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Nov 25, 2013 14:33:11 GMT 12
The new book about TVAL's collection lists all of the Albatros, but I'm at work at the moment and the book is at home.
I'll look it up when I get home later this evening, unless someone else has posted the details on this thread in the meantime.
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Post by delticman on Nov 26, 2013 10:38:38 GMT 12
Yes it is a D.II, c/n 0094 and must have flown around the beginning of August as that's when it appears on TVAL's Facebook page.
The DVa-1's are,
ZK-DVA, as D5284/17,c/n 8258 registered 141009.
ZK-TBB, as ? c/n 1267 registered 280311, canx 191211 to N19175
ZK-TVD, as D7343 c/n 0083 registered 301111, canx 161112, to RAF Museum, Hendon
ZK-TVE, as ? c/n 0084 registered 200912.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 26, 2013 15:09:24 GMT 12
I used to lament the fact that short sighted people destroyed this nation's only Albatros war prize back in 1943 or so. I would never have thought we'd see five of them fly in New Zealand. It's so awesome and really incredible.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Nov 26, 2013 17:18:43 GMT 12
I used to lament the fact that short sighted people destroyed this nation's only Albatros war prize back in 1943 or so. I would never have thought we'd see five of them fly in New Zealand. It's so awesome and really incredible. And just over a couple of weeks ago, some of us lucky buggers got to see three of the five Albatros flying in formation at Hood Aerodrome. |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Dec 5, 2013 7:45:48 GMT 12
The Avro 504 incident has made it into the CAA accident reports:
"Aircraft's engine lost power while climbing through 200ft AGL. A forced landing
was made on grass 28, however with insufficient engine power to arrest the rate of
descent a heavy landing was made, damaging the aircraft. The engine had earlier
stopped during taxi, likely due to low fuel tank air pressure during the long taxi,
with the fuel tank requiring pressurisation from a hand pump while on the ground."
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 5, 2013 10:10:07 GMT 12
It is sad that such a historic aircraft was damaged, but it's in the right hands to be repaired again hopefully.
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Post by aeromuzz on Dec 5, 2013 14:01:45 GMT 12
It is sad that such a historic aircraft was damaged, but it's in the right hands to be repaired again hopefully. I hope it is repaired as well and you're right, it's probably in the best possible hands. I believe that when Antique Aeroworks were restoring her they also managed to secure the remains of 504K ZK-ACN, Serial A201 which was advertised for sale after the death of Stu Tantrum. Does anyone know what became of that? |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Dec 5, 2013 19:23:36 GMT 12
First I have heard of that development, but it sounds interesting. I'd like to know more. ZK-ACN was the first of the 1925 NZPAF batch, and served from September 1925 until sold in June 1931 for fifty pounds. It became ZK-ACN with Leslie Brake & Gordon Paul on 29Sep1931, initially with a Wanganui address but then became an itinerant joyrider around at least the upper part of the North Island. After several escapades ownership passed to Matamata Aero Syndicate (M Hutchinson) of (would you believe it) Matamata 22May1933. At one point, in the late 1930s, the upper wing of ZK-ACS was used on this aircraft.  Finally, ZK-ACN was WFU at Tauranga & dismantled in the old Elizabeth Street hangar. Parts sold & cut up, registration cancelled in Jan1940. |
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