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Post by craig on Dec 5, 2014 14:39:19 GMT 12
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Post by delticman on Dec 5, 2014 15:16:36 GMT 12
Dual main wheels?
Still raining is it?
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Post by craig on Dec 5, 2014 18:04:53 GMT 12
yep and no
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Post by suthg on Dec 5, 2014 18:22:00 GMT 12
Empty, not working, but carrying pax - loader driver?
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Post by oj on Dec 5, 2014 21:38:14 GMT 12
I wonder whether those dual wheels are as per the original Air NZ Mod done for James Aviation on CTZ back in about 1966?
Or are they an existing approved PAC Mod or local Phoenix Mod?
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Post by craig on Dec 6, 2014 6:18:52 GMT 12
Phoenix mod. Still undergoing certification testing.
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Post by kiwiduster1 on Dec 6, 2014 10:33:03 GMT 12
Its not a cessna.!!!
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Post by The Red Baron on Dec 6, 2014 11:12:47 GMT 12
BHQ,CYY and laterly BHG & EMK all had dual wheels.
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Post by delticman on Dec 6, 2014 14:14:46 GMT 12
We can add, WAW, ZK-CLI in 1974. ZK-EGK in 1993 and Super Air's ZK-JAL (test for V8,ZK-BHG) in 2000.
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Post by craig on Dec 6, 2014 14:56:22 GMT 12
So what about this?  Photo credit Murray Dreyer |
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Post by delticman on Dec 6, 2014 15:18:02 GMT 12
It's the first 400HP Fletcher done by Aerosmith P/L (A/3) at Bankstown. First flight July 1969. There was a number of problems and Pays Air Service bought it and converted to their mod (A/4) in September 1970. It returned to NZ in 1971 and sold to Samoa as 5W-FAJ
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Post by craig on Dec 7, 2014 8:25:35 GMT 12
A very early shot of CLW  Photo Neil Robinson |
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Post by craig on Dec 7, 2014 8:39:46 GMT 12
Another of Neil's collection. This time CPW. Pick the difference with the loader in the background, GMC with duals on the steering wheels. Must have been fun turning with a load in the bucket!  |
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Post by oj on Dec 8, 2014 20:19:02 GMT 12
VH-EPZ "There were a number of problems....."
I have no knowledge of the list but I would not be surprised to learn of their difficulties in keeping the IO-720 A1A engine in good tune.
I have reported elsewhere on some of the many problems with the Bendix S700 Series magnetos that were fitted to the IO-720 A1A
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Post by delticman on Dec 8, 2014 22:04:40 GMT 12
Regarding VH-EPZ, the engine was the easy bit.
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Post by suthg on Dec 9, 2014 6:34:16 GMT 12
Note on early pic of CLW - see the age of the cars in the background!! We keep em going and going... certainly dates the image!!
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Post by ruakituri on Dec 11, 2014 20:24:41 GMT 12
Jet Spreads Cresco at Taupo had duels on it at one stage. ZK JAD
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