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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 6, 2015 9:04:58 GMT 12
On Radio New Zealand's Summer Report this morning, there was a piece (7 min 41 sec long) about the end of the Iroquois with the RNZAF. From the link, you can listen to the program, or download and save a MP3 file to your computer (or other storage medium). • RNZAF Iroquois helicopters to be phased out(Radio New Zealand National | Tuesday, 06 January 2015)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 6, 2015 18:48:43 GMT 12
Thanks Bruce. Interestingly I keep hearing whispers that they'll be around a lot longer than 2015, so we might watch this with a 'will they, won't they' anticipation. I hope at least two will go to the Historic Flight. They are one of the RNZAF's most important aircraft of all time and need to continue to be celebrated in that way.
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Post by mumbles on Jan 6, 2015 19:47:40 GMT 12
Thanks Bruce. Interestingly I keep hearing whispers that they'll be around a lot longer than 2015, so we might watch this with a 'will they, won't they' anticipation. I was told a little over a month ago by someone in a position to know that mid-2015 is it for operational flying.
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Post by mumbles on Jan 6, 2015 19:49:24 GMT 12
On Radio New Zealand's Summer Report this morning, there was a piece (7 min 41 sec long) about the end of the Iroquois with the RNZAF. From the link, you can listen to the program, or download and save a MP3 file to your computer (or other storage medium). • RNZAF Iroquois helicopters to be phased out(Radio New Zealand National | Tuesday, 06 January 2015)"Choppers" "nicknamed "Hugh's"" "Huey" derived from the original designation of HU-1, not UH-1H as mentioned.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 6, 2015 19:51:19 GMT 12
We've done well with them considering they were supposed to be withdrawn in 2013 originally.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 6, 2015 19:52:55 GMT 12
They were known to all as "Whocka Whockas" when I was in the RNZAF.
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Post by mumbles on Jan 6, 2015 19:59:10 GMT 12
Not sure I agree that the NH-90 is quieter though It's loud, just in a different way.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 6, 2015 20:33:41 GMT 12
"Choppers" "nicknamed "Hugh's"" "Huey" derived from the original designation of HU-1, not UH-1H as mentioned. Yeah, I know....I noticed the errors (including referring to them as choppers), but at least they didn't call them Cessnas, or refer to them plummeting, so that's something I guess.
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Post by suthg on Jan 6, 2015 21:33:14 GMT 12
And a bit O/T - I think the venerable C-130's will keep being refitted/upgraded for a while yet too Aren't one or two of them 49 years old this year? They too are such a workhorse!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 6, 2015 22:09:38 GMT 12
NZ7001 - First flown on 19 November 1964, NZ7001, NZ7002 and NZ7003 all arrived in NZ in April 1965
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Post by mumbles on Jan 6, 2015 22:11:09 GMT 12
And a bit O/T - I think the venerable C-130's will keep being refitted/upgraded for a while yet too Aren't one or two of them 49 years old this year? They too are such a workhorse! NZ7001-03 received 1965, NZ7004-05 received 1969.
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Post by davidd on Jan 7, 2015 8:36:33 GMT 12
I am fairly certain (from off top of my head) that all three of the original NZ C-130's arrived together in New Zealand in April 1965, and were welcomed at Wellington airport by Keith Holyoake (and many others too of course). David D
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 7, 2015 10:10:23 GMT 12
I have amended my post, I had made an error.
According to adf.serials.co.nz '01, '02 and '03 all arrived in Wellington on the 14th of April 1965.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 7, 2015 10:13:39 GMT 12
The site also says '04 and '05 were both delivered to Auckland on the 9th of January 1969, but '04 wasn't brought on charge with no. 40 Squadron till the 22nd of May 1969, and '05 on the 6th of June 1969. Why was there so many months of inactivity between delivery and entering service? I'd have thought they'd have been keen to get them straight into service considering there was a war on at the time.
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Post by camtech on Jan 7, 2015 11:09:22 GMT 12
Just a case of the paperwork not keeping up. The fact that they were not Brought on Charge until later certainly did not stop them from being operational.
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Post by baz62 on Jan 7, 2015 15:24:13 GMT 12
We originally got UH-1D and UH-1H with the Ds upgraded to H standard later on. Was that just an engine upgrade or was there other bits changed? Like main Rotor for example.
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Post by beagle on Jan 7, 2015 17:42:14 GMT 12
just listening to it. bit of a racket going on in the background.
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Post by sailorsid on Jan 7, 2015 19:35:48 GMT 12
We originally got UH-1D and UH-1H with the Ds upgraded to H standard later on. Was that just an engine upgrade or was there other bits changed? Like main Rotor for example. Could have been the main rotor gearbox as well.
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Post by Ian Warren on Jan 9, 2015 10:14:55 GMT 12
NZ7001 - First flown on 19 November 1964, NZ7001, NZ7002 and NZ7003 all arrived in NZ in April 1965 The C-130H-LM(model 382C) were the first three production 'H' models off the block, the Iroquois, well was a part of Christchurch .. bit like the Harvard so keeping a couple of Huey's for the historic flight would be a good plan.
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Post by vansvilla on Jan 9, 2015 14:09:33 GMT 12
UH 1D, Lycoming L11 engine, Pitot tube nose mounted, no window in front cargo door were the main differences.
With the arrival of the H model our D's were uprated so the fleet had commonality.
Although windowless doors swapped back and forward for quite some time.
After a few days in the jungle up Malaya there was no better sound than wock wock of the Huey coming to take you home.
The wock wock noise more pronounced at 120knots above Lake Taupo on a very cool morning, more like crack crack, absolutely beautiful.
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