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Post by skyhawkfan1 on Jan 14, 2015 16:26:08 GMT 12
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Post by saratoga on Jan 14, 2015 17:28:26 GMT 12
Can't be our ones, they were clapped out!....
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Post by suthg on Jan 14, 2015 19:42:28 GMT 12
Still a proud Kiwi on the air brakes!! They are looking good even third hand!!!
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Post by htbrst on Jan 15, 2015 10:25:14 GMT 12
On their way to exercise Red Flag to be Red Air - could have been interesting if they were there with the RNZAF
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Post by fwx on Jan 15, 2015 12:50:51 GMT 12
Looking great! Kind of like saying why would the UN be interested in a clapped-out Prime Minister?
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Post by skyhawkdon on Jan 15, 2015 20:00:44 GMT 12
We could do with them back to send to the Southern Ocean right about now! Looks like the Navy have failed and given up...
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 15, 2015 20:55:56 GMT 12
Which aircraft carrier are you going to use to get them to the Southern Ocean so they can take to the air against the poachers?
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Post by exkiwiforces on Jan 15, 2015 22:32:36 GMT 12
Which aircraft carrier are you going to use to get them to the Southern Ocean so they can take to the air against the poachers? It's called Tanker Support from the RAAF's 33Sqn.
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Post by tfly on Aug 28, 2015 11:04:19 GMT 12
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Post by ErrolC on Aug 28, 2015 11:41:52 GMT 12
Beat me to it with that article. BTW, the Edwards twitter account is a good one to follow, includes lots of good history stuff. twitter.com/EdwardsAFB
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Post by tfly on Aug 28, 2015 11:48:38 GMT 12
Not as clapped out as we we had been led to believe then ?. Resurrected from 10 years in storage and now mixing it with cutting edge equipment speaks volumes really!
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Post by ZacYates on Aug 28, 2015 15:07:15 GMT 12
That's so cool. Go Draken!
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Post by suthg on Aug 28, 2015 15:43:45 GMT 12
More importantly - Go Scooters!!
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Post by saratoga on Aug 28, 2015 17:28:15 GMT 12
I thought they might have resprayed one of them to get the shinier finish,but its an ex-Isreali A-4N in the Kahu scheme! Still looks good.
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Post by baz62 on May 19, 2019 17:41:22 GMT 12
Anthony Galbraith and I acquired the services of an ex RNZAF engineer by the name of Paul Higinbottom. Paul was working for Air New Zealand at the time doing airframe repairs so as we needed some sheetmetal work done on the Austers we approached Paul and he was keen to overhaul our boot cowls and firewalls. Anyway he is now working for Airbus (was Safe Air) and he is off to work on the Draken A4 fleet. Apparently all of them have been flown really hard and are going to go through a Major overhaul (A D-check). Paul has been there before and he mentioned that one day one of the ex-IDF A4s had an ex-RNZAF A4 dive brakes installed......still complete with RNZAF roundel. This wasn't on thought the Kiwis so out with a bit of foam material, made a stencil and proceeded to paint the Kiwi roundel on the other dive brake. Paul then related that it was discovered that this A4 was going to be totally repainted so the painter was told to take a good long look at that roundel before he proceeded to paint over it! Oh and we have asked Paul to take lots of photos too!
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Post by vultee43 on May 19, 2019 21:12:41 GMT 12
Which aircraft carrier are you going to use to get them to the Southern Ocean so they can take to the air against the poachers? It's called Tanker Support from the RAAF's 33Sqn. Our 'new' government doesn't care about the poachers or environment so don't hold your breath. Scooters do look great though
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Post by ErrolC on Nov 13, 2019 13:05:36 GMT 12
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Post by mcmaster on Nov 13, 2019 13:17:42 GMT 12
Fabulous to see the clapped out A4s still clapping right along in the thick of Red Flag no less. The ex RNZAF birds also look much better than the ones with extra "pipe" ... Yikes
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Post by skyhawkdon on Nov 13, 2019 14:49:52 GMT 12
Wow they are stunning photos of all sorts of aeroplanes!
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Post by lindstrim on Nov 13, 2019 15:37:36 GMT 12
There's a podcast called the Fighter Pilot podcast where one of their guest's is ex USAF and currently flies for Draken, they were talking about the F-22 but they will be back doing one on Draken's operations
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