Bill Kain's Slides

[Dave Homewood]

Here are some scans I have done of some old slides that belonged to the late Wing Commander Dereck "Bill" Kain. Bill was a kiwi who joined the RAF in 1935, as a fighter pilot. He served in the Battle of France, and in the desert war and Malta, before becoming station commander at RAF Predannack. He returned to NZ after the war and in the 1960's he purchased Ossie James' famous Tiger Moth, ZK-AJO. These slides show Bill flying the Tiger at the opening of the Auckland International Airport in 1966, and also on a trip where he flew it south down to the Alps for a trip. Also some shots from the RNZAF's 1964 Ohakea airshow, in which he was given a seat in the VIP area, being an ex-Wing Commander.

Sorry the shots are a bit scratchy. These are straight from the scanner. I have not had a chance to try cleaning any of the photos up yet.

I believe these are all Bill at Mangere where he flew a topdressing display during the big opening airshow in 1966:

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The Southern Alpine trip:

(Does anyone recognise the various mountains or places? I may have some back-to-front)













I am not sure if this Cub was seen on the southern trip. Does anyone recognise the pilot?

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Not sure if this is taken from the aeroplane


This one is at Bill's Te Mata farm, near Raglan, I believe, with a Sioux that came and did some spraying

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More photos from the opening of the Auckland International Airport at Mangere

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I guess this is what airshows were like before they had Portaloos?

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[beagle]

public not as close to the runway as the old days.

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I noted how close they were. That was the VIP enclosure!

Those Phantoms have drag chutes deployed so they must have just been in the process of landing, a bit close for comfort. Bill would have been loving it though, being an old hand.

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In the Mirage photo there are two Dakotas in the background. The one on the right has a bright orange nose when you look at the original scan. Would that be a US Navy example? Or did some RNZAF C-47's get dayglo noses?

[starr]

Dave, one Dakota is will probably be AZL and the other could be the CAA calibration flight one. I know they were both parked up there.

[Dave Homewood]

That makes sense, thanks Dave.

[planecrazy]

Jul 31, 2015 22:09:43 GMT 12 Dave Homewood said:

I noted how close they were. That was the VIP enclosure!

Those Phantoms have drag chutes deployed so they must have just been in the process of landing, a bit close for comfort. Bill would have been loving it though, being an old hand.

It's interesting that the drag chutes are out with the canopies open?!?
Either showing off our using them for extra drag perhaps!

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Jul 31, 2015 21:07:53 GMT 12 Dave Homewood said:

I guess this is what airshows were like before they had Portaloos?

They were still like that as late as 1981 at the Ohakea show that year - I remember them quite vividly.