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Post by skyhawkdon on Dec 13, 2022 14:02:39 GMT 12
When is the new hangar/maintenance facility at Ohakea going to be finished? Are they using the old 75 Sqn hangar in the mean time?
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Post by tbf2504 on Dec 13, 2022 14:05:42 GMT 12
The new hangar and support facilities for 5 Squadron being erected adjacent to 3 Squadron will be completed mid 2024. In the meantime the 75/3/ hangar is now the home of the Poseidon Transition Unit and will be the temporary
home of 5 Squadron until the new facility is completed.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 13, 2022 14:44:29 GMT 12
Henare also taking all the credit when this project only happened because of Ron Mark/NZF when he was MOD. At least Ron was invited to the welcome ceremony by the RNZAF. Gerry Brownlee and Mark Mitchell did most of the work. Ron Mark reviewed it, and then signed it off. Henare had nothing to do with it. |
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Post by madmark on Dec 13, 2022 15:42:01 GMT 12
P-3 to retire 31 Jan, five months early.
Sounds like its due to manning issues.
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Post by Chelsea57986 on Dec 13, 2022 16:40:13 GMT 12
Poseidon landing from 6.30 minutes.
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Post by phil on Dec 13, 2022 17:35:40 GMT 12
Henare also taking all the credit when this project only happened because of Ron Mark/NZF when he was MOD. At least Ron was invited to the welcome ceremony by the RNZAF. The RNZAF know who approved the purchase. |
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Post by Deane B on Dec 13, 2022 18:18:25 GMT 12
P-3 to retire 31 Jan, five months early. Sounds like its due to manning issues. Yes I heard this yesterday. Bit of a shock. Oh well, just don't go getting lost out at sea after Jan 31 ! |
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Post by gibbo on Dec 13, 2022 20:17:02 GMT 12
P-3 to retire 31 Jan, five months early. Sounds like its due to manning issues. Yep...looks like crew freed-up by having a smaller 5 Sqn fleet (& the P8 having a smaller crew) will quickly find openings in the other squadrons. Good news for the crews involved.. highly capable assets that should be looked after.  Bad news: EMAC project won't be a priority whilst retention is so poor... best we can hope is the planned defence review doesn't kill off the project Good news: Now that we can graphically understand the manning crisis and how far the RNZAF is away from being able to operate an ACF, we should stop seeing (for a while at least) wish-lists of ACF fleets.  |
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Post by beagle on Dec 13, 2022 20:46:04 GMT 12
87 months after starting this thread... finally the first aircraft to replace the P3K2 has arrived.
beagle, who's he, where's he been....
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Dec 14, 2022 6:10:38 GMT 12
87 months after starting this thread... finally the first aircraft to replace the P3K2 has arrived. beagle, who's he, where's he been.... Was thinking the same thing. Welcome back Beagle! |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 14, 2022 7:37:30 GMT 12
Beags suggested to me yesterday that it is now time for him to start a P-8 Poseidon Replacement thread....lol!
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Post by gibbo on Dec 14, 2022 9:08:08 GMT 12
Beags suggested to me yesterday that it is now time for him to start a P-8 Poseidon Replacement thread....lol! Easy, 2 cessnas with hand-thrown bombs... a.l.a. NZ Herald reporting standards! |
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Post by machina on Dec 14, 2022 9:25:13 GMT 12
Beags suggested to me yesterday that it is now time for him to start a P-8 Poseidon Replacement thread....lol! A 60 year old thread would be quite a thing to see  |
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Post by ZacYates on Dec 14, 2022 9:44:39 GMT 12
If not his actual words, what does this say about journalism standards of grammar? It's a press release, so it will have been someone in the minister's staff who wrote the item rather than explicitly quoting something the minister actually "said" (still a possibility). It thus says nothing about journalism standard of grammar but rather that of civil servants'. |
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Dec 14, 2022 10:21:34 GMT 12
If not his actual words, what does this say about journalism standards of grammar? It's a press release, so it will have been someone in the minister's staff who wrote the item rather than explicitly quoting something the minister actually "said" (still a possibility). It thus says nothing about journalism standard of grammar but rather that of civil servants'. All tarred with the same brush... |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 14, 2022 14:02:28 GMT 12
I have just listened to a recording of Henare's speech, thanks to tbf2504, and yes, Henare did say "aircrafts".
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Post by ZacYates on Dec 14, 2022 14:06:26 GMT 12
I stand corrected! Unlike certain people  |
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Post by ErrolC on Dec 14, 2022 14:19:44 GMT 12
I stand corrected! Unlike certain people So did none of the civil servants pick up the error, or did they all decide to let the official Media Release stay as said? |
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Post by machina on Dec 14, 2022 21:32:01 GMT 12
I am pleased to announce that permission just came through from DPA to publish this new episode of The Wings Over New Zealand Show, WONZ 268 - Changing Times at No. 5 Squadron. Featuring Wing Commander Glen Donaldson (Commanding Officer of No. 5 Squadron), Flight Sergeant Tony Strugnell (Flight Engineer), Squadron Leader Paul Barrett (Maintenance Flight Commander), Flight Lieutenant Tom Peterson, (Pilot), Flying Officer Holly Graham (Air Warfare Officer) and Corporal Nikita Crookbain (Air Warfare Specialist). In this episode I visited No. 5 Squadron Royal New Zealand Air Force at RNZAF Base Whenuapai, and sat down with a group of aircrew and engineers from the squadron to talk about their experiences with the Lockheed P-3K2 Orion as the sun sets on its very long RNZAF career. And they discuss the new Boeing P-8 Poseidon that is just entering service to replace the Orions. This discussion gives a great insight into the amazing work that the Orion has done over five and a half decades for New Zealand, and also looks forward to how the now Poseidon will fulfil the roles that the Orion spent so long doing, and what is to come for the new aircraft Here is the link: cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/2022/12/wonz-268-changing-times-at-no-5-squadron/ Dave, just finished listening to this. A great discussion, with incredible insights into 5 Squadron’s work. Even though I’m excited for the P-8, after hearing about the P-3’s real capability and how useful it is I can’t help feel some of that might be lost with the transition. A shame we can’t build new P-3s for the EMAC role!! |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 14, 2022 21:40:52 GMT 12
Thanks Machina, I am glad that you enjoyed the episode. It was really neat to sit down with some of the great guys and girls of the squadron, an amazing bunch of people. Please share the link around and help to raise the show's profile.
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