The Don Subritzky Photo Collection

[errolmartyn]

Jan 3, 2016 23:24:18 GMT 12 Peter Lewis said:

Jan 3, 2016 19:27:27 GMT 12 shorty said:

Only 3 Whippets were built in 1919.

Five were built.
Source:  Jackson, A J "British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 1 - page 89/90

UK CAA record card for Whippet G-EAPF showing it was still active in the late 20s - early 30s

The Whippet was covered briefly in 1971 and 1972 journals of the AHSNZ.

Much later, an excellent 14-page article on the Whippet by Phil Jarrett was published in the February 1986 issue of WW1 Aero - The Journal of the early aeroplane.

A further article on the Whippet was published in the June 2014 issue of the AHSNZ journal Aerolegacy. This features some new photographs and information but is not to the same standard or accuracy of Jarrett's. The author, Jim Stringer, seems to have been unaware of Jarrett's account and also somewhat ignorant of WWI aviation history.

Errol

[Dave Homewood]

Here are some more photos for today...

Here's a proper aeroplane! Vickers Vildebeest NZ102, I believe this was whilst it was serving with No. 1 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron



An Iroquois rescuing a Fletcher. I think this is the incident that Brian Farrell talked about in his WONZ Show interview here


Anson wreckage


Ansons in better days (Air Force Museum of New Zealand Official)


A clipping, I guess that's the aircraft that is now ZK-JOT

[Dave Homewood]

Don's Spitfire Vb JG891, which was ZK-MKV. Now flying overseas


Spitfire wreckage

[Dave Homewood]

Fu24 Fletcher ZK-BYC - 09 08 75
29 07 78
Te Mata
Raglan

[Dave Homewood]

[Bruce]

Whats with the green paint on BYC? looks like house paint brushed on post - crash. I know in the airline world it is usual to paint over logos and titles after a crash so any photos dont get used by the opposition for commercial gain. Its not normal to do the whole plane though?

[Dave Homewood]

Maybe the paint has just worn and weathered, the dates on the back of the photos indicate three years have passed since the crash till the date the shots were taken I think.

[Dave Homewood]

Is that green paint scheme the same company that sponsored the previous paint scheme on Dakota ZK-AZL? Looks familiar.

[The Red Baron]

Fletcher ZK-BIY crashed near Dargaville 1959.Pilot was Jim Cragg,he was badly injured and retired from flying but remained as operations manager with TATCo until he passed away in the late 1970's.
The Fletcher under the helicopter maybe ZK-CFP which crashed in Northland 1968.
I would suspect BYC was painted green as it was on a ridge near Hamilton,no doubt they would get tired of reports of an aircraft down in the hills,so a spot of camouflage would conceal it.James's planes were painted white,it would have stuck out like the proverbals in the hills.James's Fletchers were all parked outside during their lives,the paint never wore off them so it won't be undercoat showing through.

[saratoga]

On the red,white and black(?)striping it clearly shows 'over' painting,particularly on the red,with brush strokes and possibly paint runs.
Makes sense to 'camouflage' it against further reports,etc.

[Bruce]

So is BYC still somewhere there, or was it recovered later?

[shorty]

Don pulled it out and it was one of his first rebuilds

[Dave Homewood]

Here are some more photos, some I've seen before, some not...

[Dave Homewood]

I love this shot of Ansons over Auckland

[Dave Homewood]

I have no idea what all these bits are...

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Jan 4, 2016 20:39:41 GMT 12 Bruce said:

So is BYC still somewhere there, or was it recovered later?

She is very much alive and well:

[Dave Homewood]

[Dave Homewood]

[Dave Homewood]

Some cool shots of an RNZAF Douglas DC-6 in a hangar at (I think) Mangere (Air New Zealand)

[Dave Homewood]

Some shots of the Oxford in various states of restoration:

Early days







10th of April 1998
















Later again