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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 9, 2017 23:22:27 GMT 12
Some Mossies  INST123, formerly NZ2350, at the Technical Training School, Hobsonville  Possibly the same Mosquito as above because beside it is Oxford NZ1318 in interesting stripes which was also an Instructional Airframe at the Hobsonville TTS  Ferrymead's Mossie I believe  NZ2323 while in service with No. 75 Squadron RNZAF at Ohakea  NZ2305 at Marton. This is the Mosquito that MOTAT rescued and it's not on display there after being restored  A shot of the door of NZ2305  RF908, which became NZ2369 on paper at least. ADF Serials says: "Ferried to Woodbourne for storage shortly after arrival. Declared surplus on SR83/55 dated 30 June 1955 and sold by GSB tender number 6326 to ANSA Orchard Equipment Co, Nelson. Airframe hours 78:35. Aircraft was still derelict near Blenheim in 1961 with the outer wings missing. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 9, 2017 23:28:30 GMT 12
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2017 10:22:55 GMT 12
Some truly breathtaking photos in here Dave, and that last Vampire shot! WOW!!!
If I may, I believe the unrestored Kittyhawk with the axed wings is NZ3094, now with the Pay clan in Australia. And the CAC Mustang VH-WAS is now Jeff Trappett's rather pretty "Eclat".
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Post by baz62 on Oct 10, 2017 10:31:29 GMT 12
I'd say the silver Corsair is the one at Wigram at the radio school?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 10, 2017 10:35:34 GMT 12
It's possible but I'm unsure of the buildings in that Corsair shot Baz, I do not recognise them from Wigram.
I came to the same conclusion about the P-40 Zac.
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Post by camtech on Oct 10, 2017 10:45:39 GMT 12
I'm almost certain the Corsair is at Wigram, at what is now 2TTS. Behind the main building is a further building, where my classroom once was, and this is in the gap between the two buildings. It is the same spot as the Hudson and P-40 were in a photo I posted a little while ago.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 10, 2017 11:28:04 GMT 12
You are probably right. I never went near 2TTS when I was based there so don't recognise the buildings.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 10, 2017 11:37:16 GMT 12
Some more random photos:   Sunderland NZ4105 'A' and friend beached at Hobsonville  Looks to be Vampire NZ5711  Devons on the flightline at either Wigram or Ohakea. NZ1807 is the left foreground  Devon NZ1817, and what is that on the right? Canberra? That looks to be a Ventura tail on the left too?  Spitfire JK980    I have no idea what this four engined aeroplane it. It seems to have the Handley Page logo on it? |
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Post by stubbie on Oct 10, 2017 12:26:02 GMT 12
i think thats a hp marathon mk1 that was in nz in 1950/51 on a demo tour
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 10, 2017 12:38:12 GMT 12
Ah yes, that looks to be it. Thanks!
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Post by drpc on Oct 10, 2017 12:53:18 GMT 12
Nice to see more that photo of the Clipper is something else
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Post by madmax on Oct 10, 2017 13:03:50 GMT 12
Regarding the image of Mustang VH-WAS, Tom Craill was an Englishman who was curator (may be just aviation curator, I'm not sure) at MOTAT during the early 1970's
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 10, 2017 13:25:42 GMT 12
Yes he was head of the Aviation Section. I was aware of that.
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Post by skyman on Oct 10, 2017 16:39:40 GMT 12
I'd be interested in knowing how the low flying Vampire shot got into this collection. This photograph was taken by me at the Raumai air weapons range north of Ohakea while I was standing on the front of the range Landrover sometime in March 1966. I still have the original slide photograph in my collection, one of many I took during my time in the RNZAF.
Al.
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Post by skyhawkdon on Oct 10, 2017 18:50:07 GMT 12
That is a legendary shot Al! A once in a lifetime photo.
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Post by skyman on Oct 10, 2017 20:31:52 GMT 12
I recall that day quite clearly Don, we had three Vampires over the range and once they had expended their practice weapons the range party drove out to the target area. The pilots spied us in the area and proceeded to beat us up, getting lower at each pass.
With my (then) trusty camera in hand I climbed onto the platform mounted over the Landrover engine and started shooting, at one stage I thought it wise to duck immediately after I pressed the shutter (I believe that was after the above photo) and I must have got about 5 or 6 shots before they headed off back to base. I can still remember who the pilots were.
Sometime later one of those pilots was doing his orderly officer duty and inspecting the barracks one night and I showed him the slides I had taken. I think he was a bit surprised at how low they had come but was very impressed with the photos, though a few were a bit blurry, I can't think why :-).
Al.
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Post by baz62 on Oct 11, 2017 5:39:46 GMT 12
You are probably right. I never went near 2TTS when I was based there so don't recognise the buildings. For some reason the building on the left looked familiar. I think in early 80s when we were towing the Dakota she decided she wanted to go somewhere other than the direction the tug was going. I was in the cockpit wondering what was going on. When I looked down George was sitting in the tug that was now 90 degrees to the Dakota. End result it had bent the tow bar! We unhooked the tow bar from the aircraft and sped off somewhere behind 3 or 4 hangar(?) and ended up in a place very similar to where the Corsair is sitting. We unhooked the damaged towbar and sitting against the wall was another Dakota towbar! Hooked on away we sped like thieves in the night! 😊 |
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Post by skyhawkdon on Oct 11, 2017 6:41:33 GMT 12
I recall that day quite clearly Don, we had three Vampires over the range and once they had expended their practice weapons the range party drove out to the target area. The pilots spied us in the area and proceeded to beat us up, getting lower at each pass. With my (then) trusty camera in hand I climbed onto the platform mounted over the Landrover engine and started shooting, at one stage I thought it wise to duck immediately after I pressed the shutter (I believe that was after the above photo) and I must have got about 5 or 6 shots before they headed off back to base. I can still remember who the pilots were. Sometime later one of those pilots was doing his orderly officer duty and inspecting the barracks one night and I showed him the slides I had taken. I think he was a bit surprised at how low they had come but was very impressed with the photos, though a few were a bit blurry, I can't think why :-). Al. Who were the pilots Al? I'm in contact with a few ex Vampire guys on Facebook. I'm sure they would like to see them! |
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Post by Bruce on Oct 11, 2017 9:22:23 GMT 12
The photo of Devon NZ1817 and Canberra is likely to be Mildura, Vic. The history for 1817 says it was owned by Pierce Dunn at Mildura as part of a warbirds museum in the mid 1980s. The museum has now closed and the Devon has relocated. I visited Mildura last year and the Museum has gone, but the location in the photo looks familiar. That would also explain the prescence of a Canberra!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 11, 2017 10:18:49 GMT 12
Thanks Bruce, yes indeed that will have been Darkie Dunn's museum. He was forced to close the museum and sell off his collection thanks to the local council's attitude. He now lives back in New Zealand. He saved a lot of great aeroplanes over the years.
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