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Post by planewriting on Oct 24, 2017 17:01:45 GMT 12
Thanks Dave, It would surely be NZ3119 judging by the paint scheme. Just that my poor ol' brain hadn't kicked into realising that it was an historic rather than a current photo.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 24, 2017 17:08:07 GMT 12
The one in paint is certainly NZ3119, with the XO markings.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2017 10:06:50 GMT 12
Long tail = NZ3119, brown and green with chopped horizontals = NZ3094. Also seen here:  There's also this rogue N with the later canopy which I'm fairly sure is 42-106101/A29-556, now on display with the RAF Museum as FX760/GA-?.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 31, 2017 13:41:41 GMT 12
Another eclectic mix of images from The Subritzky Pile  Duxford  A-4G Skyhawk NZ6218  Early days of the Air Force Museum's collection  An RAF Nimrod with a special marking, probably here for a Fincastle competition  DH86 Express 'Kotuku'  Jungle wrecks |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 31, 2017 13:46:02 GMT 12
 Hunter  A Canadian Pacific DC-6  Herefords  Miles Hawk, or is it a Magister?  Not sure if this is the Vincent or a Hind  Vulcan  Valiant  RNZAF Miles Aerovan in the hangar |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 31, 2017 13:47:43 GMT 12
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Oct 31, 2017 14:08:50 GMT 12
A Canadian Pacific DC-6 That's actually a Canadair CL-4 North Star. A Douglas DC-4 airframe, but powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 31, 2017 14:15:24 GMT 12
I thought the engines looked odd. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, all postwar airliners look the same to me.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Oct 31, 2017 14:31:09 GMT 12
It's easy to tell them apart if you look at the minor details!  |
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Post by shorty on Oct 31, 2017 20:19:22 GMT 12
The "Jungle wrecks" is my photo of Beauforts at Tadji. Photo aircraft was a Helio Courier. (see my "stash" thread)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 31, 2017 20:31:28 GMT 12
I thought that looked familiar.
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Post by noooby on Nov 1, 2017 3:42:34 GMT 12
Mmmmmmmm. Helio Courier  They look like Hereford too Dave. Hampden had Pegasus radial engines, Hereford had Napier Dagger inlines., if you can call a 24 cylinder H block an inline |
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Post by davidd on Nov 1, 2017 8:40:52 GMT 12
The photo of three Herefords in formation was one of the very few official ones taken of this type in service (I think the unit is 14 OTU, Herefords were never used on operations for reliability and other reasons). And how did Heyfords (large twin-engine open cockpit biplanes) get mixed up with the Hampden/Hereford family? The Hind/Vincent conundrum would seem to be weighted in favour of the Hind, by the appearance of the engine mounts if nothing else.
David D
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Post by scrooge on Nov 1, 2017 9:25:37 GMT 12
hind
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 1, 2017 10:36:46 GMT 12
Thanks all. Yes I meant Hereford, and have changed the caption to that now. I also was leaning way more towards the Hind but added Vincent as an afterthought as it's very similar construction.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 1, 2017 12:11:02 GMT 12
 NZPAF DH60 Moth 870 - RNZAF Auckland photo (so Air Force Museum of New Zealand copyright)  The Lancaster at MOTAT I believe  Harvard INST178 (NZ1090)  Wirraway A20-75  Orion NZ4203 in the very early days with silver fern roundel and before the albatross tail emblem  P-40, I have no idea which, but interesting artwork  A-4K  Avro Lincoln cockpit at Camden Museum  Avro Lincoln cockpit at Camden Museum  Douglas DC-3 NAC ZK-AYZ crash site in 1963, a Herald and Weekly News copyright photo. I am not sure, are the ringed items rescuers? |
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Post by John L on Nov 6, 2017 16:04:49 GMT 12
"are the ringed items rescuers?"
Looks like it - it shows how steep the terrain was there....like ....vertical.
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Post by jp on Nov 6, 2017 20:39:50 GMT 12
Hi - can someone please pm me Don's contact details? Thanks
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Post by curtiss on Nov 6, 2017 21:36:36 GMT 12
I think the yellow P40 is A29-133 when it was with Nelson Wilson, Now with the AWM.
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Post by planewriting on Nov 6, 2017 22:29:28 GMT 12
"are the ringed items rescuers?" Looks like it - it shows how steep the terrain was there....like ....vertical. Possibly rescuers but certainly not passengers. One passenger was thrown out of the aircraft on impact. Igf you look carefully at those people they are in a self controlled stance working towards the wreckage as opposed to bodies being flung away. |
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