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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 3, 2022 23:19:30 GMT 12
That is an interesting picture of the vampire at Hobsonville and great to see. The red inverted triangle on the pod has frustrated me for years whenever I have looked at it at motat. But it has been there for years, even more than I have been on this planet and my kids take great delight in telling me how old I am.... It was an instructional airframe at No. 1 Technical Training School where Aircraft Finishers learned to paint markings on it. It probably wore a variety of different markings over the years as they were removed and repainted by different trainee S&S Workers, but the wrong No. 75 Squadron scheme that it wears now is just what was left on it when it was donated to MOTAT. I really wish they would repaint it into its authentic No. 14 Squadron RNZAF markings that it wore when it flew operationally in the Malayan Emergency. It's more historic than most of the other surviving Vampires in NZ as it actually went to war in RNZAF service. |
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Post by Antonio on Dec 4, 2022 11:38:34 GMT 12
With the resurgence of this thread, the allocation of Air Force Museum Vampires to several museum collections, and my now completed release of the month-long Vampire episodes for the WONZ Show through November, it has been a bit of a Vampire renaissance for the "often-overlooked gem" over the past month. I am very pleased that this is the case. Vampires were a very important part of RNZAF service, and their history has never been that thoroughly recorded. I am amazed there has never been a book on the type, along the lines of Don's Skyhawk book. I am sure if someone had the enthusiasm, it could be done. But they need to start now as there are very, very few of the early and original Vampire pilots and groundcrew left now to interview. And my wee tuppence worth: rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/30670/rnzaf-fb-5-vampires |
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Post by skyman on Dec 4, 2022 14:51:42 GMT 12
While visiting the Seattle Museum of Flight restoration facility at Paine Field, Everett, during July 2006, I noted the tail booms and other parts of Vampire NZ5776 on a rack next to the De Havilland Comet they were restoring.
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Dec 4, 2022 18:34:44 GMT 12
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2022 14:13:12 GMT 12
While visiting the Seattle Museum of Flight restoration facility at Paine Field, Everett, during July 2006, I noted the tail booms and other parts of Vampire NZ5776 on a rack next to the De Havilland Comet they were restoring. Al I emailed the Museum of Flight about its status and they replied "it went to the Flying Combat and Heritage Museum (https://flyingheritage.org/) in the mid-late 2000s. To the best of our knowledge, it is still there, awaiting restoration." |
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Post by agile on Jan 14, 2023 18:22:03 GMT 12
Note that NZ5753 has the Mk.9 extended wing root fillet compared to the 'standard' Mk5/52 behind I was just nosing through this thread again for research purposes and can't help but notice that NZ5776 in the photos above has a short fillet on the port side and a long fillet on the starboard side (non-contemporary shots) so one assumes this was a mod. |
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Post by Antonio on Jan 14, 2023 19:03:49 GMT 12
Note that NZ5753 has the Mk.9 extended wing root fillet compared to the 'standard' Mk5/52 behind I was just nosing through this thread again for research purposes and can't help but notice that NZ5776 in the photos above has a short fillet on the port side and a long fillet on the starboard side (non-contemporary shots) so one assumes this was a mod. Check here: rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/30670/rnzaf-fb-5-vampires explains all |
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Post by agile on Jan 14, 2023 21:30:47 GMT 12
Aha, very interesting. Thanks for that, I wonder what it will mean when we attempt to attach the wings of NZ5753 to the fuselage of (probably) NZ5775.
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Post by l29 on Jan 3, 2024 19:24:58 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 6, 2024 14:39:25 GMT 12
Are you able to please tell us more about the Vampire, Jared? What are your plans for it?
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