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Post by TS on Aug 22, 2017 10:31:41 GMT 12
I reckon ZK AJM is at Paraparaumu. Check out street view.
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Post by camtech on Aug 22, 2017 10:56:00 GMT 12
I reckon ZK AJM is at Paraparaumu. Check out street view. That was my thought.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 22, 2017 12:15:35 GMT 12
Does anyone know the date of the DH86 pic? Just sensational Sometime between arriving in NZ on 20th of November 1935 and the 13th of October 1939. After that the three DH86's became RNZAF reconnaissance bombers. It may have been taken by Leo White for his big NZ Observer series of articles he wrote on the main trunk line and other airlines in NZ in (from memory) 1938.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Aug 22, 2017 13:29:17 GMT 12
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Post by camtech on Aug 22, 2017 14:16:40 GMT 12
Looking at the background, I would say they are part of the same series.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Aug 22, 2017 14:19:52 GMT 12
There are quite a few more DH86 photographs available online at the National Library of New Zealand website.
Some of them are White's Aviation and some of them are Evening Post photographs.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Aug 22, 2017 18:05:42 GMT 12
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Post by pvsjetstar on Aug 23, 2017 11:23:46 GMT 12
There is another photo of the DH.86 on the Alexander Turnbull Library site taken in almost the exact same spot as the one above and it is captioned as 1937 (Whites Aviation Image WA-00317-G). Hope this helps.
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Post by Mustang51 on Aug 23, 2017 12:36:06 GMT 12
It just looks beautiful. What a huge shame that there are no survivors of the type
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Post by Mustang51 on Aug 23, 2017 12:42:31 GMT 12
Understand all about its problems but beautiful nevertheless
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Aug 23, 2017 15:20:10 GMT 12
Union Airways had a bitsa DH86 after WWII (made up of more than one airframe), but sadly it went the same way as the very last Empire flying-boat left in the world.
Imagine if folks had been a bit more enlightened about historic aeroplanes during the late-1940s/early-1950s....MOTAT could have had a DH86 and a S.30 on display.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Aug 23, 2017 16:44:00 GMT 12
Union Airways had a bitsa DH86 after WWII (made up of more than one airframe), but sadly it went the same way . . . Fuselage sold for £5/10/- and became a chicken coop.
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Post by markrogers on Aug 23, 2017 21:13:13 GMT 12
Union Airways had a bitsa DH86 after WWII (made up of more than one airframe), but sadly it went the same way . . . Fuselage sold for £5/10/- and became a chicken coop. And probably burnt at the end of it's life as a chicken coop. Sad
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Post by Mustang51 on Aug 24, 2017 8:00:26 GMT 12
Has anyone checked? Long shot but I remember when I was working with Harold Thomas at Camden Museum of Aviation. I asked if he had even been to the Chullora rail marshaling yards and seen if there was anything left there from the production of Beauforts and Beaufighters. He sort-of laughed but over a number of months I persisted. Eventually he said he would go and have a look. My mum also went with him as she had been doing a lot of work at Camden on the Albatross D.Va. Mum's brother Reg had also been a driver taking parts from Chullora during the war for final assembly. I was not allowed to miss any of my schooling and was really annoyed not to be allowed to see as well. Well...... They found a big box which was a transport container left over from the war clearly marked Dept of Aircraft production. It was wooden with metal frames and actually had a pitched roof. When it was opened it was found to contain a Beaufort cockpit, a Beaufighter cockpit and a Beaufighter rear fuselage !!!! The Beaufighter cockpit had some artwork painted on the left side and one of the workers said it was done for the 'send-off' of one of the older workers who had worked there during the war. Both the Beaufighter Cockpit and Beaufort cockpit had serial numbers beyond those that were allocated to the total Beaufort/Beaufighter production run. All these items were duely obtained by Harold and are in the Collection at Camden. The transport container is still in use down at Narellan as a storage shed for the museum. Lesson learned. Always check !!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 11:43:27 GMT 12
Wow, Ando that's amazing!
Follow every lead, people.
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Post by camtech on Aug 24, 2017 12:44:06 GMT 12
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Post by Mustang51 on Aug 24, 2017 13:07:20 GMT 12
It truly is a beautiful machine.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Aug 24, 2017 15:30:02 GMT 12
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Post by camtech on Aug 24, 2017 16:27:08 GMT 12
Yes, I have that one too. Caption says "Union Airways DH86, Dunedin, 1937"
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 26, 2017 19:29:07 GMT 12
Those DH86's were so beautiful and that scheme really made them look better. They lost a little of their looks when they went to all over silver when they were converted into bombers in the RNZAF.
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