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Post by ErrolC on Oct 15, 2019 17:10:22 GMT 12
Air Force Museum NZ
@afmuseumnz
Today marks one year since we lost our long-standing and much-loved Director, Thérèse. While her loss is still felt among all those who had the privilege of knowing and working with her, we know that her legacy will never be forgotten. RIP Thérèse, from all your team ❤️
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Post by agalbraith on Jan 1, 2020 9:52:28 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 3, 2020 17:08:54 GMT 12
I hope they keep going with the Catalina but I don't think that is the intention right now sadly.
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Post by paul1953 on Jan 22, 2020 3:21:30 GMT 12
Looks like quite a bit has been done to the Catalina since I saw it back in February 2019 when I was over in NZ. Hopefully in time more work will be carried out and also I hope to revisit in November 2020.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 19, 2020 15:21:27 GMT 12
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Post by saratoga on Feb 19, 2020 15:30:10 GMT 12
I recall having a link to this about 7 years ago. It crashed within a couple of hours. Hopefully this time its a bit more robust, definitely worth a meander.
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Post by isc on May 25, 2020 17:56:41 GMT 12
I remember years ago, my sister's step daughter bought her 2yr old son over from Townsville??spelling.We took them to the Antartic Centre , he couldn't work out what was happening to him, the coldest he e'd known was at home opening the freezer. isc
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Post by shorty on May 25, 2020 20:57:17 GMT 12
I saw (and filmed in 8mm) the Catalina, at Port Moresby, The day after it's last flight in December 1965
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Post by Richard Wesley on May 25, 2020 21:25:33 GMT 12
I saw (and filmed in 8mm) the Catalina, at Port Moresby, The day after it's flight in December 1965 Really, that's amazing! Has the film survived at all? |
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Post by shorty on May 25, 2020 21:58:15 GMT 12
I saw (and filmed in 8mm) the Catalina, at Port Moresby, The day after it's last flight in December 1965 Really, that's amazing! Has the film survived at all? Yep, getting my reels of film transferred to DVD is on my to-do list for this year, |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 25, 2020 22:16:51 GMT 12
Oh boy! A Shorty's Film Stash Thread?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 16, 2020 17:34:31 GMT 12
I see in the latest edition of Air Force News an article by Darren Hammond saying that the Vildebeest restoration project is once again active, with my old mate P.J. Smith in charge of the project. This is fantastic news!
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Post by shorty on Jul 16, 2020 20:19:03 GMT 12
Oh boy! A Shorty's Film Stash Thread? The films have gone away to be put onto DVD and I am awaiting their return. in the meantime still converting the stash from Photobucket to Flickr, have done about 700 photos so far |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 16, 2020 20:40:30 GMT 12
Awesome work Nev!!
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Post by shorty on Jul 16, 2020 20:47:18 GMT 12
And to keep Dave happy I have about 10 photos of Vildebeeste/Vincent recovery from different areas over the last 50+ years to post, Most of the bits now form part of the Museums project
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Post by tbf25o4 on Jul 18, 2020 10:41:06 GMT 12
The article in air force news claims that the museum's Vildebeest "represent the only significant remains of any ex-RNZAF Vildebeest, but they are the only significant remains of a
Vickers Vildebeest to be found anywhere in the world."
Perhaps someone should acquaint them with a Vildebeest in the north that is far more extant than their one!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 18, 2020 11:31:08 GMT 12
Do you mean Steve Subritzky's Vickers Vincent, Paul?
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Post by gibbo on Jul 18, 2020 12:07:57 GMT 12
I see in the latest edition of Air Force News an article by Darren Hammond saying that the Vildebeest restoration project is once again active, with my old mate P.J. Smith in charge of the project. This is fantastic news! Yes great news Dave. This raised a couple of questions that I'm curious about... Does anyone have any (impartial) idea just how many 'remains' the RNZAF museum has?...ie: in particular do they have any wing components etc to make a full frame rebuild viable? And on an unrelated matter of theirs... I'm dead keen to get down to Chch to see the Oxford. With regard to these 'long term' loans between museums... is there a generally accepted position as to what does indeed happen long term? I mean ok the Canadian museum as loaned it, but the RNZAF museum not only did the hard-yards on the rebuild but they also use many of their own parts. I guess I'm really wondering if it'll ever likely be gifted to the RNZAF musem. |
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Post by tbf25o4 on Jul 18, 2020 12:12:23 GMT 12
Sorry Dave you correct, don's Vincent is closely related of course. Somewhere in the back of the memory banks there are other Vildebeest bits around the world. Perhaps the air force museum is correct
in that they have the best of bits!
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Post by skyhawkdon on Jul 18, 2020 12:43:19 GMT 12
Does anyone have any (impartial) idea just how many 'remains' the RNZAF museum has?...ie: in particular do they have any wing components etc to make a full frame rebuild viable? They have most of an aircraft including the wings (which were an all aluminum structure) but much of it is crash damaged and also pretty corroded as it was recovered from various crash sites and dumps. It will be a very challenging rebuild due to the nature of the construction and lack of plans. That is why it has been such an on and off again restoration over the last 30 years. Personally I'm very pleased to see the Museum getting back into a major restoration as there was talk of them not doing any more after the Oxford. The Catalina fuselage was only supposed to be a general tidy up but once they guys got into it they didn't want to stop! |
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