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Post by johnm on Nov 14, 2018 10:16:31 GMT 12
this thread is topdressing in general and the wairarapa - purely in the interest of chatter
my father Neil Middlemiss worked in the wairarapa and since my parents have left mother earth - I have some photo's to post
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Post by johnm on Nov 14, 2018 10:23:23 GMT 12
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Post by johnm on Nov 14, 2018 10:30:12 GMT 12
2 pairs of sunglasses - front bloke ray wells - loaderdriver  17. 2 lads with sun glasses by john middlemiss, on Flickr when I was about 8 years old ? I was with ray wells in a conventional loader topdressing truck moving it to the other side of hood aerodrome - the surface was greasy and ray put the truck into a handbrake slide - at least 2 full revolutions over the field ! |
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Post by johnm on Nov 14, 2018 10:31:29 GMT 12
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Post by johnm on Nov 14, 2018 10:32:35 GMT 12
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Post by johnm on Nov 14, 2018 10:34:04 GMT 12
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Post by johnm on Nov 14, 2018 10:35:58 GMT 12
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Post by johnm on Nov 14, 2018 10:38:17 GMT 12
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Post by johnm on Nov 14, 2018 10:45:30 GMT 12
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Post by johnm on Nov 14, 2018 10:47:35 GMT 12
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Post by johnm on Nov 14, 2018 10:51:33 GMT 12
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Post by madmax on Nov 14, 2018 11:25:19 GMT 12
Wonderful, historic images John, thanks for posting them.
Cheers Madmax
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Nov 14, 2018 11:30:47 GMT 12
Great post! Thank you so much
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Post by madmax on Nov 18, 2018 17:31:55 GMT 12
In my photo collection back home I have several images taken on Hood aerodrome in late 1955 of supply dropping trials with James Aviation Beaver ZK-BFO. The images depict the aircraft with timber and 44gal drums slung beneath its wings, also in the pictures is Air Contracts manager Colin James, brother of Ozzie James, and DH pilot Roger Jamieson
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johhn
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Post by johhn on Nov 18, 2018 22:22:06 GMT 12
Yes please mmax ...... if you can get to those images
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Post by madmax on Nov 18, 2018 22:57:06 GMT 12
Hi johhn, Sorry, I'm unable to access those images until back home mid December
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Post by johnm on Nov 20, 2018 8:27:32 GMT 12
air services (wai) went operational. air contracts stuck around for a while and Colin James I assume was involved in these - to me he was the man that drove the big car. john rosengrave local masterton accountant took over air services (wai) and air contracts sort of fizzled out - that my crude understanding of it and many pilots flew for them - middlemiss got to 13,000 hours at the other end of the scale robert thurston got to 30,000 hours  1. Business card by john middlemiss, on Flickr aerial mud map - these days more giggle than goggle  3. Mud Map by john middlemiss, on Flickr tonnage rates - the spread patterns bttm LHS of page are pre-gps  4. Tonnage Prices by john middlemiss, on Flickr |
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Post by johnm on Nov 20, 2018 8:33:46 GMT 12
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Post by johnm on Nov 20, 2018 8:37:50 GMT 12
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2018 12:03:20 GMT 12
What a treasure trove John, thank you so much for taking the time to upload these! I love seeing things like the business card, as well as the photos.
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