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Post by mumbles on Feb 16, 2019 23:26:52 GMT 12
Am I the only one who sees this and thinks of Bohemian Rhapsody? In more than one way? Nope, had the same thought
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Post by mumbles on Feb 16, 2019 23:28:43 GMT 12
Don, I suppose that a cockpit section is better than nothing, but the whole machine would be nice, the museum might have just about needed to build a separate shelter for the complete B-727, It's not complete - the horizontal stabiliser and much of the vertical tail was cut off on arrival at Woodbourne so it would fit in the hangar.
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Post by isc on Feb 17, 2019 23:09:49 GMT 12
I think the tail was off when I was up there in 2014, didn't get close to it, more interested in the Herc rebuilds, seeing the Blunties and MU-2s in the hangar. The 727 just looked sad, a dead aeroplane. isc
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Post by shorty on Feb 18, 2019 20:32:01 GMT 12
Maybe they should hit Mike Pero up to sponsor the return of the 748 seeing as he would have flown that one and he's doing alright business wise.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 18, 2019 21:42:57 GMT 12
Was he a Mount Cook pilot, Nev?
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Post by davidd on Feb 18, 2019 22:55:06 GMT 12
Mike Pero was definitely an HS 748 captain with Mt Cook. David D
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Post by shorty on Feb 19, 2019 7:55:26 GMT 12
Mike Pero was definitely an HS 748 captain with Mt Cook. David D Before that he was flying the Mt Cook routes in the far north.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 19, 2019 8:30:22 GMT 12
Thanks. I did not now he was a pilot.
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Post by denysjones on Feb 19, 2019 8:44:57 GMT 12
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Post by shorty on Aug 19, 2019 8:50:20 GMT 12
It may be in Brazil covered in grime, with birds nesting inside it, but a derelict DC8 aircraft could be destined for display in Wanaka. The aircraft, which Air New Zealand once used to fly passengers around the world 270 at a time, is sitting on grass at Manaus International Airport in Brazil.
Members of the Bring Our Birds Home group trying to rescue it are in Brazil holding talks with airport and aviation authorities.
Group member and Wanaka Transport and Toy Museum owner Jason Rhodes said last week the value of the visit was in meeting authorities face-to-face to show they were serious about the venture.
"We're over here to try and just smooth the way and let them know everything's very serious our end."
Mr Rhodes said those they had met were happy for the aircraft to be taken away.
"But there is a whole course of legal things you've got to tick along the way. It's not just as simple as it looks."
While there was still much work to do before the aircraft was shipped back to New Zealand, the group had been given an undertaking it would not be disposed of in the meantime.
It has been parked at the airport since part of its undercarriage collapsed in 2004 during a heavy landing; its owners at that time went into bankruptcy soon after.
"The actual metal work and everything is in remarkable condition. It just doesn't look pretty on the outside."
Mr Rhodes said they had looked at numerous ways of getting the plane to Wanaka.
"It's not as hard as one might think.
"It's just a large job and it's got to be tackled in a certain way."
The group is also working on plans to bring to Wanaka other former Air New Zealand planes including the Lockheed Electra turboprop which brought The Beatles to New Zealand on their 1964 tour.
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Post by ZacYates on Dec 27, 2020 10:21:06 GMT 12
Time for another BOBH project story: Thursday, 17 December 2020 www.odt.co.nz/regions/wanaka/bid-turn-747-wanaka-airport-hotel?fbclid=IwAR0ED25AmrVYRjXd9KHJATm1LGt2EA7LKIQ6iUTuhyqPdyXJUe8VILAs1o0Bid to turn 747 into Wanaka Airport hotelBy Mark Price Investors are being sought to help turn a Boeing 747-400 into a boutique hotel next to Wanaka Airport. The plane is in Spain and almost ready to take its last flight to the breakers yard in the United States — but a group of aviation enthusiasts, headed by Radio New Zealand National announcer Paul Brennan, is trying to save it. "We don’t want to lose it because it’s the only original Air New Zealand 747 left." Mr Brennan would like to buy it — for between $1million and $2million — fly it to Christchurch Airport, take off its wings and engines, and truck the parts to Wanaka’s National Transport and Toy Museum. Mr Brennan said turning a 747 into a hotel was quite feasible and it was a "great business opportunity" for "the people with the big money". The Air NZ plane was once painted with a promotional scene from The Lord of the Rings trilogy. "It’s well known to Lord of the Rings fans around the world and that’s another added attraction if you are trying to get people to go stay there." Sweden already had a 747 hotel, at Arlanda Airport, which had been "incredibly successful", Mr Brennan said. Another 747 was being converted to a hotel in the Netherlands, and the Burning Man festival in the United States had a 747 nightclub. Mr Brennan said Air NZ sold the plane in 2014 to a Florida company and it last flew in November. It is parked at a Spanish airport and is likely to be retired in January or February. Mr Brennan said he had been talking to the owner since 2017 and knew the plane’s days were numbered, although its retirement had been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. "The main thing is recovering it, and if we can just get it back, even if it’s parked up for a while, it’s not going to go under the arm of a digger, which is what they use to rip these things to pieces. "We don’t want that to happen."
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Post by snaphead on Dec 29, 2020 9:18:55 GMT 12
I was recently at the Ellesmere A&P showgrounds (Leeston) and notice what looked like a B727 rear fuselage in an industrial park. It had been modified by having a T tail added!!
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Post by agile on Dec 29, 2020 21:59:18 GMT 12
It's the fuselage of former RNZAF 727 NZ7272 which was broken up at Woodbourne a year or so back.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 29, 2020 23:18:19 GMT 12
As I recall, Boeing 727's always had a T-tail?
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Post by paul1953 on Jan 24, 2021 9:35:42 GMT 12
I recall seeing ZK-CWJ at Farnborough Air Show back in 1968 before delivery . On display pre delivery. Somewhere I think I have a poor quality photo of it.
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