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Post by Luis 'ᚭᛋᛒᛁᛅᚱᚾ' Rozas on Nov 25, 2019 17:23:39 GMT 12
So yesterday I went out spotting at Ardmore with a friend, Peter Dorbeck, and he mentioned (during a convo about the Harrier in Half Moon Bay, the Embraer at Totara Heights and so on) and he mentioned that along airfield road somewhere before the road ends and Mullins Rd starts there's a chap with some aircraft in his yard (the late Bob Leask also alluded to this as well about two years ago). Peter also said that a kindergarten has the body of a Piper? or some aircraft of similar vein. The only kindergarten with a "plane" on it near Ardmore I can think of has a fake aircraft. Anyone able to shed some light? Thanks in advance!
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Nov 25, 2019 18:41:02 GMT 12
The Kindergarten on Hill Road has an old Cessna twin fuselage (don't know my twin engine Cessnas very well but it's a 400 series) which was sitting around at Ardmore for some years. It has had a mockup propeller stuck on the front and a vertical fin made out of wood so it doesn't immediately look like a real aeroplane, but the fuselage and wing stubs are real. Haven't heard of any other aircraft located off-airfield in the close vicinity to Ardmore.
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Post by JW on Nov 25, 2019 19:46:21 GMT 12
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Post by Luis 'ᚭᛋᛒᛁᛅᚱᚾ' Rozas on Nov 26, 2019 7:45:52 GMT 12
1 down 1 to go. To muddy the waters further (I know I know), Bob alluded that the other plane was somewhere past Mullins Rd, e.g along Clevedon-Takanini Rd. Here's hoping we can get to the bottom of this. |
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Nov 26, 2019 19:08:31 GMT 12
Well there's been a few aeroplanes parked in paddocks in that vicinity very briefly and unintentionally in the past.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 26, 2019 19:20:34 GMT 12
I saw one very nearly park there myself in February when I was behind it with Bevan in the Harvard! I seriously thought he was going to hit the trees. Scared the crap out of me. He pulled up over the treeline just in time. Total idiot.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Nov 29, 2019 16:41:46 GMT 12
I can confirm that the C.402B in the kindergarten is indeed the ex-Dave Cogan's ZK-EHS
I had a flight in it shortly before he decided to scrap it.
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Post by Mustang51 on Nov 30, 2019 14:43:57 GMT 12
With Bevan in the Harvard......you lucky, lucky bastard !
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 30, 2019 21:28:40 GMT 12
 Yes I am for sure. It's good to have good friends. |
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Dec 1, 2019 11:58:16 GMT 12
When I drove past the other day I noticed it does actually still have ZK-EHS on the tail, albeit in child friendly cartoon lettering now.
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Post by Luis 'ᚭᛋᛒᛁᛅᚱᚾ' Rozas on Dec 7, 2019 15:25:38 GMT 12
When I drove past the other day I noticed it does actually still have ZK-EHS on the tail, albeit in child friendly cartoon lettering now. Noticed that as well. I reckon I might ask if I can take some pics of EHS. (And just between you and me, I'm rather jealous of those kids having a plane in their kindergarten). |
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Dec 7, 2019 17:44:37 GMT 12
I would have been one very happy kid if my kindergarten had had a real aeroplane fuselage in the playground! I think all we had was an old boat steering wheel.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 7, 2019 19:36:48 GMT 12
In the latest episode of Plane Savers 2, out today, Joe McBryan talks about having a crashed Fox Moth fuselages in his backyard as his playhouse when he was a toddler. Now he owns and runs a large air freight business, so I reckon such an influence on a youngster can only be good!
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Yes I am for sure. It's good to have good friends.