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Post by Dave Homewood on May 13, 2020 13:45:12 GMT 12
I have sent out an email just now to all those who have registered for the Virtual WONZ Forum Meet. I hope you all receive it soon.
If you have not yet registered and would like to then contact me now please.
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Post by JDK on May 16, 2020 19:05:10 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 17, 2020 12:30:28 GMT 12
30 Minute Standby for those who registered. This is gonna be fun!
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 17, 2020 15:00:08 GMT 12
That seemed to go well. Thanks very much to our speakers, Mike, James, Charles and Mel. And a big thanks to all those who supported the event by joining in from across New Zealand, Australia and the USA.
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Post by vultee43 on May 17, 2020 18:52:56 GMT 12
Thanks Dave to yourself, Phil and the guest speakers for a great first virtual Forum Meet. Hope this can become a semi regular event even after current conditions ease. Topped of a great morning surf fishing and watching Harvard NZ1009 doing lazy aerobatics off the coast on a superb Tassie Autumn day.
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Post by baz62 on May 17, 2020 18:57:21 GMT 12
NZ1009? Or NZ1099? Pretty sure 09 is still owned by the RNZAF. Sounds like the zoom meet went well!
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 17, 2020 21:47:46 GMT 12
For those who missed this today, here's the video recording
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Post by vultee43 on May 17, 2020 23:11:47 GMT 12
NZ1009? Or NZ1099? Pretty sure 09 is still owned by the RNZAF. Sounds like the zoom meet went well! |
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Post by vultee43 on May 17, 2020 23:12:31 GMT 12
Sorry typo. My bad.😉
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Post by ZacYates on May 18, 2020 15:15:32 GMT 12
Well that was excellent. Again thank you Dave and Phil for organising, and to our speakers. It was a particular treat to hear from Mike on the status of and current plans for the Smith family collection. I know I’m not alone in having gone into the Meet with a lot of questions, only to have Mike answer them before Q&A time! Very, very exciting and informative.
Charles: thank you for the history lesson on the Blunty and your own experiences with 72. Some of the diagrams were fascinating to see, likewise some of the very neat photos.
James: I’ve often dreamt of going wreckhunting but the idea of going up a steep mountain to find nothing larger than an ammo access panel puts me off! I’m eager to read the article and hear the full story. How nice it would be to have even a replica Buffalo in the Antipodes.
It was also great to put some more names to faces. A great experience and I look forward to more in the future.
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Post by planecrazy on May 19, 2020 0:26:29 GMT 12
That was great folks, found all three subjects very interesting, many years ago I saw
those two Strikemasters at an airshow when they where based at Port Macquarie.
Pretty sure I have some pic's and maybe some video which I will try and find.
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Post by nz104 on May 20, 2020 10:47:23 GMT 12
Sorry I couldn't make it for the meetup but thanks & well done to everyone involved & hope it can happen again soon
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Post by JDK on May 24, 2020 23:22:54 GMT 12
Thanks Zac! It was worth it, mainly due to the hard work by the others incolved, and being able to help and report on it. For those interested, I've posted a much more detailed account of the Buffalo story by Daniel Leahy for the AHSA's online talk last week, as well as the forum YouTube recording on my blog, and links to the publications about it. All here: vintageaerowriter.wordpress.com/2020/05/24/buffalo-stories/ |
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