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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2020 13:09:04 GMT 12
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Post by camtech on Aug 28, 2020 20:44:07 GMT 12
What a lovely sight - lockwire, tappets and gears.
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Post by baz62 on Aug 30, 2020 15:32:20 GMT 12
Fast forwadr a few years and we might just see this at Ohakea:
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Post by McFly on Aug 30, 2020 16:27:49 GMT 12
Or something like this at RNZAF Whenuapai...!  (Graham Bethell displaying NZ2415 at the 485 (NZ) Sqn reunion in 2011)   |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 30, 2020 18:13:04 GMT 12
Damn, those photos are awesome!!!
I take it all back, TAF markings are not dull (well some of them).
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Aug 30, 2020 18:57:14 GMT 12
Gaudy, they may not be, but smart - like a uniform - they are!
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Post by markrogers on Aug 30, 2020 20:23:07 GMT 12
The engine looks well preserved with lock wires still in place!
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Post by markrogers on Aug 30, 2020 20:43:01 GMT 12
I'm just thinking, perhaps as the Mustang in Canterbury colours is based in Auckland, it should be in Auckland No1 squadron colours!! Like NZ2413 that had the cuffed props.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 30, 2020 22:17:39 GMT 12
But Mark it is owned and flown by a Canterbury-based pilot (currently).
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Post by Mustang51 on Aug 31, 2020 8:18:38 GMT 12
Absolutely wonderful...........Bob Odegaard's place if it is still at Kindred Nth Dakota was accessed (as was the rest of the airfield), by driving through the local cemetry. May have changed by now.I delivered a huge pick-up full of parts from Gerry Beck's place at Wahpeton there mid winter one year. Truely amazing facility. There were feet of snow there at the time and it was COLD !
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Post by colford on Aug 31, 2020 9:28:11 GMT 12
There are a couple of people I know in the USA who are maintainers on a couple of active P-51s over there and they have been following the announcements about this P-51 with great interest. One of the points they have made with me is the backlog in the order books for new or major rebuilds of P-51 wings by Bob Odegaard's shop. Waitlist is currently sitting at 2 to 3 years depending if it is rebuild or new build. So if Brendon's crew are thinking about getting their wings done by Odegaard they need to book their place in his schedule sooner rather than later.
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Post by baz62 on Aug 31, 2020 12:34:56 GMT 12
Damn, those photos are awesome!!! I take it all back, TAF markings are not dull (well some of them). I think if it wasnt for those TAF markings they would be quite plain. Love the red/black nose on 15 too. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 31, 2020 12:37:14 GMT 12
Yes indeed and they only had the checkers for part of their career. Most of the time it was just roundels and finflashes.
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Post by Mustang51 on Aug 31, 2020 14:04:18 GMT 12
Bit like Oz Dave. Tres vin ordinaire. BTW....any chance of inserting pics at the start of the thread showing it in service then at John Smith's place by way of a photographic introduction to the restoration?
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Post by agalbraith on Aug 31, 2020 19:23:06 GMT 12
I am happy to repost my pics Ando, but I seem to recall you couldnt see them?
I might even have a couple more somewhere
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Post by Mustang51 on Sept 1, 2020 10:27:05 GMT 12
Some open, some do not. Then later it appears that by magic those that don't open, do.....aliens.....
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Post by markrogers on Sept 1, 2020 11:38:34 GMT 12
But Mark it is owned and flown by a Canterbury-based pilot (currently). Fair enough, makes sense :-) |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2020 18:48:00 GMT 12
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Post by Mustang51 on Sept 3, 2020 10:20:12 GMT 12
I'm just lovin' this !
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2020 18:36:30 GMT 12
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NZ2423 Ohakea 280820 Brendon Deere 01 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
NZ2423 Ohakea 280820 Brendon Deere 02 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
NZ2423 Ohakea 280820 Brendon Deere 03 by Zac Yates, on Flickr
(Graham Bethell displaying NZ2415 at the 485 (NZ) Sqn reunion in 2011)
