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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 27, 2021 8:47:15 GMT 12
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Post by markrogers on Mar 27, 2021 11:55:44 GMT 12
Awesome, Well done to Pioneer Aero! I note that the fuselage will be restored here while the wings remain in the US for restoration...
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Post by baz62 on Mar 27, 2021 17:57:35 GMT 12
Awesome, Well done to Pioneer Aero! I note that the fuselage will be restored here while the wings remain in the US for restoration... Yes. I presume the fuselage will be sent to the US to meet her wings.....unless the plan is to send them over so Pioneer can fine tune fitting. I know which one I'd like.  |
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Post by ZacYates on Mar 27, 2021 21:17:52 GMT 12
I presume the fuselage will be sent to the US to meet her wings.....unless the plan is to send them over so Pioneer can fine tune fitting. I know which one I'd like. Me too! The old Airfix 1/72 Dauntless with RNZAF decals was a model kit my Dad built with me when I was 10 or 11 so the type's long been a favourite of mine. This has been fantastic news to read and digest. I've long hoped to see a Dauntless restored and/or flown here again. There's a webinar tomorrow morning (0600 for us) all about its recovery and that of the other Lake Michigan aircraft so I have my alarm set. Thank you Jerry and MAM and bravo Pioneer! |
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Post by ZacYates on Mar 28, 2021 6:41:48 GMT 12
The webinar was titled "The Rescue of the Once Lost World War II Navy Aircraft from Lake Michigan" with Taras Lyssenko, General Manager of A and T Recovery, hosted by MAM director Keegan Chetwynd as well as Jerry Yagen. It was about the lake recoveries, as the title suggests, but contained precious little info about Dauntless 36175. They alluded to this aircraft being four months old and in its first (and only) paint scheme at the time of its loss.
Also Jerry teased they have a few exciting projects that he said will make us go "How did you get THAT?!" which will be made public over the coming year.
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Mar 28, 2021 11:51:51 GMT 12
Excellent news, great to see another exciting project for Pioneer.
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Post by pioneer on Mar 29, 2021 14:50:47 GMT 12
For those followers of this post. The aircraft will be rebuilt to fly at Ardmore, the wings, engine and prop will be sent to us to fit here. In anticipation , at this stage we have not discussed paint scheme so we have no idea as to the paint and markings the client wants. Yes we would also be keen to display it here but again at this early stage this has not been spoken about. Worse case scenario for those interested, get to Ardmore when it test flys.
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Post by ErrolC on Mar 29, 2021 15:40:29 GMT 12
For those followers of this post. The aircraft will be rebuilt to fly at Ardmore, the wings, engine and prop will be sent to us to fit here. In anticipation , at this stage we have not discussed paint scheme so we have no idea as to the paint and markings the client wants. Yes we would also be keen to display it here but again at this early stage this has not been spoken about. Worse case scenario for those interested, get to Ardmore when it test flys. Excellent! On a similar note, any hints for the P-40 test flights? I got lucky with the P-39. |
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Post by baz62 on Mar 29, 2021 16:29:35 GMT 12
Oh that's awesome news. Huh. I didn't think there would be any other rare aircraft operated by the RNZAF (or anyone else for that matter) to see in little old New Zealand. Pioneer: "Hold my Beer."
Certainly have to look at getting up to see her fly.
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Post by ZacYates on Mar 29, 2021 20:35:10 GMT 12
The aircraft will be rebuilt to fly at Ardmore, the wings, engine and prop will be sent to us to fit here. That alone is fantastic news, thank you so much for advising us! This Dauntless fan is very excited! |
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Post by shorty on Apr 2, 2021 9:51:44 GMT 12
The easiest solution would be to paint it in the customers scheme and then, if it stays in NZ for a while ,overpaint the markings with RNZAF ones using temporary wash off-able paint as they used to do with the I-16s at Wanaka. Apart from the type of paint that's what would have been done to our original allocation. When it's ready to go to the owner wash of the temporary markings, and everybody's happy, easy!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 22, 2023 14:38:03 GMT 12
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Post by Mustang51 on Feb 22, 2023 15:45:17 GMT 12
Need a new Thread here for that one................unless this is the dedicated one
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 22, 2023 16:35:10 GMT 12
Need a new Thread here for that one................unless this is the dedicated one This is the thread for it. |
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Post by Mustang51 on Feb 22, 2023 17:33:49 GMT 12
So, I'm Captain Obvious or rather, Captain Oblivious again.......
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Post by Naki. on Apr 18, 2023 15:48:30 GMT 12
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Post by ZacYates on Apr 20, 2023 11:55:49 GMT 12
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Post by ZacYates on May 6, 2023 1:40:42 GMT 12
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Post by ErrolC on May 26, 2023 7:49:18 GMT 12
I think I remember coverage of the Dauntless arriving at Pioneer, but nothing on MAM blog/FB or Pioneer blog/FB. Where haven't I thought of?
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 26, 2023 8:04:16 GMT 12
Parts of it have been there for ages Errol, the fuselage is still en route.
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