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Post by madmac on Jul 12, 2022 8:59:08 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 12, 2022 9:32:50 GMT 12
Is that off the Ferrymead F-27?
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Post by ZacYates on Jul 12, 2022 17:46:02 GMT 12
Is that off the Ferrymead F-27? It is. |
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Post by planewriting on Jul 13, 2022 14:17:41 GMT 12
Yes Zac, it would be off the Ferrymead Friendship ZK-BXG. Referring to WONZ thread Air New Zealand Friendship Crash it will be seen it ran off the runway on landing at Gisborne on 10 October 1988. It was written off but with permission for a final flight to Christchurch. It went to Pionair as an intended office at Wigram but they did use it for long and so it went to Peter McQuarters at Ashburton and then to Ferrymead.
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Post by delticman on Jul 13, 2022 21:01:44 GMT 12
Yes Zac, it would be off the Ferrymead Friendship ZK-BXG. Referring to WONZ thread Air New Zealand Friendship Crash it will be seen it ran off the runway on landing at Gisborne on 10 October 1988. It was written off but with permission for a final flight to Christchurch. It went to Pionair as an intended office at Wigram but they did use it for long and so it went to Peter McQuarters at Ashburton and then to Ferrymead. Do you have a date for the last flight to Christchurch for ZK-BXG? I'm not sure that landing at Gisborne made the media but a couple of years later I was told about it by someone who was near the end of the runway. I was even shown the marks on the runway where one of the tyres burst. |
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Post by planewriting on Jul 13, 2022 22:31:54 GMT 12
Sorry I do not have the date. I wonder if Denys at Ferrymead has the logbooks? I have just sent him a personal message inquiring if he happens to have the logbooks.
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Post by denysjones on Jul 14, 2022 13:55:57 GMT 12
Hi Peter et al
BXG was presented to the RNZAF Museum, and publicised to be going to be mocked up the represent her sisters that had served at Wigram, their plans never progressed and she then moved over to Pionair, then Peter Mac and thence to FAS.
Off the top of my head I don't recall us having the logbooks, we certainly have BRF's and TEA's, but will check and revert.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 14, 2022 15:10:00 GMT 12
I am surprised the tai that is for sale was not kept with the aircraft, it'd make a great wall mounted display if not fitted to the aircraft (which it cannot be in the present display).
It's a shame that NATTS's Friendlies are not represented at Wigram, as was intended, but I can understand the reasoning for selling or passing it on, as housing another large aircraft - and one that never actually served with the RNZAF - would put strain on the resources.
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Post by denysjones on Jul 17, 2022 8:11:58 GMT 12
As promised I yesterday checked our library for BXG's logbooks. We have a three book series that came to us from AirNZ Harewood in 2020 but they only cover her life with NAC. Physically the books are standard NZCAA issue ones (one with blue cover and two tan brown) so I'm guessing that AirNZ have some type of their own(?) which they then converted to for her.
Or perhaps the later boos were held at AirNZ Head Office and these ones lurked at CHC with other pre-merger NAC records.
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Post by l29 on Jul 25, 2022 16:59:35 GMT 12
Quite disappointed to see the tail ended up at the scrap man. One would have assumed it was valued more than that from the people it was given to. Guess not.
Lucky it's going to end up in a better place with a owner that appreciates it. Good to see the scrap man had the thought to sell it rather than scrap it.
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