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Post by turboNZ on Dec 4, 2005 21:24:41 GMT 12
Anyways,..... ;D
That must be all of your quiz now in'it? Or is there that half-motto question to go? (which I would not have a clue was..!!)
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Post by corsair67 on Dec 4, 2005 21:27:49 GMT 12
No, still number 4!
Anyway, someone else can try that one: you've done well, turboNZ.
75SQN motto is "Seek and Strike", which I thought was quite apt for a Magpie.
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Post by turboNZ on Dec 4, 2005 21:32:00 GMT 12
Good as gold.
The thing that most impresses me about the RAAF, is that they use the Caribou's still. They are such an awesome machine. I remember as a young boy living in Auckland (late '70s) and looking up from my street and seeing a flight of 3 come over low. What a noise they made !! Always will remember that.
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Post by corsair67 on Dec 4, 2005 21:42:51 GMT 12
I love the Caribou! It's such an ungainly looking thing, but just so good at its job. The Caribou almost makes the Bristol Freighter sound quiet!
I think someone in RAAF command has a great sense of humour, basing the slowest aircraft in the Air Force at Amberley alongside the Air Forces fastest aircraft!
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Post by turboNZ on Dec 4, 2005 21:45:06 GMT 12
Now I would love to see one of those displayed at Wanaka !!!
Esp the infamous wheelbarrow landing that they famous for. (must be hard on the nose gear)
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Post by corsair67 on Dec 4, 2005 21:49:56 GMT 12
Yes, don't mention the Caribou wheelbarrow stunt to me; because every airshow that I have been to where Caribous have attended, not once have they perfromed that!!!!! Maybe they're just not allowed to anymore?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 4, 2005 21:53:41 GMT 12
No, the Skyraider is not in NZ, and I shall say no more on it.
I once worked on a hot air balloon in the Whenuapai Sgts Mess. True story.
I remember the Caribous lumbering into Wigram every now and then when I was based there. We used to get three or four visit, they always seemed to arrive very late afternoon and I always wondered if it actually took all day for them to cross the Tasman. Wonderful to watch landing, they would float in and land on a dime almost. And those engines. Someone said to me the engiens were the same as in a Corsair, so four or five of them in formation flying over, as we would hear when on approach, must have been very similar to a squadron of F4-U1D's. Lovely.
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Post by turboNZ on Dec 4, 2005 21:57:58 GMT 12
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Post by corsair67 on Dec 4, 2005 22:00:42 GMT 12
I was just curious about the Skyraider, Dave? I was hoping you might have it hidden in your garage. Although you would need a very big garage! I think the Caribou probably would take a while to cross the ditch. I recall that one had a engine fire while at Wigram in around 1982, and it kept having to be test flown quite a number of times until they were satisfied all was okay.
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Post by turboNZ on Dec 4, 2005 22:03:47 GMT 12
Didn't they have their own particular radial ie an R2000 that no other aircraft used ?
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Post by corsair67 on Dec 4, 2005 22:11:11 GMT 12
Well, with the amount of noise they make you'd think nobody else would want that engine! Turbo, are you trying to make me cry by posting that picture?
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Post by turboNZ on Dec 4, 2005 22:13:22 GMT 12
ha ha ha,....noo ?? !! ;D
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Post by corsair67 on Dec 5, 2005 18:14:02 GMT 12
Okay, the answer to question No. 4 is - RAAF Bases Scherger, Learmonth and Curtin.
Good work to Dave and TurboNZ for having a bash.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 5, 2005 19:09:18 GMT 12
Never heard of those places but I assume the latter is named after Aussie PM Curtin?
Can we have another please? Don't get many brainteasers from Aussie!
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Post by corsair67 on Dec 5, 2005 19:28:57 GMT 12
Yep, named after John Curtin, PM.
I'll try and put another quiz together soon, but maybe a bit easier next time.
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Post by turboNZ on Dec 5, 2005 22:21:37 GMT 12
More about the aircraft and less about the bases. Us Kiwi's dunt know sh*t from clay regarding them....
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Post by corsair67 on Dec 6, 2005 8:33:46 GMT 12
Okay, I'll leave the bases out next time.
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