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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 24, 2006 23:17:12 GMT 12
Here's a photo from Dad's collection, among others from around 1983.
I can see Glass Reinforced Plastic cowlings, spiners, wingtips etc.
Does anyone know where this was, what they were off, when too?
I suspect it will be in the Waikato. Perhaps Rukuhia, Te Kowhai or Waharoa maybe.
Dad's specialty was making GRP things so he'd have been in his element there.
I'm keen to know if this was a homebuilder's production line or a real production line. I don't think it's CT-4 stuff is it?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 24, 2006 23:17:45 GMT 12
Oh, and to make the mystery a little easier to solve, here's the photo too - der  |
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Post by Bruce on Apr 25, 2006 0:26:30 GMT 12
A mixture of bits ex homebuilts and GA aircraft - I would guess at the Aerospace GRP bay - the guys from there set up Ultralight plastics at Ardmore in the late 1980s. (although the gravel floor is odd - I dont recall any similar sheds in the Aerospace complex) Parts I can identify include a corby Starlet canopy and cowling on the left. A Gardan Minicab cowl second from the back, A cessna wingtip in the RH foreground, beside a Fletcher Aileron tip. The cowl at the back and the small Top cowl piece center RH belong to a cessna 172. There is also a set of Piper Cherokee Spats, and the remaining cowl pieces I think are Various Pipers as well - Pawnees, cub, Cherokee etc.
Against the wall at the back (difficult to see) is the wing from a druine Turbulent with a very distictive scallop at the back of the leading edge ply skin.
Does that help?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 25, 2006 10:42:08 GMT 12
Thanks Bruce.
The back wall looks rounded like the smaller Ardmore hangars. Or a barn perhaps.
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Post by Bruce on Apr 25, 2006 16:00:46 GMT 12
I'm wondering if it could be Ultralite's first Hangar at Ardmore - it was a very small half round on the South Western apron - currently used by Aviation Power Supply Ltd. It had a concrete floor when I was at Ardmore, but I think that the hangar had been tidied up and renovated shortly before.
I will correct my identification of the cowl at the back - it wouldnt be a 172 as they have GRP nose sections only, with metal lower section - could be a Piper Warrior though.
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