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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 27, 2006 18:41:24 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 27, 2006 18:54:12 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 27, 2006 18:55:56 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 27, 2006 18:57:53 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 27, 2006 18:59:58 GMT 12
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Post by Bruce on Dec 27, 2006 19:04:21 GMT 12
The Commando is one of the aircraft SAFE Air commenced operations with pending delivery of Bristol Freighters. Leased from Civil Air Transport of Formosa (Taiwan).
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 27, 2006 19:06:29 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 27, 2006 19:08:14 GMT 12
Cheers for that Curtiss Commando info Bruce. I never realised that.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 27, 2006 19:12:24 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 27, 2006 19:22:25 GMT 12
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Post by phil82 on Dec 27, 2006 21:08:16 GMT 12
I was in ANZUK in Singapore 1974-76, and initially lived in a former RAF house at the former RAF Seletar, which was then a civil airfield. The house backed onto the airfield. Lockheed were using some of the former RAF hangars for various contracts in SE Asia, which meant a variety of aircraft passed through.Seletar was also a base for a number of aircraft 'contracted' by the US, and the Curtiss C46 Commando was one of them. It was, reputedly, a better aircraft than the Dakota, but never received the military contracts Douglas did. I might have a photo around of one or two in somewhat dubious [like CIA] markings. When Saigon collapsed in June 1975, a South Vietnamese C130 fled to Seletar and was promptly claimed by the Singapore Government!
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Post by flyjoe180 on Dec 27, 2006 21:35:55 GMT 12
Italian aeroplane and World War 2 soldiers.ca 1941 - what is this??
Could be a Caproni CA310 reconnaissance bomber? Hard to tell because the soldiers are blocking the cockpit detail. ALso the example in the NZ photo has two-bladed props.  |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Dec 27, 2006 21:52:47 GMT 12
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Post by steve on Dec 27, 2006 21:54:13 GMT 12
Gee..great pics on one site...One of those pics looks like a open day at whenuapai with a ?RAAF lancaster late 40s ...not sure
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 27, 2006 22:08:51 GMT 12
No, that Lancaster came here in May 1943, after flying with an RAAF from it's factory in the UK to Australia, and then to NZ. It toured NZ with several stops and lots of town flyovers (incl. Cambridge) before returning to Australia. It crashed in Aussie.
The crew also flew it under the Sydney Harbour bridge.
It's purpose was raising war bonds, and it was NZ's first Lancaster visit.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 27, 2006 22:13:32 GMT 12
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Post by flyjoe180 on Dec 27, 2006 22:18:22 GMT 12
Minesweeping next to a crashed aircraft? Maybe he's checking for booby traps.
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Post by steve on Dec 27, 2006 22:29:02 GMT 12
ok..thanks for that...old captain fred ladd did the same thing inder the akl bridge and nearly lost his pilots ticket in court. Love to get back inside a lanc. for 30 minutes or so without being rushed to take in all the details....
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 27, 2006 22:50:08 GMT 12
Minesweeping next to a crashed aircraft? Maybe he's checking for booby traps. Maybe he was looking for Roman coins :-) |
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Post by turboNZ on Dec 27, 2006 23:03:48 GMT 12
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