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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 27, 2006 23:25:29 GMT 12
That is odd Chris, they are not working for me now either, but they all were earlier this evening.
It must be a server problem at their end. Maybe try again tomorrow.
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Post by turboNZ on Dec 27, 2006 23:42:06 GMT 12
Shall do as it seems like they're well worth looking at !!  |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Dec 28, 2006 9:08:50 GMT 12
All the links are working for me, maybe they do overnight maintenance or something.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 28, 2006 13:51:33 GMT 12
Yes, they're working again for me too. Phew.
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Post by turboNZ on Dec 28, 2006 22:36:48 GMT 12
Wow !!! What awesome pics !!
I'd like to see if Air New Zealand could tow a Dash-8 down Customhouse Quay !!!
;D
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jan 15, 2007 21:50:04 GMT 12
Interesting photos there Dave.
A few comments on some of them:
The aircraft over Dannevirke is a Spartan, not an Avian. This was the machine that eventually came to grief on the old beachfront strip at Tauranga.
The Rongotai view with Moth AAA and Avian G-ABCF would be dated 1931, as the Avian is the one Guy Menzies flew into Harihari.
The Bell Block airshow pic features Moth ACH in the foreground, this aircraft crashed in the Kaimanawa Ranges 8Jan37. The remains were salvaged by Keith Trillo of Auckland & stored jut a few years ago.
I suspect that date/place of AYG's crash. I have it as crashing at Woodbourne 3Feb54.
It was rebuilt later of course. Is one of us wrong, or were there two seperate incidents?
The Percival Proctor air ambulance shows the Wellington Aero Club logo on the engine cowl.
The only Proctor owned by them was ARP. The date of the photo - 17 August 1951 - also ties in with date the Proctor was registered to them - 29 June 1951. Maybe this was a trial exercise to see if their new purchase would be suitable for air ambulance work? ARP is, of course, still alive and well at Dairy Flat.
The photo of Hamel and NZ Prime Minister Ward in the Bleriot has surfaced before. It was taken in the UK at the time of the handover of the machine to the NZ Government.
Ward was in the UK at the time of the handover. Hamel never came to NZ, and was lost over the English Channel the following year.
The Chichester Moth looks to be the arrival (by ship) at Wellington after his successful flight from the UK to Australia. This was prior to his Trans-Tasman flight.
The bare-headed gent just to the right of the prop looks to be Chich himself.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 15, 2007 22:27:07 GMT 12
Thanks for all that detail Peter. You're a real asset to this forum with your wonderful wealth of information. It's much appreciated.
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