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Post by Kereru on Aug 11, 2007 15:08:22 GMT 12
I took a day off and went to Tauranga last Thursday mainly to catch up on happenings at the Classic Flyers Museum and they have a very nice cafe there that serves a nice lunch too. Some pics I took on the way and no prizes for guessing where this one was taken.  Main street and shoreline look good too.   Airport activity.   Classic Flyers museum   Sabre pics    I had a great day and must do it again sometime. They did mention that the Catalina PBY would be shifting down from Ardmore? Anybody know when? Colin |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Aug 11, 2007 16:35:32 GMT 12
I believe it was supposed to be there already but it has having some major work done on it at the moment which is delayed due to weather (it has to be worked on outside apparently)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 11, 2007 16:57:48 GMT 12
Nice shots. That Heron looks wonderful.
There is a great aviation coimmunity in Tauranga, and it's a lovely place. I think that museum will need to be extending its hangar space soon if much more from Ardmore moves down there. Is that Sabre the one that AvSpecs restored and was sitting in the weatehr at Ardmore for a bit when the museum it was supposed to go to decided they didn't want it? Or is it another one?
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Post by Naki on Aug 11, 2007 17:41:32 GMT 12
The Rapide/Dominie is here now - it was here today anyway. The A-37 is suppose to be based here as well - haven't seen it yet.
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Post by kiwi on Aug 11, 2007 22:44:31 GMT 12
Yes that is the same Sabre , looks like it is getting continuing TLC as the seat is in much better condition now than when I last saw it .
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 11, 2007 23:05:17 GMT 12
Cheers Richard. Great to see it has a good home and is back in one piece now then.
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Post by Kereru on Aug 12, 2007 16:11:47 GMT 12
The A-37 is suppose to be based here as well - haven't seen it yet. I see it has been sitting outside at Ardmore for sometime now when I visit. Must get a pic, if it is still there next time I go past. There is another one there in a hangar too isn't there? Colin |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Aug 12, 2007 23:31:05 GMT 12
I think there is one being restored somewhere, might be at Aerosmith Engineering (in the old Waitemata Aero Club hangar) from memory.
The flyable A-37 can't be far off reloating to TG, the hangar it was housed in has sold and most of the other aircraft operated by the owner have moved already. The Dominie I believe needed some work on it's wheels/brakes or something of that nature hence it's delay in getting to it's new home.
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Post by Martin Wienert on Aug 13, 2007 5:20:52 GMT 12
Thanks! Great to see ZK-BBM!  Martin |
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Post by Kereru on Aug 15, 2007 22:00:26 GMT 12
The A-37 is suppose to be based here as well - haven't seen it yet. 14 August 2007 Ardmore   Colin |
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Post by Kereru on Aug 15, 2007 22:03:00 GMT 12
Bit off topic but this Eurocopter looks great too and so quiet.  Colin |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Aug 15, 2007 22:18:32 GMT 12
Yes that's a really cool looking machine, and a great photo.
Colin, do you have a photo of ZK-HTF/4, Mike Erceg's Eurocopter that crashed near Raglan in 2005?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 15, 2007 23:45:56 GMT 12
That is a cool chopper. It looks like something Batman would fly!
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Post by Kereru on Aug 16, 2007 10:50:17 GMT 12
Yes that's a really cool looking machine, and a great photo. Colin, do you have a photo of ZK-HTF/4, Mike Erceg's Eurocopter that crashed near Raglan in 2005? ZK-HTF no I don't recall catching that one. Ned has a good one of it. www.airliners.net/open.file/0719707/L/Colin |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Aug 16, 2007 20:29:40 GMT 12
Thanks Colin, that's a really good pic.
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