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Post by flyjoe180 on Dec 1, 2007 20:33:55 GMT 12
Thyat second shot of DAK is brilliant Colin. Look slike it was a really nice day in Auckland, I bet they were making the most of it at Ardmore. The Wilga is still one of the ugliest aircraft I have ever seen fly. Were they banner towing today?
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Post by Kereru on Dec 2, 2007 7:23:08 GMT 12
Thanks Joe and yes the second one was great as they banked just after the end of the runway so not to out of reach for the 400mm lens. I didn't see PZM do any banner towing but then again I left early afternoon so might have been later? That would have been good to capture.
Colin
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 2, 2007 12:39:56 GMT 12
Wonderful Dakota photos Colin! They're all superb but yes that climb out shot is really nice, and an unusual angle.
I didn't know any Wilgas were still fluying in NZ. Amazing aircraft to watch, we used to have one based at Wigram in 1992 or so, operated by the NZ Police. It could basically hover when pointed into the wind. It gave a great demonstration at one of the base Wings and Wheels airshows, either 1992 or 1993.
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Post by Kereru on Dec 2, 2007 19:57:28 GMT 12
Thanks Dave. I caught the Wilga in action this evening doing a few circuits around 6:30ish.    Very nimble indeed in the still air with hardly a breeze. Colin PS looks like there were a few of them in NZ? www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/wilga.html |
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Post by Kereru on Dec 2, 2007 20:16:31 GMT 12
Couple of DAK sequence shots.   Colin |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Dec 3, 2007 8:39:41 GMT 12
Still three Wilga listed as current in NZ ( NEV / PZL / PZM ). Two crashed (one of these was repatriated to Spain and rebuilt) and one sold abroad.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 3, 2007 12:24:56 GMT 12
I think PZL was the one the police leased and based at Wigram. It was used for spotting illicit crops...
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Post by corsair67 on Dec 3, 2007 12:55:37 GMT 12
Of GM Canola or Corn?  ;D |
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Post by Kereru on Dec 10, 2007 13:17:15 GMT 12
This big Russian chopper is at Ardmore and I caught it on a nice sunny summers day that we sometimes have in Auckland. ;D  Massive rotors on it and rotor head.  Colin |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Dec 10, 2007 13:24:23 GMT 12
Quite daunting taxiing behind a massive helicopter like that in a little Cessna. Helicopters just don't look right moving about on wheels ;D
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 10, 2007 13:25:43 GMT 12
Yes, I saw that big chopper there yesterday in the pouring rain and howling wind. Where has it come form and what's it doing here? Logging?
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Post by stingray on Dec 10, 2007 19:32:51 GMT 12
Dave- the heli is owned by the Biel(?spelling?) family..own feltex carpets..they also own hueys and atleast one more mil..and as far as i know they own zk-iwi
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Post by Kereru on Dec 10, 2007 20:50:46 GMT 12
Yes, I saw that big chopper there yesterday in the pouring rain and howling wind. Where has it come form and what's it doing here? Logging? Bush fire fighting in Australia? Or maybe some kind of relief work overseas? IWI is a nice looking machine? www.airliners.net/open.file/1301725/L/Colin |
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Post by Bruce on Dec 10, 2007 21:11:21 GMT 12
I think it is one operated by John Funnell from Taupo, and is used on all manner of heavy lift jobs around the South Pacific (initially logging, but it has also done firefighting in Australia, tsunami relief work in indonesia and building work in the Pacific Islands). It is normally stored at Taupo between jobs. The Hangar at Ardmore that it is sitting outside belongs to Grant Biel, who has worked with John on a number of long range Heli flights (including the famous Campbell island mission in the squirrel) so it may be being prepared for another offshore job. Its either a Mil 8 or Mil 17, its hard to tell exactly which model. its a seriously grunty looking Helicopter!
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Post by phil82 on Dec 11, 2007 1:05:43 GMT 12
I think it is one operated by John Funnell from Taupo, and is used on all manner of heavy lift jobs around the South Pacific (initially logging, but it has also done firefighting in Australia, tsunami relief work in indonesia and building work in the Pacific Islands). It is normally stored at Taupo between jobs. The Hangar at Ardmore that it is sitting outside belongs to Grant Biel, who has worked with John on a number of long range Heli flights (including the famous Campbell island mission in the squirrel) so it may be being prepared for another offshore job. Its either a Mil 8 or Mil 17, its hard to tell exactly which model. its a seriously grunty looking Helicopter! I always get the impression with Russian helcopters, and some of their aircraft, that they were made in Minsk Tractor Factory No 27, and some commissar came along one day and said "Stop; today we make helicopters". |
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Post by stingray on Dec 13, 2007 11:50:43 GMT 12
The mil just flew over heading towards Ardmore. It really does look like a tractor of the sky..
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Post by flyjoe180 on Dec 13, 2007 11:56:11 GMT 12
Ugly thing isn't it!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 13, 2007 13:45:20 GMT 12
Thanks for the info on the Mil chaps. We wondered about it the other day. Wgere is it's registration from?
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Post by Bruce on Dec 13, 2007 14:01:41 GMT 12
ER is Moldova, a registration of convenience....
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Post by Kereru on Dec 13, 2007 17:10:38 GMT 12
Caught it doing a circuit today and it took off later heading towards Tauranga?  Colin |
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