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Post by hairy on Jan 23, 2008 23:42:30 GMT 12
For some weird reason I am a wee bit fascinated by unloved, abandoned, derelict and decomposing aircraft and I was wondering what (if any) photos you people out there in forum-land have.  To get the ball rolling here's some of mine..................  Gore  Christchurch  Taupo  Mercer  Mercer  Wanganui  Christchurch  Ardmore  Bridge Pa  Feilding  New Plymouth  Ardmore  Hamilton  |
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Post by turboNZ on Jan 24, 2008 5:43:07 GMT 12
That Wessex is around the back of Ferrymead now.
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Post by stingray on Jan 24, 2008 8:29:06 GMT 12
the red Tomahawk at Ardmore is now being restored as far as i know
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Post by Bruce on Jan 24, 2008 8:40:30 GMT 12
I've flown in 3 of those aircraft! Bandit TZL of course was one of "my" old CityJet machines. The Cessna 310 DLP was Authur Revilles, I sat in the back as self loading ballast when he was doing his type rating all up weight test. The litle red Tomahawk EVB used to be at Ardmore Flying school. I scrounged a ride in it back from Parakai (where I had been helping fix a C206) back to Ardmore. thats 25% of the machines shown - is it something I did???  |
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Jan 24, 2008 16:07:54 GMT 12
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Post by corsair67 on Jan 24, 2008 16:15:12 GMT 12
Gee, those Origin Jetstreams are looking quite shabby already!  Great photos, guys, and thanks for posting.  |
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Post by p40fanatic on Jan 24, 2008 17:22:35 GMT 12
Sigh......I want that Harewood Friendship....And the Wessex is looking a lot shabbier now, unfortunately - little if any rotor assembly and no tail, ply on the windows.....
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Post by denysjones on Jan 24, 2008 18:44:26 GMT 12
The tail, rotor blades, and rotor transmission of the Wessex have all been removed and are safely under internal cover. The tail was physically in danger of falling off at the bottle store and the others were removed in the transport process.
The windows had all also been trashed at the bottle store and some had been covered in and we've enclosed the rest to preclude little intruders. We had wrapped the airframe in protective covers until persons unknown burned through the securing ropes with cigarette lights and stole the covers.
Do these sorts of actions constitute unloved, abandoned and derelict? Equally I'd invite you to talk to our guys who cleaned out the inside of the ravages of the street kids who had lived in her. Unloved, abandoned and derelict perhaps once ....but always feel free to send a financial contribution to aid the work.
Likewise the Fairchild (it's not a Fokker Friendly that one) is the property of the airfield crash rescue and is used for training purposes. Not the end you might like for it but I'm sure people would howl more if they used an NZ aircraft.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jan 24, 2008 19:52:29 GMT 12
Good photos of a not so nice sight. I got bored last night in Nelson so at about 10PM went for a walk around and had a look at the J31 Jetstreams. They're in a bad way, some of the skins are even soft now. They have a sort of "what did i do wrong" look about them. Their J32 cousins are happily still serving with Air National.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jan 24, 2008 21:06:53 GMT 12
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jan 24, 2008 21:17:34 GMT 12
Ah yes, TAX, the Wairau River mouth swimmer. The brightly coloured wreck is of Steen Skybolt ZK-JET in which two of my friends were killed in 2003.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jan 24, 2008 22:04:21 GMT 12
Yes it is, sorry, removed.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jan 24, 2008 22:08:42 GMT 12
No, please put it back Peter, no problem with it at all.
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Post by hairy on Jan 24, 2008 22:33:33 GMT 12
It would appear I'm not the only one with this odd affliction ;D........................Bring it on  P.s I'm giving out Karma to photo posters in this thread..................................................................... as I always intended to and not just because its an election year. ;D |
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Post by hairy on Jan 24, 2008 22:36:39 GMT 12
Hey cool, that previous post was post #300 for me, Yay. |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jan 25, 2008 9:11:01 GMT 12
No, please put it back Peter, no problem with it at all. Ok, done. |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jan 25, 2008 9:12:50 GMT 12
I'm giving out Karma to photo posters in this thread Great . . . it's not much fun being 8 (can't buy at the liquor store!) |
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Post by kiwi on Jan 25, 2008 11:14:49 GMT 12
The Cat is now at Tauranga .
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 25, 2008 15:10:06 GMT 12
I guess that poor Andover is the fire trainer at Whenuapai? It looks a little degraded, I hope they repaint it.
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Jan 25, 2008 16:22:16 GMT 12
I assume it's used for fire training yes - I got a quick snap of it in the morning at the last Whenuapai open day before the crowds arrived. Does look rather sorry for itself, and I agree a coat of paint wouldn't go amiss.
I had a bit of a look round those Jetstreams in Nelson, those photos were taken in November 2007. ZK-JSA is in the worst shape, missing engines, control surfaces, and the cockpit has been gutted. -JSH still has engines, but also an empty cockpit, and most of the control surfaces have been removed. (elevator, ailerons and flaps, although the rudder is still in place) -JSI looks to be in the best condition of the three - still has engines, control surfaces and possibly at least partial avionics as well, but I suspect it will go the way of the other two before too long. Pity to see them that way, but at least most of the Origin fleet went to happier places.
Leo P.
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