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Post by shamus on Mar 28, 2009 21:29:33 GMT 12
Yes Dave the Marina is long gone but she did some sterling service bringing aircraft and parts back home. I remember one instance when I went to Hamilton on my own. and got a damaged P & W 1340 from a Snow commander from James Av. I had to get it on the trailer on my own and the dam thing kept wanting to go prop shaft down. I could not turn it over so left it and when I arrived back in Auckland the bumping had pushed the shaft right through the bottom of the trailer. Had to completely rebuild the floor of the trailer.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 28, 2009 23:12:26 GMT 12
Blimey! It wouldn't have been easy lifting a radial onto a trailer by yourself I'll bet.
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Post by shamus on Mar 30, 2009 12:16:42 GMT 12
I was kindly loaned the fork hoist by James Av. but could not control the swing of the engine from behind the controls so it went every which way but the way i wanted. However new floor in the trailer looked great and more solid. Will give you some photos soon of different loads in different cars that were brought back over the years.
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Post by shamus on Mar 30, 2009 15:30:24 GMT 12
Don't know if it quite qualifies for this thread but here are some photos of aircraft parts recovery. My long suffering Toyota Corona 1600 brought this load back from Marlborough (including some bits from Peter Coleman. This would be, I think, early 1970s. Also 3 people inside, myself, Don Subritzky and Alan Rowell of CAF. You can see part of a Hind airframe on the roof rack with Hind wingspar underneath. A Hind axle and brake drums on the trailer as well as Harvard canopy and a Hind leading edge cooling tank. Also a boot full of misc. bits. The same Corona also pulled Don's Fletcher out of the bush at Raglan, in two trips. On one of the trips we got stuck and the farmer came down with his tractor and pulled both the car and trailer up to the road.   Later on we graduated to the most sophisticated form of transport and accomodation. The Nissan C20 Van shown here in the Lewis pass going to Nelson. On the roof rack is a Hind top centre section. We were able to sleep in this van but it meant that at night we had to unload all the gear and store it under the van. This van did wonderful service as on one trip we picked up a merlin supercharger in Christchurch then visited Phillip Burns in Ashburton and left with the remains of Proctor APH on the trailer and picked up other bits in Hawkes bay including a Hind prop. On the way to Taupo we got a flat tyre on the trailer and of course the spare was in the trailer under the Proctor. We finaly arrived back in Auckland intact but it was quite a trip. One of many, but thats another story.  Also a photo of ZK CMC when we arrived at Dairy Flat. Quite a bit of overhang.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 30, 2009 16:24:58 GMT 12
Those Corona shots are fantastic. So Shorty wasn't the only mad bugger doing this sort of thing back then.
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Post by shamus on Mar 30, 2009 16:47:07 GMT 12
You'r right about that Dave. A bit older now, but none the wiser.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 30, 2009 17:43:12 GMT 12
;D
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Post by corsair67 on Mar 30, 2009 18:15:03 GMT 12
Well, it's amazing to see what you can load into a Corona!  Did you ever get pulled over by any M.O.T Magpies? ;D |
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Post by shamus on Mar 30, 2009 18:38:05 GMT 12
No. Always seemed to be travelling at night and into the wee small hours of the morning. I think they were a bit more tolerant in those days.
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Post by stu on Mar 30, 2009 20:25:14 GMT 12
Glad to see Dairy Flat hasn't changed over the years ;D
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Post by shamus on Apr 1, 2009 16:57:07 GMT 12
Some more photos of aircraft, not abandoned or unloved but in need of some caring for. Also more of the loads brought back for restoration work.  The Bristol Freighter at John Fells in Blenheim  The Argosy at (I think) John Walshes.  The Nissan after a night near Ohakea, reloading to get on the road again.  Towing part of the Proctor APH arriving back at Auckland.  These two of the rest of APH brought back on a separate trip.  The Proctor before we brought it back. Who is that man with a saw in his hand?  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 1, 2009 17:26:28 GMT 12
Is that the Argosy now at the cafe', or is it the other one which when i saw it in 2007 was on its side in a field, and very much dismantled and dishevelled?
The Proctor looks like a bit of a mess. Better get the PVA glue out.
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Post by John L on Apr 1, 2009 17:53:36 GMT 12
You'd have fun towing that behind the van..... ;D
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Post by lumpy on Apr 1, 2009 18:02:28 GMT 12
Think you would most likely be correct about the location of the Argosy being John Walshes . The tall guy in blue overalls is John Walsh .
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Post by baz62 on Apr 1, 2009 18:37:37 GMT 12
I remember that Proctor! Thats Ron Fechney's farm ( the other owner of Mustang CCG!) A friend of mine knew him and we paid him a visit. Philip had his Devon parked there at the time. Ron showed us the barn/hangar where CCG used to sit and I recall imagining her sitting there. He was a little sad I feel as she sat there for some time without being flown until she got sold to a US buyer. He described having a school group visit and he tried to ground run her but due to flat batteries it was a non starter(ha ha). And nearby ws the Proctor which I thought was not much good for anything. My mistake!!
Hey hope to see you at Omaka Shorty, I'm catching up with Anthony Galbraith too!(and anyone else from here!!!)
Baz ;D
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Post by 43willys on Apr 10, 2009 21:48:50 GMT 12
two photos of the bandits at Hamilton when eagle air had finished with them sort of reminded of the old scrap yard days   |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2010 9:18:43 GMT 12
I thought this thread was deserving of a bump, I'm sure there are more interesting machines to qualify?
There is a Grumman AA-5 at New Plymouth that I have seen, always in the same place, cardboard in the intakes, lichen all over, crazed canopies, but firmly tied down!
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Nov 23, 2010 18:13:41 GMT 12
There's a PA-28 at Thames a bit like that too - doesn't ever move and doesn't look especially airworthy, but tied down on a parking space nonetheless! I guess sometimes it might be a case of the owner running out of money to continue flying but not wanting to part with the aircraft.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Nov 23, 2010 18:35:25 GMT 12
There is a Grumman AA-5 at New Plymouth that I have seen, always in the same place, cardboard in the intakes, lichen all over, crazed canopies, but firmly tied down! ZK-DLB  |
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Nov 23, 2010 20:36:42 GMT 12
Click on the link to download a 5MB 7-page PDF document. • A Compelling Swansong for the Flying Boats - Aquila, Artop and TEALScroll down to page 7 to view a photograph of Solent 4 SH.1558 “Awatere” derelict on the banks of the River Tagus. Just visible behind is another Solent tail, presumably SH.1556 “Aotearoa II”. Apparently they were finally cut-up for scrap in 1971. |
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