Some of Dad's slides

[Dave Homewood]

Some of the following have been posted before in a poor form, but now we've worked out how to properly scan slides and so I'm going through and doing some of the more interesting ones. Dad took these between the 1970's and 1990's.

A Thruster, don't know where or when


A Harvard under restoration at Ardmore. This may have been NZ1099 and possibly on display at the 1990 Ardmore Air Show?


The Mangaweka C-47, mid-late 1970's


The Grumman Goose ZK-DFC and some homebuilt at Ardmore in about 1990


More shots will follow as I get rouind to scanning them.

[Naki]

The slides have come out quite nicely - the homebuilt is ZK-TOY - a Corby Starlet

[Bruce]

The Harvard is indeed NZ1099, and as Naki says, the Homebuilt is Don Wilkinson's TOY.
The DC3 at Mangaweka was only moved there in the Early 1980s, so the photo would be a bit later than suggested.
I suggest the Thruster is at the Mystery Creek Fieldays, beside one of the small lakes.

[Dave Homewood]

Thanks for the details. Yes, early 1980's on the Dakota 'Weka' is probably more realistic. Mum trie to tell me it was the late 1960's. Haha.

[flyjoe180]

A New Zealand-owned company, Todd Brothers, imported petrol from Russia from the 1930s onwards, which was marketed under the Europa brand. BP purchased Europa in the 1970s, and it was phased out.

Doubt whether it's the eighties?

[stu]

flyjoe180 said:

A New Zealand-owned company, Todd Brothers, imported petrol from Russia from the 1930s onwards, which was marketed under the Europa brand. BP purchased Europa in the 1970s, and it was phased out.

Doubt whether it's the eighties?

Could be the eighties if the date on this ad is correct .....

[flyjoe180]

True. I vaguely remember Europa as a kid, thought it was absorbed by Mobil for some reason, but alas, it appears BP bought it.

[Dave Homewood]

BP and Mobil are the same company Joe.

[flyjoe180]

Thanks. You learn something new every day.

[Dave Homewood]

Well, just in case, they certainly were the smae company a few years ago. Who knows though with big business. The major oil companies also act together as a cartel, hence the reason why there's no real competition and all the prices rise together.

[Dave Homewood]

Here are some from the day that Wg Comm John Lanham visited Rukuhia Airport in the unique Avro 626, taken by Dad in 1985.

[flyjoe180]

Those are very nice photos Dave. WGCDR Lanham's fist is clenched in photo 3, make a good caption contest.

[Dave Homewood]

Thanks Joe, I love these photos and wish Dad had bothered to tell me the aircraft was coming that day. He bunked off work to see it.

I'm not certain but i think the chap in the left of that third Avro 626 photo (on John Lanham's right), is Dave Mitchell, Warrant Officer i/c RNZAF Museum Restoration Team. It looks like him.

[flyjoe180]

Looks like the man you are talking about has SQNLDR braid?

[phil82]

flyjoe180 said:

Looks like the man you are talking about has SQNLDR braid?

He is indeed a Sqn Ldr and the man in the middle is John Lanham. I

[Dave Homewood]

Indeed you're right, my mistake, I think that's Sqn Ldr Sandy Currie isn't it? It's been so long I'm forgetting faces.

[Dave Homewood]

Here's another I missed earlier

[flyjoe180]

Why don't they fly the Avro 626 as part of the historic flight? I sthe aeroplane too valuable to fly, or is it a cost thing, or just the museum wanting it for display permanently?

[phil82]

flyjoe180 said:

Why don't they fly the Avro 626 as part of the historic flight? I sthe aeroplane too valuable to fly, or is it a cost thing, or just the museum wanting it for display permanently?

I saw it fly at OH after restoration, but if I recall it correctly the problem is the engine is so rare there are no parts available anywhere. Hence the decision not to fly it.

[phil82]

admin said:

Indeed you're right, my mistake, I think that's Sqn Ldr Sandy Currie isn't it? It's been so long I'm forgetting faces.

It is indeed Sandy, who was a WO at some stage and became an engineering officer!