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Post by Bearcat on Feb 14, 2009 7:42:42 GMT 12
Another pic of 9Q-CMP on the 3 Feb 2007  |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Feb 14, 2009 9:04:15 GMT 12
What happened to the other RNZAF 727? NZ7272 - Flown Chch-Woodbourne 25Aug03 and used there as engineering training airframe. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 14, 2009 10:13:19 GMT 12
That looks better in its new colours, but a pity they forgot to mask some of the windows.  |
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Post by Bearcat on Feb 14, 2009 10:21:53 GMT 12
Please excuse that the photo hosting site that I am using seems to be having intermitant "issues" ... I promise the pics are there !
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Post by flyjoe180 on Feb 14, 2009 15:58:53 GMT 12
NZ7272 resides in the Aeronautical Training Squadron hangar at Woodbourne alongside the other airframes used for training. Well, most of it does, the tail section is rotting outside alongside the jet engine test bay.
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Feb 14, 2009 18:30:16 GMT 12
Ah, I see, that's a shame, but I suppose there isn't a huge demand for 727-100s anymore.
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Post by Bearcat on Feb 26, 2009 10:49:21 GMT 12
Went flying in formation with this Harvard on Sunday ( ZS-WFD ) Strange enough, despite appearances, this Harvard was never in the SAAF and was imported into SA from the US in the late 80's and is c/n 88-18072 ex N7998C / Bu 90794.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 26, 2009 18:14:34 GMT 12
Nice!
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Post by Bearcat on Mar 17, 2009 11:33:31 GMT 12
Some fun being had at Rand Airport on Sunday  |
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Mar 17, 2009 16:29:18 GMT 12
A nice collection of Harvards there.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 17, 2009 21:30:17 GMT 12
Great Harvard formation photo. The orange really stands out against that dark sky.
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Post by Bearcat on Mar 26, 2009 11:50:56 GMT 12
The Catalina at Rand is starting to make good progress  |
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Post by Bearcat on Apr 17, 2009 7:21:38 GMT 12
After several years of inactivity, ZS-AFA flew again today.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 17, 2009 9:12:29 GMT 12
Oh, lovely to see. Is that an original Junkers built Ju52? Or a CASA 352? Stunning photo!
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Post by Bearcat on Apr 17, 2009 9:49:50 GMT 12
Oh, lovely to see. Is that an original Junkers built Ju52? Or a CASA 352? Stunning photo! Its actually ZS-AFA(2) and is a Casa 352L painted up to represent the original ZS-AFA(1) which was a JU-52 that served with SA Railways & Harbours, which was the forerunner to SAA (South African Airways) |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 17, 2009 12:03:39 GMT 12
Cool stuff. Do the 352's have the same engines as the Ju52? Or are the US-made ones or something like that? The CASA 352's look the business anyway.
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Post by Bearcat on Apr 26, 2009 9:45:56 GMT 12
Cool stuff. Do the 352's have the same engines as the Ju52? Or are the US-made ones or something like that? The CASA 352's look the business anyway. ZS-AFA has been re-engined with "Harvard" engines to facilitate spares and maintenance |
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Post by Bearcat on Apr 26, 2009 9:49:48 GMT 12
Although the title of this thread is Aviation in South Africa ..... I have tried to keep it to posts which I think would be of interest to Kiwi's ... So it is with great pleasure that I post a pic of a Victa Airtourer that I photographed today (24 April) at Parys (FAPY)  |
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Post by Bearcat on May 5, 2009 6:33:07 GMT 12
Something you are not likely to see in NZ but an ex military aircraft that is popular in SA is this Piaggio P166S Albatros. At Rand Airport where I am based, there are 6 of them, all ex SAAF  |
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Post by FlyingKiwi on May 9, 2009 19:23:27 GMT 12
Just slightly removed from Piaggio's scooter designs! Seriously though, that's a very nice looking aircraft. Nice to see an Airtourer still going strong on the other side of the globe too. |
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