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Post by agalbraith on Apr 3, 2009 20:54:05 GMT 12
Sheeeesh................that makes the Airtruck look pretty!
I am dying to hear more of 5517
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Post by baz62 on Apr 3, 2009 21:07:59 GMT 12
That helicopter looks like it tried to squeeze through a gap and ended up thin and tall!
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Post by globemaster on Apr 4, 2009 2:23:20 GMT 12
It did occur to me after I had posted this on Apr1 how dodgy its going to look. There is a bit more to the story but in fear of creating alot of attention, more will be told as things progress. If we are unable to bring it out then the position will remain confidential. I'd rather not say yet if it has been located or not but as time goes by and I can say more I think everyone will see the bigger picture. I hope you guys understand. We have been in contact with a heavylift helicopter operator and are currently seeking financial support to make use of it being a private operation. I personally wouldnt dare attaching the Corsair to the sling on that hell ugly flying bucket of scrap because as you say, earths gravity will send it into outta space.
So I take it no one has any photos? bugger
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Post by agalbraith on Apr 4, 2009 7:54:03 GMT 12
Toatally understand what you are saying
Sorry mate, I forgot to have a look through all my Corsair photo's......will do it this weekend.
I am going to Wigram the week after Easter as I have taken the time off to look through their Auster T7 stuff for my rebuild. I will take a look through their raft of Corsair photos for you, unless you have done that already?
Cheers
Anthony
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Post by John L on Apr 6, 2009 15:09:27 GMT 12
Didn't a hunter say he had seen the wreck, back in the late 70's/early 80's? He couldnt relocate the spot, though>
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 6, 2009 17:51:28 GMT 12
I believe that's right Jon. A high profile search was mounted in the early 1990's too but to no avail.
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Post by globemaster on Apr 6, 2009 20:26:43 GMT 12
Cheers Anthony, Wigram have said they don't have any photographs of that particular Corsair sadly. Here's hoping some photos are lurking out there with private collections waiting to be posted.
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Post by tbf25o4 on Apr 7, 2009 10:57:53 GMT 12
Gentlemen,
you are too disparaging re the Kaman heavy lift machine. Like the C130 (only a face that a mother would love) this machine was speficially designed for heavy lift, precise removal of large trees etc. It has a lifting performance outstripping most helicopters. See my article on one visiting Paraparaumu in Aviation News late last year.
This helicopter is ideally suited to retrival of a downed aircraft in a tight bush clad location
Paul
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Post by bobgod on Apr 11, 2009 18:57:21 GMT 12
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Apr 13, 2009 22:29:10 GMT 12
I saw a K-MAX at Ardmore the other day, not sure what it was doing there. The rotors seemed to be turning at a remarkably low RPM in flight.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 14, 2009 11:11:08 GMT 12
How do the two rotors turn side by side like that without hitting each other??
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Post by baz62 on Apr 14, 2009 13:44:04 GMT 12
I'd say its all in the timing Dave. They would mesh together with one blade leading and the other trailing.
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Post by corsair67 on Jul 26, 2009 20:51:29 GMT 12
Is there any recent news or developments on this search?
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Post by globemaster on Aug 11, 2009 19:00:30 GMT 12
Another search will be undertaken in the next month or so all going well
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Aug 12, 2009 16:11:04 GMT 12
Another search will be undertaken in the next month or so all going well Are you the author of the book “TRACED ... yet still missing”? Richard Waugh sent me an advertising flyer for that book and the penny has just dropped. |
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Post by globemaster on Aug 13, 2009 16:32:24 GMT 12
Thats a negative
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Post by grgrimmer on Sept 26, 2009 10:30:54 GMT 12
I'm the author of "TRACED ...yet still missing!" and I've just come across this site. I have a website www.findlostaircraft.co.nz and on that website you will find more information about this missing aircraft including the image that I found on an aerial photo taken in 1947 of what I believe to be NZ5517. I worked out how to overlay this photo over Google Earth and once it is on there, you can go into "3D mode" and get an idea of the terrain, and you can also measure objects with reasonable accuracy. The object measures out correctly in all aspects to that of NZ5517. I have been into the site twice (along with two different friends - different one each time) and have so far found nothing conclusive. The reason for this is due to a huge learning curve, in that I now believe that we have been looking for a complete aircraft, whereas I now very much doubt whether there is a lot left of it - (sorry to disappoint all you fellows that think there is a complete aeroplane that can be lifted out by helicopter). Everything in the area of that bush is covered in moss and is very damp and I'd say that even aluminium sheeting would have corroded away to virtually nothing by now. Either that, or the aircraft has broken up and been moved further down the mountain by heavy snowfalls, or even become buried - who knows?.... I believe that most of the reason why a lot of missing aircraft in NZ have been never found is due to the secretive nature that people keep placing on possible sightings and information, etc., and also the lack of co-ordination of this information when it is brought forward. If we can get over this obstacle, then collectively we can all work together to bring finality to these mysteries and this is why I developed the website and also published the information in my book. It's very easy to sit in the home comforts and dream of pulling long lost aircraft out of the bush, but in reality it is a real hard slog! The search for NZ5517, I have handed over to the "Reefton Volunteer Search & Rescue Group" and Geoff and Sally Collis are co-ordinating the next search. They have the prior experience, knowledge, and equipment needed to carry out a successful search. There has been so much interest shown of people wishing to go on the next search that they now inform me that they will have to put a "cap" on the numbers. Presumably, (FLYBOI) we are talking about the same searches, because if we aren't, I'd certainly like to get together and compare notes. |
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Post by courthouse on Jan 30, 2012 14:59:58 GMT 12
A most interesting photo in the book "Missing by Chris Rudge
In relation to the NZ5517 mystery, there is a photo of the flight leader with his two wingmen. The photo was apparently taken on the 12th of November 1944 at Westport airfield (the day after NZ5517 disappeared) -but look who else is in the photo -and why was this person there?.
I'm surprised no one has cottoned on to it by now.
Courthouse
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Post by baronbeeza on Jan 30, 2012 15:23:39 GMT 12
What photo ?
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jan 30, 2012 16:32:44 GMT 12
Hard to 'see' what you do without a copy of the book or the photo. Who was the additional person then?
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