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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 16, 2009 18:56:04 GMT 12
From the Classic Flyers e-letter: The Auckland Air Training Corps are holding a special fund raising auction by selling a genuine piece of aviation history on Trade Me – Part of the upper wing skin from Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk.XIV, NH799. All proceeds go towards supporting the two Auckland Air Training Corps Squadrons. Please help my spreading the word to other people who may be interested or start bidding at the link below. www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=224674334&ed=true |
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Post by dpdouglas on Jul 20, 2009 13:30:22 GMT 12
Very interesting how they say that there is only two Auckland ATC Squadrons. When in fact theres about 6.
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Post by sqwark2k on Jul 21, 2009 17:03:27 GMT 12
There are only 2 that are designated "Auckland" Sqns, the rest are 30 (Hobsonville), 40 (City of Manukau), 6 (North Shore City), 5 (Rodney) and 4 (Ardmore) . Maybe that will change with the "Super City" restructure....
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jul 21, 2009 18:39:20 GMT 12
There are only 2 that are designated "Auckland" Sqns, the rest are 30 (Hobsonville), 40 (City of Manukau), 6 (North Shore City), 5 (Rodney) and 4 (Ardmore) . Maybe that will change with the "Super City" restructure.... Auckland Wing or Northern and Southern Wings forming an Auckland Group sponsored by Cadburys (Jaffas)  |
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Post by shorty on Jul 21, 2009 19:17:01 GMT 12
Are the two Auckland Squadrons still 3 and 19?
I was in 3 Sqdn in the early 60s when it was split into two and I became one of the original members of 19. The split into the two squadrons was brought about because the original No 3 had become too big.
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Post by dpdouglas on Jul 23, 2009 11:02:25 GMT 12
Also lets not bring the politics into this please.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 23, 2009 22:50:09 GMT 12
Actually, I think that Sqwark2k makes a good point regarding of the merger of the cities, what happens to all those groups like the ATC squadrons who are affiliated to a certain city which will suddenly disappear as an entity? Will they have to change their own identities? Or will they retain their title as a relic of the past (like Ceylon tea, from Sri Lanka for example)?
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Post by sqwark2k on Jul 24, 2009 0:16:19 GMT 12
Shorty, yes, the 2 Auckland Sqn's are 3 & 19.... 3 is still quite large, not sure about 19, but both still very active.
Btw, currently the largest ATC unit is 17 (City of Christchurch) who are parading about 130 cadets currently
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Post by dpdouglas on Jul 24, 2009 11:28:49 GMT 12
More than likely the squadrons will keep their original name as it refers to the suburb they are in. bar one or two of the squadron.
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Post by jase on Jun 20, 2020 18:53:41 GMT 12
Is there a list of the Commanders of 19 Sqn? I was an Instructor there 1967 - '73...
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