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Post by Bruce on Jun 30, 2017 13:43:28 GMT 12
Photobucket terms and conditions have changed - If you can read the blurb past the huge amount of pop-up ads you will see that to get an account which allows you to link to 3rd party sites like this, you'll now need to spend about $99 per year for the privelige. I decline that, so you will unfortunately be unable to see any of my previously posted pictures.I'll close my photobucket account and move the pic somewhere else (probably Google drive) but I'm not going to re-link all the old posts. Photobucket account will then be closed. Sounds like they are getting a bit greedy...
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Post by Bruce on Jun 30, 2017 13:00:04 GMT 12
It was a lot of fun doing that recording! If Dave ever asks you whether you want to take part in these - say yes!
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Post by Bruce on Jun 28, 2017 22:01:04 GMT 12
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Post by Bruce on Jun 18, 2017 13:15:21 GMT 12
Most of those appear to be Armstrong Sydney Cheetahs - Oxfords and Ansons.
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Post by Bruce on Jun 12, 2017 9:22:05 GMT 12
Clues...undercarriage bent back...fence demolished.. Wittman tailwind undercarriages are always swept back like that... but normally point downward. (yes, one is bent a bit more than normal...)
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Post by Bruce on Jun 4, 2017 17:35:09 GMT 12
Note how many aircraft have had the access flap on either side of the cowls replaced? Yep C180 Oil filler cover flaps are pretty lightweight. When (not If) the Hartwell latches break they'll just disappear in the slipstream! later models had smaller doors and more substantial latches.
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Post by Bruce on May 26, 2017 10:29:45 GMT 12
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Post by Bruce on May 21, 2017 17:51:59 GMT 12
I'm not aware of any similar documentary-type videos on homebuilders (which is why I felt I needed to make one) although many of us regularly post video taken during our various flying adventures. There is a lot of stuff about the practical side of the build process, but I felt that the stories of the builders themselves needed to be told - its not just the aeroplanes! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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Post by Bruce on May 15, 2017 22:11:38 GMT 12
I have just completed my documentary on aircraft homebuilding in New Zealand. This 32 Minute Documentary profiles a number of aircraft homebuilders, telling the stories of their motivation and adventures in building aircraft.
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Post by Bruce on May 9, 2017 19:17:52 GMT 12
Yellow paint and a Dayglo tail fin is a standard RCAF Chipmunk colour scheme - I suspect this one is ex-Canada. I vaguely recall a number of Canadian Chippies arrived about the time Keith Skillings machine was imported. I'm Fairly certain there is one at Mandeville under rebuild, but were others also imported? This fuselage is however missing any military markings, neither is there any fin markings, but a certain amount of paint stripping appears to have happened...
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Post by Bruce on May 5, 2017 22:20:42 GMT 12
Hi Peter , Good to have you back hopefully well rested. Three pics you might add to BJV. The first is one of yours. Not sure where.? ] Thats at Ardmore. I helped repaint it at Gulf Aeronautics, just after we finished ZK-BFT. Tom McCready from Whenuapai had it at the time and he and a team of RNZAF blokes did the paint stripping (A change from me doing it!) We repainted it into a scheme identical to what we used on BFT, but with the dark charcoal changed to burgundy red. the interior was reupholstered at the same time, but it wasnt the major rebuild BFT was.
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Post by Bruce on May 5, 2017 19:00:32 GMT 12
Heh Heh! the impression I got is Mark Mitchell will be a good fit for the role, someone with a recent experience "in Theatre" as a private contractor. An ex "Air force brat" too!
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Post by Bruce on May 4, 2017 10:27:21 GMT 12
The bomb load has always been the weird bit in this story. Even if it was being ferried to the front line, it wouldnt have been bombed up. Did someone at Whenuapai have some dodgy bombs that needed disposal perhaps?
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Post by Bruce on May 3, 2017 22:16:39 GMT 12
I am not sure where this fabled second runway at Mangere is meant to go, after they have allowed most of the area to be built on. Are they planning to reclaim more sea? Best visible on 2009 Google Earth imagery from when they were actually working on it: It has reverted back to farmland for now, until someone gets interested in it again. Worth noting that it has always been intended to be shorter than the existing runway, for use by domestic flights, therefore of no relevance to whether a P8 could use it....
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Post by Bruce on Apr 30, 2017 12:03:43 GMT 12
Drawing pictures of a museum is the easy bit...
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Post by Bruce on Apr 29, 2017 10:49:54 GMT 12
Probably in support of the 75 Squadron deployment exercise in the 1950s
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Post by Bruce on Apr 28, 2017 20:03:07 GMT 12
Limited run factory built, intended mainly as air racers. they actually probably have better visibility than many of their contempories, you dont have biplane lower wings getting in the way etc. the structure in front of the pilot is reasonably narrow, so you can see either side. the wing is at eye level, so you are seeing it at its smallest angular width. Didnt seem to phase pilots like the young Alec Henshaw...
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Post by Bruce on Apr 20, 2017 15:27:37 GMT 12
Wasnt me! (I'm not allowed to fly CKE over a built up area). Likely candidates would be one of the Te Kowhai Cubs or the Cessna 170 from Hamilton.
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Post by Bruce on Apr 11, 2017 18:54:09 GMT 12
If they are worried about how easy it is to pronounce Aotearoa, they might prefer some heritage British ship names like Diomede, Calliope, Amphion, Phaeton, Imperieuse, Sutlej, Magicienne, Melpomene, Indefatigable, Terpsichore, Charybdis, Pyramus, or even Doris!
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Post by Bruce on Apr 11, 2017 16:55:33 GMT 12
um... Pukaki, Hawea, Manawanui, Taupo, Rotoiti, Te Kaha, Te Mana... Its not like its a radical new direction! (and these are historic names too...) what do they want, a great NZ name like "Black Prince"?... although probably "Royalist" would appeal to some...
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