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Post by Bruce on Nov 27, 2015 15:56:01 GMT 12
Kiwi are providing a service specifically for prunes now?.....
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Post by Bruce on Nov 18, 2015 22:40:16 GMT 12
It will be CJM. Aerocraft was the business Sid Jensen set up to build Druine Turbulents (in much the same way Rollason did in the UK) some Turbuents such as BWE were completed but a lot remained as wooden kits. I have seen some Aerocraft Turbulent kit components quite recently - they seem to still be in circulation, but never get built into planes! It is quite possible the Cassutt may be a similar story - a collection of partially finished components. I get the Feeling Sid Jensen was a great "Starter" of projects, but a poor finisher, as he was also involved in a Sequoia Falco and Jurca Sirocco which also passed through a number of builders before completion!
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Post by Bruce on Nov 18, 2015 19:00:02 GMT 12
Unbelievable.... You'd have thought they might at least have tidied the paint up before putting it in a pole! its nothing to be proud of
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Nov 18, 2015 11:52:14 GMT 12
Post by Bruce on Nov 18, 2015 11:52:14 GMT 12
I get the impression the Herald didnt catch on that its a restoration to dispaly condition only....
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Post by Bruce on Nov 16, 2015 11:54:42 GMT 12
A few years ago there was a big hoopla over the creation of the "Waikato Aviation Cluster" - a collection of about 30 Aviation businesses based in the Waikato. It was a big thing and was involved with the "Flair" Trade show at Te Kowhai and various oither joint ventures and startup schemes. It seems to have gone really quiet however - I guess the closures of several of the key players has affected it! The web page www.waikatoavaition.co.nz is now dead. Does anyone know what happened to it? does it still exist in any other form? I'm interested from a point of sponsorship for an aviation development activity I'm thinking of...
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Post by Bruce on Nov 8, 2015 21:50:49 GMT 12
The song especially composed for all YouTube videos....
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Post by Bruce on Nov 8, 2015 17:56:17 GMT 12
oooh... exciting!
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Post by Bruce on Nov 2, 2015 8:07:56 GMT 12
I have just heard this morning that well known homebuilder Robbie Gentry (of Tauranga) passed away this morning. Robbie was one of the founding members of AACA / SAA and built by most peoples reckoning 9 Aircraft!. He always found he had a bit of wood left over after each project, so started another one to use it up. He then needed to buy more wood, so had some left over at the end - and so on!
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Post by Bruce on Nov 1, 2015 16:49:33 GMT 12
October 31 will change from Halloween to "St Ritchies Day". People will dress up in black, and scare the crap out of Aussies...
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Post by Bruce on Oct 29, 2015 20:47:31 GMT 12
maybe you you should all offer to pay for a repaint then Some of us have contributed. Its not that mixing paints to the known FS colours costs more than an inaccurate blue... It just seems to go against all the latest trends for accuracy in rebuilds.
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Post by Bruce on Oct 29, 2015 19:08:07 GMT 12
"We're not upset, just...disappointed"
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Post by Bruce on Oct 28, 2015 21:01:37 GMT 12
I posted in the Catalina group's Facebook page enquiring about progress, and I see there's now a photo of her on the Warbirds Over Wanaka page: I'm not overly fussed about the glossiness, but the paint colours really seem off to me. Maybe it's the lighting in the hangar? Hey Zac after all the time and expense involved in this rebuild maybe it would be good to focus on the positives Could also say that after all the time and expense it seems a shame to spoil the finish with an inaccurate scheme... Nevertheless, it will be great to see the Cat come back!
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Post by Bruce on Oct 27, 2015 17:55:03 GMT 12
ooh look, it has sharks teeth! How original!
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Post by Bruce on Oct 27, 2015 16:47:44 GMT 12
From the point of view of a local seeing what is happening with the Armistice event, I'd suggest Black Sands over the annual Wargames Cosplay Funfair....
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Post by Bruce on Oct 26, 2015 15:33:45 GMT 12
Just as well your shoe laces were well tied!
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Post by Bruce on Oct 24, 2015 16:34:46 GMT 12
Just a reminder that this is now just two weeks away. the info pack (which includes important notes for those flying in) is on the SAA web page : www.saa.org.nz/events_docs/BlackSandsInfo2015.pdf Proceeds this year are going to special projects for the Raglan emergency services (a resuscitator for the Ambulance, and some portable light for the Fire Brigade) as a way of saying thanks to the Raglan community for their support over the last 11 fly - ins. Bunkroom accommodation is available (see info pack). As anyone who has attended in the past will tell you, this is an awesome, low key weekend, well worth the pilgrimage!
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Post by Bruce on Oct 23, 2015 17:00:13 GMT 12
If you want to do a SAFE Air example, make sure you order the BEA or ELAN Civilian options - the military Argosies were quite different, especially the rear fuselage area
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Post by Bruce on Oct 15, 2015 19:45:09 GMT 12
hopefully the weapons pylons have saved it from the worst damage. Get Well soon Blunty 72!
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Post by Bruce on Oct 15, 2015 14:27:12 GMT 12
Looking at the video it certainly doesnt appear to have done a wheels up - all the under fuselage antennas are still intact, and they would certainly disappear in a belly landing! I suspect it was an indication issue or a "hang Up" resolved by alteranate methods.
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Post by Bruce on Oct 11, 2015 20:27:38 GMT 12
Its a cool film! I was at Oshkosh in 2013 when the film had it premiere in "theatre in the woods", unfortunately with about 15,000 people packing in standing room only I decided to give it a miss then! I have since watched it with a kids group I work with. Great fun. I think I was the only one who picked up on the line "Does a PT6 have a multi stage compressor?" - The others looked at me weirdly when I yelled "yes, it does!"....
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