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Post by phil on Nov 6, 2012 11:42:17 GMT 12
Actually it was an MRH-90...
Took off from outside work about an hour ago.
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Post by phil on Oct 30, 2012 18:48:39 GMT 12
You may get a Seasprite tomorrow, if it stops in Hamilton.
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Post by phil on Oct 27, 2012 16:20:04 GMT 12
I see in those last two they wore the same colour scheme as the Skyhawks... latex white.
In all seriousness though, thanks for those photos.
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Post by phil on Oct 27, 2012 15:43:58 GMT 12
Does anyone have any photos, and details of the markings carried by the F-16s we were going to get, at the time the work was being done at Davis Monthan to bring them out of storage?
I do not like 'What if' models, if I build this it wont be in some imaginary Euro 1 scheme or some made up Kiwi roundels
Also, does anyone have any details regarding the airframe configuration in relation to the tail base etc that these airframes had, as I seem to recall from 13 years ago (was it really that long?) that these were the last Block 15s produced and that they incorporated some of the later C model (block 25 perhaps?) irframe changes.
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Post by phil on Oct 27, 2012 7:37:37 GMT 12
Jackpotted to 70 million for OzLotto here next week, if I win I'll cover one TA-4J and hire Barnsey to fly it. You sure you'd let Barnsey fly it? Look what happened last time someone gave him a T bird to fly! ;D |
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Post by phil on Oct 26, 2012 20:22:35 GMT 12
When I was at GSTS, the rifle we trained with was the 7.62 FN FAL, but it was referred to as the SLR (Self Loading Rifle). To put my armourer hat on, that's because it was an L1A1 Self loading Rifle and not an FN FAL, which was the original designation for the FN built weapon. FAL was not the designation of the mostly Lithgow produced versions of the British L1A1 that were in service in NZ. Two differences were that the FAL was selective fire (ie could fire fully automatic) and I believe it was metric, while the British (and by extension the Australian) SLRs were imperial. Back to the slang. Not sure if this is mentioned elsewhere, but in relation to the term 'Gash', in the Navy this is the term for rubbish. In the air force, as Dave mentioned, it is the term for poor workmanship. |
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Post by phil on Oct 23, 2012 15:56:40 GMT 12
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Post by phil on Oct 20, 2012 21:58:01 GMT 12
There was a group photo taken, albeit on the ground, of all the Ohakea based types together. Just a old & new photo I'm afraid. The Sioux has been out of operational service for at least 12mths. New rotary pilots have been doing Helicopter Basic Course on the Iroquios til only a month or so ago, when first batch of studs started on the A109. I know, just pointing out there was a photo akin to what Dave was talking about. |
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Post by phil on Oct 20, 2012 19:20:37 GMT 12
There was a group photo taken, albeit on the ground, of all the Ohakea based types together.
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Post by phil on Oct 20, 2012 16:36:14 GMT 12
Haha, I'm in the background doing my OFT!
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Post by phil on Oct 19, 2012 21:29:08 GMT 12
6 SQN did one a few months ago. It was from Canterbury on the way back from Raoul Island resupply. The Seasprite winched people off a sinking yacht, just as the yacht disappeared below the waves, but I'm afraid I have no further details I wasn't on board for that trip and only heard about it later on.
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Post by phil on Oct 19, 2012 19:05:54 GMT 12
Very interesting to see those photos Dave. Wayne Crosswell was a SGT when I went through GSTS a few years later, and went on to gain a commission.
Also interesting is to see photos of Curly Waters, who is now a SQNLDR and MFC 6 SQN.
I've just been looking through your other galleries, plenty of familiar faces there and many of them are still in.
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Post by phil on Oct 17, 2012 20:21:51 GMT 12
Mr Carson needs to build a bridge... and get over it!  While I agree with you, I also feel sorry for him. First he loses his son in an accident; and secondly the media keep going to him for his 'insightful' comments, which honestly just make him look stupid. The media should leave him alone and stop using him as an easy target for a guaranteed statement. It isn't doing him or the memory of Ben any good at all. |
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Post by phil on Oct 1, 2012 19:27:48 GMT 12
no heavy boots so as to wreck the floor, or have they installed heavier guage metal in the floors, or put some 3 ply down. They have load spreaders, just like the Hueys and just like the Seasprites. |
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Post by phil on Sept 30, 2012 19:39:26 GMT 12
They could at least have got matching ones...
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Post by phil on Sept 29, 2012 19:06:13 GMT 12
Quality journalism as usual. |
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Post by phil on Sept 28, 2012 16:14:07 GMT 12
Regionally set rent coupled with nationally set pay is their biggest cock up since DJ2.
If pay rates are set on a nationwide level, so too should MQ rent, as it was before this 'pay rise'.
There is no facility for personnel in defence to negotiate higher rates of pay for working in Auckland, to counter the higher rent costs up here. This effectively means those who work in Auckland and live in MQs will take home less per fornight from 01 DEC, compared to someone in the same rank and trade in Ohakea.
Civilian pay rates (non defence) are higher in Auckland than they are in Manawatu for a reason, but defence seems to have ignored this fact.
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Post by phil on Sept 21, 2012 17:40:08 GMT 12
Seasprites are 26440.
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Post by phil on Sept 20, 2012 19:14:09 GMT 12
I'm sure the IRO IPB had the breakdown for the weapon pylons and fwd firing guns, but I don't believe we ever actually had the hardware to fit. We do have the M23 Sub-system and MAG58 Machine guns.
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Post by phil on Sept 6, 2012 21:49:40 GMT 12
What is wrong with the No. 6 Squadron hangar? What isn't? It leaks, it's draughty to the point of being infuriating. It's roasting hot in summer, freezing cold in winter. The floor is rubbish. It's too small for 11, or even 8 seasprites. |
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