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Post by phil on Apr 22, 2012 19:41:03 GMT 12
Our SF wear it, I doubt we have the money to replace DPM amd DDPM across the entire NZDF, especially given the cost of MC.
It is however, one of the most effective uniform cammouflage patterns ever designed.
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Post by phil on Apr 9, 2012 10:46:42 GMT 12
I've got a bottle of 'Longlife Self shining floor polish' that seems the same as the various other Kleer replacements out there. It's milky white in the bottle, but dries clear.
Got it from 4 Square.
Haven't used it enough to be sure yet (ie haven't tried it through the AB) but I have test dipped a canopy in it and it was much the same as Klear, and I've brushed it on and again, much the same as Klear.
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Post by phil on Apr 6, 2012 21:53:26 GMT 12
Just thinking, if we did get them, we could contract the RAAF to use a few of their C17's to bring them over. From Connecticut?? |
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Post by phil on Apr 4, 2012 18:38:29 GMT 12
Well their primary roles are anti surface and anti submarine warfare, so not a lot of scope for community work with an attack helicopter.
However with their secondary roles such as vertrep and winching, they are pretty much the sole means of transporting all the DOC supplies to Raul Island for the annual re-supply.
They also provided 24 hour SAR coverage out of Tauranga during OP RENA, and did quite a lot of winching of the salvors etc. The FLIR makes them a fairly useful SAR tool, and they have carried out SARs in the past.
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Post by phil on Apr 1, 2012 13:45:17 GMT 12
Also, I'm interested in Phil82's comment about some rather pink looking Air Force personnel that had been standing out in the sun all day without hats - do RNZAF personnel even get issued with wide-brimmed hats nowadays, or only the baseball caps? Yes there is an issue wide brimmed hat, and the dress instructions that were promulgated for the event (that I saw for pers travelling from WP) stated this was an approved head dress. |
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Post by phil on Apr 1, 2012 11:52:35 GMT 12
However, a bollocking should be delivered to whoever decided they could stand out in the sun all day without a wide-brimmed hat! Some of them had a decidedly pink tinge when I left!. Really? The dress instructions that were promulgated at WP for those heading down (either as indulgence or duty to assist) listed RNZAF issue SUN HAT as an approved head dress for the day. Actually the only time I've ever worn that monstrosity is at Ohakea air shows! |
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Post by phil on Mar 31, 2012 21:18:50 GMT 12
The 'shiny' Skyhawk Apologies for the quality...borrowed camera...sigh...time to upgrade my own one...  They seem to have lost the outboard Aero 20s. Also, It's been repainted in rather funny shades of green. Looks like they've used FS24097 Forrest Green instead of FS34102 light green, and I'm not sure that darker green is FS34092, although it could just be the lighting. The grey is harder to pick, but I'll put money on the fact it's FS26118 instead of FS26081. |
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Post by phil on Mar 31, 2012 19:33:48 GMT 12
That's a bit odd about the 757, it did a great display practice last week, I wonder why it didn't display at the air show.
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Post by phil on Mar 31, 2012 18:16:25 GMT 12
I was quite excited to finally see a A-4K (kahu) skyhawk with my own eyes, was a little disapointed when it wasn't a kahu one. Anyone tell me the why this one wasn't upgraded? And also where were our hercs??? I hate to break it to you, it's not even a real skyhawk. It's cobbled together from bits, and the vertical stab is fiberglass, the mold for which was taken off another A4. Part of it used to be a blue angels aircraft. And having just ckecked out the pics, it does not appear to be painted in the original Euro 1 colours now either. |
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Post by phil on Mar 31, 2012 18:13:47 GMT 12
So which Skyhawk did they have there? '57' presumably? Yep. It had a very glossy new paint job too. About time, it was looking pretty sad last time I saw it after years of sitting out in the weather, first at the Ohakea museum and later being stored in the engine run-up pit. Anyone got any pics? |
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Post by phil on Mar 31, 2012 17:46:22 GMT 12
So which Skyhawk did they have there? '57' presumably?
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Post by phil on Mar 31, 2012 12:14:28 GMT 12
I assume DFOs apply to Cadet forces.
Unless it's been moved to the new DFO3 (I'm at home so can't check right now), the process for making formal complaints is outlined in DFO4, chapter 12 I believe. It also includes the right to make a complaint to your MP if you are not satisfied with the outcome of going through your chain of command.
The first thing to do is to understand the official process and make it work to your advantage. There's no point in gobbing off online and expecting any positive result. The NZDF has a long established bureaucratic system, and twitter isn't part of it. Use the formal part of the process so it can't be brushed off.
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Post by phil on Mar 25, 2012 14:14:40 GMT 12
I've been to the Wainui P40 crash site, about 10 years ago. There wasn't a great deal left.
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Post by phil on Mar 25, 2012 13:36:05 GMT 12
I wouldn't say that, it was just a ball park date after which I recall seeing more colour in the archives. I've sure there were colour images taken earlier.
I recall scanning a medium format neg of a Bristol Freighter over Singapore that might have been 60s, and it was colour.
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Post by phil on Mar 25, 2012 7:25:07 GMT 12
I don't know if there was an official date, Mathew at the museum would probably know if there was. I expect there would have been a policy change to switch to colour for PR work. From my time at CPE I think the images we held from the '70s showed an increase in the use of colour film, as well as an increase in the use of 35mm. Most of the older stuff we kept at CPE was either medium format or even 4x5. There remained a mix of colour and B&W, much of the tech work and groups were B&W even while the PR stuff was colour. We still used the very occaisional black and white medium format film as late as '01.
When we switched from film to digital it wasn't a hard and fast 'from monday we will do everything digital' sort of thing, it was gradual over a couple of years until we got cameras that we found were doing a good enough job. This was about '03 when the D1Xs arrived. From about '02 onwards there wasn't much 35mm being used, the horrible Fuji S1 replacing 35mm for most jobs. Medium format remained another year or so after that. We still did large group photos on medium format until about '04 when we found the lab we were using was scanning the negs to print them anyway, and the finished result was no better than shooting digital.
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Post by phil on Mar 25, 2012 7:11:11 GMT 12
We had a couple of RAF exchange pilots on 75 during my time there.
Up until the end of last year we had an exchange RN observer on 6 SQN, although I don't think it was reciprocal because we didn't have enough observers to send one to the RN.
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Post by phil on Mar 24, 2012 19:01:37 GMT 12
Long look is on at the moment, they've just left.
I applied this year, but being on a FEG I'm apparently irreplaceable and my application wasn't supported. So no one from my trade is going. Pitty, it was to Conningsby too - Typhoons, Tornados and BBMF.
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Post by phil on Mar 24, 2012 11:37:46 GMT 12
The blackhawk didn't meet the requirements the army specified.
I'm not saying you are wrong, but they were purchased to meet a user requirement.
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Post by phil on Mar 21, 2012 12:31:17 GMT 12
It's still called "J Shed".
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Post by phil on Mar 17, 2012 20:57:43 GMT 12
Didn't the RNZAF use 'Bring it on' before step up?
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