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Post by phil on Jul 24, 2009 17:44:19 GMT 12
Hi Phil, If you have any interesting photos of life on 75 Sqn or as an Armourer at Ohakea in that period I'd be keen to see them. I have a number from Glen T but the more the merrier... Cheers Don Unfortunately I've got surprisingly few, I did find a handful from Tindal in 97 and a group photo of my shift taken at sunset at Mendle beach. Also a couple from Willow 98, including what must have been one of the few times 75 stayed in tents!
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Post by phil on Jul 23, 2009 22:14:41 GMT 12
I'm looking forward to that book Don.
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Post by phil on Jul 23, 2009 21:35:10 GMT 12
No chance.
There is a new Govt. It's not going to happen.
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Post by phil on Jul 23, 2009 9:06:01 GMT 12
Luckily he was flying an aircraft that had been modded with the MDC fitted to the canopy, at the time only part of the fleet had been completed. This allowed him to get out much faster than having to wait for the canopy to be jettisoned.
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Post by phil on Jul 1, 2009 19:44:22 GMT 12
You mean a bit like the Iroquois?
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Post by phil on Jun 10, 2009 21:40:47 GMT 12
Well he's clearly telling porkies about the second one. It's not like the movies - Sidewinders don't go beep.
Sounds like a candidate for the darwin awards.
Interesting, there would have to have been a lot wrong with it for it not to go boom, as the Sidewinder has both impact and proximity fuzing (possible the 'hole' he refered to, there are eight holes around the circumference of the target detecting component). Unless it was actually a CATM.
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Post by phil on Jun 5, 2009 21:03:57 GMT 12
I would suggest contacting NIWA, I'm sure these records are kept, and they would be the ones who either have them, or had them before they were passed on to national archives perhaps.
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Post by phil on Jun 2, 2009 18:38:00 GMT 12
Anyone got any idea on the serial range at this stage? Had a quick look today and the NH90's will be NZ3301 onwards The A109LUH will be NZ3401 onwards. Mike What he said!
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Post by phil on May 30, 2009 10:36:22 GMT 12
Interesting that they are wearing US ERDL uniforms.
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Post by phil on May 29, 2009 20:12:28 GMT 12
Doesn't the MOD pay for that?
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Post by phil on May 17, 2009 15:07:54 GMT 12
I used the minipan a couple of times for generating target photos around NZ, but also once for an Army transport corp exercise in Waiouru training area as they were validating their camouflage set-up. I think I've had to print those, I remember having to search through rolls of minipan film for negatives of various vehicles under cammo nets in the tussock. Apparently they were also used to photograph large areas of bush to help identify certain cash crops.
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Post by phil on May 17, 2009 12:37:06 GMT 12
When I was an RNZAF photographer I had to print from aerial negs, but mostly they were from the F111 and not minipan. Minipan film was only 35mm, while the F111 film was 5 or 6 inches wide. The F111s could also do oblique as well as vertical.
We also had 50mm wide (or possibly it was 75mm wide) film, so perhaps the F111 had two different camera formats.
For the Minipan, originally the there was a special film used, I seem to recall it being very thin (and possibly without the little holes), but later on I think we used bulk rolls of Kodak Tmax 400.
Almost all out target imagery was care of sorties carried out by the RAAF on their visits here.
Unfortunately I can't recall anything much of a technical nature about either the minipan or the F111 recce pod. It was a pain to print from and a very boring job. It's lack of interest for me has meant it's something I have failed to retain, if I ever knew it at all.
I do recall spending a lot of time on course calculating the coverage area, altitiude and focal length for aerial photography, but it was not maths we ever used in the 'real world'.
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Post by phil on May 15, 2009 22:47:33 GMT 12
We still had the F24s during my years as a photographer (01-05), but not operationally, just stored out the back in boxes. I"m not sure what happened to them when they were disposed of. We also had the Orion Cameras (the F95s you refer to perhaps? They were white, with quite long lenses).
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Post by phil on May 13, 2009 19:24:15 GMT 12
And it, and the roundel, wouldn't be as wonky as they are. That one probably started life as a green helicopter, it's very easy to photoshop a green aircraft to grey.
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Post by phil on May 13, 2009 17:13:31 GMT 12
Wow, that didn't take long for the press to get hold of and put a spin on it.
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Post by phil on May 13, 2009 13:59:54 GMT 12
Of course that one's photoshopped.
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Post by phil on May 13, 2009 9:15:14 GMT 12
Nah, I was referring to Beagle's picture Phil, which he explained was an Australian one. The paint they use looks really plasticy and they're the same shades as some of the old three-toned Matchbox kits were when I was a kid. I didn't even realise the Aussies had any by the way. Your description of an unpainted matchbox kit sounded like the photos of of our unpainted NH90s - Ie some parts Tan, some light blue, some yellow. That's pretty much how I remember matchbox kits! I've got a Hawker Fury in light blue and bright orange still in it's box. It must have been whatever plastic they had left over as that bears no relationship to the silver finish. At least my Hurricane was in dark green and dark brown. I'm assuming our NH90s will end up being grey, but I havne't heard that confirmed yet. The recruiting ads kind of bear that out though.
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Post by phil on May 12, 2009 21:35:53 GMT 12
At least ours won't be in the "unpainted Matchbox kit" colours like that one. Who's is that? Spain or Germany or soemthing? Ours!
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Post by phil on May 10, 2009 15:15:24 GMT 12
Anyone know what the three Hueys were used for? They weren't, but were fitted with armour and various accessories for CT work and were available if needed. We were told they were sent to Welly to pick up the initial STG response, but I'm not sure about that.
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Post by phil on May 8, 2009 20:05:46 GMT 12
Those flashes were not coming from the 25mm, they were mostly visible on the side away from the house.
Having sat in the bustle basket (the one around the back of the turret) when the 25mm is firing, nothing about that footage made me think they were firing the gun.
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