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Post by oj on May 4, 2024 20:05:23 GMT 12
Oh dear, I have seen none. I feel disqualified. How many hours viewing would I have to expend to see them all? How many were made?
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Post by oj on Apr 24, 2024 20:20:32 GMT 12
Looks like the length and breadth of the Manawatu to me!
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Post by oj on Apr 24, 2024 11:50:07 GMT 12
And the Opononi mine is now outside the Omapere Museum: www.google.com/maps/@-35.5274896,173.3910046,3a,20y,157.8h,84.11t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sGwWecxb6Mkq8rJQDsgZU-g!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DGwWecxb6Mkq8rJQDsgZU-g%26cb_client%3Dsearch.gws-prod.gps%26w%3D211%26h%3D120%26yaw%3D137.94693%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656?authuser=0&entry=ttu
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Post by oj on Apr 23, 2024 21:44:41 GMT 12
Welcome back Shorty. Such a relief to see you are still extant and fully facultied (to coin a word).
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Post by oj on Apr 23, 2024 19:41:16 GMT 12
We had a completely spherical mine shell at the walkway entrance to the Opononi wharf in the 1950's and well beyond then. First two photos are of late 1940’s when the mine was washed up onto the beach about half way between Omapere and Opononi. The small boy on the left is my elder brother Barry. Naturally this was after the UBX Squad had de-fused it and removed all the explosive material. The later photo of 1956 shows where the mine was put on public display for decades, at the Opononi Wharf walkway entrance. I have no knowledge of the country of origin or manufacture. There was also one on the western side of SH3 in about the centre of Mokau township through to at least 2015 and may still be there.
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Post by oj on Apr 20, 2024 19:45:25 GMT 12
Can you zoom the rego and trace that somehow?
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Post by oj on Apr 16, 2024 18:57:54 GMT 12
Shorty Mines has the photos on his "Photos from my stash" thread. You may be able to derive it from there. It is somewhere between page 1 and page 55.
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Post by oj on Apr 13, 2024 18:18:29 GMT 12
Was he ever based at Ohakea?
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Post by oj on Apr 12, 2024 21:10:32 GMT 12
Found one on page 55. It didn't really trigger a recognition for me.
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Post by oj on Apr 12, 2024 19:21:42 GMT 12
I feel as though I knew Neville at Ohakea in the 1960's, but maybe he was never based there? Oddly, there is no RNZAF Photo Gold training course photo of anyone named Mines. Can you point us to a photo of Shorty, Dave?
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Post by oj on Apr 5, 2024 19:38:37 GMT 12
Isn't 7,000 airframe hours relatively low for a C47? How come it wasn't repurposed before being sold as scrap?
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Post by oj on Apr 5, 2024 8:35:49 GMT 12
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Post by oj on Apr 4, 2024 19:54:43 GMT 12
This will seem obtuse, but it reminds me of GLERC (Georgia Lockheed Employees Recreation Club).
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Post by oj on Apr 4, 2024 19:49:40 GMT 12
Absolutely disgusting. Destruction porn at it's worst!
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Post by oj on Apr 2, 2024 19:38:00 GMT 12
Australian farmer unveils huge private collection of planes, cars and tanks ✈️🎖️🧑🌾 | ABC Australia
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Post by oj on Apr 2, 2024 9:59:51 GMT 12
I puchased a book from a second-hand bookshop in Hamilton: "Modern Airmanship" edited by Neil D Van Sickle, Brigadier-General US Air Force. First published May 1957; Second Edition June 1961. It used to belong to Bernard Sydney Duane. Does he feature anywere in NZ aviation? I only found this, which may be unrelated ... abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=77992157987
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Post by oj on Mar 27, 2024 19:17:36 GMT 12
Well, good luck to them. Remember two Hamilton-based flying training establishments shut the doors in recent years. It wasn't all Covid causation. I guess the Auckland merger/start-up will fill the gap for a while. That is the nature of statistical demographics.
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Post by oj on Mar 27, 2024 19:09:03 GMT 12
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Post by oj on Mar 21, 2024 18:30:51 GMT 12
Why the police were evasive about the contents of the clutched hand eludes me; there can be no valid reason.
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Post by oj on Mar 21, 2024 18:19:30 GMT 12
If you enjoyed the Marty Robbins song "Big Iron on his Hip" from the 1960's you will enjoy this excellent award-winning short film:
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