By: mikey676 - 22nd June 2024 at 18:46
Update from the New Zealand Airforce Museum facebook page
Heading back home soon
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By: ErrolC - 14th June 2024 at 11:03
My photos from lst year.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/errolgc/albums/72177720312353454/
By: mikey676 - 14th June 2024 at 08:04
The time together is coming to an end.
Hope that has your attention.
The Vincent is returning to its home base in August(date to be confirmed).
I understand that it will be making an appearance with the fuselage reunited with the centre section, making a display fit for royalty.
This will give anyone lucky to see this, the opportunity to appreciate the size of this magnificent machine
By: Nicko - 21st August 2023 at 11:05
Fantastic.
By: cometguymk1 - 7th August 2023 at 14:39
Such fantastic aircraft to have survived 😀 So hope it get to NZ one day and sample the delights.
By: ErrolC - 7th August 2023 at 11:28
Having previously stood next to both of them separately, the coverage does a poor job of conveying the size of them!
I will see them in a couple of months (assuming the escorted tour takes us there), I’m going down from Auckland as I want to see the 100 years exhibition (and will also visit the Mosquito at Ferrymead).
By: mikey676 - 7th August 2023 at 08:06
From the television news , Sunday 6/8
https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/08/07/air-force-veterans-work-to-rebuild-u…
By: powerandpassion - 7th August 2023 at 00:54
An extraordinary Service aviation heritage preserved in NZ, by extraordinary people.
By: mikey676 - 6th August 2023 at 18:14
I was at the RNZAF museum in christchurch and on the hanger tour caught a view of these 2 Vickers machines together.
The Vincent (in the brown/ green scheme) in on loan from the owner for 12 months to guide the RNZAF team as they work on the museum collection Vildebeast.
There has been a bit of publicity coming out with stories in local media
https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-south-today/restoration-ramps-rare…
(link replaced)
I don’t live in Christchurch but would seriously think about a trip down if it makes it
onto its centre section as seen in this youtube video (Not mine)
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