Wings Over New Zealand Show Episode 145 features Paul Brennan as guest, talking with me about the ambitious “Bring Our Birds Home” project. Paul represents a group of airline history fans who are aiming to repatriate hopefully five important aircraft that once flew with our national airline, Air New Zealand.
They are a Lockheed Electra, a Douglas DC-8, a Douglas DC-10, a Boeing 737 and a Boeing 747.
Paul talks about their current locations and conditions, the plans in place to hopefully secure and rescue them, and the processes that they hope to utilise to get the aircraft back to New Zealand. The ultimate goal is to have them all restored and on public display in a city museum, but the current aim is to ensure they are not scrapped and lost forever as in most cases each is the last of their fleet that served in Air New Zealand service.
Paul also talks about his “AirSide Radio” podcast, which he produces with Martin Noakes.
Here is the show page link:
http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/2017/05/bring-our-birds-home/
By: J Boyle - 13th May 2017 at 17:34
I’d like to see Tucson’s Pima get one to go along with their other DC transports: a 3/C-47, 4/C-54, 6/C-118, 7, 9, 10.
By: ericmunk - 13th May 2017 at 13:58
Aside from the ex-Orbis example in China, I’m not sure I know of any in a museum…but I’m sure there are some somewhere.
Two in China. One in the US. One in France.
By: FLY.BUY - 13th May 2017 at 13:35
Thanks for the link the Airside radio is good.
By: J Boyle - 13th May 2017 at 03:43
At this point, I’d be happy to see any DC-8 saved..even if it is at the “end of the world”. 🙂 🙂
Aside from the ex-Orbis example in China, I’m not sure I know of any in a museum…but I’m sure there are some somewhere.
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