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May 9, 2015 at 12:11 am in reply to: Live Link To Washington DC VE Day Flypast TODAY. #915596

ErrolC
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Time zones worked against me, C-SPAN coverage at http://www.c-span.org/video/?325808-1/world-war-ii-victory-europe-70th-anniversary-flyover

May 8, 2015 at 9:04 pm in reply to: VE Day: The last British Dambuster #915745

ErrolC
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For some definitions of ‘British’.

May 6, 2015 at 8:46 am in reply to: TAVAS Eindecker First Flight.. #917900

ErrolC
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Great! I think it will be time for another airshow trip across the ditch next year.

May 4, 2015 at 9:24 pm in reply to: Chariots of Fire FW190 landing incident #918718

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Old Chestnuts. It must be nearly Christmas…. :sleeping:

A month after the last comment on that aspect, you make this post? Not exactly helpful.

May 1, 2015 at 9:10 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #921346

ErrolC
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One day I might go to the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre when it isn’t airshow time, and see what it is like with it’s normal share of replica Fokkers inside (rather than out on the flightline). The same approach will be taken with the WW2 next stage – Anson, FW190/n (oops), Yak-3 etc on display inside when not actually flying.
As always, thanks for the updates everyone.

Here is a Blackbird photo from Nigel Price
https://twitter.com/FlyPastEditor/status/594126985858838528

April 28, 2015 at 11:45 pm in reply to: Chariots of Fire FW190 landing incident #924542

ErrolC
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From a follow-up email from the airshow:

Focke Wulf Update
The crash-landing of the Focke Wulf 190 on the Friday has been widely reported, in varying degrees of accuracy!
It was the first crash in the history of Classic Fighters, caused by a loss of brakes during landing. While the aircraft was badly damaged pilot Frank Parker was unhurt and continued to fly throughout the weekend.
Obviously disappointed, the owner of the aircraft is already planning repairs, with the aim of having this beautiful machine flying at Classic Fighters 2017.

April 25, 2015 at 7:08 am in reply to: Albatros D.Va and Sopwith Snipe heading to UK #926484

ErrolC
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Here is my Album covering Albatros DVa-1 ZK-TGY at Omaka Classic Fighters airshow 2015.
Kermit Weeks (who has an earlier TVAL DVa-1) came over to fly ZK-TGY at the show.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/organize/?start_tab=one_set72157652153259952

Latest TVAL Albatros DVa-1 by errolgc, on Flickr

Albatros through the smoke by errolgc, on Flickr

Omaka15_13622flr by errolgc, on Flickr

Note that the Kickstarter to operate this aircraft, a Sopwith Snipe replica and an SE5a replica in the UK for the 2015 season was unsuccessful.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/755147299/help-get-our-ww1-aircraft-airborne-in-2015

April 18, 2015 at 7:07 am in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #848964

ErrolC
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The official webpage name is ‘aircrafts’? Is there no hope? 😡

April 17, 2015 at 1:19 am in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #849673

ErrolC
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Hi Liz, I too follow this thread from afar (New Zealand), and really appreciate the coverage.
Nice photos on Flickr!

April 15, 2015 at 10:18 am in reply to: Dambuster Les Munro To Sell Medals #850837

ErrolC
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TV3 video

http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/les-munros-war-medals-arrive-home-2015041512#axzz3XMomDXDC

TVNZ video

tvnz.co.nz/national-news/mission-accomplished-kiwi-war-hero-s-medals-come-home-6288850

April 15, 2015 at 8:32 am in reply to: Dambuster Les Munro To Sell Medals #850893

ErrolC
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It’s today’s news. It’s even today’s news where you are! (it was posted at 14:33 NZT, so if it was a little earlier, it would have been tomorrow’s) 🙂

Damn fine outcome.

April 13, 2015 at 9:24 am in reply to: Favourite aviation film moments #852871

ErrolC
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…

Also concur with many of the posts so far. Top Gun, though a bit corny and totally unrealistic tactics-wise was still a great record of a very fine aircraft – the F-14 Tomcat, now sadly gone. Would have been nice if such a film had been filmed a decade earlier and there was similar footage of the F-4 Phantom in the role. Considering how widely used and prolific the Phantom was in all of the US services, very little use seems to have been made of them in films of the time.

Anon.

Good interviews about the F-14 and the making of Top Gun is this month’s Xtended podcast
http://aviation-xtended.co.uk/ep-39-top-gun-days-and-the-f-14-tomcat/

This special Top Gun episode on the F-14 Tomcat features Commander David ‘Bio’ Baranek (US Navy Retired), a former F-14 RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) who commanded an F-14 Fighter Squadron.

Find out what it takes to be a Top Gun Instructor and hear stories about making the 1986 film ‘Top Gun’, ejecting from the F-14 Tomcat, firing a Phoenix missile and much, much more.

April 11, 2015 at 9:51 pm in reply to: V-1 Replica #854012

ErrolC
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A working pulse jet is not for the faint-hearted (nor for any one with any sense for that matter). Extremely noisely and effectively on/off only. It would have been ok for a one-way mission more or less in a straight line, but if you tried to do less than all out speed manoeuvring in a fairly confined area, you would probably get out of control and crash into the spectators or something equally inconvenient.

Quite, the objective is an entertaining airshow act (preferably usable while fighters are ‘attacking’ the field), not full realism. And then do it again tomorrow (it was a bit surreal watching it land).

Substituting ducted fan or even turbojet propulsion seems the only feasible way. I wonder if the structure of this reduced scale replica is relatively lightweight because if it isn’t the device would fly and manoeuvre like a brick.

Thrust to weight of 1:3, wings stressed to 12G. The first 20 seconds of the initial video gives a sense of the structure.
Photos of Sunday’s launch:
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/225178/thread

April 11, 2015 at 9:19 am in reply to: Spitfire NH799 #854457

ErrolC
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Thanks for the earlier-era links

My Flickr set:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/errolgc/sets/72157651809346145

Omaka, new home of Spitfire XIV NH799 by errolgc, on Flickr

Spitfire trio in NZ! by errolgc, on Flickr

April 10, 2015 at 9:52 am in reply to: Spitfire NH799 #855434

ErrolC
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TV News story

http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/sir-tim-wallis-reunited-with-spitfire-of-near-fatal-crash-2015040417
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