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April 8, 2015 at 11:10 pm in reply to: V-1 Replica #856569

ErrolC
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Very impressive!

Does anybody know if it is actually 1:1 scale?

The only real giveaway that those are not photographs (thanks by the way!) of the real thing in flight is the arrangement of the ‘Argus duct’ behind the five electric motors. I wonder why the motors couldn’t be enclosed completely and ducted right to the end of the tailpipe; loss of thrust down the duct I suppose?

From the WONZ forum post I linked to:

We can develop it further to increase authenticity and relaibility. A pneumatic ram is next and fully enclosed motor pod.

And for scale:
Well done team! by errolgc, on Flickr

April 8, 2015 at 8:40 pm in reply to: V-1 Replica #856720

ErrolC
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It flies well!
More detail from one of the crew on WONZ
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/21030/classic-fighters-2015-anzac-pioneers?page=23&scrollTo=225232

Smoke was added for the show launches, others got better photos of this than I.

V-1 launch! by errolgc, on Flickr

V-1 mock-up in flight by errolgc, on Flickr

April 8, 2015 at 11:28 am in reply to: Restored Bristol Fighter F-AYBF flies ! #857521

ErrolC
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Several of the original F2B ZK-BRI from my TVAL Hangar Tour earlier this year here.

Bristol Fighter F.2b by errolgc, on Flickr

I’ll give you a preview of the Albatros heading your way soon.

April 8, 2015 at 12:26 am in reply to: Chariots of Fire FW190 landing incident #857828

ErrolC
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There are photos of the V-1 flying, with a Spitfire (the one in NW Europe scheme even) above it.

The local paper is now reporting on the bad reporting!
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/67626187/airshow-explosion-makes-international-headlines

Good to see confirmation of the talk in the Marlborough Aero Club bar on Sunday evening:

Airshow organising committee chairman Graham Orphan said the plane had landed on the grass runway when the brake failed.

It swerved heavily, damaging its undercarriage, nose and propeller.

An expert had looked over the plane, and Orphan was confident it could be operational again in as early as 12 months.

“It’s nothing near as bad as it looks,” he said.

Orphan was not concerned about the international coverage of the crash, saying no-one had been injured, and it had drawn international attention to the show.

“I’m not worried about that … [the crash] was a fender bender, it’s just a little ding in the car park … anything that gets us global exposure has the potential to bring people into Marlborough,” he said.

April 8, 2015 at 12:05 am in reply to: Restored Bristol Fighter F-AYBF flies ! #857835

ErrolC
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Great!

If you count replicas, there is also the F2B just transferred to Queensland from TVAL 🙂

April 4, 2015 at 12:48 am in reply to: Spitfire NH799 #861357

ErrolC
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And displayed by John Lamont
Spitfire ZK-XIV display by John Lamont by errolgc, on Flickr

April 3, 2015 at 11:35 am in reply to: Spitfire NH799 #861824

ErrolC
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It was certainly uplifting!
Spitfire ZK-XIV at Omaka – fantastic! #cf15 by errolgc, on Flickr

April 3, 2015 at 11:31 am in reply to: Chariots of Fire FW190 landing incident #861927

ErrolC
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One prop blade flew virtually straight up, it was odd watching it stop, then fall.
Here it is just minutes earlier
https://flic.kr/p/qYEWVG

At least the owner’s Spitfire ZK-XIV had its return to flight yesterday, and made it to the show at dusk!

March 31, 2015 at 6:51 pm in reply to: B-25 being prepared to move to Australia #863906

ErrolC
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If you throw about “quotes”, you should provide an actual source.
Doubting isn’t the same as saying “never existed”.

March 26, 2015 at 10:18 pm in reply to: Hawker Henley Named After? #868845

ErrolC
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Yes, in the context of the entire decision-making process.

The RNZAF Vildebeests never had torpedoes. Our Vildebeest/Vincents all had tanks rather than torps (possibly some had neither, we used a lot for training before better types were available) to give them a useful range. Even with tanks, the raiders that attacked merchants were never spotted.
Attacking a ‘covers down’ raider with a torpedo-armed Vildebeest would have been bad enough, the thought of doing it with bombs is really scary.
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/21968/nz-based-vildebeest-vincent-torpedos

March 26, 2015 at 6:20 pm in reply to: Hawker Henley Named After? #869056

ErrolC
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… The Wellington also fits the 1939 list – though there are two small English places with this name, one in Somerset and one in Shropshire. The New Zealand Wellington is strictly ruled out as being a seaside town, but then this applies to the Sidestrand and Overstrand too. It’s always possible that no-one at the Air Ministry actually realised this.

It would be great to find out the timing of the naming decision vs the significant (for the time) order placed by Wellington for a squadron of them. Which we gifted to the UK on the outbreak of war, leaving our defences against German raiders as the mighty Vickers Vildebeest.

March 26, 2015 at 9:06 am in reply to: Bristol Freighter Vs Carvair #869398

ErrolC
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If anyone is interested, photos of the Omaka Freighter getting an engine change this week!
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/224638/thread

In prep for the Classic Fighters Show at Easter, reason for the change:
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/223998/thread

March 22, 2015 at 8:04 am in reply to: B-25 being prepared to move to Australia #874046

ErrolC
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Last year this project plan was noted here but everyone claimed it didnt exist…… well perhaps they need to read this update – http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=55449&sid=439184636a925aabe7bc1d39dbee1179

Enough proof now 🙂 ?

Who is ‘everyone’, and what did they claim?

March 19, 2015 at 11:18 pm in reply to: Mk1 Anson Projects #875781

ErrolC
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The blokes in Werribee, VIC, Australia have a start on an Oxford…

Oxford remains by errolgc, on Flickr

March 19, 2015 at 8:22 am in reply to: The Anson, it bombs #876565

ErrolC
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Thanks all.
Gavin Conroy has shared an Air-to-Air of the Anson bombing, and showing off its newly-fitted smoke system. Maybe the “109” will mange to bag it sometimes!
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/224315/thread

Roll on Easter!
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