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July 19, 2008 at 8:28 am in reply to: Spitfire collection that beats duxford #1192963

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A magnificent obsession, I feel guilty about pointing out a mistake with one of the RNZAF aircraft, it appears he has based his RNZAF Corsair on the one previously operated by the Alpine Fighter Collection which was an early “Birdcage” Corsair, a model never used by the RNZAF. The RNZAF Corsairs were all Chance Vought F4U-1, F4U-1D and Goodyear FG-1D, none of which had the “Birdcage” type canopy…………………sorry.:o

June 8, 2008 at 10:17 am in reply to: Help,What Is This Aircraft?? #1238792

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………..and Martin please pass my thanks along to your Latin American friends.:cool:

June 8, 2008 at 10:03 am in reply to: Help,What Is This Aircraft?? #1238795

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Yes! Result.
Many thanks for your effort Martin. :D:cool:

June 8, 2008 at 12:23 am in reply to: Help,What Is This Aircraft?? #1238883

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Unfortunately the photos came to me all mixed up in a cardboard box with a couple of thousand others from all different countries, there is nothing written on the back except for the printed “Kodak Velox Paper”. Most of the photos are from the immediate postwar period to about 1953(ish). As for the origins of the photos some are from manufacturers, some from photographic studios (mainly Whites Aviation here in NZ), agency photos and private photos.

So sorry not much help from that direction.

June 7, 2008 at 12:53 pm in reply to: Help,What Is This Aircraft?? #1239139

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Thanks for the effort guys.
I am thinking of re-naming this THE UNIDENTIFIABLE UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT ’cause these pics are now on FOUR different forums and no luck.

– Dave Homewoods ‘Wings over New Zealand’ forum.
http://rnzaf.proboards43.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=6195&page=1
– Flypast.
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=81468
– WIX
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=22356
– PlaneTalk
http://forum.planetalk.net/viewtopic.php?p=56212#56212

The first thing that most people seem to think is, “Ercoupe, no, wait a minute, ummmmmm……….”

Probably the most promising sounding lead so far is on Dave Homewoods ‘Wings over New Zealand’ forum, posted by yak2 which is the following…………..

“It sure has an Ercoupe/Culver look to it. The bloke who designed the Ercoupe (Frank Weike?) also had an earlier design (W317?) but Mr Google can’t find any pics for me unfortunately. The windscreen is similar to a Piper Cherokee, also designed by him later in life. Maybe this is it.”

The mystery continues…………………………………….
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February 10, 2008 at 10:46 am in reply to: Heritage Laws Good or Bad when it comes to aircraft #1273274

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I know this is pedantic but as per my earlier post [without the devil icon]… why?

My scientific training tells me that without setting out the rules first you should not make such a statement.

Whilst I recognise that it may be a valid view, without the rules in place first you will never achieve an agreed result, you will just go round in circles.

e.g. What defines an aircraft? Are we talking about powered flight only? Etc etc

I guess this reflects similar points to those Mark is making.

Yup, overly pedantic, I did not make a STATEMENT but rather a SUPPOSITION based on an assumption to promote a hypothetical situation for the purpose of observing opinions of the members of this forum on possible outcomes for said hypothetical situation.

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February 10, 2008 at 8:03 am in reply to: Heritage Laws Good or Bad when it comes to aircraft #1273291

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I am supposing that everyone here agrees that the Wright flyer is probably THE most historically significant a/c that still exists, therefore in the context of the history vs. heritage and associated laws debate where would the Wright Flyer be now (London or Washington) if current laws were around when Orville Wright resolved his differences with the Smithsonian and agreed to transfer the flyer from the Science Museum in London to the Smithsonian?

February 10, 2008 at 6:27 am in reply to: Heritage Laws Good or Bad when it comes to aircraft #1273305

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Good thread, just making my way through it and this is just one of my initial observations.

3) If the aircraft is to be offerred for sale, first it must be offerred to public institutions, then not for profit, finally within country.

Well thought out, but why “then not for profit”, there are still people out there who had the foresight to purchase significant a/c for a pittance and had said aircraft sitting around untouched for decades. What would then be the motivation for them (or their heirs) in parting with the grand-kids favorite plaything in the barn.

October 3, 2006 at 10:10 pm in reply to: How Low Can You Go?? #1265760

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http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/060605-F-1234S-061.jpg

There is flying low and then there is flying low and dropping bombs! :dev2:

November 10, 2005 at 4:22 am in reply to: Argosy #1415709

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Heres the Kiwi survivour, ZK-SAE…………….

September 1, 2005 at 2:09 am in reply to: New Zealand Corsair survivors ?? #1417485

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Hi Setter,

We currently have two, the ex-OFMC one airworthy in Masterton and one in store (currently for sale) at Ardmore with Ross Jowett, he did have one other but this was sold overseas several years ago. (he also has alot of parts in store).
I am at work at the moment but could get the s/n for you tonight.

Cheers.

August 3, 2005 at 9:43 pm in reply to: Vietnam aircraft recovery 1993? #1361112

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At least two have crossed the ditch to N.Z so far, one is currently airworthy and the other is under restoration.

ZK-JTL

July 4, 2005 at 5:03 am in reply to: Interesting if true story? #1411529

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An aquaintence of mine once told me “always follow up rumours as far practical.” and he did that, he chased a rumour of an a/c in a barn on a remote farm.
Guess what, he now has an Oxford in his shed/hanger. (ask Dave Homewood if you don’t believe me.)

And really, how hard would this one be to check out. :confused:

March 21, 2005 at 12:58 am in reply to: Fairey Battle #1391344

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This is a picture of the battle remains held by the Subritzky family in Auckland, New Zealand. It was recovered from Australia several years ago.

March 13, 2005 at 2:01 am in reply to: 'A must for Bristol Freighter fans' #1404370

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Yes, it was shot in NZ (around Queenstown) in the ’80s. The RNZAF got the Corsair that they traded for the P-40 for their museum from Walt Disney in return for the A-4K flying.
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