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April 5, 2004 at 11:12 am in reply to: Wanaka Prelude #1807705

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Wow

April 5, 2004 at 11:10 am in reply to: Wanaka Prelude #1807725

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Sorry AR, but I feel the same. And I have it doubly as i won’t be at Wanaka or Duxford this year, sob.

April 5, 2004 at 11:08 am in reply to: Wanaka Prelude #1807727

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And the show stopper, the P40K taking to the air for the first time in five decades under the guidance of the legendary Mark Hanna

April 5, 2004 at 11:03 am in reply to: Wanaka Prelude #1807744

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The stars, of course, TB863 and the OFMC Buchon

April 5, 2004 at 11:00 am in reply to: Wanaka Prelude #1807766

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Harvard Nine Ship Formation (I think this was Wanaka)

April 5, 2004 at 10:57 am in reply to: Wanaka Prelude #1807770

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Dominie in NAC (National Airways Corporation of New Zealand) colours

April 5, 2004 at 10:54 am in reply to: Wanaka Prelude #1807795

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ZK-WAR, the plane that began New Zealand’s Warbirds movement (is this one still around?)

April 5, 2004 at 10:49 am in reply to: Wanaka today #1807799

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Welcome to New Zealand Mark, I hope you enjoy it. Have you been here before?

How I wish i could be there too. It’s only two hours flying from my place, but I still won’t make it. As I’ve been saying since 1992, I’ll definately make it to the next one…but I never do…

Don’t worry about the weather, remember, it’s run by Southern Men. A trifling of snow won’t bother Sir Tim and the gang!

Mark, I highly recommend the Monteiths brews by the way. Don’t muck round with the Speights that they’ll try to force on you.

Are you going to get to see any other parts of NZ while you’re here? Wigram is a must if you get to Christchurch, and MoTaT in Auckland is worth a look. Also Omaka at Blenheim, and Ardmore too of course. Further south is Mandeville which i hear is well worth seeing, all those De Havillands…

Have a happy and safe visit.

April 5, 2004 at 10:36 am in reply to: WHEEEEEE!!!!! Harvard Slide #1807845

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What? And spoil NZ’s greatest landmark? LOL

OK, you can take it down, but replace it with a Mk III, and make the entrance hole bigger for us big kids!

April 5, 2004 at 10:29 am in reply to: costal command crashes #1807947

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At long last, as promised, I found and scanned the spread of photos of that Sunderland crash. Here is a scaled down version of the whole two pages. If you want better versions of individuals photos, please let me know. Source ‘Those Were The Days: 1940’s” Auckland Weekly News Press

April 5, 2004 at 10:10 am in reply to: RNZAF Museum photos #1807966

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Cheers Mark. As for the Spitfire section, that’s the only photo I took of it, and that’s the whole photo. In reality it’s oriiented wrongly. The display just has that cockpit section, which is set into a circular hole in the wall kind of arrangement. When you stand there, you look straight down on the pilot’s head, as if he’s flying past left to right and banked over so the wings are vertical. I hope that makes some sense.

The section came out of the moulds that the RNZAF owns. They moulded it off their Mk XVIe, and a replica from the mould is at Christchurch Airport. It’s the second one, the first was destroyed by an arsonist! The replica stands outside what was the Brevet Club (that has now moved into the RNAF Museum itself). I heard recently a third complete replica has been popped out of the moulds, this time for the Hamilton RNZAF Association. Apparently it is to be put up in Parana Park on Memorial Drive (where the Hamilton city Cenotaph stands).

I think this is smashing, because with the sharp decline in the wartime generation few things like this are getting done these days.

Anyway, back to the point… was there anything in particular that you wanted to know or see on that replica cockpit? I may be able to get someone to get a better photo if possible. Let me know asap as a mate is going down there this weekend.

April 5, 2004 at 9:59 am in reply to: RAF Reenactors #1807968

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Well, an aim in life for me is when I finish my studies I want to move back down south to Christchurch. If i do, I might well do that, I’ll start an RNZAF group based at Wigram. I would naturaly become a volunteer there, I miss working on those old planes, and that would allow me access to their large clothing collection…hmmm…he he he, I think the first aim of my group is to form a bomber crew, and get the Hudson bac into the air.

Getting into the realms of fantasy now, Jones….

April 5, 2004 at 9:42 am in reply to: RNZAF Museum photos #1808007

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OK, last one. This is the wreck of the Vickers Vildebeeste that is being restored very nicely. See more at their website here
http://www.airforcemuseum.co.nz/main/Restorations/

April 5, 2004 at 9:38 am in reply to: RNZAF Museum photos #1808011

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In Hangar 2 the restoration team are working away on an Oxford, a Sopwith Pup replica, a Vildebeeste and this beauty (sorry about the lighting, the sun was streaming through the hangar windows). P40E – estimated to have another four years work to go, as there are few volunteers and less money, but at least they do an excellent job. All restorations are done to a flyable state where they can. Yet none will actually fly in their care (the Avro 626 used to!):(

April 5, 2004 at 9:33 am in reply to: RNZAF Museum photos #1808036

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Plus, unlike when i was at Hendon, you can walk right round to the side of this one and check out her rear end!
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