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April 29, 2013 at 8:17 am in reply to: Another day, another Air Museum – Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy #1008032

Dave Homewood
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Bugga. Been there, done that. Cheers Peter.

April 29, 2013 at 12:28 am in reply to: Another day, another Air Museum – Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy #1008087

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Why can I not see any of the photos? I can see just the Photobucket message that they have been moved or deleted. 🙁

April 24, 2013 at 8:02 am in reply to: Classic Fighters Air Show #1012599

Dave Homewood
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If you’d like to see more photos from this awesome airshow, see this thread here (so far up to page 26)
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=airshow&action=display&thread=18479&page=1

April 23, 2013 at 9:23 pm in reply to: Classic Fighters Air Show #1012950

Dave Homewood
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OK, maybe what I read some time ago was incorrect? It is a genuine wartime Luftwaffe machine though, which saw actual combat, which makes it pretty neat to see at airshows nowadays. There cannot be many genuine Luftwaffe combat aircraft flying public displays these days eh!

April 23, 2013 at 2:46 pm in reply to: Classic Fighters Air Show #1013394

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Wherever you get 109s you get Spitfires

109’s?? I saw a Bf108 and a FW190 and a Bacham Natter but no Bf109’s Peter. 😉

You say the Taifun is a Nord but it was originally a genuine Messerschmitt-built Luftwaffe aircraft from what I’ve read, which was shot down twice in WWII and received the Nord tag only after being rebuilt by the French Nord factory that was building Bf108’s for the Nazis.

April 21, 2013 at 1:53 pm in reply to: General Discussion #231786

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There’s a definite north-south divide here in New Zealand. It’s called Cook Strait. I have lived in both the North Island and the South Island. Both are great. But getting across the bloody strait in the middle is an expensive pain in the butt.

April 21, 2013 at 1:53 pm in reply to: North/ South divide #1833747

Dave Homewood
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There’s a definite north-south divide here in New Zealand. It’s called Cook Strait. I have lived in both the North Island and the South Island. Both are great. But getting across the bloody strait in the middle is an expensive pain in the butt.

April 4, 2013 at 1:32 pm in reply to: Wellington book #943661

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Hi Steve, there are not many No. 75 Squadron guys still alive who were on Wellingtons, but are you aware of Jack ‘Wakey’ Wakefield? He was a rear gunner on the Wellington from 1940 with No. 75 Squadron, and he later went to North Africa with, from memory, No. 37 Squadron. He has some great stories. He is still in the Blenheim, NZ, phone listings. I met him two years ago and although very poor in the eyesight department everything else was sharp then. if you want I can PM more details.

March 25, 2013 at 5:28 am in reply to: English Electric Lightings to Singapore? #952617

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Actually you’re right Andy. some were transferred to the Malaysian Air Force and apparently, of all things, some to Indonesia. I think the only one to return to Aussie is the one now at Temora, which came home in a C-130.

March 25, 2013 at 2:53 am in reply to: English Electric Lightings to Singapore? #952636

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For anyone interested, Part 6 is now online:

Noel recalls his days flying RAAF CAC Avon Sabres from Ubon, in Thailand, alongside USAF Phantom squadrons, including one led by the famous USAF pilot Robin Olds.

These Sabres became the first Agressor Squadron used by the USAF. This episode can be heard here:

http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show_Two.html#Ep41_Noel_Kruse_6

March 22, 2013 at 11:27 pm in reply to: The New Zealand Lancaster Story #954603

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Thanks Peter. Feel free to comment on the Facebook page and rate the show on iTunes.
http://www.facebook.com/WONZShow

And of course fire the link around to all your Lancaster mates too. 🙂

March 22, 2013 at 4:30 am in reply to: The New Zealand Lancaster Story #955481

Dave Homewood
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If you enjoy this one, Peter Wheeler also appears in a slightly earlier episode talking about the New Zealand Bomber Command Association, which he runs as secretary.
http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZ_Show_Two.html#Ep_36_Peter_Wheeler

March 22, 2013 at 2:23 am in reply to: VWoC Fox Moth #955485

Dave Homewood
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As the former G-ACDD wouldn’t this make a superb maintainable addition to Shuttleworth!

I am curious David as to why you made this suggestion, is it just a personal wish on your part or is the aircraft up for sale?

When it was restored at Mandeville in NZ it was for a British customer, it was shipped to the UK and on arrival it was purchased by Tim Wallis who brought it all the back to NZ for several years, before it went to Canada.

March 21, 2013 at 8:23 am in reply to: VWoC Fox Moth #956503

Dave Homewood
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Are there no Fox Moths flying in the UK?

March 17, 2013 at 2:29 am in reply to: English Electric Lightings to Singapore? #959717

Dave Homewood
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Interesting stuff, thanks for that everyone.

If you haven’t listened to any of Noel’s episodes of the WONZ Show, I’m sure you’ll find them most interesting and entertaining.
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