NZFF

That's a good website. One that has always intrigued me is the Tomahawk that went missing in/en-route from the Ardmore training area. Presumably it's in the Hunuas somewhere.

Yea, I hope he is doing well. It's not often the NZ cadet forces get publicity and obviously as in this case, any news is not always good news. I was also supossed to be staffing this very course. Unfortunatly I didn't recieve any information or travel details so I had to flag it away (something I wasn't too keen on doing. but I had no way of getting there /sad.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :( border= 0 alt= sad.gif /> )but to think of how close I was to being anywhere near such a disaster is horrifying. I hope a speedy recovery is in order

Was a wicked day got to play "Crash Test Dummy" will upload pics later today. Me playing "Crash Dummy" Didn't get too many pics as I didn't really have a chance. Had 4x Helicopters show up including a brand new EC130 B4 with only 70Hrs TT on the clock SQ

QUOTE (pois0n @ Apr 24 2009, 01:03 AM) TomH: Guess who I am? /tongue.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :P border= 0 alt= tongue.gif /> I don't believe it. Nowhere is safe! /laugh.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :lol: border= 0 alt= laugh.gif />

Yes, the Pioneer P-40 flew yesterday. /smile.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :) border= 0 alt= smile.gif /> Ian - It's normally based in Taupo. They have two of these, which are leased from Valan International Charter company of Moldova. The other one is registered ER-MHZ. There is also a third non-airworthy one on static display outside the company's headquarters in Taupo. Previously they have also operated another Moldovan registered Mi-8, although I can't remember the registration on that one, but it was ER-MH* something. I'm not sure whether the one that crashed in...

QUOTE (travnz @ Apr 23 2009, 09:26 PM) It gets seriously pwned by wake turbs funny stuff. Thats right! Maybe we could call it an educational video teaching us what effects wake turbulence can have on small aircraft.

I think that the flying I saw all weekend is the best I have seen from a Checkers team for quite a while. Have some shots from the ground as well and boy the guys flew some great lines.

I believe it was a turbine powered Lancair.

What I would give to sit in a 737 cockpit. I may have been in NGK's cockpit but I'm not too sure.

There was a photo in one of the weekend newspapers this morning. As I understand it, the nosewheel only partly extended so the pilot elected to make a gear-up landing on taxiway Juliet (the old runway 07/25 seal) which went pretty much without incident. No injuries, no major damage.

working. unfortunately, maybe next time

I do like all these sales. I'm considering booking an overly complicated half Air NZ, half Jetstar itinerary for some joyriding. Just hope nothing goes wrong. None of the travel periods fall on school holidays which is disappointing. Jetconnect won't be closing, only the NZ domestic part. Jetconnect will continue to operate some flights across the Tasman. They're getting newer 737 800s with PTVs and stuff for that. Still hoping to see Rotorua on Jetstar's radar.

The RNZAF have been using 406mhz personal locator beacons for well over 7 years. The change over to 406mhz has been published for along time. If you bought a 121.5mhz beacon recently then thats just stupid. The dealer of the beacon would have known about the change over even if the buyer didnt. Trev

hahahahaha loser... thats why you fall asleep with one foot out the door, SO IT CANT BE CLOSED lmao

cheers for that

hmm this dosnt seem to be working, im not having a good day, thismorning on the way to work i hit some oil and my bike slid out and we went sliding along the road for about 10-11 meters and my bike took out one of thoes signs as it went across the island in the middle of the road, so theres a bit of work to be done on it, not cool /sad.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :( border= 0 alt= sad.gif />, ill add some pics tonight if i can. OK Uploaded some photos /tongue.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :P border= 0 alt= tongue.gif /> CLICK HERE TO SEE THE PHOTOS

For anyone that has followed the proposed move to Ohakea this comes as no surprise. The date for moving has continually been set back, and the price of modifications to Ohakea continually rise, and has already doubled the original planned budget. If I remember correctly the original date was 2005, then 2008, 2012 and the most recent was around 2014. I believe the runway mentioned is currently not in service, I spent a fair bit of time running a motorcycle skills course on that runway and the surrounding apron. The differences between this area, the other two runways and the main part of the...