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- Airbus boosts plane's profile as alternative to Hercules
by HamiltonWest » Thu Mar 26, 2015 11:10 pm
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Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:48 am
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Embraer are putting in the KC390, too. I think the government is set on the C17 though. The Embraer is in the almost class as a CN235 and C27, little to light , I am all for the C17, maybe two off them and three late model C-130s, that would give a superb tactical arrangement, I very much doubt the lighter load types would be put into consideration since the Gov likes to play the I am hero status for human savour ... they do play on that well.
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- ANZ 75th
by Charl » Thu Mar 26, 2015 9:56 pm
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Sat Mar 28, 2015 12:14 pm
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Flashback: Air New Zealand off to a flying start 75 years ago
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- A320 is a Tauranga first
by HamiltonWest » Thu Mar 26, 2015 1:12 pm
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Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:18 am
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- The Teaser
by Ian Warren » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:40 pm
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Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:00 pm
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- New PC-12
by wildmanfiveone » Sat Mar 21, 2015 8:15 pm
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Sun Mar 22, 2015 1:07 pm
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:D All I can say is FLOP A PROP :o .... mat need that to power the ute .
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- HB-JFE
by Splitpin » Mon Mar 16, 2015 5:45 pm
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Thu Mar 19, 2015 5:28 pm
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Did some investigating and it looks like it's based in Geneva, and flies for an operator called "Air King Jet SA". Thanks Sean .... good looking aircraft.
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- Plane 'slid' off runway at Christchurch Airport
by HamiltonWest » Mon Mar 16, 2015 4:47 pm
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Wed Mar 18, 2015 6:58 pm
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- Lincoln Slide-rule
by Ian Warren » Sun Mar 15, 2015 12:41 pm
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Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:17 pm
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Don't forget the dog That's an ole Aeronautical Society Classic Boeing Joke of 1983/4 .... back then we had a couple of sheep in the typical Ferris wheel setup .... then had the dogs barking to get those silly sheep a running to generate power .... worked damn fine till they got all woolly on it ....
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- New approach for controversial Auckland plane route
by HamiltonWest » Fri May 30, 2014 2:12 pm
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Mon Mar 16, 2015 6:19 pm
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- I've read of some big changes...what's the inside story?
by SeanTK » Sun Mar 15, 2015 12:58 pm
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Sun Mar 15, 2015 1:46 pm
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The 1900s are been phased out and Eagle Air will be no more. 3 airports will loose their Air NZ service including Westport, Kaitaia and Whakatane. Other provincial towns will loose some other routes like Taupo to Wellington. The 1900s were uneconomical to operate and there no practical replacement available. Most of the 1900 routes will be replaced by q300s whilst some the q300s will be replaced by ATRs. As a result Air NZ have ordered 4 more ATRs. The route abandoned have been picked up by Air Chathams (Whakatane - Metros and CV 580s (!)). Kaitaia by Great Barrier Airline ( Caravan) and...
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- Helicopter Down
by dbcunnz » Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:19 pm
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Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:19 pm
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- Tauranga Tigermoth Nose Over
by HamiltonWest » Tue Mar 10, 2015 3:43 pm
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Tue Mar 10, 2015 4:47 pm
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- Spitfire display marks Air Force changes
by HamiltonWest » Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:50 pm
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Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:57 pm
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- New Zealand Avaition Books
by Ian Warren » Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:41 pm
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Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:41 pm
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- Safari down
by chopper_nut » Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:48 am
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Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:17 am
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I was thinking/talking about this last night , Rick stopped thru , has three types off hang-gliders .. even a swing wing or VG they call them, .. but when you get the energy of a rotor on a home-built helicopter we both passed .
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- SKYHAWK
by Ian Warren » Tue Jan 06, 2015 9:24 am
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Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:38 pm
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It is amazing how low hour the B-52s are - I'd probably say these 1960 hulls have not reached the 10,000, ... most commercial pilots have a little hallmark reaching the 10,000 hour mark , one thing with the SKYHAWK making them extra special and seriously durable was the one slab wing ... a modellers plastic kit-set is a good example of the engineering design , as time progressed the removal of the hump , the aircraft was well known for being very economical at ALT . B52s would have clocked up a lot of hours due to the long range missions particularly during the cold war where they had to fly...
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- Great Plains Fly-In Ashburton
by ASHLEE » Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:54 am
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Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:00 pm
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QUOTE (Splitpin @ Jan 30 2015,8:55 PM) Sounds like a plan /smile.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :) border= 0 alt= smile.gif /> It dose indeed, hell bells I think putting you and me on the deck .... Oooo boy , then add a mini Rick and a Rick /cool.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= B-) border= 0 alt= cool.gif /> Course .. to set up a meeting spot, for the NZFF members and for Ashlee posting . ... cameras in hand /cool.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= B-) border= 0 alt= cool.gif />
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- Vintage Aviator doc on Radio NZ
by deeknow » Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:00 pm
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Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:39 pm
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Now that is one wicked photo /cool.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= B-) border= 0 alt= cool.gif /> just gorgeous ! .. Honestly I think Gavin should have his own photo thread on the NZFF photo forum ... /cool.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= B-) border= 0 alt= cool.gif />
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- Onboard the Northland rescue helicopter
by HamiltonWest » Tue Jan 13, 2015 2:31 pm
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Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:07 pm
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QUOTE (Charl @ Jan 15 2015,3:40 PM) Per capita, we have the highest number of... anything, you name it: helicopters, bad drivers, politicians... /laugh.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :lol: border= 0 alt= laugh.gif /> Thats true Charl , for somewhere thats really nowhere , we are really out there. Btw , Im a long standing supporter of the Westpac chopper , St Johns and the stroke foundation , used to be more , but it all got a bit much so i cut back to just three.
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- Well done all concerned !
by emfrat » Wed Jan 07, 2015 7:05 pm
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Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:28 pm
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There are things I don't like about Robinsons but at the end of the day, I have over 1000 hours in them with only two mag failures in that time and of course, that's an engine issue not an airframe issue. Frank changed the industry.
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