580

[ruakituri]

A few from my days on the 580 at Air Chathams

[Splitpin]

Magic stuff....inside the office pics are always great.
I love the big one of the two 580's..... thanks ruakituri

Fly safe....cheers

[Ian Warren]

Great photos , busy little place , Chatham International Airport , ruakituri , next time your out that way , any chance to photo building s and surrounding area for maybe a photo real scenery ?

[Naki]

Great pics thanks for posting

[rocky289]

When I flew in & out of there in the early 80's Safe Air were doing the run with Argosy aircraft.
I recall a story a bloke over there told me about coming out to NZ when they were running the Bristol Freighter.
They had taken off into a strong head wind, which isn't uncomon over there. He said the noise was deafening & he was amazed a see a pop rivet spinning round in the fusilage near his seat. After an hour they were only over Waitangi, a distance of about 40k. At that point the pilot advised they were turning back & would try again tomorow.

[ardypilot]

Sweet pics- I've always had quite an unexplained fascination with the 580 aircraft. They look so old and gracefull or something... would love to sit up front in one someday. Cheers for sharing!

[FlyingKiwi]

Awesome photos, the CV-580 looks like a fantastic old aircraft.

[ruakituri]

QUOTE (rocky289 @ Jan 27 2010, 12:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

When I flew in & out of there in the early 80's Safe Air were doing the run with Argosy aircraft.
I recall a story a bloke over there told me about coming out to NZ when they were running the Bristol Freighter.
They had taken off into a strong head wind, which isn't uncomon over there. He said the noise was deafening & he was amazed a see a pop rivet spinning round in the fusilage near his seat. After an hour they were only over Waitangi, a distance of about 40k. At that point the pilot advised they were turning back & would try again tomorow.

Sounds like a tall story to me, as Waitangi is only about 7km from the airstrip. I used to fly with a few of the safe guys, from memory the record back into the mainland was about 3.6 hours

[rocky289]

You are right about that distance, is was 27 years ago & my memory isn't the greatest. I had to have a look on the map. Tuuta airport 19.5k from Waitangi. It was Kiangaroa that was 40k from Waitangi. I remember driving it in an old Landrover & getting 2 punctures on the way.