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A few from my days on the 580 at Air Chathams

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

Fly safe....cheers

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 ?

Great pics thanks for posting

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.

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!

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

rocky289 wrote:

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

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.