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Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:44 amby HamiltonWest
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Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:48 amby Ian Warren
Don,t no the numbers , simply lucky the HMNZS Canterbury was in Lyttleton , being there in preparation for the southern operation , so good on Navy for the backup and support to Robins little town
, I asked Rob if went down for a feed the good crew were dishing out , he said
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Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:00 amby HamiltonWest
Ian Warren wrote:Don,t no the numbers , simply lucky the HMNZS Canterbury was in Lyttleton , being there in preparation for the southern operation , so good on Navy for the backup and support to Robins little town
, I asked Rob if went down for a feed the good crew were dishing out , he said
it's actually quite uncanny that the HMNZS Canterbury with army support and Half of the RNZAF's fixed wing Transport force were in chch at the time + a doctors conference etc.
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Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:23 amby Naki
...+ the tents at the Ellerslie Flower show and Singaporean Army engineers were also in town at the time.
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Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:37 amby Ian Warren
I would say Very Very lucky , with the closer off so many place,s in the South Island , 'hey' Christchurch was known to be the safe haven , least Auckland for it Volcanoes , Wellington was the EQ center and CHCH the quiet city , maybe thought should be put in reopening Wigram as a Air Force base , they did have facilities least a starting point to mobilize ... ? .. you just dont no when , now Christchurch , guess like Canterbury is the champs in Rugby , now beats Wellington in EQ,s .
It was share luck ! They say the cost off running a force keeping it in ready for something that will never happen .... WHOOPS! ... now look at the billions and sad lost of life , they say its the first 24 Hrs that count , and after all CHCH was the second largest,s city.
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Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:22 pmby Dean
Nice photos there. Thanks for sharing.
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Thu Mar 10, 2011 2:00 amby happytraveller
Good, sharp photos there. The exposure and light was good on them too. What camera are you using? Were they taken in RAW or JPEG?
Sorry, curious to know!!
smooth landings.
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Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:45 pmby Grumble
Quick question (off topic) from an ex-pat kiwi...
What are they going to do with the Iriquois fleet when the NH90 comes on line? Scrap them? Or retain them? Would make sense to keep them, it seems?
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Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:20 pmby Naki
Not sure whether this is correct but I understand that some of the Hueys will be kept on after the NH-90s and A-109s are in service and that at least one may also be transfered to the historic flight. No doubt a couple will also end up in the RNZAF Museums.
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Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:54 pmby connor
I will provide a willing home!
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Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:36 pmby HamiltonWest
happytraveller wrote:Good, sharp photos there. The exposure and light was good on them too. What camera are you using? Were they taken in RAW or JPEG?
Sorry, curious to know!!
smooth landings.
Camera=Fujifilm S1500 all Jpeg (no raw on s1500s)- it can put out some really great photo's under Good lighting conditions like on the day the above photo's were taken - but can fall short in low light condition, can put out some really weird results in color with considerable noise in pics - in lighting conditions less than below examples.
These were taken in march 2010 at auckland over 2 mins(7.38am-7.40am) - shows somewhat the difference you can get on this camera in that space of time lighting etc.
Great Pics buy the buy the way HT more pleases
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Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:54 pmby Ian Warren
Hams , ya have to see how the ATRs come in over my place during a good north wester . come to think ... start listing the types , EQ's .. you have to see some off these aircraft doing mister Wobblies
