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Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 12:23 am
by HamiltonWest
FINAL TOUR FOR HUEYS
Details Pg34 Air Force News
http://www.airforce.mil.nz/downloads/pd ... AFN168.pdf

Re: Final Tour for Huey's

PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 12:57 am
by omitchell
Tis a sad day. Wish we would get a Seaking tho

Re: Final Tour for Huey's

PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 8:09 am
by Ian Warren
Very surprised they are not heading to Wigram or maybe that is there Christchurch stop ?

Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2015 5:04 pm
by HamiltonWest
Iroquois to make final visit to Blenheim
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-expr ... o-blenheim

Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2015 5:41 pm
by Ian Warren
Hmm "Wednesday to fly to Christchurch." Wonder if that will be Wigram , I did not know , think another visit to Wigram this week ! best I confirm location and possible time.

Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

PostPosted: Tue May 05, 2015 7:32 pm
by HamiltonWest
Veterans, Air Force farewell Iroquois
http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/veterans- ... z3ZFDZKmgq

Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

PostPosted: Tue May 05, 2015 7:55 pm
by Ian Warren
Lost this posting , got busy in the last couple day ... Looks a wander is needed :)

Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

PostPosted: Thu May 07, 2015 5:17 pm
by HamiltonWest
RNZAF Iroquois helicopters make final flight CHCH
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/6 ... nal-flight

Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

PostPosted: Thu May 07, 2015 5:33 pm
by Ian Warren
They were out and about today and for the Vets , the weather was simply gorgeous , so in many ways was a choice way to go out!

Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 2:56 pm
by HamiltonWest

Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 3:31 pm
by Ian Warren
HamiltonWest wrote:Helicopters' Tauranga farewell

Least they are giving them a good 'Hoo Ra' send off .

Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2015 1:52 pm
by Lindstrim
They just flew over the house in TGA going to miss that sound.

Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

PostPosted: Sun May 17, 2015 8:30 am
by HamiltonWest
Lindstrim wrote:They just flew over the house in TGA going to miss that sound.

:thumbup:
Ageing Iroquois helicopter fleet farewelled in Auckland
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/ageing- ... nd-6314116

Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

PostPosted: Sun May 17, 2015 10:46 am
by Ian Warren
In a way they would considered not the perhaps but would be the most famous aircraft the RNZAF ever operated due the SAR sorties and other emergency's and course police actions, so its quite fitting to fly them all over New Zealand , be interesting to see the collective stats over those 50 years.

Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

PostPosted: Sat May 23, 2015 12:17 pm
by HamiltonWest
A final flight for Defence Force chopper
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standar ... final-time

Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

PostPosted: Mon May 25, 2015 4:06 pm
by HamiltonWest
Final flyover for Iroquois on farewell tour
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/ne ... ewell-tour

Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 7:08 pm
by HamiltonWest
Defence Force Sells Iroquois Helicopters
http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/media-relea ... -dfsih.htm

Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 8:00 pm
by Splitpin
Thanks for the heads up heads up Ham ..... wont be the same without them.
At least we have your amazing achieve :thumbup:

Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2015 6:55 pm
by HamiltonWest
Brownlee Picked a Loser by Selling Iroquois Overseas
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1509/S ... erseas.htm

Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2015 7:38 pm
by Ian Warren
YIP why dose that not surprise me JERRY BROWNOSE :rolleyes: just bloody typical .. maybe they should wrap the Huey's in condoms for another 10 years !