Posted:
Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:49 pmby Michael
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/whenuapai-...ce-base-2602432Tv3 also said they're going to be putting a bit of money into it. Good to see.
Posted:
Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:37 pmby creator2003
Pretty Sweet aye ,i heard about this save maybe acouple of months ago though they must of just been thinking about it more and passing it at the hive ...
Posted:
Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:04 pmby Naki
Great news but I wonder whether it would be worth moving the transport assets (Herc and 757) to Ohakea where the customers are (ie the NZ Army and government)...likewise the maritime assets (Orion and Seasprite) should remain at Whenuapai wher they are most needed.
Posted:
Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:09 pmby Alex
Eh? TV3 ran the same story two months ago.
http://nzff.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9181Alex
Posted:
Wed Apr 01, 2009 4:52 pmby Michael
Odd :l
I actually saw the story on Tv3 but Tvnz was the first site I went to too post link.
Good to hear anyway.
Posted:
Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:18 pmby BK-117
44mil on a new runway.. thats a lot.
Posted:
Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:31 pmby Ian Warren
ok ok .. someone has to say it !
is it
Whenupai or
Wenupai or
Fenupai or just 'pooh in the pie' all this for a
H ....... yeah right ... hang on !
WHIGRAM s**t! thats
S-H-I-T ! Had us real New Zealander's put a
H between the
W and the
i our national aviation heritage would have survived
That Stinks !
Posted:
Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:32 amby towerguy
I agree completely Ian
a whole heritage of NZ aviation and it's going to become just another housing estate!
If there had been a two hundred year old turd and a pile of pipi shells then it would have been untouchable for ever!
The priorities in this country are what keep me looking at the job vacancies overseas.
Posted:
Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:44 amby redkiwi
For anyone that has followed the proposed move to Ohakea this comes as no surprise. The date for moving has continually been set back, and the price of modifications to Ohakea continually rise, and has already doubled the original planned budget. If I remember correctly the original date was 2005, then 2008, 2012 and the most recent was around 2014.
I believe the runway mentioned is currently not in service, I spent a fair bit of time running a motorcycle skills course on that runway and the surrounding apron. The differences between this area, the other two runways and the main part of the apron is dramatic to say the least - there are pot holes and cracks that would swallow nose wheel of anything smaller than a Kingair.
Truth be told, if the Air Force did consolidate at Ohakea there would be a lot of senior staff at 40sqn/5sqn/6sqn etc that would not be wanting to move, which would probably result in the loss of many experienced service people.