NZFF

I'm sure some of you have seen it already but a look at the NZ Civil Aircraft blog shows what appears to be Bell 206 fuselages in the Heathcote Valley tip. If somebody want's to rescue them from being turned into drink cans, better get down there.

I can't hear any pitter pattering feet , ... Strange they ended up there , tho in saying that , my Uncle , known as the "Birdman of Bexley" had a house on the swamp course in there was a regular dumping ground .. I was only 12/13 at the time - what did I find - an old DH Vampire, tried to get it home but my father thought it was a silly idea ..... fortunate someone with the same vision found it and is in the Ferrymead Museum in Heathcote .

As for the "Birdman of Bexley" Uncle Hubert , he died in 1984 , he was given that name because he had an bird Avery , his spare rooms in the house where hotel rooms for the sick and injured birds , everyone in the region knew exactly were to come or go to if found an injured feathered friend .

Now for those 206 hulls .. better get there quick , bloody scrap metal man really is only around the corner

I'd think we'd all be surprised about what get pushed into tips. I guess when something like that reaches the end of its life, the scrap value is higher than the helicopter value. Still a bit of a shame though. If I was in CHC, I'd probably go and rescue one.

PILLBOX Ian has very limited room , but it is not a silly idea, you have to be quick tho.

chopper_nut wrote:I'd think we'd all be surprised about what get pushed into tips. I guess when something like that reaches the end of its life, the scrap value is higher than the helicopter value. Still a bit of a shame though. If I was in CHC, I'd probably go and rescue one.

If you could organise someone to recover one, i have shed storage space to keep it until you can collect, but i am an hour away from heathcote...

johnkiwi wrote:

chopper_nut wrote:I'd think we'd all be surprised about what get pushed into tips. I guess when something like that reaches the end of its life, the scrap value is higher than the helicopter value. Still a bit of a shame though. If I was in CHC, I'd probably go and rescue one.

If you could organise someone to recover one, i have shed storage space to keep it until you can collect, but i am an hour away from heathcote...

John of the Kiwis, very sure Nick is not in the need for an ole hull , but maybe there is another out there who at the moment is doing a real "itchy and scratchy" show .. there we go , 'John of the Kiwis' has offered a short time spot .. Now I wonder if there are any MD500 parts in the tip.

Get Rick to pick it up and store it on the farm for now

CRIPES Doug .. Bloody never ever thought off my Brother .. He has all the extra space out in West Melton , could store it no problems

Get onto it then before if gets trashed

Gotta figure out were the site is around that area every place is a dump , I do a bitta searching

chopper_nut wrote:I'm sure some of you have seen it already but a look at the NZ Civil Aircraft blog shows what appears to be Bell 206 fuselages in the Heathcote Valley tip. If somebody want's to rescue them from being turned into drink cans, better get down there.

Nick did you have a link to that article .

Looking at those photos , they are already well buggered !

One looks like it might have just had the nose cut off but the fuselage would still provide a good starting point for someone

Return to the photos , they are already gone and done they in the masher/cruncher/metal do dang er