Re: Pahiatua plane replaced with fibreglass model

Posted:
Thu Oct 08, 2015 12:02 pm
by deeknow
Fittingly the truck (Bedford?) that removed it seems to be even older than the aircraft

Re: Pahiatua plane replaced with fibreglass model

Posted:
Fri Oct 16, 2015 7:21 pm
by Ian Warren
YEP that is a 1960s Bedford ... lets hope they don't try and set fire to the F/Glass replacement , that's what happened at NZCH Brevet club rooms with the spitty in the stick.
Re: Pahiatua plane replaced with fibreglass model

Posted:
Fri Oct 16, 2015 7:29 pm
by Splitpin
It is indeed Ian , a TK Bedford ... classic.
Re: Pahiatua plane replaced with fibreglass model

Posted:
Fri Oct 16, 2015 7:41 pm
by emfrat
Splitpin wrote:It is indeed Ian , a TK Bedford ... classic.

I remember them being the latest thing....

Re: Pahiatua plane replaced with fibreglass model

Posted:
Fri Oct 16, 2015 7:46 pm
by Ian Warren
emfrat wrote:Splitpin wrote:It is indeed Ian , a TK Bedford ... classic.

I remember them being the latest thing....

I remember when they were used .. very powerful tractor unit s hauling gear/cargo out off the Maori and Wahine at Lyttleton in the late 60s.