Caribou over Mt Cook.

[Timmy74]

Hi Guys,

Just a couple of sneeky ones.

I was trying to recreate a photo of a Caribou over Mt Cook that was taken back in the 70's. Unfortunatly i can not find the old photo, and if memory serves I think it was a 38 Squadron Caribou and not a 35 Squadron one.....


Take off from Pukaki....


"Clean up"....


North along Lake Pukaki towards Tasman River....


Mt Cook...

Tim.....

[Ian Warren]

Tim , first time i saw one off these in the metal flesh was flying out off Wigram , ways back when i was at Riccarton high school , one off the last time i saw one was just after an Omaka Airshow , had engine probs , Wigram was on the poise to closing down , many idiots who brought housing estates on the defunct ex-mil grounds who complain about the noise gotta a good pasting , they had fix the engine and run it up somewhere ... Oh the sound was music to my ears ... and even running it up 11.00pm that night .. oh the wish for them to stay for another week .

[Splitpin]

Great shots, wonderful old aircraft.....was lucky enough to have flown in one many years ago, and over the scenery your showing......pity they've gone.

[Timmy74]

Thanks guys!

She may be ugly to some people but I think she is/was one of the best aircraft ever built!

Thanks god HARS has two now and will keep one flying. So you can still hear that engine roar Ian.

I was pushing her RAAF operating altitude to do those shots... I was at about 11,000 ft.

Tim...

[jeansy]

They look great Tim

[deeknow]

Nice shots Tim, really show off the terrain in a clever way. Gives you a feeling of being there.
Great old machine too huh, pretty amazing to think the aussies have only just retired them. I bought this last week in the PCAviator sale, was 40% off I think, couldnt resist.

[Timmy74]

QUOTE (deeknow @ Jan 22 2012,3:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nice shots Tim, really show off the terrain in a clever way. Gives you a feeling of being there.
Great old machine too huh, pretty amazing to think the aussies have only just retired them. I bought this last week in the PCAviator sale, was 40% off I think, couldnt resist.

She maybe a FS9 port over but she is still alot of fun!!

Be sure you get "Barry Magann" repaints of her in 38 Squadron. they come in a pack of four.

http://www.flightsim.com/file.php?cm=INDEXCALL&sPos=30

Have fun with her.

Tim....

[Ian Warren]

Be good to get a photo real paint on it , i did photo close ups for the reason years on it final display at Avalon and there must be many to do a superb final livery . that would be

[Timmy74]

Hi Ian,

A little while back (couple of months) I was talking to Barry about if he would do a repaint of the Caribou in its final colour scheme with "45 Years of Service" motif on the tail and nose.

Is this what you are after?

I could drop him a line?

Tim....

[Ian Warren]

I sorta thought along the lines of cutting out photo a placing it onto the model .

[zkcav]

Great shots of one very sexy bird and thanks for HU for the repaints too, downloading them now.

I have one Auscam verson that I ported from a FS9 repaint onto FSX which I think is 35 Sqn paint as at 2008. Not sure if it is the same as Barrie's one but was the only one I could find at the time if you would like a copy of it.

[Timmy74]

QUOTE (zkcav @ Jan 22 2012,8:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Great shots of one very sexy bird and thanks for HU for the repaints too, downloading them now.

I have one Auscam verson that I ported from a FS9 repaint onto FSX which I think is 35 Sqn paint as at 2008. Not sure if it is the same as Barrie's one but was the only one I could find at the time if you would like a copy of it.

Sure! send it my way. Thanks zkcav.

If you have issues with your repaints, just drop me a line and will help you out.

Tim....

[zkcav]

Here you go - I'm not sure of the orginal repainter. I take no credit at all for this at all - just thank the person who did this for FS9. I just converted the files to FSX format.

Paul

Bou 2008

[Splitpin]

Not sure if you've seen this variant Timmy .......the babyboo.

[Ian Warren]

Hes Baaaack ! ... babyboo , now was,nt there a song

[Timmy74]

Thats fantastic Splitpin!!

It looks like the old "Egg" series of aircraft that Hasegawa did back in the 80's/90's.....

And still current. http://www.hasegawausa.com/aircraft_egg.html

Tim...

[Olderndirt]

My initial view of your shots was restricted because of their width and, when I got to #4, I was really impressed. Seeing just the mountain, most of the Caribou and Lake Pukaki in the background made for a very nice shot. Widening it out, of course, revealed the rest.