NZFF

by **Ian Warren** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:48 am

A new warbirds jet over CHCH ? - Just missed by a whisker .. first thing i thought an old Classic 737 due to the engine sound , the early jets anyway .. raced outside only to catch a small glimpes , now on the norm i'm not normal caught out , I was this time , the aircraft appeared to have BLACK stripes on the wings , T - tailed and watch looked to be tiptanks and hardpoints ? ... it was heading West

by **Naki** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:20 am

L-29?

by **Ian Warren** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:39 am

Naki wrote:
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L-29?

Nah .. this diffineitly has a T tail .. and was noisy and with the old jet smoke .. really caught me by surprised .... ?

by **nzav8tor** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:37 pm

Probably this one:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/...st-isn-t-enough

by **Ian Warren** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:18 pm

nzav8tor wrote:
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Probably this one:

I was thinking the Delfin , just last time that scootered by it was very quiet and had time recon the type , I posted back then .. you maybe right only obvious choice .

Naki wrote:
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L-29?

Sorry Paul .. .. you and your L-39s

by **Timmo** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:32 pm

Not the Dragonfly down for a look?

by **Ian Warren** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:57 pm

Timmo wrote:
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Not the Dragonfly down for a look?

Again nah .. the T-37 has twin puff off smoke .. only a quick glimps .. was T tailed and that was what caught me out but also the tiptanks and HPs .. had it been the Tweety , yeah would have had a confirm , fact is i thought i could ID a plane from 50 miles away .. Tim

this one got me stumped !

by **scaber** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:56 pm

Yeah, I too caught a glimpse of it as it came towards me but its silhouette with the the T-tail made me think it was something like an ATR, or maybe Dash-8 further in the distance so I lost interest and then as it passed overhead the sound made me look up again and thought "??? the #@## what's that ???"

The sound and shape do fit with the L-29 Delfin, and if there's one down Timaru way that fits in too so that's what I'm going with at the moment. I think the hard-points were just the lowered undercarriage - all a bit difficult to figure from a distance though so could be wrong!

by **HamiltonWest** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:06 pm

nzav8tor wrote:
QUOTE (nzav8tor @ Dec 4 2012,3:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Probably this one:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/...st-isn-t-enough

also ZK-VAU based in the south island & someone also posted a pic on the net of ZK-VAM parked at chch last week.

by **HamiltonWest** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 6:28 pm

Is This one flying Yet?
http://www.sotonfreight.co.uk/strike-master-jet.htm

by **Ian Warren** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 6:52 pm

HamiltonWest wrote:
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Is This one flying Yet?

Be interesting to find out which CHCH airfield its parked .

by **FlyingKiwi** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:32 am

I don't think that Strikemaster has flown yet, I've heard there are some paperwork issues.

by **Ian Warren** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 10:17 am

FlyingKiwi wrote:
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I've heard there are some paperwork issues.

One of the documentary i have on the shelf here is about the Australian HARS Connie , paperwork was signed off for the aircraft was consider airworthy only for the US .. the Ozzie crews bouncing in and out of Pima Museum and Davis Monathan AFB waiting for some office worker in Canberra ... then course the aircraft not being rated since retirement in Australian skies ... the bouncing around with paper work cos one could not decide - all this took two years .. in the end it all come together but paperwork

can really muck ya day up .

by **HamiltonWest** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:35 pm

FlyingKiwi wrote:
QUOTE (FlyingKiwi @ Dec 6 2012,10:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I don't think that Strikemaster has flown yet, I've heard there are some paperwork issues.

Leo.

by **HamiltonWest** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 6:50 pm

Soviet Star Jet Experience Christchurch
http://www.sovietstar.co.nz/

by **Ian Warren** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:47 pm

Looks damn interesting Ham .. explains why we see it a little more in CHCH .

NZFF

A new warbirds jet over CHCH

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