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Postby HamiltonWest » Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:01 pm

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Yeah I was on a jumpseat flight on a Dash from WLG to DUD and when there was ice on the prop they adujsted the power levers to get it off you could hear bangs as the ice hit the fuselage

So you wouldn't want to Seat a nervous Pax in that part of the aircraft.


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Postby Ian Warren » Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:30 pm

Think about it , many years back hundreds of poor old not wanted warbirds lay in a paddock like this close by Hamilton ready for scraping ... notice you started to get depressed and took a photo of a choo choo ... oh whoops it was the helicopter in the foreground biggrin.gif
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Postby FlyingKiwi » Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:57 pm

You didn't get a shot of the Pilatus PC-12 VH-OOI coming in this afternoon by any chance did you? I was flying it so would love to see any photos!
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Postby HamiltonWest » Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:48 pm

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You didn't get a shot of the Pilatus PC-12 VH-OOI coming in this afternoon by any chance did you? I was flying it so would love to see any photos!

No unfortunately had absolutely no idea it had even been their, Sorry about that - Nice to fly?


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Postby Ian Warren » Fri Dec 14, 2012 4:48 am

Now that's a Piper Pawnee , now used as the family car .. look mum ..no wings tongue.gif
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Postby FlyingKiwi » Fri Dec 14, 2012 7:08 pm

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No unfortunately had absolutely no idea it had even been their, Sorry about that - Nice to fly?


Yes, an awesome machine, handles like a Cherokee but about 150 knots faster!
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Postby HamiltonWest » Sat Dec 15, 2012 11:48 am

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Yes, an awesome machine, handles like a Cherokee but about 150 knots faster!

cool.gif Spotted it parked outside APS this morning only 2 days late.




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Postby Ian Warren » Sat Dec 15, 2012 11:51 am

Ham now i did have a chance to get on one years ago at one of the Wanaka Shows ... friggen nice inside and it also was brought in from OZ with a deep green and gold livery cool.gif
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Postby HamiltonWest » Sat Dec 15, 2012 11:04 pm

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Ham now i did have a chance to get on one years ago at one of the Wanaka Shows ... friggen nice inside and it also was brought in from OZ with a deep green and gold livery cool.gif

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Postby Ian Warren » Sat Dec 15, 2012 11:08 pm

Ham the Croc hunter .. loada BULL ..look at the size of that mother .. and look at that poor cow huh.gif Moo Moo tongue.gif
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Postby HamiltonWest » Sun Dec 16, 2012 7:03 pm

laugh.gif They were all going Moooove


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Postby Ian Warren » Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:01 am

Now that type , a good PC12 for the PC may have me buying cool.gif
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Postby Ian Warren » Wed Dec 19, 2012 7:28 am

Look at that , spray the top off the helicopter and the water comes out the spray nozzle ... now that's clever biggrin.gif

One 767 i have not seen yet is the winglet version .
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Postby Charl » Wed Dec 19, 2012 10:34 am

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One 767 i have not seen yet is the winglet version .

It is a bit like an old tart dressed up one last time...
having said that: brilliant pic, beautifully framed!
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Postby dbcunnz » Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:51 pm

Ian Warren wrote:
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Look at that , spray the top off the helicopter and the water comes out the spray nozzle ... now that's clever biggrin.gif

He is just doing a test to see if you would be able to put the chemicals in and then just fly in the rain to do your spraying where there is a shortage of water winkyy.gif tongue.gif
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Postby HamiltonWest » Sat Dec 22, 2012 7:38 am

Charl wrote:
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It is a bit like an old tart dressed up one last time...
having said that: brilliant pic, beautifully framed!

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Postby Ian Warren » Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:32 am

Boy imagine going for a ride in that bucket .... YIPPEE santa_cool.gif
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Postby HamiltonWest » Sat Dec 22, 2012 11:01 am

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Boy imagine going for a ride in that bucket .... YIPPEE santa_cool.gif

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