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Splitpin wrote:QUOTE (Splitpin @ Dec 19 2012,1:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Pitts S-2S playing around Mandeville, north-west of Gore .
NICE!Last edited by 000rick000 on Thu Dec 20, 2012 8:49 am, edited 1 time in total.Rick Mackintosh
Commercial AS/MEL & Instrument
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Adrian Brausch wrote:QUOTE (Adrian Brausch @ Dec 21 2012,8:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>ha nice work Greg awesome
Thanks Adrian, nice to hear!![]()
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Ian Warren wrote:QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Dec 21 2012,8:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>With it being very close to the Real fact that , lets go to the history side albeit being the Starboard rather than the Port .. a fella names James Ward , and yeah Greg was a Wanganui School teacher .. on big nos from the rest off the crew tie himself to a lanyard - popped the nav astrodome and clawed his way to the engine fire ... VC well deserved , Flt Sgt James Ward was killed only weeks later .
Yes, I had heard of that feat. More info for those that don't know, look here for further info Wikipedia ArticleLast edited by scaber on Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:06 am, edited 1 time in total.![]()
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scaber wrote:QUOTE (scaber @ Dec 22 2012,10:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yes, I had heard of that feat. More info for those that don't know, look here for further info Wikipedia Article
Interesting to note , the Air force museum has an unfinished wooden model that Ward was building. Dont understand why its locked away in a crate, if displayed it would add something extra to what we already know.
As it stands , he's just a painting and an old photo ..... shame.
Nice work Greg![]()
btw ...just changed my comp entry ....may change it back again....Last edited by Splitpin on Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:59 am, edited 1 time in total.

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