Dash8captain wrote:QUOTE (Dash8captain @ Apr 12 2013,6:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Awesome love the 580! how old are they these days?
Think you will find most hulls are around 1962 .
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Dash8captain wrote:QUOTE (Dash8captain @ Apr 12 2013,6:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Awesome love the 580! how old are they these days?
Think you will find most hulls are around 1962 .
Ian Warren wrote:QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 12 2013,6:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Think you will find most hulls are around 1962 .
OK so very old - I remember when I was about 10 Origin Pacific Chartered one for a group I was in from Christchurch to Nelson - and when we were boarding I thought to myself why does it have plastic prop blades?Last edited by Dash8captain on Fri Apr 12, 2013 8:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.'All things are possible to him that believes'
Dash8captain wrote:QUOTE (Dash8captain @ Apr 12 2013,9:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>OK so very old - I remember when I was about 10 Origin Pacific Chartered one for a group I was in from Christchurch to Nelson - and when we were boarding I thought to myself why does it have plastic prop blades?
Best way to put it is same engines and gear .. a low wing twin engined Herc .
Ian Warren wrote:QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 12 2013,5:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>These Conviars are bloody amazing , used to have a couple fly out of Wigram ... till the Dorks who brought housing on the airfield estate complain about the noise ... every morning nearly at 7.20 one shot out direct in front window BRILLIANT !... now what ever happened to the 5800 s ?
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Splitpin wrote:QUOTE (Splitpin @ Apr 13 2013,7:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Ham .... clean out that corner in the garage ....Im on my way
Their's always the Outside Spare Room.
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Ian Warren wrote:QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 19 2013,7:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Arr Raspberry Jam for breakfast ... has to be on burned toast tho
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Ian Warren wrote:QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Apr 27 2013,10:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Northwesters predicted for tomorrow , may give me the chance to have a play with my camera .
Looks like you missed this one
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Ian Warren wrote:QUOTE (Ian Warren @ May 4 2013,4:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Plane full off fishermen .. i can smell them from here
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