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- DH Devon
by Ian Warren » Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:45 am
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Wed Jan 07, 2015 5:09 pm
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Cheers Sean, It is great to get on board these oldies.
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- Cherokee at Raglan
by cowpatz » Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:03 am
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Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:57 pm
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QUOTE (HamiltonWest @ Jan 7 2015,3:49 PM) Plane crashes into Lake Taupo I'm a bird not a fish, Rick my bro did a tandem last weekend, his first jump ... he was still on a Hi when got around here, not so strangely most hang glider pilots left parachuting for the good ole hang-glider ... some off the stories they can tell.
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- 31 from December at NZCH
by Peppermint » Thu Jan 01, 2015 9:42 pm
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Sat Jan 03, 2015 12:45 pm
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- RIP Trevor Bland
by deaneb » Sat Dec 20, 2014 1:02 pm
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Tue Dec 23, 2014 6:35 pm
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QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Dec 20 2014,4:55 PM) This guy is going to get one hell of a send off ... NOTAM posted for formation fly past of New Zealand warbird high performance aircraft at Ardmore tomorrow between 1pm and 3pm local.
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- Govt moves to regulate small airfields
by HamiltonWest » Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:29 pm
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Fri Dec 19, 2014 9:23 pm
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A typical response from those that do not fully understand aviation. This accident would probably have happened with or without regulation. NZPP is running fine, however there are inherent risks when operating at any airfield that does not have an ATC service.
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- Did i hear this ?
by Splitpin » Fri Dec 12, 2014 6:24 pm
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Thu Dec 18, 2014 7:15 am
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One dose have to wonder the logic ... or least try to figure out what is in the brain cases of the politicians ... as one well known flyer put it, we have become "the scabs of the Pacific" , look at Australia couple new aircraft carriers , least ideal for littoral warfare, ski ramp equipped getting added to the fleet shortly ... the good ole NZ well what can you say /rolleyes.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :rolleyes: border= 0 alt= rolleyes.gif />
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- 737 Roadie
by HamiltonWest » Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:01 am
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Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:10 am
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I could do that .... sitting in the cockpit making aeroplane noises as we rip along the road /tongue.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :P border= 0 alt= tongue.gif />
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- Air NZ annonces flights to Buenos Aires
by zk2704 » Fri Dec 12, 2014 1:59 pm
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Sat Dec 13, 2014 7:21 am
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QUOTE (Spikehughes @ Dec 12 2014,10:27 PM) He wasn't a young chappie, but a long serving captain... I think he preferred 4 engines to two over such a large expanse of water..regardless of the modern ETOPS peformance allowances. Think the ole saying is the Atlantic is a mill pond compared to the Pacific , we regularly get aircraft tracking over Christchurch from OZ heading to South America .... you find them with the good old human eyeball on a gorgeous day.
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- Final Formation Flight of Airtrainers
by HamiltonWest » Thu Dec 04, 2014 5:54 pm
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Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:28 am
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They really sold a dud with that advert /rolleyes.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :rolleyes: border= 0 alt= rolleyes.gif /> ... 'fast jets rip by' yeah right !
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- AirNZ 733s - the exit begins?
by deeknow » Sat Sep 17, 2011 3:32 pm
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Tue Dec 02, 2014 3:23 pm
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Oh Bugger, it would have been nice to see the AirNZ 737 hit the 50th off operations in the NZ for a grand finale historical documentary .. the way they are pushing the aircraft away not going to see 2018 - NGH that was on that AirNZ engineering base for a whiles NGK was still there last I looked unless ....
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- RNZAF "What if"
by Naki » Tue Nov 25, 2014 8:28 am
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Mon Dec 01, 2014 8:53 pm
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cezeta , we (NZ) face more threat from economic attack , as in foreign vessels stealing our fish and other offshore resources . With the plan Naki put forward , we would be able to hold our own for a while in the event of an all out invasion , but i doubt this would ever happen . The emphasis should be on long range maritime surveillance , and the support and training to back it up. And , as a major player in south pacific welfare , an equally capable long range transport component. Regarding a strike force , I'm not sure. Being a maritime nation , i would tend to upgrade the navy with...
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- RNZAF Beechcraft Texans?
by Naki » Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:03 pm
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Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:37 pm
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QUOTE (deaneb @ Nov 28 2014,9:08 PM) These are a bit advanced for ab-initio training. The Hawk was one of six aircraft shortlisted to replace the Strikemaster, but its cost and the fact it had a capability which almost exceeded the Skyhawk, meant it was dropped. /thumbup1.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :thumbup: border= 0 alt= thumbup1.gif />
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- ANZ "What If"
by Charl » Wed Nov 26, 2014 3:04 pm
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Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:12 pm
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QUOTE (chopper_nut @ Nov 27 2014,10:32 PM) I'm with you on this one... Little and the pity the lets get 'Vogue' , the old cheat lines and paints really defined an airline .. the new current was fresh when first shown , but hells I'm already bored with it .. It should have been a mixture with the traditional colours ... keeping some blues and greens in with the mix.
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- Citizens of RotoVegas and Sydney Rejoice...
by HardCorePawn » Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:10 pm
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Sat Nov 22, 2014 12:12 pm
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Rotorua Airport still has chance to fly high
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- CHC today. (no pics sorry)
by Splitpin » Tue Nov 18, 2014 1:51 pm
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Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:52 pm
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QUOTE (Naki @ Nov 20 2014,9:33 PM) The French Air Force thing is a Casa C-235. I knew that Naki /tongue.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :P border= 0 alt= tongue.gif />
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- Flightaware Anomaly
by HamiltonWest » Tue Nov 18, 2014 2:39 pm
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Thu Nov 20, 2014 1:12 pm
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It would be interesting to see the stat's on the go-rounds after the many years and specific to weather patterns and wind's.
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- Air NZ announces regional network cuts
by HamiltonWest » Tue Nov 11, 2014 2:37 pm
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Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:50 pm
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Guys, there will be people willing to try to take over these routes that have been 'suspended', some may have success and others that might only do it for the publicity then close them and move on. Also please note that there are members here that are part of Eagle and are waiting news that affects them more than the people who have had their air service suspended.
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- Another sad event
by Lindstrim » Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:31 pm
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Sun Nov 09, 2014 4:58 pm
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Yes the missing man formation really tugs at the ole heart strings.. She was carried out to the musical track "Jump" by Van Halen (I think). An uplifting song and appropriate given her parachute jumping days. A wonderful service for a great family
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- Singapore Airlines to fly A380 to Auckland
by HamiltonWest » Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:21 pm
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Thu Oct 30, 2014 2:55 pm
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- Another one down.
by chopper_nut » Tue Oct 28, 2014 11:45 am
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Tue Oct 28, 2014 9:56 pm
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QUOTE (waka172rg @ Oct 27 2014,9:56 PM) Yeh the good old 500 with a solid head on it /smile.gif style= vertical-align:middle emoid= :) border= 0 alt= smile.gif /> What would happen if your airspeed was just above the dead man's curve? I suppose you have only seconds to react and in a ag turn not much height. Yeh it depends. If your speed is in front of the curve then you should have enough height to perform a 'standard' auto. Most of the time when you're doing 'spray' turns though, your at speed and height combinations that put you in the avoid curve....
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