NZFF

Have been repainting the KBT Electra in Teal Colours (will do ANZ and ANZ/QANTAS next),...WIP but almost there...

It is nice to see the old TEAL , as strange when they changed the old fern with a kiwi in the RNZAF roundel , deleting one name to become Air New Zealand , TEAL always was Electra the DC-8 , but off course the flying boats .

Bring them back!! Far better aircraft to look at (and probably fly in) than the plastic tubes made by Airbus etc. now. Something about a prop airliner that makes it look right.

smooth landings.

happytraveller wrote:

QUOTE (happytraveller @ Jun 4 2010, 04:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Bring them back!! Far better aircraft to look at (and probably fly in) than the plastic tubes made by Airbus etc. now. Something about a prop airliner that makes it look right.

smooth landings.

yep me too mate,..give me props anyday !!,..that and the sound of 4 howling Allison turboprops is next best thing to ,..well....

brausch wrote:

QUOTE (brausch @ May 31 2010, 01:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

yep me too mate,..give me props anyday !!,..that and the sound of 4 howling Allison turboprops is next best thing to ,..well....

.......... is next best to,...... the sound of screaming Rolls Royce Dart Turboprops.............

Lawrie.

Snowman wrote:

QUOTE (Snowman @ May 31 2010, 02:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

.......... is next best to,...... the sound of screaming Rolls Royce Dart Turboprops.............

Lawrie.

which is the next best thing to four screaming Merlins...

Naki wrote:

QUOTE (Naki @ May 31 2010, 04:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

which is the next best thing to four screaming Merlins...

Nothing comes near that very distinctive sound of those four RR Dart Argosy engines under full power as climbing out from an airport.
Other great sounds are the F27 and the changing pitch in the sound of the Hawker Siddley 748 and Andovers as they wind up to full power.

Doug

My first flight was in a f27, Still think of it fondly, I think it was the orange scheme though. I remember my grandad stealing me a cup and spoon with the teac I think it was symbol.

Sigh, those were the days.

Im not far behind you LMerraine, I remember going to auckland with my dad on a Viscount....the windows seemed to be huge....i could see for miles.
Good old days indeed

Splitpin wrote:

QUOTE (Splitpin @ May 31 2010, 10:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Im not far behind you LMerraine, I remember going to auckland with my dad on a Viscount....the windows seemed to be huge....i could see for miles.
Good old days indeed

Didn't seem huger......they were

Click show all under the big 'default' pic and scroll down

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/g...d.main/4633182/

Incidentally the Vanguard used the same window

Thanks Gary That really puts it in perspective , ideal to really see the country ! .. trouble today .. most don,t even open there eyes and really look!

Sitting in a window seat you could see out the window on the opposite side.


I can't understand children flying and travelling on coaches etc playing hand held computer games instead of opening their eyes and looking around

dbcunnz wrote:

QUOTE (dbcunnz @ May 31 2010, 05:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nothing comes near that very distinctive sound of those four RR Dart Argosy engines under full power as climbing out from an airport.
Other great sounds are the F27 and the changing pitch in the sound of the Hawker Siddley 748 and Andovers as they wind up to full power.

Doug

Yeah Im old enough to remember four Darts on the Argosys and I love the sound of them winding up ...been on a Friendship quite a few times too.

The 787 is suppose to have quite big windows but it wont be as big as a Viscounts.

The 748's window is about the same size as the Friendships.

The Viscount was a lot bigger than it looks as the large widow made it look smaller.

The opposite to the NAMC that looks very big due to it's small windows.

I loved the sound of the Argosy and Viscounts opening up as the props went through the set pitch changes slightly out of sync........also when taxying how they opened up all four to the first pitch stop then immediately throttled two back and slightly increased on the remaining two.........wonderful sounds

garryrussell wrote:

QUOTE (garryrussell @ Jun 1 2010, 06:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Sitting in a window seat you could see out the window on the opposite side.


I can't understand children flying and travelling on coaches etc playing hand held computer games instead of opening their eyes and looking around

Because in the land of the long white cloud, what is there to see but fluffy white?

LMerraine wrote:

QUOTE (LMerraine @ May 31 2010, 09:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

My first flight was in a f27...

Lucky one!
I had my first flight at age 10 in a BEA 1-11 (from Berlin to Hannover, back in 1976).
Made me nearly deaf for the rest of my youth...

Concerning the lovely Electra:
Great aircraft, wrong sim!
Too bad that FSKBT made it FSX only...
Awesome repaint anyway!

Cheers,
Markus.

My first international flight was in an Electra from Wellington to Sydney as a 5 year old. Somewhere in all my fathers stuff is a picture of me sitting in the Captains seat mid Tasman.

Wildbillkelso wrote:

QUOTE (Wildbillkelso @ Jun 7 2010, 03:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Concerning the lovely Electra:
Great aircraft, wrong sim!
Too bad that FSKBT made it FSX only...
Awesome repaint anyway!

Cheers,
Markus.

thanks man,..Markus join the darkside and relinquish yourself to FSX lol

garryrussell wrote:

QUOTE (garryrussell @ Jun 1 2010, 06:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Sitting in a window seat you could see out the window on the opposite side.


I can't understand children flying and travelling on coaches etc playing hand held computer games instead of opening their eyes and looking around

Garry, in a past life i drove tour coaches for a few seasons, and it never ceased to amaze me....not just kids.....but all sizes. Close the door....and the cutains are pulled!!
I used to wake them up when passing Mt Cook (on a good day) or stop and get out and take a picture for myself.......i was very rarely joined by anybody......only interested in getting to the next duty free shop. In the end i gave up.....chc -zqn direct........oh, you need a toilet stop....to bad....next bog is 400km away