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Blew the dust and cobwebs off a few oldies and trundled them out into the light of day for the first time in ages...............

Lawrie some of this surely must go back even before your time?
That a Vanguard I see??

Charl wrote: Lawrie some of this surely must go back even before your time?
That a Vanguard I see??

Hi Charl.
From top to bottom pics....................

Lockheed L-188 Electra (flown to Aussie on one of those a couple of times when younger)

Douglas DC-6 (Before my time)

Short Solent S4 (before my time)

Sorry, Air NZ or TEAL never had the Vickers Vanguard.
NAC had its smaller and slightly older brother, the Viscount. ( been on lots of those).

Lawrie.

Coming soon.... Still got a little bit of work to do on 'er. (Dee Waldron AI model)

Love the TEAL Solent!

Not a spot of rust on any of them, and perfect Wellington weather!

Very nice pics Lawrie - now take the rose coloured glasses off B)

How come you don't remember the Solent Lawrie.Oooops,am I showing my age here.I can still remember them taking off,we didn't have the harbour bridge then.I remember the Sunderlands also,man they were great to see thats for sure.I can still remember the roar of the engines and I must of been about 3 or 4 then.

Good old TEAL..........Tasman Empire Airways Limited.

ZK-MAT wrote: Not a spot of rust on any of them, and perfect Wellington weather!

Very nice pics Lawrie - now take the rose coloured glasses off  B)

No Rust , no Dust, all stored in a sealed environment Matt, just waiting for the day someone would bring them out into the light of day and pay them some loving attention........................
Yep, i did have rose coloured glasses on that day MAtt, ..... i was in a happy mood, and didnt feel like having it ruined by a gloomy welly day...............
Meanwhile, back in the real world...................................

Lawrie.

Regardless of the weather or the colour of the glasses they all look really cool mate

ZK-MAT wrote: Regardless of the weather or the colour of the glasses they all look really cool mate 

Thanks Matt.
Just a shame i didnt think to set up a proper photo session, complete with AI aircraft of the period as well. Once again, i was actually doing something else, when i got sidetracked with this thought....................

Lawrie

well I'm all for you getting sidetracked Lawrie You always keep on coming up with something better that we all enjoy ( Just practicing my grovelling)

gokanru wrote: well I'm all for you getting sidetracked Lawrie You always keep on coming up with something better that we all enjoy ( Just practicing my grovelling)

Thanks for the compliments Neil. Greatfully accepted.
What possible reason could you have for wanting to practice your grovelling skills ??
This sounds a bit suspect..............

Lawrie.