The next Wigram Hanger Queen

[Splitpin]

She was in air again yesterday for about an hour around Woodbourne.


But here she is down my way....all unbuttoned




and in the air.



Paint from Jamessx at Flightsim.to

[Charl]

Very nice... Marty this one popped up today, think a jaunt to Kaitaia:



Infectious, this FR thing.

[Splitpin]

Thanks Charl

I can lose hours on the Radar ...Infectious indeed.

[simonh]

She was doing short landings on grass...maybe a sign of things to come, if the urban rumour is true.
The first shot of 01 all unbuttoned would make a great diorama.
Great shots though.

[Charl]

The first shot of 01 all unbuttoned would make a great diorama.

My thoughts too

[Aharon]

Very cool videos of opened nose and opened engines

Regards,

Aharon

[deaneb]

She was doing short landings on grass...maybe a sign of things to come, if the urban rumour is true.
The first shot of 01 all unbuttoned would make a great diorama.
Great shots though.

Yes - definitely practice in preparation for landing at Wigram.

[Splitpin]

I'll be camped out there for that event, even if its a work day.
So much better than arriving on a convoy of trucks.

[dbcunnz]

More grass landing practice this afternoon

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[Splitpin]

Good spotting big D, the arrival must be close.

[dbcunnz]

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[Aharon]

Dbcunnz,

Holy smokes

That is most comprehensive and most well detailed post I ever read on NZFF forums!!! The screenshot of gift card looks too cute

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[dbcunnz]

Wednesday 19th Feb 3.30pm Hero1 on its final flight


A quick look


And landing full stop

[scaber]

Nice memories Doug

[dbcunnz]

A pretty rough final landing after a good bounce and go around after the first try

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMqGcquHPCg

[Splitpin]

Another great addon Doug....this is becoming a very interesting thread.
Ill be going out to visit her this weekend. Thanks again Big D

[deaneb]

A pretty rough final landing after a good bounce and go around after the first try

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMqGcquHPCg

The first touch and go was intentional to check things out, but definitely got a bit of bounce! But it was never going to be the landing straight up. One of the crew is my best friend and he was at ours for dinner the night before. He said they would then do as many approaches as they needed until they were comfortable. They nailed it on the first go. Awesome work.

[Splitpin]

DB , thanks for the heads up and Awesome work it was
Do you know how close to minimum landing distance , with their weight , configuration, atmospherics etc, that would have been ?

[deaneb]

DB , thanks for the heads up and Awesome work it was
Do you know how close to minimum landing distance , with their weight , configuration, atmospherics etc, that would have been ?

When practicing at Woodbourne the flight manual had 1400 ft as theoretical distance for weight, wind, temp etc. They were closer to 1100 ft. This is just short of 400 metres. I recon they were about the same at Wigram.

[Splitpin]

Thank you Deane