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PiperDriver wrote:QUOTE (PiperDriver @ Oct 4 2008, 08:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>the saab 340 first flew on 25 January 1983
that one is correct piperdriver good stuff whats the answer to #2?
PiperDriver wrote:QUOTE (PiperDriver @ Oct 4 2008, 09:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Saab 340 - Hydroplaing - 97kts for takeoff and 83kts for landing
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right over to you PiperDriver
PiperDriver wrote:QUOTE (PiperDriver @ Oct 9 2008, 08:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>What is the oldest registered Britten Norman Islander in New Zealand? What is the registration of the aircraft and who operates it.
I'll go for ZK-DBV con#164 to start with and I think this one is operated by
Real Journeys ?
Nunner
Charl wrote:QUOTE (Charl @ Oct 10 2008, 11:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>This is a really good question - I'd have thought GBA had one of the oldies.
Perhaps Nunner will tell us how he knows these things
Hmm think she rolled of the production line in 1970-1971 ish i think?
As for how i know this, well, its a long story but basically I lived under the flightpath to
EGHI and when i was 12 ish until i was 16 ish i became an a/c spotter and used to log all
into EGHI.
Coincidentally a number of BN'S used to come off the line at EGHJ and clear
customs at EGHI......I also did a tour of the BN factory in 1970 and have a soft spot for the company
and their aircraft.
There is a BN Historians group who are also very good at giving away historical info
regarding anything BN.
In the case of ZK-DBV that came from my own production list that i have.
I can also tell you she rolled out as G-51-164,then became G-AXYS, then VH-EOX before arriving here
I think in 1978 (Funnily enough the same year NZ let me in too !!)
For those of you who dont know EGHI is the home of the Spitfire.
Nunner
Naki wrote:QUOTE (Naki @ Oct 11 2008, 04:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>ZK-REA (ex ZK-FWH) C/N 43 operated by Great Barrier Airlines - second oldest C/N 52- ZK-FWZ operated by Stewart Island Flights (South East Air))
Not a bad effort from me seeing as it was gleaned from my own little production/regos list....mind
you I did write it 36 years ago and its not been updated since then.
be quite good to see one of the aircraft preserved, probably end up as a spares source for others though.
I read somewhere that c/n 2 which was the first production Islander is being restored which is great,dont know what happened
to the prototype c/n 1.
Seem to remember the prototype got stretched into a longer version but they never went with that rather producing the Trislander although
the stretched Islander got used for that?!
Nunner
SeanG wrote:QUOTE (SeanG @ May 4 2008, 06:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Woohoo!
Hokay. What is the Boeing Model 717 more commonly known as?
SeanG
Wasnt it originally known as the MD95 cos its basically a newer DC9
or do you mean something else ? Gis a clue
Nunner
Naki wrote:QUOTE (Naki @ Oct 7 2008, 07:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>whoops forgot about the quiz - okay name 4 aircaft types operated by Eagle Air before they bought 1900Ds
Victa AirTourer
Beechcraft Baron
Piper Chieftain
Embraer Bandeirante
More info can be found here if anyone is interested
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