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Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

Postby HamiltonWest » Sat Apr 11, 2015 12:23 am

FINAL TOUR FOR HUEYS
Details Pg34 Air Force News
http://www.airforce.mil.nz/downloads/pd ... AFN168.pdf
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Re: Final Tour for Huey's

Postby omitchell » Sat Apr 11, 2015 12:57 am

Tis a sad day. Wish we would get a Seaking tho
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Re: Final Tour for Huey's

Postby Ian Warren » Sat Apr 11, 2015 8:09 am

Very surprised they are not heading to Wigram or maybe that is there Christchurch stop ?
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Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

Postby HamiltonWest » Mon May 04, 2015 5:04 pm

Iroquois to make final visit to Blenheim
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-expr ... o-blenheim
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Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

Postby Ian Warren » Mon May 04, 2015 5:41 pm

Hmm "Wednesday to fly to Christchurch." Wonder if that will be Wigram , I did not know , think another visit to Wigram this week ! best I confirm location and possible time.
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Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

Postby HamiltonWest » Tue May 05, 2015 7:32 pm

Veterans, Air Force farewell Iroquois
http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/veterans- ... z3ZFDZKmgq
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Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

Postby Ian Warren » Tue May 05, 2015 7:55 pm

Lost this posting , got busy in the last couple day ... Looks a wander is needed :)
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Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

Postby HamiltonWest » Thu May 07, 2015 5:17 pm

RNZAF Iroquois helicopters make final flight CHCH
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/6 ... nal-flight
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Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

Postby Ian Warren » Thu May 07, 2015 5:33 pm

They were out and about today and for the Vets , the weather was simply gorgeous , so in many ways was a choice way to go out!
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Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

Postby HamiltonWest » Wed May 13, 2015 2:56 pm

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Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

Postby Ian Warren » Wed May 13, 2015 3:31 pm

HamiltonWest wrote:Helicopters' Tauranga farewell

Least they are giving them a good 'Hoo Ra' send off .
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Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

Postby Lindstrim » Thu May 14, 2015 1:52 pm

They just flew over the house in TGA going to miss that sound.
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Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

Postby HamiltonWest » Sun May 17, 2015 8:30 am

Lindstrim wrote:They just flew over the house in TGA going to miss that sound.

:thumbup:
Ageing Iroquois helicopter fleet farewelled in Auckland
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/ageing- ... nd-6314116
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Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

Postby Ian Warren » Sun May 17, 2015 10:46 am

In a way they would considered not the perhaps but would be the most famous aircraft the RNZAF ever operated due the SAR sorties and other emergency's and course police actions, so its quite fitting to fly them all over New Zealand , be interesting to see the collective stats over those 50 years.
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Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

Postby HamiltonWest » Sat May 23, 2015 12:17 pm

A final flight for Defence Force chopper
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standar ... final-time
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Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

Postby HamiltonWest » Mon May 25, 2015 4:06 pm

Final flyover for Iroquois on farewell tour
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/ne ... ewell-tour
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Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

Postby HamiltonWest » Fri Sep 18, 2015 7:08 pm

Defence Force Sells Iroquois Helicopters
http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/media-relea ... -dfsih.htm
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Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

Postby Splitpin » Fri Sep 18, 2015 8:00 pm

Thanks for the heads up heads up Ham ..... wont be the same without them.
At least we have your amazing achieve :thumbup:
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Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

Postby HamiltonWest » Thu Sep 24, 2015 6:55 pm

Brownlee Picked a Loser by Selling Iroquois Overseas
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1509/S ... erseas.htm
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Re: Final Tour of NZ for Huey's

Postby Ian Warren » Thu Sep 24, 2015 7:38 pm

YIP why dose that not surprise me JERRY BROWNOSE :rolleyes: just bloody typical .. maybe they should wrap the Huey's in condoms for another 10 years !
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