CHCH peeps..Mustang or Spitfire??

[Bren]

CHCH people....is that a Mustang or Spitfire that is flying over CHCH about now?

[paturoa]

Mustang has flat wing ends and spitty has roundy ones.

[Bren]

I did not get a good visual on it....got outside as it went behind some trees:weep:

[pzkpfw]

Screw you all.

I want it over here in Tawa - whatever it is.

[Swoop]

Mustang has flat wing ends and spitty has roundy ones.
Not all the time...

[Romeo]

It's not that bloody old Harvard that's been flying around is it? Didn't see it, but it sounded like a radial to me.



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[TonyB]

i'd say it was a Mustang. There is a Mustang that makes brief appearances every now and then. It flys into the Heathcote valley where I live at full noise and does a sweeping turn or two. FUCK it sounds awesome:cool:

[pritch]

But you left out the UFO option.

You shouldn't even need to see the plane to tell what it was from those three options. There should be no way anyone could confuse the sound of a Harvard with that of a Spitfire.

About as similar as my SJ50 and the VFR. :whistle:

[James Deuce]

Mustang has flat wing ends and spitty has roundy ones.

Some Spitfires have squared off wing tips. Some have VERY pointed ones too.

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[oldrider]

But you left out the UFO option.

You shouldn't even need to see the plane to tell what it was from those three options. There should be no way anyone could confuse the sound of a Harvard with that of a Spitfire.

About as similar as my SJ50 and the VFR. :whistle:

It may have been a Tiger 955i, they sound awesome passing at speed too!

One has been seen and heard flying around here of late.

Fantastic machines, easily confused with the sound of powerful aircraft! :whistle: Cheers (from dream world) John.

[Dave-]

it's probably the harvard that romeo posted, they've been getting low on funds and need people to buy shares...

there's no longer any spits in the south island, there's one at ardmore in Auckland being worked on, and I don't think there's any stangs at the moment

[Bren]

it's probably the harvard that romeo posted, they've been getting low on funds and need people to buy shares...

there's no longer any spits in the south island, there's one at ardmore in Auckland being worked on, and I don't think there's any stangs at the moment


nah mate, have seen and heard the harvards fly over on numerous occasions...they just dont have that sound that the P-51 or Spitfire have....

[Dave-]

nah mate, have seen and heard the harvards fly over on numerous occasions...they just dont have that sound that the P-51 or Spitfire have....

P51 then...the spitfire at wanaka was sold to the aussies in 2006

[MisterD]

Some Spitfires have squared off wing tips. Some have VERY pointed ones too.



If you're in ChCh, the Spit on the stand / plinth thing out by the airport has clipped wing ends.

[Bren]

P51 then...the spitfire at wanaka was sold to the aussies in 2006


Thats a bugger then eh? bloody aussies stealing everything of ours.
Incedently will be looking at going to Warbirds over Wanaka at easter....should be a good weekend!

[pzkpfw]

Some Spitfires have squared off wing tips. Some have VERY pointed ones too.

Clipped wings were for low-level maneuvering weren't they? (Roll rate)

Q: What were "pointy" tips for?


(The "best" ones were the ones designed to rip off at "too high speed" to prevent the whole wing from failing. That'd be something to see when you're in a dive getting away from something... thinking "what next"?...)

[imdying]

Are there any non rounded ones flying in NZ?

[James Deuce]

Clipped wings were for low-level maneuvering weren't they? (Roll rate)

Q: What were "pointy" tips for?


(The "best" ones were the ones designed to rip off at "too high speed" to prevent the whole wing from failing. That'd be something to see when you're in a dive getting away from something... thinking "what next"?...)

High Altitude. Increased wingspan gives better lift in the thin upper atmosphere. The Mk VII and XII both had the pointy tips.

[James Deuce]

Are there any non rounded ones flying in NZ?

No. Tim Wallis has crashed them all.

The Gate Guardian at Christchurch Airport is a fibreglass replica of TE588 and I can't remember where TE588 is now. It's ina museum on static display.

[imdying]

I didn't think so... I would've said clipped or rounded = mustang or spitfire, given that it's flying around chch...

[Dave-]

Thats a bugger then eh? bloody aussies stealing everything of ours.
Incedently will be looking at going to Warbirds over Wanaka at easter....should be a good weekend!

as i said there's one at ardmore which is rumored to be going to aus...but is also rumored to be staying here

[James Deuce]

There's a Mk V at Ardmore that is going to the US.

[0arbreaka]

The mkV has already gone, was packed up and sent about a month ago. One of my collegues knows one of the engineers restoring it.

[TonyB]

It will be a mustang, cause I've seen it around Chch about 5 times before. The easiest way to tell its a Mustang is the farken great air scoop hung under the plane.

[Swoop]

The mkV has already gone, was packed up and sent about a month ago. One of my collegues knows one of the engineers restoring it.
A beautiful plane (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=58380&highlight=Spitfire). It made it into the last Classic Wings Downunder magazine.

[Mikkel]

But you left out the UFO option.

You shouldn't even need to see the plane to tell what it was from those three options. There should be no way anyone could confuse the sound of a Harvard with that of a Spitfire.

About as similar as my SJ50 and the VFR. :whistle:

Well until we've managed to identify it it is per definition a UFO! :D

[Timber020]

I was talking to an old guy who was part of a crew who used axes and a tractor to cut up mustangs for scrap after they have been flown in. They drained the tanks and used it to run the tractor!