Ultra-low flyby of a DC-3!

[nudemetalz]

Funny how the memory is.... As you were Batt 6 I think it was the 727 you went to Darwin on.... 757 came in to service in 2003.
Crete in the 727 would most definatly been an awesome trip. Many fuel stops on the way.

Been on a few Huey flights myself, but I always get a comfortable seat Still, down the back on most occasions though.
Also been in the Sioux. I even used to engine run it.
Very soon, not too many more people can say they have done that!

S[eaking of thngs that can't be done anymore, I have had a few rides in a Macchi... Used to engine run those too.

Oh, the 757 is one very awesome aircraft to fly in too.....

Oh yes, sat on the floor of a Huey while on exercise in the TF. Those pilots are amazing (and nuts). Low rotor RPM warning light flashing is interesting as they do the sharp banks...

And Quickbuck, they gave them to us for the noise. Didn't do much though.

[Zedder]

The Microsoft Flight Simulator X is a bit of cheap fun though.

[Swoop]

Nine hours (yes, nine!) from Whenuapai to RAAF Richmond for deployment.
Aircraft...? The lovely Andover.

[quickbuck]

Nine hours (yes, nine!) from Whenuapai to RAAF Richmond for deployment.
Aircraft...? The lovely Andover.

Got to love the Andover.... The squeel of the Rolls Royce Darts....

[quickbuck]

http://www.airforce.mil.nz/operation...ys/default.htm

Yup, come and say Hi.
Bring your bike, and i might even get a special park (that is nice and close) organised for you.

[nudemetalz]

Yup, come and say Hi.
Bring your bike, and i might even get a special park (that is nice and close) organised for you.

I shall be there with the Guzzi !!

[ducatilover]

The Microsoft Flight Simulator X is a bit of cheap fun though.

I have MS Combat Flight sim or something.
Spent 40min trying to fly a Spitty over the English channel and then nose dived by accident near my target
I should hook the joy stick up

[awa355]

The sad thing about the DC3, is that if designed today, it would never get off the ground.

Even with almost 80 years of proving itself, doing the hard yards, the aviation experts would say it's not safe etc.

[nudemetalz]

Then neither would the Herk and the B-52, both 1950's designs, both likely to be going for many years to come.

[Zedder]

I have MS Combat Flight sim or something.
Spent 40min trying to fly a Spitty over the English channel and then nose dived by accident near my target
I should hook the joy stick up

Lol, yep stuff the controlling with the keyboard option it's a pain in the butt.

[lakedaemonian]

Oh yes, sat on the floor of a Huey while on exercise in the TF. Those pilots are amazing (and nuts). Low rotor RPM warning light flashing is interesting as they do the sharp banks...

And Quickbuck, they gave them to us for the noise. Didn't do much though.

One of my favorite photos(from an old school cardboard disposable camera) is riding in the back of an RNZAF Huey on the West Coast flying NOE........the disc was catching the odd branch turning through some deep and steep valleys and reentrants. It was worth slogging thru the West Coast bush just for the helo lift out.

757 flights have been great...and the RNZAF crews have been excellent in my experiences.

Herc flights were a bit more pedestrian......nothing like sitting in the back of a Herc baking on the tarmac in 40 degree heat...once we finally lifted off it was a battle to climb into the nook in the tail to cool off....great aircraft though.....a bit like a turbine powered HiLux with wings.

Interested in seeing one of the new NH90s in the flesh...I heard a rumor the rear ramp might be hard pressed to handle the jandle of our bigger brown bros and XL sized farm boys all tooled up.

[nudemetalz]

One of my favorite photos(from an old school cardboard disposable camera) is riding in the back of an RNZAF Huey on the West Coast flying NOE........the disc was catching the odd branch turning through some deep and steep valleys and reentrants. It was worth slogging thru the West Coast bush just for the helo lift out.

757 flights have been great...and the RNZAF crews have been excellent in my experiences.

Herc flights were a bit more pedestrian......nothing like sitting in the back of a Herc baking on the tarmac in 40 degree heat...once we finally lifted off it was a battle to climb into the nook in the tail to cool off....great aircraft though.....a bit like a turbine powered HiLux with wings.

Interested in seeing one of the new NH90s in the flesh...I heard a rumor the rear ramp might be hard pressed to handle the jandle of our bigger brown bros and XL sized farm boys all tooled up.

Wonder if an NH90 will be present at the Ohakea Airshow?

[Swoop]

...new NH90s in the flesh...I heard a rumor the rear ramp might be hard pressed to handle the jandle of our bigger brown bros and XL sized farm boys all tooled up.

I believe they were declared unsafe to use in combat at one stage.
Google "NH90 problems" and enjoy the reading...

[nadroj]

Wonder if an NH90 will be present at the Ohakea Airshow?

RNZAF Aircraft

Flying Displays:

Red Checkers
Boeing 757
Kiwi Blue Parachute Team
C-130 Hercules
P-3K Orion
UH-1H Iroquois
SH-2G Seasprite
A109 LUH
B200 King Air
Historic Flight Tiger Moth, Harvard and Sioux

Static Displays:

NH90
Upgraded C-130 Hercules (LEP)

International Aircraft

Flying and Static Displays:

Royal Australian Air Force F-18A Hornet
United States Air Force C-17

Static Displays:

Royal Australian Air Force B737 Wedgetail
Royal Australian Air Force C-17
Royal Australian Air Force C-130J
Singapore Air Force C-130
French Armed Forces of New Caledonia CASA 235
US Marine Corps KC-130
RAF A330 MRTT

Warbirds and Civilian Aircraft

Bristol Fighter
Fokker DVII

WWII types:

Spitfire IX
Spitfire Tr IX
TBM Avenger
Dakota
Auster
Anson
Beaver
2 x P-40 Kittyhawk
FG-1D Corsair
P-51 Mustang

Teams:

Yak aerobatic team
Harvard aerobatic team

Jets:

Vampire
Strikemaster
Hunter

Civilian:

MX2
Thunder Mustang
PAC750XL
Beech Texan
Gryocopters

[quickbuck]

The sad thing about the DC3, is that if designed today, it would never get off the ground.

Even with almost 80 years of proving itself, doing the hard yards, the aviation experts would say it's not safe etc.

Then neither would the Herk and the B-52, both 1950's designs, both likely to be going for many years to come.

You are both right.
From a modern design philosophy point of view there aren't many aircraft designed in the 50's and 60's that would be built that way today.

The reliability engineers and designers have discovered that an aircraft is much more reliable if you don't keep trying to fix it!
Less maintenance is more... Also means the aircraft is more productive too... Less down time, and more revenue.
As for military aircraft though, that don't have to turn a seat into a $, well it is still the same.... So according to the brochure you need less men to fix them.
Not always the case, as military aircraft don't really do "Line Haul" and have many more random failures due to the environment they operate in.