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| Thread ID: 97116 | 2009-02-04 23:52:00 | Vintage jets over New Plymouth? | Billy T (70) | PC World Chat |
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| 744926 | 2009-02-04 23:52:00 | Hi Team On Tuesday, while in NP on my short break away, I kept hearing jets doing circuits over the city and out to sea, so when released from the clutches of Mrs T, :D I went outside and waited for the next one around . It was fairly high up and moving fast but was in view long enough for me to see that it had quite stubby wings that appeared to be tapered from root to wingtip on both the leading and trailing edges . Later on two more jets came around flying in formation and did some modest aerobatic manoeuvres out over the ocean . As they banked around I saw that one of them had a twin-boom tail and for all the world it looked like a Vampire or Venom . Unfortunately they were too far away to get a good photo but I managed to fluke this shot ( . imagef1 . net . nz/files/Jets-1 . jpg" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz) at full telephoto on a digital Fuji F610, twin-boom on the left . Do any locals know where these jets hail from? According to another watcher that I spoke to, they appear reasonably regularly . Cheers Billy 8-{) The R 'n ahhhhh went very well thanks, saw lots of Taranaki, did a bush walk on the mountain, visited every antique shop Mrs T could find, drove the Forgotten Highway, got passports at Whangamomona, covered 1500km and set a new record of 915km on 55 litres of petrol (eat your heart out SJ) . |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 744927 | 2009-02-05 01:10:00 | The twin tail is almost definitely a Vampyre. The other one is probably an L39 Albatross by the look of the tail. The L39 is a two seat military jet trainer - you can pick up civilianised versions of them in the States for $250,000 - 300,000 (US dollars) I know the guy in Wanaka who owns the P51 also had an L39 but as far as I know he sold it. (He used to give rides in it on a cost share basis for $2500 for 20 minutes.) |
Deane F (8204) | ||
| 744928 | 2009-02-05 11:26:00 | I once saw one of the early Mig Jets from the 50s with the swept back wings flying at an air show. Would have to be the most beautiful plane Ive seen in the air. | RusEvo (3572) | ||
| 744929 | 2009-02-05 12:45:00 | www.stuff.co.nz I hope this helps. I liked the Mustangs prop driven in Ohakea around 1952 or so. I also saw a Lightning P38 a little later. That had a twin tail as well. Never have seen a Mig but would not to see one in my rear vision mirror or coming out of the sun. :-) |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 744930 | 2009-02-05 18:19:00 | I once saw one of the early Mig Jets from the 50s with the swept back wings flying at an air show. Would have to be the most beautiful plane Ive seen in the air. There used to be a MIG 21 based at Ardmore in Auckland don't know if its still there haven't been that way for a while. |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 744931 | 2009-02-05 23:13:00 | Love those early jets :thumbs: Especially like the Hawker Hunter which may still be based at Ardmore. |
dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 744932 | 2009-02-05 23:16:00 | There used to be a MIG 21 based at Ardmore in Auckland don't know if its still there haven't been that way for a while. Could be described as a fuel tank with wings ;) Apparently they are simple to maintain as far as jets go. It could be the fuel cost thats the killer! |
dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 744933 | 2009-02-06 00:04:00 | Who said we didn't have an Airforce!!! They're privateers, admittedly, but if the need arose, we could duct tape some paintball guns under the wings.... :D There's an Irranian immigrant on the Shore (Abbas Sharoodi, owner of Gamma Computers) who owns a pair of L29 Delfins (apparently the Romanian Airforce would only sell them in pairs!) - cost around $1600/hr in fuel. He ran off the end of the North Shore Aero Club runway at Dairy Flat last Sunday... Did some minor damage to the nose gear... Apparently he wants to buy a Mig 23 or 29 later this year!!! He'll have his own airforce!!!!! |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 744934 | 2009-02-06 00:42:00 | Love those early jets :thumbs: Especially like the Hawker Hunter which may still be based at Ardmore. Hmmm. Must get one. VTOL so I would not need to use the local runway I reckon the neighbours may throw a hissy fit. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 744935 | 2009-02-06 01:09:00 | The Hunters are amazing to watch - I saw one displayed at Warbirds Over Wanaka one year. Apparently it took 11 minutes to get from Dunedin to Wanaka - it could have done it in 8 minutes - but 11 mins was the best balance of fuel/time. To my knowledge the Swiss Air Force used Hunters as training aircraft until relatively recently. |
Deane F (8204) | ||
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