Rnzaf B757

[Wader2]

Anoraks Alert

Very smart RNZAF in the circuit at a secret Typhoon base somewhere in the heart of Lincolnshire today. Should be a good one for the spotters and I did not see one.

Guess there will be a rare selection of jets this weekend.

[Wycombe]

There should be 2 of them about in the UK at present I think.

[Aynayda Pizaqvick]

It brought the guys over for the opening of the New Zealand war memorial in hyde park this Saturday. Think its here till early next week.

[L J R]

Its actually part of a secret plan to evacuate the two Kiwis that landed the Typhoon with the Nosegear Up last year. Are they still in the brig?

[Selfloading]

Ahh Kiwi's were they, well if you are going to have a flightless bird as a mascot, what can you expect.

[Samuel]

Who sez kiwis can't fly?

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e33/Shadblat/CanberraFarewell.jpg

[Samuel]

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e33/Shadblat/OmakaAirshow021.jpg

[Brian Abraham]

Very smart RNZAF
Kiwis get called a lot of things in Oz, but never that. Come to think of it they call the Oz's a lot of things too, something to do with cricket and bowling. :hmm:

[Smudger552]

'something to do with cricket'

Please don't mention the cricket...all very embarassing....and predictable...:rolleyes:

Smudge

[Argonautical]

This short Google video shows the 757 at Waddinton 2006 :-

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=662986660238363055

[Heavy Metal!!]

I've just been past Brize Norton and both RNZAF 757's are parked up on the apron near the Tristars. Bloody typical though, as soon as I was on the drive home the Polet Airways AN-124 was on final approach! :ugh:

[Thatch]

Here is a shot from Coningsby taken yesterday.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/ndunridge/IMG_3140ssmall.jpg
Neil

[Green Meat]

Can it still be called an air 'Force' now that it more resembles an airline? IIRC I have a pic somewhere of a Vulcan of the RNZAF - or at least so it appears to the bemused chief after a particularly successful zap!

[Pontius Navigator]

Can it still be called an air 'Force' now that it more resembles an airline? IIRC I have a pic somewhere of a Vulcan of the RNZAF - or at least so it appears to the bemused chief after a particularly successful zap!

Yes, by chance I saw it in one of my books yesterday. Captain was Ron Dick and the cover story was they had been demonstrating the the aircraft the RNZAF for an option to buy.

Almost caused a diplomatic incident as IIRC it actually flew back to Akrotiri in the markings of a different state - false colours and all that.

[Samuel]

Just for you Pontius!

http://www.avrovulcan.org.uk/vulcan_people/562_kiwi.htm


....and...on the "Kiwis can fly" theme, I note yet another has joined the Red Arrows, thus continuing a long tradition of New Zealand influence.......:D



wanders of musing if there has ever been an Aussie been there and done that......:rolleyes:

That's a superb shot of the 757 and Typhoons, is there a link I can use?

[Pontius Navigator]

That's a superb shot of the 757 and Typhoons, is there a link I can use?

If you right click on an image and select Properties from the drop down menu a box will open with the web address. In this case that is:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/ndunridge/IMG_3140ssmall.jpg

Of course copyright resides with the owner which, in this case, is probably thatch

[Rossian]

Triggered by the piccy in item 6 (PR9??) and all the other chat re Kiwis over here; does anyone have a lead to John Hill who shared a flight with me South Cerney May 1963 who went on to fly PR9s in Malta (13Sqn?) and left to fly civvy back in NZ? (Too many subordinate clauses perhaps?)
The Ancient Mariner

[Samuel]

Rossian, It's actually an RNZAF B12, flown on its last flight to storage for collection by the Indian Air Force. Pilot was one Gavin Trethewey, late of Air New Zealand, and now on the NZ warbird circuit with his own Harvard I think!

If you can provide a bit more detail on John Hill I'll see what I can do!

[brit bus driver]

Flypast rehearsal for unveiling of New Zealand Memorial atHyde Park Corner tomorrow. TOT 1457L.....from the NATS website:
Q)EGTT/QWVLW/IV/M/W/000/070/5158N00038E050
B)06/11/11 14:35 UTC C)06/11/11 15:15 NAVW (H4008/06)
E) AUS 06-11-0016/4258/AS1
CEREMONIAL FLYPAST 5130N 00009W (HYDE PARK CORNER - LONDON) BY 3 RAF
TYPHOON AND 1 RNZAF BOEING 757 ACFT. FORMATION WILL ROUTE 5145N
00135W (RAF BRIZE NORTON APRX 1445) - 5143N 00052W (ABM PRINCES
RISBOROUGH APRX 1451) - 5133N 00025W (RAF NORTHOLT APRX 1455) - 5130N
00009W (HYDE PARK CORNER 1457). AFTER FLYPAST THE FORMATION WILL
ROUTE 5145N 00007W (BROOKMANS PARK BPK APRX 1401) - 5159N 00004E
(BARKWAY BKY APRX 1404). FORMATION WILL THEN SPLIT AND RECOVER AT
HIGH LEVEL, THE TYPHOONS TO RAF KINLOSS AND THE B757 TO RAF BRIZE
NORTON. NON-PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUESTED TO AVOID THE FORMATION ROUTE
BY 2NM EITHER SIDE OF TRACK. AUS ACN 2006-11-0016 DATED 30 OCTOBER 06
REFERS.
F)SFC G)FL070

[petitfromage]

Ironic that the 3 Typhoons will be flown by ex-RNZAF pilots (14SQN RNZAF)who were released when the Kiwis decided to axe their own Fast jet force!

:ugh:

[Pontius Navigator]

Samuel, thanks for that. Have you got a link to the other photo, the one with Bill standing out to the starboard side of the Vulcan?

The following year we zapped all the Strikemasters. "Not the display one please". We got that one as it stopped taxiing and before th ecrew got out.

BAe was not best pleased as we used really high quality paint. It went straight through the polyurethane down to the primer.:}

[Runaway Gun]

Ironic that the 3 Typhoons will be flown by ex-RNZAF pilots (14SQN RNZAF)who were released when the Kiwis decided to axe their own Fast jet force!

Will Uncle Helen be shaking a little nervously as those guys fly the attack profile?

[Samuel]

Ironic that the 3 Typhoons will be flown by ex-RNZAF pilots (14SQN RNZAF)who were released when the Kiwis decided to axe their own Fast jet force!
:ugh:

It is indeed ironic, but a nice touch all the same!

The "Kiwis" didn't decide on the axing by the way, it was Helen, who had protested at the time of purchase!

[Rossian]

Check your PMs. The Ancient Mariner

[Heavy Metal!!]

Been over to Brize Norton this afternoon and NZ7571 was performing practice runs over the airfield before being joined by 5 typhoons (3 in formation with the 757, 2 others trailing behind). They performed 3 flyovers in formation before going further afield due to Brize departures (Antonov 124 and Gates C-21 400012), around 15:30 the 757 landed back at Brize.

[flyboy007]

That wasn't a practice run old bean, that was the real McCoy. Holding over Bzn awaiting the typhoons, and in over London.

[brit bus driver]

And petitfromage....not ironic, intentional.

[Samuel]

If it was intentional, then I think it was a wonderful gesture on someone's behalf to make it a Kiwi affair, and especially so given the reason. I watched the whole thing, [shown live in NZ at 0300 dark!] and quite impressive it was. Very moving at times.Well done to anyone who might have had an involvement.

Then the All Blacks hammered France 47-3.....my cup runneth over!

[Not Long Here]

Samuel,

I listened properly today to the words of Welcome Home for the first time. Had not realised how apt they were to the events in London.

Great effort and very moving.

[L J R]

Well done Kiwis,........ now, back to the rugby and the cricket.....

[Samuel]

Sorry Pontius, That's all I have.

I don't suppose someone could tell me, privarely of course, who the three Kiwis were? They'll still be remembered by ex-14 Sqn people here.

I promise not to mention the All Blacks , England, or France ever again:D [at least not until Paris next Saturday].