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Kiwithrottlejockey
28th Feb 2023, 22:27
Some footage of Avro Vulcan B2 XH562 putting on a display as part of an airshow at Nelson Airport in New Zealand, back in February 1971.
The Vulcan was operating out of RNZAF Base Ohakea.
(2) Avro Vulcan 'V-Bomber' display in Nelson, New Zealand - 1971 - YouTube
India Four Two
1st Mar 2023, 05:47
Let's not forget an earlier Vulcan display at the opening of Wellington airport:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3iMw7Q7H68
Go around with bent undercarriage at Wellington:
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/616x360/9355464_55798e2754b9f08b6bc4f43244519de100a6ab6e.jpg
Crash landing at Ohakea:
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1280x731/paul_davidson_vulcan_incident_1120_6c3f86c71d49f2e0bbd36a098 bc864f899e365be.jpg
On the same day, a Sunderland did an accidental touch and go:
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1212/screenshot_2023_02_28_at_22_45_14_dca7e878d78b2e2a113a3c8c64 7e8514ec56e93f.png
mustafagander
1st Mar 2023, 09:48
I never liked Wellington airport.. Bugger of a place in my experience. Even the B767 could have difficulties there. At least you had an excuse for a crappy landing which happened a lot in the B767. Very happy to be promoted off that one.
India Four Two
3rd Mar 2023, 05:57
I never liked Wellington airport
Yes, it's called Windy Wellington for a reason. The southern threshold of the north-south runway is on the beach of the Cook Strait, which acts as a venturi, accelerating the predominantly westerly winds to high velocities, at right angles to the runway! :sad:
Kiwithrottlejockey
3rd Mar 2023, 09:49
I never liked Wellington airport.. Bugger of a place in my experience. Even the B767 could have difficulties there. At least you had an excuse for a crappy landing which happened a lot in the B767. Very happy to be promoted off that one.
My friend's dad (who died just over a year-and-a-half ago) flew Lockheed L.188 Electras and Douglas DC-8s into and out of Wellington Airport. And in the 1950s, he flew Short Solent Mk.4 flying-boats into and out of the adjacent Evans Bay on trans-Tasman services.
His final command was on DC-10s, so his career as an airline pilot advanced from four-engine flying-boats all the way to wide-body jets. He also flew DC-6s in the 1950s.
condor17
4th Mar 2023, 14:48
Our boy calls it ' windy Wellington ' as well . He's recent Dash Trash on DHC8-Q300s with ANZ and Welly appears on his roster regularly .
Enjoys the challege , with experienced skippers showing him the ropes .
rgds condor
India Four Two
4th Mar 2023, 18:55
Writing about Windy Wellington and the Cook Strait reminded me of the 1968 Wahine ferry disaster, which is not well known outside New Zealand:
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/wahine-disaster
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1024x683/wahine_b7bfaed2bcda67e74ef5c8d879552feb3ea5b75f.jpg
I hadn't heard about the Wahine until I was visiting Wellington and saw the monument on the harbour foreshore, which incorporates one of the Wahine's masts:
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/710x400/wahine_monument_00f4d62e68fa7ed7d74561594f9cbe159c4dd2c0.jpg
the 1968 Wahine ferry disaster, which is not well known outside New ZealandWas a major feature at the time in Oz news IFT, remember it well.
India Four Two
6th Mar 2023, 04:40
megan,
Perhaps I should have said "not well known in the Northern Hemisphere". :)