Thanks for the link to the photo Phil:ok: RIX is long gone from WGT but I don't know where it ended up. I think the last owner from SA was the original owners son, but don't quote me.
I used to fly that old girl out of BLA long time ago. fastest 310 of that model I have flown. Actually it was serial No 00001 if I recall The first of the Q models but didn't have an omni rear window funnily enough.

Funny off subject story about this old girl but worth a laugh now.
I picked it up from MB one day after it had some new avionics fitted & when I did an ILS back into EN I got a lousy display of the ILS signal (all over the place & not my flying,this time!) & with an awful radio reception thrown in. Once on the ground I had the local radio guys there take a quick look at it & they found that the Glide Path antenna ( I think in the nose cone) & the VHF wiring where ass about.....& that was just fitted that day!:)
Am sure all the derelict planes rotting away out there have many stores to tell:-)

"DF"I think SAO was an ex 'rufdus' plane........anyone??

Wmk2

HL

You let a 21 yo fly the 421?

G'day Sprock

purely merit based, if he couldn't handle it he wouldn't have got the gig.

Gave him the endorsement in May, he got into Jetstar in July :ugh:

..........and you where surprised HL? I'd figure if a 21 yr old could handle such a beast (the old clunker 421) then good chance he's just passin'thru:)

'howie' I thinkyr right VH SAQ was the ex rfdus plane not SAO, well done:ok:

Wmk2

Hey Wal I do recall when the new owner took charge of SAQ out of the service and I must say it was PRISTINE, and continued to be so for a while so after. Only got to play once or twice with it but was definately one of the better :ok:

Sorry 'yowieII' I listed you as 'howie'...:)

I just went back a few of log books & sure enuf there was SAQ in ink forever!:-)
I thought I had flown that machine & yes was a nice Eg at that.
If I recall I took SAQ to Sth Ozzie (Airline of SA) for a few weeks & flew back & forth to "Port a gutta"..........ahhh those where the days :ok:
Oh boy the stories could go on 4ever but better not someone will complain about thread hijacking!:}


Wmk2

Is that 'Centurion' P2 Neptune still at CUN..??

I was at YCUN a couple of months back and the neptune was still there then. Didn't look like going anywhere anytime soon either.

This one should be familiar to Ardmore regulars; actually in better condition than the photo suggests. Most of the missing parts are in storage in the containers in the background.
http://a.imageshack.us/img175/2817/bristolfreighter.jpg

Part of the Origin Pacific fleet at Nelson in late 2007.
http://a.imageshack.us/img827/3501/5...spacejetst.jpg

The last Andover at Whenuapai; photo taken in 2007 but as far as I'm aware it's still there.
http://a.imageshack.us/img828/3786/derelictandover.jpg

The MiG-21 which was on the southeast apron at Ardmore for a long time - since gone.
http://a.imageshack.us/img21/8549/mi...tchmig21re.jpg

Would that MIG be the same one now in the Wanaka museum?

On one of the properties out in western NSW, a very nice Cherokee 180 sits in a shed. The aircraft was sold new to the property owner in the late 1960's, and was flown up until the early 1980's and then parked due a downturn in the rural economy.

No, I think the one in the Wanaka museum is a different MiG. The Ardmore one eventually went to a Christchurch vodka bar as a display piece, and somebody almost immediately stole the canopy off it, but I'm not sure what's happened to it since, whether it's still there or not.

That Mig above is for sale... it will be listed on Trade Me on the 20th of August (it will be sold through Turners Auctions on Trade Me).

Sorry, haven't been paying attention.........

http://www.adastron.com/707/qantas/mvh-ece-f-1.jpg

HS-125 VH-ECF and VH-ECE. They had several modifications to make their handling approximate that of the 707 under certain conditions. The rudder bias system was provided with an adjustment so that it could be made to simulate the foot-force required in a 707 with one or two engines out. The Qantas HS-125 also incorporated the artificial horizon and the Collins navigation system from the 707, but otherwise it was a standard HS-125.

They were also used for US aircraft repair flights, carrying LAME.

DCA also had a number of the earlier DH-125 varients, one of which VH-CAO landed wheels up 24JAN67 at Avalon, Vic.

I wish the pix size would shrink.....................am getting gitty going sideways here perving on nice planes:}


Wmk2

Re: 310 at WGT
 

There is a 310 with its wings removed down the back of the Mooney hangar at WGT. I think it is the one that used to be parked out the front.

For those interested in the MiG...

For sale: boy's toy to beat them all - National - NZ Herald News

and

1973 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF Fighter Jet for sale - TradeMe.co.nz - New Zealand

What about the Beech Duke at YCAB that you can see from the hwy? does it ever move?? cowls off, cowls on etc.

PA39

I'm hearing that the YCAB Duke has gone to a new owner (in WA?). It may have flown away already.

Rgds