Hi guys, a quick trip south to Christchurch, the land of the one-eyed Cantab gave me an opportunity to play with my new toy, a new DSLR and try it out in low lighting conditions. I went to the above mentioned museum with a friend since I hadn't been there in a while.
The Harvard gate guard.
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A-4K with cutout casually leaning against the drop tank. The cutout is of the Late Ross Ewing, a former A-4 driver and researcher doctor who specialised in aviation human factors. It's weird seeing a cutout of someone you knew.
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O-2A, this aircraft is on loan to the museum from the USAF in recognition of RNZAF FAC pilots flying with the USAF during Viet Nam.
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Strikemaster.
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Avro Anson.
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Getting intimate with a Beaver. The original RNZAF Antarctic Flight Beaver crashed in the ice and is still down there somewhere.
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Vampire two-seat trainer. The diamond markings represent 75 Sqn, RNZAF, formerly 75 (New Zealand) Sqn, RAF, the first Commonwealth unit of the RAF and a bomber squadron with considerable wartime pedigree.
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This sectioned Derwent is believed to be from New Zealand's first jet powered aircraft, a Gloster Meteor F.III gifted to the air force in 1945.
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A nice reproduction of New Zealand's first government owned aeroplane, a two-seat Bleriot XI-2 named Britannia.
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Hercules!
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Control column from Edgar James "Cobber" Kain's Hawker Hurricane, in which he perished whilst doing aerobatics. Kain was the RAF's first fighter ace of WW2.
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Smartly turned out Link Trainer.
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Nash & Thompson FN.5 nose turret from a Vickers Wellington.
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Merlin 25 from a de Havilland Mosquito fitted with a De Havilland Propellers 23XX Hydromatic airscrew.
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Plaque acknowledging 14 Sqn RNZAF's role in Japan's occupation after the end of the war. The unit went to Japan with Corsairs for two years.
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75 Sqn's official mascot at the time of the squadron's disbandment in 2001, with the premature retirement of the A-4.
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More to come...
The Harvard gate guard.
A-4K with cutout casually leaning against the drop tank. The cutout is of the Late Ross Ewing, a former A-4 driver and researcher doctor who specialised in aviation human factors. It's weird seeing a cutout of someone you knew.
O-2A, this aircraft is on loan to the museum from the USAF in recognition of RNZAF FAC pilots flying with the USAF during Viet Nam.
Strikemaster.
Avro Anson.
Getting intimate with a Beaver. The original RNZAF Antarctic Flight Beaver crashed in the ice and is still down there somewhere.
Vampire two-seat trainer. The diamond markings represent 75 Sqn, RNZAF, formerly 75 (New Zealand) Sqn, RAF, the first Commonwealth unit of the RAF and a bomber squadron with considerable wartime pedigree.
This sectioned Derwent is believed to be from New Zealand's first jet powered aircraft, a Gloster Meteor F.III gifted to the air force in 1945.
A nice reproduction of New Zealand's first government owned aeroplane, a two-seat Bleriot XI-2 named Britannia.
Hercules!
Control column from Edgar James "Cobber" Kain's Hawker Hurricane, in which he perished whilst doing aerobatics. Kain was the RAF's first fighter ace of WW2.
Smartly turned out Link Trainer.
Nash & Thompson FN.5 nose turret from a Vickers Wellington.
Merlin 25 from a de Havilland Mosquito fitted with a De Havilland Propellers 23XX Hydromatic airscrew.
Plaque acknowledging 14 Sqn RNZAF's role in Japan's occupation after the end of the war. The unit went to Japan with Corsairs for two years.
75 Sqn's official mascot at the time of the squadron's disbandment in 2001, with the premature retirement of the A-4.
More to come...