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Post by Ratty on Feb 11, 2021 0:18:45 GMT
www.nzedge.com/legends/richard-pearse/First man to fly a plane was Richard Pearse have seen the plane at the Tech Museum here in Auckland. So it took longer than first thought to develop the DC3 or C47. Have flown in both many times they were used here till recently as fertilizer dispensers and now here in Auckland for pleasure flights the sound is sensational.NZ is much more focused on near surface flight in the Americas Cup. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zeAWBj4tG4 Not as good as this though ....  |
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Post by Ratty on Feb 11, 2021 0:29:12 GMT
The Victa Aircruiser was a 1960s Australian four-seat touring monoplane designed by Henry Millicer and built by Victa.[1]
Following the success of the earlier Airtourer, Millicer designed a four-seat version which he called the Aircruiser.[1] The prototype registered VH-MVR first flew on 18 July 1966.[1] Like the Airtourer it was a low-wing monoplane with a fixed nosewheel landing gear and powered by a 210 hp (157 kW) Continental IO-360-H piston engine.[1] Rather than the sliding clear Perspex canopy of the Airtourer, the four-seat Aircruiser had a fixed cabin roof with a single "car type" door on the left hand side.[2]
Although Victa completed certification testing, no production of the Aircruiser followed, as Victa closed down its Aviation Division after failing to get financial assistance from the Australian government.[3] (Both Victa and Transavia Corporation requested subsidies for Australian designed and built light aircraft, with Victa seeking a subsidy of up to 60% of the factory cost.[4]) Following the sale of the design rights of the Airtourer to Aero Engine Services Limited (AESL) of New Zealand the rights to the Aircruiser were also sold to AESL in 1969.[1] AESL's Chief Designer Pat Monk re-designed the aircraft as the AESL CT/4 Airtrainer, a fully aerobatic (+6G, -3G) military trainer.I met Henry when I was adjutant at Diploma Cadet Squadron in Melbourne. The RAAF eventually bought fifty of the Airtourers from NZ to use as a basic flight trainer. Sigh! 
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Post by youngjasper on Feb 11, 2021 2:42:00 GMT
www.nzedge.com/legends/richard-pearse/First man to fly a plane was Richard Pearse have seen the plane at the Tech Museum here in Auckland. So it took longer than first thought to develop the DC3 or C47. Have flown in both many times they were used here till recently as fertilizer dispensers and now here in Auckland for pleasure flights the sound is sensational.NZ is much more focused on near surface flight in the Americas Cup. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zeAWBj4tG4 Not as good as this though .... BEAUTIFUL!!! |
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Post by youngjasper on Feb 11, 2021 2:48:09 GMT
Gooney Bird anniversary flight: Dc3 is a favorite! Flew in one years ago that was part of the Normandy invasion. Oil was leaking out of the engine all over the cowling. I informed the pilot who is a good friend. He paused and said, “Good!” I said,”What!?” He said, “If it’s leaking there is still oil in the engine.” Not much comfort there. |
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Post by Ratty on Feb 11, 2021 8:26:20 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on Feb 11, 2021 15:51:48 GMT
No True Scotsman.....  |
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Post by missouriboy on Feb 11, 2021 16:36:36 GMT
They forgot one ...  |
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Post by nautonnier on Feb 11, 2021 16:42:26 GMT
They forgot one ... I'm sure it will come back to them |
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Post by Ratty on Feb 11, 2021 16:56:43 GMT
They forgot one ... Aussies would never make a false claim; it was left out deliberately .... Boomerang History |
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Post by nonentropic on Feb 11, 2021 19:38:45 GMT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lR1sEn8nMIThis is NZ humor Ratty will like regardless what he says, and I would like comments. watch it all three adds. Probably not for TV in this age.
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Post by Ratty on Feb 11, 2021 22:52:05 GMT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lR1sEn8nMIThis is NZ humor Ratty will like regardless what he says, and I would like comments. watch it all three adds. Probably not for TV in this age. I couldn't get Google Translate to work.  |
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Post by nonentropic on Feb 11, 2021 23:19:00 GMT
they don't do Stine and the don't do Ziland.
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Post by missouriboy on Feb 12, 2021 3:40:24 GMT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lR1sEn8nMIThis is NZ humor Ratty will like regardless what he says, and I would like comments. watch it all three adds. Probably not for TV in this age. I couldn't get Google Translate to work. Whad e sey? I liked them, but I have problems with the whispered accents ... and the cross-word flow without a break.  My ears are not atuned to the Ziland sling. |
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Post by Ratty on Feb 13, 2021 12:21:46 GMT
One of our cartoonists has been a naughty boy:
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Post by missouriboy on Feb 13, 2021 13:12:05 GMT
Positively "tame" compared to our take.
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My ears are not atuned to the Ziland sling.