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Re: Just some cool photos...nothing more, nothing less...
« Reply #1900 on: November 23, 2017, 10:18:29 AM »
Whoa!!  That's an extreme low-altitude bank there!!  Fast camera, too, to freeze the main rotor so well.

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« Reply #1901 on: November 23, 2017, 11:00:41 PM »


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« Reply #1902 on: November 27, 2017, 07:07:46 AM »


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« Reply #1903 on: November 27, 2017, 05:28:48 PM »
Simply amazing pics, the Tonka is superb 8) 8) 8)
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« Reply #1904 on: November 27, 2017, 09:14:31 PM »
The Draken & the Tonka have been added to my wallpapers file. 8)
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« Reply #1905 on: November 30, 2017, 04:48:40 AM »


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« Reply #1906 on: December 01, 2017, 03:14:06 AM »




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« Reply #1907 on: December 02, 2017, 03:24:53 AM »
There were low-level flypasts by RAAF Super Hornets, Growlers and these big boys here yesterday - alas, I was not permitted to take any photos at the time:

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« Reply #1908 on: December 02, 2017, 03:36:58 AM »
Video of the last - not by me...

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« Reply #1909 on: December 03, 2017, 12:43:29 AM »
You can never have too many Lancaster photos ....



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« Reply #1910 on: December 03, 2017, 12:48:54 AM »
Be something to hear as well as see !

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« Reply #1911 on: December 03, 2017, 12:58:10 AM »
Eight Merlins would be a nice chorus!
Beautiful pic!

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« Reply #1912 on: December 03, 2017, 02:20:04 AM »








Draken International A-4s
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« Reply #1913 on: December 03, 2017, 02:44:06 AM »
In case anyone wondered where the RNZAF MB.339s and A-4s ended up...
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« Reply #1914 on: December 03, 2017, 05:53:12 AM »


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« Reply #1915 on: December 03, 2017, 06:18:50 AM »
 :smiley:
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« Reply #1916 on: December 03, 2017, 06:21:13 AM »
 :-* :-* A-4's forever  :-* :-*
Great pics 8) 8)
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« Reply #1917 on: December 03, 2017, 03:39:44 PM »
In case anyone wondered where the RNZAF MB.339s and A-4s ended up...
When exactly and why did New Zealand decide to discard these aircraft? Especially the Scooters...
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« Reply #1918 on: December 04, 2017, 02:11:56 AM »
When exactly and why did New Zealand decide to discard these aircraft? Especially the Scooters...

RNZAF A-4s were decided to be retired effectively in the mid-late 1990s.  Initially the replacement was to be the F-16 though this was cancelled in 2001.  The A-4s and MB.339s left service 2001/2002.  They were eventually sold to Draken in mid 2012.  The why was primarily due to their age, the cost of maintaining the capability and the taking of a more realistic view to how to focus NZ's defence force.
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« Reply #1919 on: December 05, 2017, 08:28:20 PM »








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« Reply #1920 on: December 06, 2017, 12:08:52 AM »
Nice drone shot of the Sukhoi T-4 Sotka. I will not be finishing my kit in bare metal. It will be black or grey.  :icon_crap:

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« Reply #1921 on: December 06, 2017, 01:45:25 AM »
Shiney! ;)
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« Reply #1923 on: December 06, 2017, 05:35:46 AM »


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« Reply #1924 on: December 06, 2017, 05:50:44 AM »


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