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OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE MARLBOROUGH AERO CLUB INC.

P.O. Box 73, Blenheim, 7240

Tel: (03) 578 5073

Email: [email protected]

www.marlboroughaeroclub.co.nz

M.A.C. Marlborough Aero Club

THE M.A.C. FLYER

Sept. 2020

Vol No. 61

Dr Dave Baldwin—In Serious Mode

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Omaka Aerodrome,

Blenheim, NZ

PATRON

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PRESIDENT

Paul Hally

Ph: 021 269 3933

VICE PRESIDENT

Michael Lagunowitsch

Ph: 027 563 8591

Hon. Secretary

Victoria Lewis

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CLUB CAPTAIN

Paul Dalley

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CFI

Sharn Davies

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COMMITTEE

Mike Rutherford, Grant Jolley, Marty Nicoll,

Graham Bloomfield, Chris Clark

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Club Email Addresses

President [email protected]

Vice President [email protected]

Honorary Secretary [email protected]

Club Captain [email protected]

Sharn [email protected]

Dan [email protected]

Ben [email protected]

Office – General [email protected]

Office – Accounts [email protected]

Clubhouse [email protected]

UPCOMING EVENTS

MAC Club Competitions Sept/Oct 2020

Wellington Aero Club Inter Club Comps (Omaka) Postponed

MAC Wings Dinner 24 Oct 2020**

Alpine Regionals (Omaka) 19-22 Nov 2020

Akrofest (Omaka) Cancelled

MAC Cocktail Party TBA 2020

HBBPC 6 February 2021

Classic Fighters Airshow Easter 2021

Nationals / Australian Wings (Omaka) Feb 2022

** Save the date! Further information will follow.

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT

The month of September, as seems to be tradition in Blenheim, wind wind and

more wind. I’m yet to see the end of month flying hours to see the impact but

I have certainly noticed it a little quieter than usual around the airfield.

For those of you with permanent pickets outside, possibly a good time to

check your tie downs. While I endeavour to glance an eye on these from time

to time and check/adjust for you, it is not our responsibility. I am also waiting

for a calm-ish day and when bodies are available, (difficult to organise both

at the same time), we will move your aircraft off the pickets so that we can at-

tack the grass growth underneath your aircraft. Feel free of course if you wish

to do this yourself.

The airfield itself is looking pretty good and this is supported by the many com-

ments I have received. We have Neville’s mowing mob who do a fantastic

job on all the non-operational areas and airside myself and with the help of

Ben and Dan keeping the taxiways and hangar areas shaved. Well done all.

For those of you who subscribe to the AIP (which is all of you of course) you will

have noticed the plates have changed for Omaka which now include the

new taxiway layouts. What it doesn’t include is the wide taxiway we have es-

tablished from the private hangars down the western fence line to RWY07.

When the Request for Change was sent into Airways, this taxiway had not

been established. Feel free to use this as an alternative to the centre taxiway

in front of the main hangar if you wish to depart off 07 or after landing 25.

The MH tank has half gone courtesy of the Lions Club and we are just waiting

for them to take the rest away soon. The old water tank that is on the corner

of the main hangar is on the scrap mans ‘hit’ list. He was to have taken this

away by now but I will chase this up to see what’s happened.

Staff wise, the committee is comfortable to continue contracting Nancy and

Paula for the office duties. Paula as Accounts Administrator Monday and

Wednesday afternoons and Nancy as Office Administrator the rest of the time,

with Duty Pilots in the weekends.

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Presidents Report Continued….

Dan is well on his way to sitting his B-Cat Instructors rating which will help

share the B Cat privileges between Sharn and Dan. The committee has also

encouraged Sharn, when time will allow him, to work towards his A-Cat.

Having A, B and C category instructors on the staff will provide great flexibil-

ity for the club.

WAA upgrade is on a temporary hold until we get the bill for OMR which has

been out of the air for some weeks now waiting to have the undercarriage

brackets replaced. As I write this, OMR is booked in next week to have this

work completed so hopefully she will be back in the air very soon. This is go-

ing to be an expensive exercise as it involves removing some of the skin, so

we will just wait and see what we are dealing with in the final bill before we

commit to any work on WAA.

We have now set up a system to try and capture more of the aircraft land-

ings at the airfield and so far seems to be working relatively well. You may

remember in my last blurb I provided a list of those private aircraft who had

taken benefit of the one off $100/year landing fee. This was to allow those

of you not listed the opportunity to notify the office and have your aircraft

included in this member benefit. Otherwise –

$10/landing paid on the day or

$25 if we have to invoice you for non-payment

For those of you on the list, please keep the office updated if you change

your aircraft registration for which the 100 applies too.

Hopefully covered in more detail under Club Captain, but the WAC vs MAC

has been postponed until December at their request and the Akrofest has

unfortunately been cancelled for this year due to some ‘teething’ problems

between Airways and the Aerobatic Club over procedures.

Don’t forget our bar is open every Saturday and Sunday, in fact some of our

Saturdays have been busier than the traditional Sunday and it’s great to see

new and more regular faces there.

That’s it from me this month…safe flying everyone.

Paul

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CFI’S REPORT

What an interesting year it has been so far. I don’t think anyone could have

predicted this year’s events. I feel as if 2020 was drunk and needs to be tak-

en home to sleep it off.

The good news for the Club is that we as a membership are strong and

healthy and have banded together to get through the tough times. The

Club still has a strong student base and we have collected a few new stu-

dents along the way. It appears as if other members have generally weath-

ered the storm okay as I am still getting a lot of BFR’s coming my way, eve-

ryone wants to get on with flying after the forced break courtesy of COVID

and the government.

It has been great to see such a large number of First Solo’s recently. Most of

the younger solo’s started out in the Young Eagles programme, clearly

catching the bug and continuing on. This is something we need to contin-

ue to foster in the future.

The end of the year is going to be a busy time for club events. We have the

club competitions finishing up in October, then the Wings Dinner and

RNZAC Regionals, held here at Omaka mid-November. This will keep the in-

structing staff on our toes as we also have a number of students’ flight test-

ing before the end of the year. Heads down bum up sums it up.

Sharn

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FIRST SOLOs

Yat Yeung Lam 15 January 2020

Kimberly Price 23 January 2020

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First Solos continued….

Harry Newman-Woods 14 February 2020

Sam Wakelin 23 January 2020

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Peter Gurr 13 March 2020

First Solos continued…..

Jared Henn 22 February 2020

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Joel Tomasi 4 July 2020

Eric Null 7 July 2020


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Benjamin Lewis 8 July 2020

Scott Donald 3 September 2020

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Leander Bahlsen 19 September 2020

Matthew Judd 20 September 2020

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First Solos Continued….

Frank Hartland 22 September 2020

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NEW PPLs

Nathan Edwards 14 March 2020

And sad to say, no photo, but congrats none the less to David Jiminez

who achieved his PPL on 1 August 2020

David, come back in and let’s take a photo for next edition!

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FLYING HOURS

Applications for Young Eagles Scholarships are available on line at the Flying NZ

website. Please note that the closing date for applications is 4 pm on Sunday, 25

October 2020. No extensions will be permitted. This year the Ross McPherson/

Flying NZ scholarship has an increased value of $3500 and 4 are available. Also,

the Waypoints aviation scholarship has increased in value. Look on the Flying

NZ website for further details on all available scholarships

SCHOLARSHIPS

Sep-20

Non Pro Dual Solo Private Hire Total

DMF 1 24.4 1.7 2 29.1

EQH 35.6 3.1 0.4 39.1

EBH 0.35 4.35 4.7

OMR

COX

WAA 0.2 13.6 3.6 5.3 22.7

DNF 1.1 1.1 2.2

Total 1.2 75.05 9.5 12.05 97.8

Inst Hire 9

Total for Month 106.8

YTD 01/04/2020 - 30/09/2020 YTD

Non Pro Dual Solo Private Hire Total

DMF 1.8 133.2 25.1 18 178.1

EQH 6.5 161.6 25.4 14.5 208

EBH 0.16 7.65 0.55 14.65 23.01

OMR 1.8 43.2 8.2 24.6 77.8

COX 0 13.6 0.25 0 13.85

WAA 0.2 74.8 16.7 21 112.7

DNF 0.8 9 1.1 1.7 12.6

Total 11.26 443.05 77.3 94.45 626.06

Inst Hire 41.45

Total for Year 667.51

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A NOTE FROM THE CLUBHOUSE

Our historic Clubhouse & Bar is available for members & their guests.

We are open every Saturday & Sunday & the last Friday of every month

for Fizzy Friday, as well as hosting many events. Don't be a stranger, pop

down and enjoy your favourite tipple and enjoy our fabulous Clubhouse.

Everyone is welcome!

The bar has a great selection of wine from Jules Taylor, Peregrine, Alpha

Domus, Yealands & No 1 as well as a large selection of beer, craft beers,

spirits and non alcoholic beverages.

With the revival of the MAC Flyer we will keep you informed of all up-

coming events.

Any Clubhouse/Bar enquiries please contact Pip 027 787 0017 or club-

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


HERITAGE AVIATION UPDATE

PIPER CUB ZK-BQX

It is very pleasing to announce another new vintage resident for Omaka

with the arrival in the first week of September of the Piper Cub ZK-BQX. This

has been acquired by keen young aviators Zac Dillon and Ed Hazlett with

some support from Nigel Griffith whose hangar the aeroplane is now resid-

ing in! This is a 'back to the future' moment for Omaka as this 90 hp ma-

chine was owned by the Marlborough Aero Club many years ago and

keen young student Pat Lyford went solo in the aeroplane on its second

day with the Club and went on to be associated with it for decades in-

cluding as an owner until its recent sale back to Omaka (it had been

based at Paraparaumu for a spell). Huge congrats to its new owners

who apparently plan to have fun with it for a year or so and then explore

some new fabric for the fuselage which is getting just a little tired. We are

fortunate to have many classic Pipers - Cubs, Pacers and Pawnee - both

as flying aeroplanes and as projects, at and around Omaka. I'm pretty sure

this brings the population up to an even dozen!

By Graham Orphan

Andy Heap Photo

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Heritage Aviation update continued...

NZ'S PRETTIEST TIGER MOVES TO OMAKA!

Easily one of the prettiest and most admired vintage aeroplanes in the whole

country is Ian and Annie Pirie's beautiful Tiger Moth, ZK-APP. Based in Nelson,

the pair have been keen members and regular visitors here for years and

eventually managed to purchase a hangar in which to base the Tiger. For a

range of reasons it took a while to actually make the move to bring the

aircraft here but this momentous event finally took place in early

September. This brings the population of de Havilland Tiger Moths presently

calling Omaka home to SIX aircraft. These include the airworthy syndicate

owned example, ZK-BER; the recently arrived time capsule ZK-BQB that will be

going on public display in the AHC in due course, and the three restoration

projects, ZK-AJH; ZK-ANN and ZK-AZQ, all of which are active rebuilds and all

progressing well. And of course, the closely related DH.83c ZK-APT is Paul and

Pip's resident Fox Moth, so it's happy days for classic de Havilland Moths here

at Omaka!

GMO

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SECOND CLASSIC CESSNA CONVERSION COMES HOME!

Earlier this year we welcomed the much modified classic square-tailed Cessna

C-172 ZK-MLY, now a changed aeroplane with its completed taildragger con-

version giving it the look of a slightly shrunken C-180. This aircraft was complet-

ed for the Omaka based syndicate comprising Ray Patchett, Chris Hagen and

Richard Marden but the plan was always to include a second aircraft in the

mix and this machine, another C-172 conversion, is ZK-BQG and this arrived at

OM at the end of July (and here they are together!).

This latest arrival differs a little in having some additional horse-power 'under

the hood' as well as larger tyres for rougher paddocks! Ray Patchett, who has

heaps of experience with all manner of aircraft including C-180s and 185s just

swears by these retro 172 conversions so you know it has to be a special kind

of sport aircraft. I just pity the plane-spotters who have been struggling with

telling the difference between C-180s and C-185s, so adding these little cuties

to the mix will really cause confusion, especially when there are now NINE air-

craft of this basic silhouette on the field now!

GMO

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YEALANDS CLASSIC FIGHTERS AIRSHOW 2021

Well there's little more than six months to go before our biennial Easter air-

show takes flight here at Omaka. The lead-up to our 20th anniversary event

has been different from any airshow planning we have ever done before as

we have had to negotiate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic from

March onwards, considering along the way, the various potential forms the

event might take subject to where people can access the event from. At

this juncture we're planning on a New Zealand-only event but we're hopeful

that at least some of Australia will have opened up to NZ and return travel

by then. There are too many variables to know what to expect at this

stage, and the worst case scenario would be another wave that required

major restrictions in gathering numbers, and that would shut the event

down. Mindful of this as we are, there is no reason to consider anything oth-

er than having this amazing community put together the best aviation-

themed entertainment spectacular we have ever done, and that's what

we're aiming for.

The full-size V-2 rocket is seen here at the Omaka show back in 2011 being towed behind the

Clark tug. In due course we hope to have a permanently available tow vehicle of suitable

pedigree to make this scenario a little more authentic!

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You may have noted a range of things happening around the aircraft, from

the construction work in the back of the MAC main hangar, including our

own resident Ford Model 'T' WW-I ambulance which is not very advanced with

the airshow 'Props Team'. Elsewhere on the field, various pieces of equipment

have begun to emerge, associated with the return of the feared V-2 rocket,

our full-sized recreation complete with its 'Meilerwagen' launch trailer, which is

to be reprised this year after a decade of not being seen (apart from the tail,

which has been grazing beside the museum). That display will be more in-

volved than it was in 2011, so you'll need to tell your friends to make sure they

come to the show to see this amazing spectacle. In fact we are going to be

seeing something never seen before, anywhere in the world, when the

Omaka community presents BOTH the V-1 flying bomb AND the V-2 rocket at

the one event this year. You can't see either of these performing anywhere

else, so having both together will be unmissable! There will of course be all of

the usual other theatrical displays that the CF Airshow is famous for.

One of the great new 'star' aeroplanes that we are fortunate to have based here at

Omaka is the Yak-3U 'Steadfast' owned by Ronan Harvey and Mark O'Sullivan, and brilliant-

ly captured here by Gavin Conroy as Mark demonstrates one of this machine's great party

tricks, those amazing wingtip smoke generators!

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We are hoping for solid support from the RNZAF next year as well as wel-

coming military aircraft from abroad, however we won't be able to con-

firm the latter until we have a better idea of what the borders will be look-

ing like by then. In the meantime the various teams are working on secur-

ing a range of other aircraft and we are fortunate to have been able to

increase the number of 'resident showplanes' each year with more arrivals

of impressive display aircraft, which puts us in a favourable position, espe-

cially if we have to have significant budgetary constraints for next year's

event. The more locally based aircraft and other display equipment we

have available, especially in cases of possible ring-fenced regional lock-

downs like the recent case with Auckland, the more able we will be to run

a successful and largely independent event.


Tracy Dixon looks justifiably happy with herself after achieving her Super Cub

rating in BKN at the end of September. Tracy has been a competent tail-

dragger pilot for years but had always wanted to lock in a rating on the PA-

18-150 and she is now over the moon to have finally ticked that elusive

box! One assumes she now also has accomplished a 'giant marshmallows

undercarriage' rating as well, having completed this challenge on the over-

sized 'off-road' footwear fitted to this machine! Well done Trace!

THE SMILE SAYS IT ALL!

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OMAKA'S MAGICAL MOSQUITO MISSION!

Well I don't think any MAC member would not be aware of the recent arrival

of a de Havilland Mosquito fighter-bomber at Omaka recently. In fact the

task of bringing this machine across from Mapua was completed over the

weekend of 26-27 September however the journey to get it here took far

longer than two days. Many of you will have been following this story, but for

those seeking a quick overview, here is how it has unfolded.

After the passing last year of the reclusive Mapua-based aircraft collector

John Smith, the following months saw much discussion amongst his family,

primarily John's brother George and his three adult children, about the long

term disposition of John's collection of heritage aircraft. The family sought

some direction from John's friend Bill Reid (John had earlier given Bill the

Lockheed Hudson that Bill has since loaned for display in the Omaka AHC),

and Bill in turn introduced John Saunders and Mike Nicholls to help the family

navigate a path forwards for the collection.

Before the disassembly of the Mosquito began in earnest, a small address was made to the

many volunteers in attendance. Key players in the story up until this point are seen here as John

Saunders talked everyone through the journey so far. From the left, John, Mike Nicholls, the Smith

family comprising Jo, George and Robbie, Bill Reid and Project Manager Al Marshall.

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In a nutshell, the Omaka AHC is fortunate to have been given the opportunity

by the family to place the three 'core' Mapua treasures on display, these be-

ing the Mosquito, the Curtiss P-40N-20 Kittyhawk 'Gloria Lyons' and John's own

personal aircraft, the Tiger Moth ZK-BQB (John had not flown this since the

1960s). In addition, in an arrangement with John and Mike, the family have

sold the second Kittyhawk, a P-40E to them so this is also at Omaka as some

of you will have seen, whilst the Harvard package has gone to the NZ

Warbirds folks at Ardmore and the P-51D Mustang has been purchased by

Brendon Deere for restoration at his base at Ohakea. The collection of Vam-

pire airframe parts and engines will remain in the Tasman area with a local

enthusiast there.

SO.....the bottom line for Omaka in the short term is an increase of four signifi-

cant heritage aircraft, now all on site. The two P-40s arrived some months ago

and Mike and John along with their team of supporters have conducted

some stunning work on the P-40N to bring it up to museum display standard.

The Tiger Moth has also arrived and is effectively awaiting clean-up, assembly

and display once a suitable area can be funded to do so. That left the Mos-

quito.

As that first day progressed many familiar faces from around Omaka found themselves deep into

disassembly of the big fighter-bomber.

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The 'Flagship' of John's collection, the Mosquito had been collected from

Woodbourne in 1956, that recovery requiring the aircraft to be cut into sec-

tions and taken home to Mapua, piece by piece, to be painstakingly reas-

sembled on John's property. Everyone who has since worked to reverse the

process and bring the aircraft home to Marlborough, has marvelled over the

effort John put into his Mosquito, to collect it, reassemble it, and then ulti-

mately house it in a bespoke shed built around the aircraft itself. Everyone

has also been impressed by how much effort John put into preparing the

Mosquito for its long term protection, so that the condition it is in now, which

might look scruffy, is in fact far better than might have been hoped for if it

had just been stashed away in a shed and forgotten.

John had 'pickled' the Merlin engines for their long term health (after the nu-

merous engine runs he carried out in his yard). He also painted the aircraft all

over in a paint that looks like 'whitewash' but which actually contained a

protection from borer infestation and this seems to have worked a treat! Fi-

nally, he taped over many of the joints and openings in the aircraft to effec-

tively cocoon it against moisture ingress and once again, his steps have

been proven to have worked very well to contain the advancement of de-

terioration that you might expect to see on an aircraft that has been parked

for over 60 years.

The Mosquito needed a Project Manager to oversee the recovery and refur-

bishment to static display standard of the aircraft. Several key people in-

volved with the AHC and with aircraft engineering operations, worked to

come up with a name of someone who might best suit this role and all pulled

up the same name - Al Marshall. Having recently been stood-down from his

Virgin Airlines captaincy as a result of Covid-19, Al was available and we

were lucky enough to get his commitment to this most important of

tasks. Thankfully, Al knows everyone in the aviation world in Marlborough

and has been able to access the support of numerous individuals and com-

panies to assist in the disassembly and transport of the aircraft over the past

two months. What was great to see was the range of members of the

Omaka aviation community who have stepped up to assist, some heading

over the hill for a day of work at Mapua, others doing many days on the

Mosquito (and helping with other work needed to re-home all those other

aeroplanes as well).

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A major milestone was achieved on 25th September when the aircraft was able to be moved

from its home of many decades and into the sunshine. The two cranes, carefully operated by

the locally-based Lift & Shift team, were needed to conduct lintel-duties, holding up the front of

the building after the two front posts were removed to allow the Mosquito to come out!

Prior to the major airframe sections coming across the hill, the many smaller

items like the tail group, engines, spinners, cowlings, nacelles, bomb bay doors

etc etc etc had been brought to Omaka and work has been happening pro-

gressively on all of these items. JEM Aviation has been a huge supporter of this

venture, not just with Jay McIntyre himself heading to Mapua over several

weeks to help remove engines, radiators etc., but also with access to JEM fa-

cilities like the paint booth, tools and equipment and even a full time staff

member sponsored by JEM Aviation to support the Mosquito work for several

weeks of solid output, providing a massive boost to the project. So by the time

the wings and fuselage arrived at Omaka, many other items had already

been completed ready for installation in what seems a remarkably short time

frame.

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Nervous moments as the carefully rigged fuselage is hoisted off the wing and placed on the semi-

trailer for the journey back to Omaka. The Marlborough based family crew from Muscles Lifting per-

formed this task flawlessly. They had already shown their magic with the tricky and delicate Hudson

installation in the AHC, so we knew we had the right team here managing the crane-work.

One organisation that is not from the 'Top of the South' that has helped tre-

mendously has been Warren Denholm's AvSpecs Ltd at Ardmore, Auckland.

AvSpecs had also done a deal with the Smith family to acquire all of the sur-

plus Mosquito parts that were not part of John's intact example, and this sig-

nificant haul of materials will help Warren and the team to perform more of

their 'Mossie magic', putting future Mosquitos into the sky as they have al-

ready done three times for overseas customers. This connection with Warren

and his team helped the Omaka initiative hugely as he was happy to ship

the bespoke jigs, cradles, transport frames, lifting assemblies etc that we

would need to shift the Omaka Mosquito, and then Warren and two of his

crew came south for the weekend of the big move to oversee the crucial

task of splitting the fuselage from the wing so that the two major structures

could go onto semi-trailers for the shift to Omaka. And all of that time provid-

ed by the AvSpecs crew was at no cost to the AHC, Warren choosing to pro-

vide this as sponsorship to Omaka.

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Many discussions ensued among Omaka's heritage aviation community,

and indeed opinions have been contributed from right across the globe, as

to how John's Mosquito might be preserved at Omaka. There has been the

'make it fly' lobby (which would not be possible without replacing the bulk of

the airframe structure, since John had cut it up to take it home). Then there

was the 'leave as a time capsule in its final silver RNZAF scheme' which was

also impossible since John had painted it white all over. The decision was

made therefore to put it back in the RAF camouflage colours it wore when

new, but carrying the squadron codes of an aircraft flown by RNZAF 487

Sqn., which performed with distinction in their Mosquitos, sorties including the

famous Amiens Prison raid and low-level attacks on Gestapo installations.

Gavin Conroy and Al Marshall look suitably pleased with the result after the scruffy old tail surfaces

emerged from the paint booth looking sunning and straight out of 1944. Marty Nicoll has been in

charge of the paint application, including the stencilling that went onto these units after this was

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Having decided on the final presentation of the Mosquito with the agree-

ment of the Smith family, it is important that the correct RAF colour codes,

the scheme layout, stencilling, every detail, would be done correctly. Enter

Marty Nicoll who had the appropriate colour scheme with codes drawn up

well ahead of time on his computer, and then he went to MAC Lifetime

member and former Treasurer Brian Greenall whose company Equus Indus-

tries manufactures paint and was able to deliver all of the paint, of the cor-

rect colours from the original RAF colour codes system, and of the correct

finish, in the multiple colours needed to include not just the camouflage but

the roundels, squadron codes, stencilled notifications etc etc. - and al at no

cost to the project - Brian once again stepping up to sponsor paint for yet

another of our heritage projects at Omaka!

Home at last! Both the fuselage and the one-piece wing are seen here in Bill Reid's hangar en-

trance at Omaka, the Anson hiding behind, somewhat 'parked in' until the Mosquito is com-

pleted and moved into the AHC. The wings and fuselage can be taken outside to allow the

Anson to fly when required.

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There is still a way to go on this miraculous mission, but everyone is enjoy-

ing the journey and the amazing community that has stepped up on so

many levels to support it. Well done to everyone involved! Finally please

note that a dedicated FaceBook group has been created specifically to

allow people to follow progress on this aircraft and this now has subscrib-

ers watching from around the world. You can tune in here....

https://www.facebook.com/groups/319631725815182 In addition, if you

would like to help the project move forwards towards the time when it is

actually on display within the walls of the museum, then you can make a

donation at the AHC or you can go online and make a donation via our

'Give-a-Little' WARBIRD RESCUE page here...

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/warbird-rescue

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AIRCRAFT ACQUISITION OPTIONS

Just a reminder that there are presently numerous options for involvement

in heritage aircraft ownership for those who might be looking at putting

their toe in the water for the first time, or those wishing to add to their fleet.

We're always keen to help facilitate any new aircraft acquisitions into the

Omaka scene, especially when there is an airshow coming up, so please

get in touch if you're seeking some guidance on this front.

As always, we're here to help and advise members on how to achieve

their vintage aviation goals and bring even more magic to Omaka! Call

Graham on 021 683 954 or email on <[email protected]>

Onwards and upwards!

Cheers for now,

GMO

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