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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Sept 17, 2018 2:05:29 GMT
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Sept 22, 2018 15:56:21 GMT
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Oct 11, 2018 16:00:46 GMT
A new promo .... BOBH promo video sept 2018www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1aVhSiRTes.... and some further minor developments and initiatives .... The following was a "coincidental and private venture" (not actually part of the official BOBH initiative) by Steve WILDE, to attempt to acquire film/imagery of ex AIR NZ DC-10-30 ZK-NZS (the last remaining example of the airlines once 8 strong fleet of DC-10´s), which has remained derelict at Havana, Cuba, since 2005 and used as a ground trainer by CENTRO DE ENTRENIMIENTO AERONAUTICO/CUBANA. BOBH Steve Wilde Havana Cuba NZS 1st Footagewww.youtube.com/watch?v=OKXr5aDAuiYCHASING THE BIG 10www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZOPuS9o47cwww.youtube.com/watch?v=g8I8G3TRfW4Needless to say, and in a place like Cuba (and other countries ogf te Latin Americsn region too) access per this sort of "private" venture/initiative can only really become fruitful subject to fomal instroduction to, and sucessful negotiation with, the highest diplomatic and civil aeronautical representation in the land .... and through what´s also commomly known as a "propina"   .... or one´s hard-pressed to be able to get anywhere at all. Mark C BOG/CO |
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Post by Nathan Ford - HJG on Oct 12, 2018 9:05:06 GMT
The DC-10 doesn’t look too bad under the dirt and corrosion  Nathan |
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Oct 12, 2018 12:15:56 GMT
Looks .... both cosmetic and not .... can be deceiving though.
It´ll likely "never fly again" (nor will the DC-8 either), but, due to its having sat there, and exposed to the elements, since 2005 .... and in that sort of heat and humidity too .... God only know what sort of condition its structural airframe might be in .... not to mention what species of local wildlife might have since made it their home too.
I was thinking aboiu the latter as that guy was tramping through the bushes looking for a better view.
But .... one knows/anticipates (or shoulkd do at least) these things sorts before one gets into projects like this of course.
Mark C
BOG/CO
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Post by Nathan Ford - HJG on Oct 12, 2018 20:24:12 GMT
“Jeez mate, if it dusn’t bite-cha it’s a sissy!” Australian quote. She definitely won’t fly again, unless it’s with the help of Fedex  . To me, she doesn’t look as bent as parts of the DC-8, with a lot of the problems cosmetic. Well as a display anyway. They will have to source some out of time engines for her, but a bit of polish and a lick of paint and they should have her done in an arvo  . Cheers, Nathan |
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Oct 12, 2018 21:28:26 GMT
That´exactly what I was hinting at Buggered if I´s be too keen to go trapersing throgh that brush ANYWAY If one looks very close at the hot end of engine 2 .... then one can see it´s actually missing, so, she´s obviously been canibalized "to some extent" and which suggests water, dampness, and corrosion have gotten inside its skin .... not that it matter given it´s not, ever, likely to fly again. Mark C BOG/CO |
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Oct 20, 2018 23:24:31 GMT
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Aug 26, 2019 1:18:30 GMT
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Post by darrenvox on Aug 26, 2019 21:12:05 GMT
i had almost forgotten about this, but don't think I just turned my other cheek to them since i last saw a video ok!!
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Post by Mike Monce - HJG on Aug 27, 2019 12:34:44 GMT
The interior reveal was distressing to me.  I spend at least one day a week now as a docent in my retirement at our local air museum ( www.neam.org ) . We have a great crew of over 100 highly skilled volunteers who do the restoration on aircraft. But this is a non-profit, independent museum, so money is always tight. We have a restoration hanger and a storage hanger besides the 3 display hangers, but we also have 10 aircraft sitting out in the elements, and like the Air New Zealand plane quickly decaying away (New England weather is harsh). Several of these planes on the interior and exterior look like the ANZ plane. Funny how a grown old man can get choked up over a piece of machinery  The planes we have outside: De Havilland Caribou, A3 Skywarrior, F4D, E-1B Tracer, Albatross, Kaman 16B VTOL prototype, T33, Martin Canberra,F89 Mike |
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Post by darrenvox on Aug 27, 2019 15:50:54 GMT
the interior is a bit of that, I see, but what's more evasive is the outside...any day that nose could come apart... and wrecking this plane forever!! next is the logistics of how to transport this beast
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Aug 27, 2019 18:28:52 GMT
As was stated within a couple of the most recent videos above ....Apart from the missing # 3 engine .... and obvious damage to the port MG and trucks (there´s a story related within one of the above new videos about how both lots of damages occurred .... since they´re apparently related .... and which even I didn´t know), the aircraft is, apparently, in better external shape "than was expected". There "is" evidence of corrosion .... but .... it´s apparently not as advanced as was originally feared might be the case. Along with whatever other superficial damage may be existent the aircrafts visually apalling external condition is "COSMETIC" .... 14 years of dirt, grime, and slime having being accumulated by the aircraft as a result of its open air storage and being exposed to the harsh Amazon environment of Manaus .... all needing a darned good steam/chemi-clean and scrub. I think it must have came as something of a surprise to the goodwill team whom inspected the aircraft last week .... to find it´s flight deck basically stripped of everything useful .... as is now evident. This is, I suppose, an interesting point too, because if the aircraft is an "encumbered asset" .... presumeably with a court injunction imposed upon it .... then any such aircraft is usually "not supposed to be touched or moved" .... at least not without a legal dispensation. Regardless what this particular case may be .... it´d be interesting to lerarn if the operator (whom apparently went belly-up owing millions) stripped the aircraft to prevent it being moved .... or whether whomever served the injunction upon the aircraft/operater did so for similar reasoning. To say the very least .... this´s tuning into quite an "interesting story". I must stress .... the intention of BOBH "IS NOT" to have this particular aircraft returned to flying conition .... as it will, more than likely, "NEVER BE ABLE TO FLY AGAIN" .... but rather .... it´s intended that this aircraft should be "PROFESIONALLY DISASSEMBLED" and shipped back to New Zealand (as has been stated within both these recent, and repeated within much earlier, video updates). This requires "an experienced aviation engineering team" .... and which "IS" at the disposal of BOBH .... since the manner in which any aircraft is disasembled ultimately dictates how it´s then reassembled and displayed at its final locality. As Christopher COLOMBUS is recorded as having stated .... "nothing of any worth is ever achieved without hard work and sacrifice".This recovery .... assuming it reaches a favourable conclusion .... "IS" still a big and daunting prospect .... despite the relationship building and positive gains so far made. It "IS NOT" going to be easy .... and therefore "IS NOT" being taken lightly by any of the BOBH team. Other aircraft .... and in equal or worse condition .... have been similarly salvaged during the recent past and among which include the SUPER CONSTELLATION recovery undetaken by HARS in Australia during the 1990´s (a very successful project of a number of years duration and which triumphed over many technical, and legislative, problems encountered along the way too) .... and also the QANTAS FOUNDERS MUSEUM B707-138B recovery not long afterward. The only things that could potentially screw this recovery project (these recovery projects in the case of BOBH) from reaching its goal/s are .... an inability to free this particular aircraft from it´s current legal encumberment .... and/or an inability to raise the required funding in order to disassemble, transport, and then reassemble the aircraft at it´s intended new home in Wanaka, New Zealand. The rest is simply "KIWI CAN DO" .... and which is something that shouldn´t, ever, be underestimated, by anyone Mark C BOG/CO
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Jun 25, 2021 5:12:57 GMT
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Post by mobianstoryteller on Jun 26, 2021 10:26:08 GMT
I hope they do manage to save it, It would be nice to see another-400 saved after VH-OJA and the Retro BA 400s.
The 747 always looked great in both the 1980s and 1990s/2000s ANZ livery to me.
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.... or one´s hard-pressed to be able to get anywhere at all.
. To me, she doesn’t look as bent as parts of the DC-8, with a lot of the problems cosmetic. Well as a display anyway. They will have to source some out of time engines for her, but a bit of polish and a lick of paint and they should have her done in an arvo 
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