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13th March 2005, 06:06
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Avro Vulcan in RNZAF markings
Recently I saw a photo of an Avro Vulcan in RNZAF markings, with the Kiwi roundels. I cannot for the life of me recall which magazine or book I saw it in, but I am fairly sure it was in a white or silver scheme, and the roundels were quite large and near the canopy.
I was going to ask about it at the time and forgot, but now the question has come up on my RNZAF forum http://rnzaf.proboards43.com/ and it's bugging me Has anyone got the photo or any photos of this aircraft? It would be post-1970 probably because that's when the RNZAF adopted the Kiwi roundel. Cheers.
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13th March 2005, 08:15
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Dave, I've seen a photo of the said Vulcan.
The Kiwi was a "zap" put on by RNAF wags when the kite visited NZ. I think the book was part of the "combat aircraft" series and the picture has a bemused chief tech stood nearby.
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13th March 2005, 11:25
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13th March 2005, 15:45
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Ask Albert?
Here it is, deep in the bowels of my slide collection - XH562 of 9 Squadron at Christchurch on 2 March 1972 with 'zapped' roundel. Any photo, 'ask Albert'!
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13th March 2005, 15:54
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13th March 2005, 16:03
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13th March 2005, 17:55
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Brilliant Albert - i hope you don't mind i posted that pic on the "But that aircraft never flew with that Air Force"-thread on ModMil.
And if i may... Quote:
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13th March 2005, 22:02
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Here is the photo mentioned in post #2, page 45 of "Modern Combat Aircraft 11"
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14th March 2005, 05:38
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Thanks everyone, brilliant
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14th March 2005, 06:22
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Dave,
You'll find another spectacular shot in an early Monthly A magazine where some tourists were in Milford Sound and the Vulcan roared up past them. Said magazine published it as a centrefold and it was flying up the fiord below the tops. Sadly the quality of the original could have been better but still a great pic. I saw the a/c at CIAL when it arrived and it was one of those "there's something not right about that" sensations as she landed until I turned to my associates and we simultaneously stated the fact of the roundels. They were applied at Ohakea while the a/c crew were away for the day to Rotorua. The a/c overnighted here and was parked on the apron down by the old aeroclub. I recall a very spirited departure was staged and an overfly of the city. hth
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14th March 2005, 06:54
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It annoyed me Dave so hunted it out from early 1979 edition and the original photographer was Neville Parnell.
Must have really given the tourists a memory for life!
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14th March 2005, 07:01
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Wow, that is sensational. Thanks Denys!!
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