Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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Fucking mad lad takes a selfie at the 2.11 mark!!
Was his hair white before he jumped in that thing and started playing with a farking polar bear??
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I remember watching that episode and thinking what the fuck!
Bears are farking massive, I know when I went to a UK Zoo and seeing the Brown bears they had and thinking they were bigger than I thought they were, Polars Bears are bigger again (recorded upto 1500 pounds)
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Not sure where else to put this but it is awesome and I did see it on the internet
For those that didn't manage to catch PZ474 doing it's trial flights (see https://www.facebook.com/150073775005366/videos/390294005071191/ )here is one last chance (static only) to see this beautifully restored machine in NZ. There are only 4 airworthy Mossies in the world (3 have been restored at Ardmore with 1 more on the way)
I was lucky enough to climb up and get a cockpit look at the last on Avspecs restored.
Quite amazing that the Brits do not have an airworthy version for use during displays and commemorations. No official channels have supported a restoration, however a fundraising group have been working slowly for years trying to get a project completed. They did have a restoration happening in NZ (wings and frame) and have now taken the project back to the UK and hope to complete within the next 4 years.
One of the issues is that, quite incredibly, there are no full OEM specs available for rebuilders and much is 'best guess'. This means that only 'Experimental' airworthy certificates are issued and flights must be at shows only.Anyway, if you are interested in viewing she is on display at the Warbirds hanger alongside all the usual weekend display machines.
Here is the blurb....A really special treat - a FINAL FAREWELL
PZ474 Mosquito will be exclusively on display to the public, with special thanks to Avspecs, inside NZ Warbirds at Ardmore hangar for this coming long weekend only.
Saturday 26th January
Sunday 27th January
AND MONDAY 28 January
(We will be opening on Monday as its Auckland Anniversary weekend)
Come and say goodbye to her and get some great photographs to treasure before she's containerised and sent to the States. She will not be flying again here in NZ.
10:30am to 3:00pm
Harvard Lane
Ardmore Airfield
Near Papakura 2244
Adults $15:00
School age: $5.00
Pre-school: Free -
@jegga that is really cool!!
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@Paekakboyz said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@jegga that is really cool!!
Yeah I was thinking that might be a plan in the red zone in Christchurch?
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@Crucial My favourite WW2 plane. Awesome beast. Friend of mine flew the first restored one. Had a bit of fun when they first put it together and lost airspeed indication on maiden flight (not cool). His first thought was "only flying Mosquito on the planet and I'm going to crash it first time out".
Fortunately had a photography plane with them and got him to fly at required approach speeds and matched it wing tip to wing tip. Went into AKL intnl with the longer runway than Ardmore.
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@jegga Yeah, the whole design concept for the Mosssie and Hornet amuses me.
"What ho chaps, need a new plane. Quite like those Merlin things but think that 2 is better than one so lets do that. Power to weight ratio seems to work and this is already grossly overpowered but Merlins are heavy so how do we keep the weight down?"
Voice from back of room -"make it out of wood".
Gales of laughter.
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@Snowy Yeah I was very happy that the previous one made it to Wings in the 'rapa. I'd booked flights and hotels etc for a boys trip to AKL for the display, then wife had to fly to UK for funeral. Stuck at home with the kids! Then it came down for WIngs - very happy. What a sound when it wound up for take off
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@Snowy the conversation when they designed the f4u Corsair must have been interesting
“I want to put the biggest propeller ever put on a plane in front of that motor , how do we keep it off the ground?”
“ all good , we can bend the wings to lift the motor up”
12 months later
“ um, so the guys taking off in carriers say they can’t see shit when they are taking off and they are worried about ending up in the water”
“Fuck”
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Take the red pill. Get the blue screen..
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Awesome because of the idiots diving in without reading and making absolute tools of themselves. Beautifully played
STOP DOING THIS SHIT! In your house its ok if you want or where no one sees them but not in a restaurant. It is a public place devoted to food consumption. The truth is I don't agree, I don't know...
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@mariner4life said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Awesome because of the idiots diving in without reading and making absolute tools of themselves. Beautifully played
STOP DOING THIS SHIT! In your house its ok if you want or where no one sees them but not in a restaurant. It is a public place devoted to food consumption. The truth is I don't agree, I don't know...
I don't know what's worse; twitter or facebook. I'll probably elect for Facebook because there's more users and any argument on facebook shows why we're unlikely to progress much further as a species.
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@mariner4life said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Awesome because of the idiots diving in without reading and making absolute tools of themselves. Beautifully played
STOP DOING THIS SHIT! In your house its ok if you want or where no one sees them but not in a restaurant. It is a public place devoted to food consumption. The truth is I don't agree, I don't know...
Fucking, fucking... "flip-flops". What next? Thongs?
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Snake on one end, spider on the other.
The Lure of the Spider-Tailed Horned Viper
Meet the spider-tailed horned viper, native to western Iran. As the name suggests, the snake has a tail that, when moved about in the right way, looks like a spider crawling on a rock. The crawling “spider” attracts small birds who eat insects
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@Machpants said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@Snowy Yeah I was very happy that the previous one made it to Wings in the 'rapa. I'd booked flights and hotels etc for a boys trip to AKL for the display, then wife had to fly to UK for funeral. Stuck at home with the kids! Then it came down for WIngs - very happy. What a sound when it wound up for take off
I thought I had video and more pics myself from this but can't seem to find them (think I uploaded them somewhere). The couple I can find include one of the Mrs in the Mossie cockpit so it seems my memory of climbing in wasn't a fake one.
BTW: I hear a strong rumour of a very exciting first for Wanaka this year. Think big, very big. Think hairdo and 80s music.
de Havilland Hornet - Wikipedia
