A big truck came to our museum today..

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A big truck came to our museum today..

#1 Post by John Hill » Mon Aug 01, 2022 7:40 am

Been in data comm since we formed the bits individually with a Morse key.

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#2 Post by k3k3 » Mon Aug 01, 2022 11:52 am

Thats a nice looking Strikemaster, bolt the wings on, do a BF and away you go!

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#3 Post by John Hill » Mon Aug 01, 2022 7:26 pm

It should be a relatively easy assembly job for us but I guess it will be a job for the old forklift and rubber mattresses.
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Re: A big truck came to our museum today..

#4 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Aug 03, 2022 9:37 am

Nice. Does it work?

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#5 Post by John Hill » Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:30 am

Yes, the forklift works quite well and I understand the Strikemaster is 'complete', but I am not sure if that includes an engine. I hear the wings are on and it is standing on it's wheels today.

We do not have the resources to fly any of our collection.
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#6 Post by Undried Plum » Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:38 am

John Hill wrote:
Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:30 am
We do not have the resources to fly any of our collection.

Bugger.

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#7 Post by k3k3 » Wed Aug 03, 2022 12:41 pm

John Hill wrote:
Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:30 am
Yes, the Strikemaster is 'complete'.
We do not have the resources to fly any of our collection.
Pity, you could have had the genesis of the only combat capable air wing in NZ.

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#8 Post by Undried Plum » Wed Aug 03, 2022 1:05 pm

Who would they fight?

Their West Island?

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#9 Post by TheGreenAnger » Wed Aug 03, 2022 1:46 pm

Undried Plum wrote:
Wed Aug 03, 2022 1:05 pm
Who would they fight?

Their West Island?
The South Island could secede, which could be the casus belli! Sharpened paws-paws and 1 Strikemaster at dawn... =))
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Re: A big truck came to our museum today..

#10 Post by John Hill » Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:50 pm

There are still quite a few gaps in our Percival collection..we have Proctor, Provost, Jet Provost.

Someone recently gave us a complete radio fit from a Percival Prince. That could be a bit boring but having a display of all the components of a system is quite an advance over labelled sundry black boxes.
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