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NZPAF/RNZAF Aircraft Colour Schemes – Brewster C-339E BuffaloTHE BREWSTER F2A was designed by R. D. MacCart and D. T. Brown of the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, Long Island, New York to a United States Navy specification drawn up in 1935 for a carrier-based, single-seat, monoplane fighter. Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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NZPAF/RNZAF Aircraft Colour Schemes – Bristol F.2B FighterTHE BRISTOL FIGHTER was designed by Frank Barnwell of the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company Ltd (Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd) in 1916 to suit the new 190 hp Rolls Royce Falcon I engine and was designated F.2A...Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |
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Fouveaux Splash DownThe advent of the helicopter greatly lessened the problems Involved in ferrying goods and stores between ship and hostile shore. A role previously labouriously involving many hand and awkward cargoes. The helicopter changed all that, bringing speed and convenience to the operation. However, very occasionally, the sea can claim the contents of the sling following a mishap and, very infrequently, the helicopter itself. In the accompanying article Warren Russell, lighthouse keeper on Dog Island in Fouveaux Strait and an aviation historian of note, records the ditching and subsequent recovery of Hughes 500C ZK-HMU following such a ship to shore operation last April.Full Text in Archive | Article Details | |