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[Sternjaeger II]

Nice! Now I'm by no means an Anson expert, but if memory serves the undercarriage rear arm was a bit beefier than that? It always struck me as resembling a steel beam, whilst this one has thing bracing?

[AndyJWest]

I think that the undercarriage may have been substantially revised over development. According to Wikipedia, the Mk I had manually operated gear "which required no less than 140 turns of the hand crank by the pilot"! Later marks had hydraulic retraction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Anson

Actually, describing the Anson as a 'bomber' is a little optimistic...

[WTE_Galway]

Ansons, Halifaxs, Stirlings, Hampdens, Whitleys ... so many bombers that saw WWII service that are forgotten these days in favor of the one or two that made it into the movies

[ElAurens]

Very cool.

It's one of the planes I have wanted to fly in Clod since the beginning.

I have a 1/72 scale Airfix model of one that I purchased when I was in London, ahem, 40 years ago this summer.

[MB_Avro_UK]

Many thanks for posting.

NZ also is the home of Peter Jackson's WW1 aircraft creations.

He of movie fame and Dam Buster remake. And something to do with Lord of the Rings...

Has the NZ Air Force been disbanded?


Best Regards,
MB_Avro

[RickRuski]

They might as well do just that Avro, there's no fighter wing now hasn't been for a number of years since they mothballed the Skyhawks. A lot of the pilots I believe went and joined the Australian Air Force. About the only thing NZ Air Force has now is a Transport wing and maintainence unit, if the pilots want single engine flying they fly their own or pilot for someone else at air shows( apart from their red checkers display unit which I believe is also used for pilot training). Our A/F is mainly used now for transporting troops, coastal servailance, search and resque and transporting VIP's. But yes they are finally mothballing their Hewey's and getting some modern helicoptors. On the bright side we do have a couple of very good air shows, one at Wanaka and the other at Omaka (both in the South Island). Both run every 2 years, Wanaka was at Easter this year and Omaka Easter next year. Omaka is very WW1 orientated (son and I went last year and enjoyed it enough to book our accommodation again for next year) here's the web site for you to have a look at.

http://www.classicfighters.co.nz/cla...hters-news.php

[WTE_Galway]

At one stage the running joke was that the most effective fighter force in NZ was the Alpine Fighter Collection's bevy of restored Polikarpov I-16's

In reality New Zealand has no aircraft carrier and no immediate local threats requiring any sort of fighter commitment.

[RickRuski]

Your'e right there Galway, but we've got a few Spitfires a hurricane,Corsair,Yak3,P51,P40's and a collection of WW1 stuff. We can still frighten the hell out of a lot of seagulls.