A-4s and Bristol Freighters

[nuuumannn]

Hi Guys, I've added some more images to Warbirds Walkaround: http://warbirdswalkaround.wix.com/warbirds

Big Bristols from the other side of the world.

Freighter Mk.I TC-330.

ZK-CPT first public outing under power in many years.

For those of you with a fetish for A-4s, I've updated the A-4 Skyhawk Walkaround segment of my site, including adding a walkaround of an Armada Aargentina A-4Q and a Gallery page of images, from which these following pics come:

Fuerza Aerea Argentina A-4C C-322.

Malvinas veteran A-4P C-207.

Former RNZAF A-4Ks at RNZAF Woodbourne after masking, but prior to long term out-door storage.

"Guantanamo Bay"

See here for further edits (copy and paste the link since it doesn't always go directly to the What's New page when clicked on - funny that):

http://warbirdswalkaround.wix.com/warbirds#!blank-2/heauw

Edited July 4, 2016 by nuuumannn

[stevehnz]

Sad to see the Skyhawks like that, who could tell how it would end back then. Great shots though from a different perspective.

Steve.

[nuuumannn]

Cheers Steve. I've had these photos hidden away for years after I worked at Woody, so it's nice to see them getting a bit of air. They certainly show a rather different aspect to the A-4's RNZAF career. Around the workshops we were asked for volunteers on quiet days to clean them as they were covered in bird sh*t from long term storage in Hangar two and over a weekend, a group from the paint shop requested help as overtime to mask them up before applying the spraylat.

[Antoine]

Thanks for those pics!

Big surprise for me, I didn't know the Freighter saw service in FAA.

That's a good option for my vintage airfix kit.

[nuuumannn]

Hi Antoine, the FAA received a large number of British aircraft after the end of the war in exchange for goods, primarily beef from Argentina and the Bristols were among the very first off the production line and so this example is probably the oldest survivor. Note that as a Mk.I it has the clipped main wing and tailplane tips and the lack of fin fillet. Worth taking into account if building a model. Compare with the Mk.31 in my Gallery page. It also has Hamilton Standard Hydromatic propellers fitted.