Air New Zealand's DC 8's is a YouTube video slide show of a variety of historic photos from AIR NEW ZEALAND'S "DOUGLAS DC-8 ERA"
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CLICK HERE TO VIEW>>> Douglas DC-8 - the first Douglas jet airliner
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You may have seen this interview with Gary on
the “Bring Our Birds Home” Facebook page
But for those who aren't on Facebook, it is now
available here on YouTube.
Enjoy this extended interview with retired
TEAL/Air NZ flight engineer Gary Sommerville (recorded by Paul Brennan on Oct
23rd 2017) about his time on the DC-8 including an experience
relating specifically to ZK-NZC.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW>>> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KOsczeN7d5A&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs
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Douglas DC-8-52 Being Built 1967
Boarding using motorised stairs
(prior to terminals having air bridges)
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Captain Arthur ('Spike') Jones, Captain Bruce Chapman
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CLICK HERE TO VIEW >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVtllgMagVw
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Douglas DC-8-"Birth of a Jet"-1958
CLICK HERE TO VIEW >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmgcEZa1LMY
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for one Flight Engineer's detailed perspective of our DC8 era
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MORE PHOTOS FROM GARY SOMMERVILLE
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DC-8 Crew Members based in LAX
1967-69
Back Row : L to R (All Cabin Crew)
Shirley Simons, Allan
Girvan, John Gardner, John Price, Vince Collins, Danny Burr,
Jim Hudson, Kevin
Hurley, Colleen Simpkin (Married Guy Clapshaw)
Middle Row : L to R
Gail Primrose, F/E Graham
Walsh, Nav. Ted (Edward) Ewbank. F/O
Andrew McLeod
F/O Guy (Edgar)
Clapshaw, Nav. Brian Grimwood, F/E Bob (Robert) Farrell
Eddie Arkle – Chief
Stwd. Sandra McLurg
Front row : L to R
Bob McKitterick, (LAX Ground Engineer), Graham Durstan – Chief Stwd,
Capt. Gordon Vette,
Capt. Jim Kennedy, Capt. Ian Patterson – (LAX Base Capt). Capt. ‘Buck’ (Malcolm) Buchanan.
Capt. Jim Kennedy, Capt. Ian Patterson – (LAX Base Capt). Capt. ‘Buck’ (Malcolm) Buchanan.
Capt. Ross Gordon. F/O Brian Ruffell, F/E Bill (Warwick) Freeman
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Thank you to Ivy On Hing-McLeod for putting names to the faces.
The girls in this photo are...
Eleanor Farmer, Patty Winkle, Sylvia Robinson, Denise Jowett, Barbara Sissons, Maggie Easson
Their Married names were/are???
Eleanor Vette, Patty Bestic, Sylvia Croxall, Denise Mair, Barbara Torrance,
Maggie (??) [she was Fijian born - married went to live in the USA]
Ivy On Hing ...with the first cargo delivery of Frozen produce...to HKG
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Lorna Campbell...with the Lions Team returning to London in 1971
The Lions won the Test series against the All Blacks
They are still the only Lions side to have won a Test series in New Zealand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_British_Lions_tour_to_New_Zealand
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The girls in this photo are...
Eleanor Farmer, Patty Winkle, Sylvia Robinson, Denise Jowett, Barbara Sissons, Maggie Easson
Their Married names were/are???
Eleanor Vette, Patty Bestic, Sylvia Croxall, Denise Mair, Barbara Torrance,
Maggie (??) [she was Fijian born - married went to live in the USA]
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Ivy On Hing ...with the first cargo delivery of Frozen produce...to HKG
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Lorna Campbell...with the Lions Team returning to London in 1971
The Lions won the Test series against the All Blacks
They are still the only Lions side to have won a Test series in New Zealand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_British_Lions_tour_to_New_Zealand
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HNL Old Terminal in 1960's
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ZK-NZE Perth, Queen Elizabeth & Phillip early 80s
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Douglas DC-8, 5th Pod for shipping spare Pratt & Whitney JT3D engines
On rare occasions, and unfortunately always at the most inopportune time, an engine failure would occur when away from home base.
This necessitated getting a replacement engine to the scene ASAP.
The 5th Pod system consisted of a purpose built pylon which was bolted to the underside of the left wing inboard of No 2 engine to which the spare engine was then attached for shipping.
The event pictured below shows DC-8 ZK-NZE, 8th December 1981, with a replacement engine for the DC-8 Freighter ZK-NZD which was stranded in Sydney after an engine failure occurred while transporting 24 extremely smelly and unhappy circus lions from Melbourne to New Zealand.
[Thanks to Noel Baker for sharing these photos]
[Thanks to Noel Baker for sharing these photos]
[Note the 5th Pod mounted inboard of No2 engine]
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1987 AIR RACE
SINGAPORE - CHRISTCHURCH
Thanks to Don Nicholson for this input.
Basically I came up with the idea and put it up at a fleet
meeting. There was a lot of laughter and some said they wanted nothing to do
with it.
Jim Woodhams gave me the go ahead and I started getting
agreements from engineering, cargo and finally Jim McRae agreed to pay the
entry fee if we found the cargo but he would not give the final OK until the
last minute.
I got wonderful support from all divisions involved and it
was all on. You will read in one article we had to redo all the fuel burns at
different altitudes and speeds and that worked a treat.
It was a thrilling ride and we were just a little off taking
the top prize. It received huge publicity in the South Island and little in the
North.
The Air NZ hangar staff came out and clapped us when we
arrived. Pretty moving stuff.
Cheers
Don
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| ZK-NZD at Christchurch after Air Race |
DC-8 ZK-NZD remained in AIR NEW ZEALAND CARGO service until September 26th 1987
During the tough economic period of the early 1980´s it was the only aircraft within the AIR NEW ZEALAND fleet that was actually recording a profit .... despite the airlines reluctance to be engaged in pure freight type operations.
DC-8 ZK-NZD operated AIR NEW ZEALAND's "last ever" DC-8 service between Sydney and Auckland .... concluding 21 years of highly successful DC-8 operations.
This final flight was crewed by Captain Jim WOODHAMS, F/O Captain Bob TARR, and F/E Don NICHOLSON.
The aircraft was immediately withdrawn from service and remained in storage at the AIR NEW ZEALAND jet base, at Auckland International Airport, until its sale to KALITTA/AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS on September 1st 1989 .... and at which time it was stripped of its AIR NEW ZEALAND titles prior to being re-registered N806CK and departing New Zealand for its new career in the USA ....
A long forgotten memento that I couldn’t resist including
-the FEs equivalent of a POH ( pat on head). Rarely seen!!!
Hi Len
One or two things you might like for your DC8 coverage.
ZK-NZD’s last flight was 26 September 1987 from Sydney to
Auckland.
Some sites have it as BNE-AKL. Air NZs management system to
me shows we went AKL-BNE-SYD the day before ..
Captains Jim Woodhams and Bob Tarr were the pilots and I was
the FE.
We did a max speed low run from the west. There was a large
crowd to greet us and Robin Campbell said he thought we were going to turn left
and head for Pikes Point dump!
The official excuse for shutting down the DC-8 freighter operation was that Air New Zealand required all the pilots for the B767.
All the freighter crews were there and I think we then went to a pub in
Mangere for refreshments.
Almost two years later on September 1, 1989 she was sold to
Kalitta for $NZ8.3 million.
Cheers
Don
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To Find Out What Became of AIR NEW ZEALAND's DC-8's
Click these links
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| A somewhat rare colour photo of ZK-NZB |
DC-8 ZK-NZB Crash Auckland International Airport Mangere
July 4th 1966
Disaster occurred on the afternoon of July 4th 1966.
DC8 ZK-NZB was written-off during a crew training flight at
Auckland International Airport. (having accumulated only 2,275 hrs total flying
time since delivery)
The aircraft was performing a series of touch and go landings
during which simulated failed engine procedures were being rehearsed.
The accident occurred when the check captain retarded the # 4
engine throttle by rapidly pulling back using the spoiler cancel knob moments
after lift-off. This generated forces that suddenly caused the associated
thrust brake lever to rise and enter the reverse idle detent.
With insufficient altitude and only minimum control airspeed
available immediately after rotation, recovery action was impossible before the
aircraft banked and side slipped uncontrollably, impacting the ground about its
starboard wingtip, then cart wheeling and disintegrating for several hundred
yards along the main taxiway and before a terminal full of shocked witnesses.
2 of the 5-man crew aboard the aircraft were killed in the
accident…..
Captain Don McLachlan and Flight Engineer Gordon Tonkin.
Captain Don McLachlan and Flight Engineer Gordon Tonkin.
This tragic event highlighted a potentially fatal flaw with the
DC8 throttle and reverse thrust control system which had not previously been
encountered during developmental/flight testing of the aircraft
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The
New Zealand Herald.
Auckland, Tuesday, July 5th, 1966
TWO KILLED IN DC8 CRASH
Plane Blazes In View Of
Terminal
An
Air New Zealand DC8 jet on a crew-only training flight crashed and burned about
100 yards from the Auckland International airport terminal at 3.59 p.m.
yesterday just after take-off.
Two of the crew of five, who
had to be cut free with axes from the shattered flight deck, died shortly after
admission to Middlemore Hospital.
They were: Capt. Donal McLachlan, DC8 training
captain, aged 46, married with two children, of 60 Alfriston Rd, Manurewa, and
Flight Engineer Gordon Kessell Tonkin, aged 33, married,
of 17 McCracken Rd, Mt Wellington.
Flight Engineer Gordon Kessell Tonkin
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DC-8-52 ZK-NZC exterior visual inspection footage at Manaus International Airport Brazil - special thanks to Marcio Souto of Infraero and of course our Brazilian representative Cesar Nogueira. http://www.givealittle.co.nz/cause/br... https://www.bringourbirdshome.co.nz https://www.patreon.com/bringourbirds..
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