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ErrolNZ

@ErrolNZ@mastodon.nz

I'm interested in vintage and #warbird #aviation, aviation photography, and history in general. Plus SciFi and plausible what-ifs. #AvGeek
Wrangle financial info for a living.
Aucklander
Photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/errolgc/

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ErrolNZ, to Aviation
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Fokker D.VII Replica ZK-FOD at Omaka 2017

ErrolNZ, to random
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Damn, have the chance to do a cost-share flight in the NZ Warbirds Beaver to a nearby fly-in this coming weekend. But my light flu is Covid, so nope!

billbennett, to random

The phrase that comes to mind right now is:

"Dead government walking".

ErrolNZ,
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@billbennett You need to be more specific?

ErrolNZ, to NewZealand
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The drive back to Queenstown from Wanaka at dusk can be spectacular - Crown Range Road Scenic Lookout April 2018.
#AvGeek #NewZealand

ErrolNZ, to Aviation
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The other silver Mossie! DH 98 Mosquito T.III TV959 ZK-FHC during taxi tests September 2016, three weeks before test flights. NZ2337 markings were added over the dope later.
#AvGeek #Aviation

iangriffin, to random
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In other news I've just managed to snag a copy of "Guerrilla Surgeon" a book by arguably New Zealand's most fascinating Museum Donor. Dr. Lindsay Rogers. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/23010978

ErrolNZ,
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@iangriffin See this presentation (from this week, I haven't finished it yet), which mentions that book.
https://www.youtube.com/live/41wMbVwMhHM?si=fuq6adidham0jmDj

ErrolNZ, to random
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The Air Current has meticulously pieced together the fabrication and the journey of airplane 8789 to become N704AL, the Boeing 737 Max 9 flown on Alaska Airlines flight 1282, which violently lost a plug exit at 14,830 feet over Oregon on Jan. 5. Many crucial facts are now known to TAC.
https://theaircurrent.com/aviation-safety/127-days-the-anatomy-of-a-boeing-quality-failure/

ErrolNZ, to Aviation
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Pitts S-2E ZK-ELI landing at Ardmore back in July. Was a homebuilt two-seater, but since converted to single-seat.

lerg, to random

Always assume your private internal business comms will be leaked to the media and act accordingly.

ErrolNZ,
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@zip @lerg @cstross Especially if you were employed in the position of the only person prosecuted for your company's previous failures when engineers, regulators, and managers escaped this.

ErrolNZ, to Aviation
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Citabria AC-7GCBC ZK-CIT doing a banner pickup at Ardmore. Did Mimsy say 'Yes' on 3rd May 2014?

An aircraft-towed banner, reading I LOVE YOU MIMSY, BE MY WIFE.

ErrolNZ, to Birds
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A treat during our BBQ on New Year's day was this magnificent specimen. Kererū (NZ Wood Pigeon) in One Tree Hill NZ.
#birds #NewZealand #Aotearoa

ErrolNZ, to random
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Great Kiwi post-Xmas. General call to friends to come over for #boardgaming and BBQ. Only one couple joined us as the others were away/working, but Concordia and Settlers. Plus BBQ with Xmas pudding to come.

ErrolNZ,
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Got a solid win in Puerto Rico with friends we haven't seen in some months.
#boardgaming

iangriffin, to random
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Xmas day question. What was the last movie that got best picture Oscar you have seen. Mine is Argo….:

ErrolNZ,
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@iangriffin Everything Everywhere All at Once, but the one before that was The King's Speech. Last one in a theatre was The Return of the King.

ErrolNZ, to Aviation
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The Fleurelles Harmony Trio performing at Museum of Transport and Technology (Auckland) Live Day Sept 2019.
Avro Lancaster Mk VII NX665 "NE181 JN-M" "PB457"

ErrolNZ, to random
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Good, if depressing read.
https://cohost.org/mononcqc/post/3647311-paper-you-want-my-p

ErrolNZ, to random
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NZ Army LAV ar #Wings2023 Over Wairarapa. This was Friday, we were relieved that there was a heavy-duty towing vehicle available if the carpark exit had turned to mush! #AvGeek

neurovagrant, to random
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this one hurt

ErrolNZ, (edited )
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@neurovagrant @tofugolem TRS-80 II for me and my bro, cassette player for game storage. Dad had a CP/M machine at work with 8" floppies.

cstross, to random
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About Amazon's decline in recent months: I have an Amazon account I use ONLY for buying ebooks. Nothing else, ever, going back over a decade.

My recommendations page in that account now contains no ebooks, only products from categories I never purchase, like lawnmowers (I don't have a garden) and dresses (I'm a boring cis male).

I can't actually find any new ebooks I want to read via Amazon recommendations any more. And this seems to be an outcome of deliberate changes? Why would they DO that?

ErrolNZ,
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@cstross If you wanted ebooks you would be using the Kindle app? Even if many of your prior ebook purchases hadn't.

ErrolNZ, to Aviation
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General Dynamics F-16CJ Fighting Falcon pair at Warbirds Over Wanaka. This was the Practice Day flypast, they otherwise operated single-ship from Christchurch.

Cassandra, to random
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Be nice if wireless headphones knew to connect to the device that is actively playing music, not the device that is sleeping.

ErrolNZ,
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@Cassandra I'm having small struggles listening to podcasts on headphones while taking aircraft photos. Unlocking the car tends to make the player pause.

ErrolNZ,
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@Cassandra Very first world problem however! Especially while having the time and money to hang out at the airfield.

ErrolNZ, to Aviation
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A Nice surprise at Ardmore back in January was this Taylor Monoplane ZK-DQG. A 1950's British design, built in Auckland 1975, damaged 2016, restored 2022.
https://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2022/06/taylor-monoplane-zk-dqg-restored.html
#AvGeek # #aviation

A small vintage low-wing homebuilt taxi's away, helmeted pilot in the open cockpit

ErrolNZ, to random
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A textured Murphy Rebel on approach at Ardmore NZ

ErrolNZ, to random
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Pitts Special S-1E VH-IPB Wings Over Illawarra 2016
#AvGeek

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