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Aces Of World War 1 : Hans Kirschstein
At the beginning of the First World War, Hans Kirschstein saw service in Poland and France with a Sapper unit (3.Pionier-Bataillon 'von Rauch'). By 1915 he was serving in Galicia where he contracted malaria. After his recovery he was sent back to Germany, and was then returned to the Western Front, were he served until May 1917 when he transfered to the air service.
As with many airmen, he initially flew two-seaters (and even flew a bombing raid on Dover), but in March 1918 he joined Jasta 6 as a fighter pilot. By the end of May he'd scored 16 victories, and this was increased to 27 by the 24th of June, on which day he was awarded the Pour le Mérite.
Kirschstein is reported to have been rebuked by Manfred von Richthofen at one point after downing two enemy aircraft. After the victories had been reported, Richthofen discovered a bullet hole in the tail of Kirschstein's aircraft. Aware of the fact that Richthofen did not tolerate his pilots allowing themselves to be shot at, Kirschstein was highly embarrassed, and was told:
"Your two kills were respectable, but they mustn't be bought by shots in the back! Obviously you were lucky and came across bunnies. Any decent flyer would have clearly laid you flat on the lawn. Mark it with rings and be proud of it! Know it! Did it once the same way!..."
By 16 May 1918, Jasta 6, had been re-equipped with the Fokker D.VII, which Kirschstein painted in the same manner as the Dr.1. On the 9th June the commanding officer (Janzen) was shot down and taken prisoner, and Kirschstein took over command of the unit. However, like many Jasta 6 COs, Kirschstein was not long in the job -- 16 July 1918 he and Leutnant Johannes Markgraf were killed in an accident flying a Hannover CLII at Magneux, near Fismes. It was later determined that Markgraf had never previously flown a Hannover.
The diagonal stripes on the aircraft were designed (by Kirschstein) to put attacking pilots off their aim. The idea was that enemy pilots would try an sight along the lines, thinking they ran parallel with the wings and fuselage, which would cause them to aim in the wrong place or with the wrong deflection. The markings on the aircraft prompted Kirschstein to call his aircraft 'the optical illusion'.
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Three Cold War Jets From The 1950's and 1960's
Triple Treat: Here are three early jet fighters from the Cold War period: Aero L-29 Delphin, Aero L-39 Albatros, and the North American/CAC CA-27 Sabre -- all flying low and fast!
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Bush Pilot Champs At Omaka - Microlight Category
The Healthy B*stards Bush Pilot Champs is an aero competition featuring both a Precision Landing event, plus a STOL Takeoff and Landing competition. The event is held annually at Omaka Aerodrome in Blenheim, New Zealand.
The competition is run by the Marlborough Aero Club in conjunction with the events major sponsor, Dr Dave Baldwin of the Bulls Flying Doctor Service.
This video is a short look at some of the competing aircraft in the 2021 competition, held on a very blustery day in February — hence the wind noise you'll hear on the soundtrack.
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Prince Philip Learned To Fly In This Aircaft
Young New Zealand pilot Bevan Dewes owns and flies one of two de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk aircraft that Prince Philip learned to fly in, and the only one of the two aircraft that are still airworthy. This aircraft is in New Zealand while the second aircraft (the one the Prince actually soloed in) is in the RAF Museum in Cosford (UK).
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A Pair Of WW2 Fighters Used By The RNZAF Reunited
The Royal New Zealand Air Force operated two squadrons of Mosquito aircraft in Europe during the later stages of the Second World War. 487 Squadron flew the Mark 6 fighter bomber version, while 488 squadron flew several variants of the Mosquito night fighter.
RNZAF crews took part in many notable actions in Europe, such as the famous Operation Jericho raid which was designed to free members of the French resistance that were being held by the German Gestapo at Amiens Prison.
It wasn't until after the war in 1947 that the RNZAF in New Zealand received its own Mosquitos, when a total of 85 aircraft were delivered from the United Kingdom. Conversely, the RNZAF had been successfully operating Curtis P-40 Kittyhawk fighters since 1942.
Only twenty two of the Mosquitos delivered to New Zealand were eventually made operational, with the rest being placed in storage. Even then, the service life of these aircraft was relatively short, as they were all retired and replaced by de Havilland Vampire jets in 1952.
Most of these RNZAF Mosquitos were scrapped, but the remains of a handful of aircraft, and a single intact example, have survived to the present day.
From mid-1942 onwards, a total of 297 P40's equipped eight RNZAF squadrons and two additional training units. Eventually a number of these aircraft operated in the Pacific Theatre from late 1942 to 1944, where they amassed a total of 99 victories over Japanese aircraft.
By the end of the War, there were only 124 Kiwi Kittyhawk's remaining, with 20 having been lost in combat, 76 in accidents overseas, and another 76 in accidents in New Zealand.
The P-40's were replaced in front-line service by Corsair fighters in 1944, and the Kittyhawks were returned to New Zealand to continue being used as advanced trainers. Post-war they were retired from service, and most were sold for scrap in 1948.
Unfortunately, neither of the two airworthy fighters shown in this video are actual ex-RNZAF aircraft.
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HAFU Found 60 Year Old Footage Of A Crashed Top Dresser
Here at the Historical Aviation Film Unit we're going RETRO! We've recently started investigating some old 16mm film reels (yes, real film), and we've found some footage of a crashed top dressing aircraft in New Zealand, which is at least 60 years old, if not older. We're trying to find out more about this aircraft, and we'll create a second video with that story once we're done. In the meantime check out this video which describes what we've been up to.
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World War One's Most Famous German Fighter Aircraft
Witness the first time that five Fokker Dr.1 Triplanes flew together in the one place, for the first time in over 80 years, here during a display practice at the Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim, New Zealand.
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Big, Bigger And Biggest! Three Big Aircraft From Avro
Triple Treat: Here's three 'sisters' from the same stable -- that of A.V. Roe and Co, one of the premier aircraft production companies for over 50 years. Here's the Avro Anson, a WW2 trainer, the Avro Lancaster, one of WW2's standout heavy bombers, and the post war Avro Vulcan, a Cold War strategic bomber.
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Three Heavy Lift Boeing Jets With 2, 3 & 4 Engines
Triple Treat: This video showcases three military heavy lift aircraft: the twin-engined Boeing 757, the triple-engined Boeing 727, and the four-engined Boeing C-17 Globemaster III. Crank up the volume for this one!
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WW2 Vehicles Turned Into Massive Hedge Cutters in New Zealand
After the end of the Second World War, many thousands of ex-service vehicles were repurposed for civilian use. In New Zealand, a number of ex-NZ Army vehicles were purchased and used by the Butler Brothers, in Taranaki, to create a fleet of vehicles that were used to deal with 'The Boxthorn Problem'.
The boxthorn plant had been introduced into New Zealand from South Africa, for use as hedging material in the salt-laden Taranaki area where other more common hedge plants could not cope with the conditions. Unfortunately the locals found that the boxthorn plant thrived in this environment and that it grew at an incredible rate, meaning that keeping these hedges in trim with manual equipment was just impossible. Enter then the Butler Brothers and their mechanised Frankenstein vehicles...
The Tawhiti Museum in Hawera, South Taranaki, has an impressive collection of the Brothers' early vehicles which were created from a wide assortment of WW2 service vehicles, inducing the LPOP, the Local Pattern ObservationPost wheeled vehicles of which very few now survive anywhere.
See the museum at: http://www.tawhitimuseum.co.nz
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The WW2 Luftwaffe's Finest Fighters - Low & Loud
Triple Treat: Some of Germany's finest from the Second World War -- the Focke Wulf FW.190, and a couple of colour schemes on a Messerschmitt Bf.109 (although more accurately the aircraft is a Buchon Ha.1112 produced after the end of WW2).
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60 Seconds Of Awesome: P-40 - New Zealand's First v-12 Fighter
The P-40 Kittyhawk (a.k.a. Warhawk) was the first v-12 engined fighter aircraft operated by the Royal New Zealand Air Force during the second World War. This example if one of the few surviving RNZAF examples of the type in the world.
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