tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post4135859045475336903..comments2024-03-19T16:06:05.749+13:00Comments on 3rd Level New Zealand: Whisper in Timaru - or is it Mount Isa???Steve Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06894943682751269848noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post-20838583038047507612011-08-18T06:44:00.475+12:002011-08-18T06:44:00.475+12:00Steve,
Thank you for that information. All I can s...Steve,<br />Thank you for that information. All I can say is that it might be a once in a lifetime event then. I was not born back then,so that made it all worth braving the blizzard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post-85516685261774109022011-08-17T21:07:52.110+12:002011-08-17T21:07:52.110+12:00I have checked with Bob Kerr in Timaru. He writes....I have checked with Bob Kerr in Timaru. He writes...<br /><br /><i>The first pure jet commercial airliner to land at Timaru was a Fokker F28 Fellowship PH-MOL on 1 March 1969. It landed at Timaru after a South Island courtesy flight from Wellington, having previously landed at Hokitika then Invercargill and Dunedin before stopping at Timaru to let off Sir Basil Arthur MP and Doug Drake from Steve Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06894943682751269848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post-11677306797381767542011-08-16T23:04:56.486+12:002011-08-16T23:04:56.486+12:00Steve,
I was aware it was only for the filming o...Steve, <br /><br />I was aware it was only for the filming of the movie. The aircraft came to the right place but the weather did not. It was + 2c but at the real Mt Isa is was +29c and blue sky each day of this week. <br /><br />Do you have any light on the question about first transport jet into Timaru? Did Ansett ever divert here??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post-21706699685115147362011-08-16T06:09:24.874+12:002011-08-16T06:09:24.874+12:00I was sent the following email last night...
I do...I was sent the following email last night...<br /><br />I don't have a whole lot of info on it, but have been told from an accurate source that the Quansair titles are only for the film charter based out of Timaru. Unsure whether the aircraft will be a prop in the film or the titles are just there while it flies in and out of Timaru.Steve Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06894943682751269848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8397738201762479975.post-26609775506384208172011-08-15T23:22:03.704+12:002011-08-15T23:22:03.704+12:00Is this the first ever jet transport aircraft to a...Is this the first ever jet transport aircraft to arrive and land at Timaru?? Does anyone know??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com