Gary Danvers:
RNZAF 3 Squadron Association Logo.
Gary Danvers:
1956 The first Bell HU-1 Huey helicopter on her maiden flight, 20 Oct 1956.
Gary Danvers:
1965 Air to air view of Maritime Operational Conversion Unit Sunderland NZ4107 'D' in flight over RNZAF Station Hobsonville with decommissioned aircraft parked up below, 26 Feb 1965.
Gary Danvers:
1965 Arrival of the first three Bell Sioux helicopters, NZ3701, NZ3702 & NZ3703 delivered by No. 40 Sqn C-130H Hercules NZ7003 during heavy rain at RNZAF Station Whenuapai, 17 Dec 1965.
Gary Danvers:
1966 Arrival of Iroquois NZ3801 on No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7003 at RNZAF Base Whenuapai, 15 Jun 1966.
Gary Danvers:
1966 Arrival of Iroquois NZ3801 by No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7003 at RNZAF Base Whenuapai, 15 Jun 1966.
Gary Danvers:
1966 Unloading the new Iroquois NZ3801 from C-130 NZ7003 at Whenuapai, 15 Jun 1966
Gary Danvers:
1966 RNZAF Iroquois NZ3801, on its first test flight after assembly at RNZAF Auckland, over the Auckland Harbour Bridge, 22 Jun 1966.
Gary Danvers:
1966 RNZAF UH-1D Iroquois NZ3801 passing over the Auckland Harbour Bridge on a wet day during its first flight in NZ, 22 Jun 1966.
Gary Danvers:
1966 RNZAF Auster NZ1707 being returned to Hobsonville from the crash site near Shelly Beach at Kaipara Harbour, carried by RNZAF Iroquois NZ3802, 23 Aug 1966.
Gary Danvers:
1966 Auster NZ1707 recovery by RNZAF Iroquois NZ3802 at Kaipara Harbour, 23 Aug 1966.
Gary Danvers:
1966 S/L Mike Robinson Pilot, RAAF; F/L Guy D'Anvers Engineering Officer; S/L Geoffrey Hubbard Pilot, beside Iroquois NZ3801 at Hobsonville, 10 Oct 1966.
Gary Danvers:
1967 3 Sqn Iroquois crews of NZ3801 & NZ3802 at Waiouru on their way to conduct a tour of the South Island introducing the new helicopters, 24 Oct 1966.
Gary Danvers:
1966 F/L Guy D'Anvers (50), 3 Sqn Engineering Officer visiting Woodbourne, 26 Oct 1966.
Gary Danvers:
1966 3 Sqn crew refuelling NZ3801 at Waiouru, Nov 1966.
Gary Danvers:
1967 RNZAF 3 Squadron Iroquois, NZ3801, flown by S/L Geoffrey Hubbard, carrying Iroquois NZ3803 after it suffered engine trouble during "Exercise Blackbird" in Nelson, 20 Jun 1967.
Gary Danvers:
1967 RNZAF 3 Squadron Iroquois, NZ3801, flown by S/L Geoffrey Hubbard, carrying Iroquois NZ3803 after it suffered engine trouble during "Exercise Blackbird" in Nelson, 20 Jun 1967.
Gary Danvers:
1970 Ken Wells awarded DFC, Reveille, Jan 1970.
Gary Danvers:
1970 RNZAF Iroquois NZ3805 on board the "USS Okinawa" in Waitemata Harbour. Ambassadors & senior RNZAF Officers arrive on board to greet the arrival of the new RNZAF Skyhawks, 17 May 1970.
Gary Danvers:
1971 RNZAF helicopter pilots, Noel McKenzie, Nigel McNeil, Gordon Wood, Bruce Ferguson, George Oldfield posted to 41 Sqn, Singapore, 15 Sep 1971.
Gary Danvers:
1974 F/O George Claxton, F/L Noel 'Porky' McKenzie, Sgt Morris 'Stoney' Burke beside 3 Squadron Iroquois NZ3804 assisting the Police Armed Offenders Squad in their search for an armed felon, near Dunedin, who shot a person in a car, 10 Feb 1974.
Gary Danvers:
1974 RNZAF 3 Sqn Hangar at Hobsonville. Demolished in 2016 after the squadron moved to RNZAF Base Ohakea, 16 Feb 1974.
Gary Danvers:
1975 RNZAF Hobsonville with 3 Sqn hangar at centre & the Greenhithe Bridge under construction, 8 Mar 1975.
Gary Danvers:
1975 RNZAF Iroquois NZ3804 lifting a refrigeration unit onto the roof of the Tomoana Freezing Works, Hawkes Bay, 3 May 1975.
Gary Danvers:
1975 F/O Graham Lintott, RNZAF Iroquois pilot, 21 Jun 1975.
Gary Danvers:
1975 Helicopter Maintenance Squadron (HMS) RNZAF Hobsonville, 26 Jun 1975.
Gary Danvers:
1975 RNZN Wasp NZ3902 outside 3 Sqn hangar, Hobsonville, Auckland, 23 October 1975.
Gary Danvers:
1976 No. 3 Sqn Iroquois NZ3804, olive drab with yellow highlights, flying past Whenuapai heading for Hobsonville, 6 Dec 1976.
Gary Danvers:
1976 No. 3 Sqn Iroquois NZ3804 over Hobsonville, with RNZAF Base Whenuapai in the background & 3 Sqn hangar to the left, 6 Dec 1976.
Gary Danvers:
1976 RNZAF Iroquois NZ3804 over Hobsonville with 3 Sqn hangar top left, 6 Dec 1976.