Gary Danvers:
1965 Intended flight path of RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5906 from Changi to Labuan & the diversion to Bintulu after the engine and reduction gearbox failure, 29 Jun 1965.
Gary Danvers:
1964 Flight Lieutenant Neil Wood in the pilot's seat of an RNZAF 41 Squadron Bristol Freighter in flight to Korat, Thailand during 'Operation Scorpion', part of SLAT (Special Logistics Aid to Thailand), 1962-65, 21 Apr 1964.
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Bintulu's old airport (now replaced by a new airport 6 km to the south), Google Earth image, 22 Apr 2010.
Gary Danvers:
1965 F/S Maurie Johnson, Engine Fitter, with NZ5906 at Bintulu Airport, one of the maintenance crew tasked with replacing the engine after the starboard engine and reduction gearbox failure on the way to Lubuan, 30 Jun 1965.
Gary Danvers:
1965 Bintulu Airfield, Sarawak, half way between Kuching and Lubuan, now replaced by a new airport 6 km to the south, 30 Jun 1965.
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1965 Bintulu fishing village alongside Bintulu Airport, 30 Jun 1965.
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1965 Maintenance crew that had arrived earlier on NZ5911 with the replacement engine for NZ5906 (on the truck) prepare for the engine change while other crew unload the gantry from NZ5902 (left) at Bintulu, 30 Jun 1965.
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1965 NZ5902 departs Bintulu for Changi after dropping off the engine lifting gantry to replace the engine on NZ5906, 1 Jul 1965.
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1965 Erecting the crane imported from Seletar at Bintulu, Top: LAC Les Barrow; Centre left: LAC Geoff Morrison, Right Cpl Ron Knight, Bottom Right: W/O Jim Rasmusen, F/S Sig Senior; Back obscured: Cpl Gus Marfell, 1 Jul 1965.
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1965 Maintenance crew determining what went wrong with the starboard engine on NZ5906, 1 Jul 1965.
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1965 Preparing to remove the engine from NZ5906 at Bintulu, Sarawak. L to R: Cpl Don Lamb (Inst); Cpl Gus Marfell (Elect); LAC Les Barrow (Eng); Cpl Ron Knight (Eng); LAC Geoff Morrison (Eng); F/S Johnson (Eng), 1 Jul 1965.
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1965 Maintenance crew photographing the damaged engine on NZ5906, 1 Jul 1965.
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1965 With the prop removed we can see the damage to the starboard engine reduction gear casing on NZ5906, 1 Jul 1965.
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1965 NZ5906 ready to be moved into the hole to lower the aircraft height to give the crane sufficient height to lift the engine out, 1 Jul 1965.
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1965 To lower the aircraft height to make the crane fit for lifting out the engine, holes were dug and the aircraft wheels positioned in them. The chock flap helped stop the wheel sinking into the sandy soil, 1 Jul 1965.
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1965 NZ5906 is moved into the hole. L-R: Cpl Gus Marfell, F/S M. Johnson, Cpl Ron Knight, LAC Geoff Morrison, Cpl Don Lamb, LAC Les Barrow, F/S Lynne Senior, Signaller, 1 Jul 1965.
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1965 For additional crane height and to provide a solid platform for the wheels, the crane was placed on 20 ft lengths of 10"x4" teak boards. L-R: A Bintulu fireman and the Bintulu airport controller. F/S Johnson disconnecting the engine, 1 Jul 1965.
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1965 Engine removal gantry on wooden rails to raise is a few inches and prevent the wheels sinking into the sandy soil, 1 Jul 1965.
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1965 Placing the damaged engine on a Public Works Dept truck with replacement alongside. L to R: F/S (Sig) Senior, LAC Les Barrow, a Borneo DC3 Airways Pilot, Flt Lt Frank Roach, Flt Lt Mick Dillon, Cpl Don Lamb, Cpl Ron Knight, 1 Jul 1965.
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1965 Damage to engine and reduction gearbox photographed at at Bintulu, Sarawak, 1 Jul 1965.
Gary Danvers:
1965 Damage to the engine and reduction gearbox, showing the small casing segment that prevented the prop detaching, photographed at at Bintulu, Sarawak, 1 Jul 1965.
Gary Danvers:
1965 Damage to the engine and reduction gearbox photographed at at Bintulu, Sarawak, 1 Jul 1965.
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1965 New engine installed and the prop ready for fitting to NZ5906 at Bintulu, Sarawak, 2 Jul 1965.
Gary Danvers:
1965 Refitting the prop to NZ5906 at Bintulu, 2 Jul 1965.
Gary Danvers:
1965 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5906 full of local villagers on test flight after engine change, 4 Jul 1965
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1965 Neil John Wood - Flying Log Book Green Endorsement, 8 Nov 1965.