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Lots of development going on in that area now Gordon.  Used to be nice and quiet, now Auckland's traffic woes have reached out that far.

My father was an electrical engineer, worked at Teal, down at Mechanics Bay, knew Fred Ladd, we even got to go on his flying boat, a Grumman Widgeon, the one he flew under the Auckland Harbour Bridge

Also all gone these days

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1 hour ago, PWJ said:

Terrific. They are such beautiful aircraft. At one time the fastest propeller driven aircraft in the world. I did a couple of Southern Ocean patrols with them in '81. Once they even let me fly the beautiful bird for about 15 minutes, somewhere between Campbell Island and Antarctica ! Amazing experience....

Apologies for the off--topicness... 😏

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