Brian Rawhiti (right) sitting in the cockpit of an Iroquois(?) with Flying Officer T Creelman (left) during the open day of No. 75 Squadron Exercise Waltz Time at Kaikohe and Kerikeri.
Exercise Blackbird 1 at Nelson Airport and the Red Hills area. [negative register calls this "Operation Blackbird", but for consistency with following 'Blackbirds', this has been called Exercise.]
Three No. 3 Squadron Iroquois taking off in formation from Nelson airport.
L-R: NZ3801, NZ3802, unknown.
Exercise Blackbird 1 at Nelson Airport and the Red Hills area. [negative register calls this "Operation Blackbird", but for consistency with following 'Blackbirds', this has been called Exercise.]
Airman scraping ice from the windscreen of a N0. 3 Squadron Iroquois.
Exercise Blackbird 1 at Nelson Airport and the Red Hills area. [negative register calls this "Operation Blackbird", but for consistency with following 'Blackbirds', this has been called Exercise.]
Corporal Card checking the tail rotor of a No. 3 Squadron Iroquois.
Exercise Blackbird 1 at Nelson Airport and the Red Hills area. [negative register calls this "Operation Blackbird", but for consistency with following 'Blackbirds', this has been called Exercise.]
Leading Aircraftman Christophersen checking the main rotor on a No. 3 Squadron Iroquois at Nelson airport.
Exercise Blackbird 1 at Nelson Airport and the Red Hills area. [negative register calls this "Operation Blackbird", but for consistency with following 'Blackbirds', this has been called Exercise.]
No. 3 Squadron pilot, Flight Lieutenant Oldfield, carrying out pre-flight checks on an Iroquois at Nelson airport.
Exercise Blackbird 1 at Nelson Airport and the Red Hills area. [negative register calls this "Operation Blackbird", but for consistency with following 'Blackbirds', this has been called Exercise.]
No. 3 Squadron ground crew packing up fuel equipment beside an Iroquois in a snow-storm at the forward camp in mountains in the Red Hills area.
Exercise Blackbird 1 at Nelson Airport and the Red Hills area. [negative register calls this "Operation Blackbird", but for consistency with following 'Blackbirds', this has been called Exercise.]
No. 3 Squadron Iroquois flaying away from the landing area near the forward camp in mountains in the Red Hills area.
Exercise Blackbird 1 at Nelson Airport and the Red Hills area. [negative register calls this "Operation Blackbird", but for consistency with following 'Blackbirds', this has been called Exercise.]
No. 3 Squadron Iroquois NZ3801 at the forward camp in mountains in the Red Hills area.
Exercise Blackbird 1 at Nelson Airport and the Red Hills area. [negative register calls this "Operation Blackbird", but for consistency with following 'Blackbirds', this has been called Exercise.]
Corporal Blakemore carrying out a fuel test beside an Iroquois.
Exercise Blackbird 1 at Nelson Airport and the Red Hills area. [negative register calls this "Operation Blackbird", but for consistency with following 'Blackbirds', this has been called Exercise.]
Leading Aircraftman Burke removing a door from an Iroquois.
Exercise Blackbird 1 at Nelson Airport and the Red Hills area. [negative register calls this "Operation Blackbird", but for consistency with following 'Blackbirds', this has been called Exercise.]
Leading Aircraftman R Hawke and Leading Aircraftman R Crabbe working on an Iroquois door.