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Jumper Collins David
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So as I was just leaving Glenroy Lodge this afternoon I saw this large fire in a field full of slash (remnants from harvesting the forest that was on the hillside)...

#fire #Glenroy #burnoff
Is it a controlled burn, or not? I wasn't sure so phoned it in thinking 'well if it is a controlled burn the Fire Brigade would have been informed beforehand, right? - Turns out it was but they hadn't, so after a quick check the three appliances returned to Coalgate & Hororata. Then this evening I get a call from the Fire Control Centre thinking I was the contractor doing the burn, instead of the person reporting the fire. Turns out the controlled burn-off is no longer controlled & flames are reported to be over the hilltop. As well as the two Hororata and one Coalgate appliances returning to the scene, Darfield, Darfield South, and Kirwee appliances are now in attendance - Big shout-out to the volunteer firefighters.
November 20, 2024 at 9:49 AM
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This is part of my hour's commute to work
#GlenroyLodge #Hororata
Bealey Road heading towards Hororata, with Mt Hutt in the distance.
November 18, 2024 at 9:45 AM
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Wasp helicopter resupplying Raoul Island from HMNZS Charles Upham mid 90's
#RNZN #HMNZS #HMNZSCharlesUpham #Wasp
Wasp with underslung cargo net with fuel drums Full 44 Gallon drums of fuel about to be cargonet slung across to the Weather Station on Raoul Island from HMNZS Charles Upham Empty drums were filled from the tanker on deck.
November 17, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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Views from a Lynx... HMS Alacrity's helicopter & some views from a flight I took back in late 1982 in the Med.
#Navy #Alacrity #HMSAlacrity #RN
View through the side window from a Lynx helicopter as we come in to land on the flight deck of HMS Alacrity Lynx about to touch down HMS Alacrity returning from the Falklands Thu 24th June 1982, approaching Plymouth. #Falklands Approaching Alacrity's starboard side
November 17, 2024 at 9:49 PM
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More photos from 42 years ago.
#HMS #Alacrity #RN #Navy
HMS Alacrity, rolling to port about 20 seconds after the photo in th elast post. Looking out the bridge window on HMS Alacrity Nov 1982, somewhere in the Med. ...and 15 seconds later as we roll to port (the left!)
November 17, 2024 at 8:48 PM
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Taken 42 years ago HMS Alacrity @30knots across a quartering sea in the Med. (Breakfast time!)
Bofors anti-aircraft gun with barrel level with the horison Same bofors gun 10 seconds later showing a bit of deck movement! Just a small 'Goffer' breaking over the bows of HMS Alacrity Rolling to Starboard
November 17, 2024 at 8:42 PM