MY COLLECTION OF ARTICLES ON MOTOR RACING, AIRFORCE AND PEOPLE

MY COLLECTION OF ARTICLES ON MOTOR RACING, AIRFORCE AND PEOPLE

Angus Hyslop Driving Cooper T26 Mk Vii

27 Sep

Bruce Webster and Rob Lyme – 1953/59 Cooper Porsche

NZ Festival of Motor Racing celebrating Porsche – January 2016Porsche...

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1973 Strikemasters NZ6365 and NZ6366 in flight

25 Aug

Flying the Strikemaster Mk88 in RNZAF Service: Part 1 the 1970s

In late 1972, after phasing out from service the De...

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NZFMR BMW Festival 2012

18 Aug

BMW Motorsport Festival 2012

View original NZFMR 2012 cover ...

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#3 Kent Baigent/ Neal Lowe BMW 635CSi RA2-035, #4 Neville Crichton/Wayne Wilkinson BMW 635CSi — Baypark January, 1985

12 Aug

A Glimpse of BMW Motorsport Success Over Three Decades

Rodger Anderson 1969 BMW 2002Ti Alpina The 1970sThe BMW marque gained...

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Rodger Anderson in his BMW 2002, leading Clyde Collins in the Falcon

20 Jul

1970s and the BMW 2002 Ti Alpina

Rodger Anderson’s 1969 BMW 2002 Ti Alpina, at Baypark in...

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Neville Crichton and Wayne Wilkinson, BMW635CSi - 2nd place, Benson and Hedges 500, Pukekohe, 1984

06 Jul

BMW – The 1980s with Neville Crichton

Winning with BMW in New Zealand By Richard Bosselman Neville Crichton is...

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Winning With Bmw 1990s

29 Jun

Winning with BMW in New Zealand

Having had 12 years single-seater racing, including six of those...

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Chris Amon Bmw3.0CSL

27 Jun

BMW 3.0CSL

1973 Ex-Works Amon/Stuck BMW 3.0CSL 'Batmobile' Owner: BMW Museum, Germany This BMW...

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1987 BMW M3 Gpa Dtm

15 Jun

1987 BMW M3

Group A DTM | Owner: BMW Museum, Germany Development of the...

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1984 JPS BMW 635CSI Group A

10 Jun

JPS BMW 635CSI Group A

1984 Ex-Jim Richards | JPS BMW 635CSI Group A |...

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The originals taken in 1970 – RNZAF Skyhawk TA4K NZ6251 and Skyhawk A4K NZ6203

02 Jun

2013 Address to Draken International’s RNZAF Heritage Day

Address given by Air Commodore Jim Barclay AFC, RNZAF (Ret)...

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1964 Shelby Cobra 289 CSX 2202 & Le Mans Hardtop 4727cc.

23 May

1964 Shelby 289 Cobra CSX2203

Chassis# CSX203 –Owner: Ernie Nagamatsu, California, USA Ernie Nagamatsu’s good friend...

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About Jim

Jim Barclay is a former RNZAF pilot who flew a number of jet fighter aircraft including the Vampire, Strikemaster and Skyhawk, as well as the F4 Phantom with the USAF. In his service career, he held responsibility in a variety of positions including Commanding Officer of Number 14 and 75 Squadrons at Ohakea, Base Commander at RNZAF Base Auckland and Defence Attaché in the NZ Embassy, Washington DC. He also served as Project Manager for the purchase of the Aer Macchi 339 jet trainer aircraft, and attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in London. After 36 years of service Jim retired in 2001 in the rank of Air Commodore. He was awarded the Air Force Cross for outstanding leadership in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in 1986.

Jim spent a little over five years from 2002 until 2008 as CEO of the Child Cancer Foundation of New Zealand. Under his vision and leadership the profile and brand of the Foundation was raised to be the number one children’s charity in New Zealand (Colmar Brunton 2007).

An avid motor sport enthusiast, Jim attended his first race meetings at Levin in 1956 and he has followed the sport nationally and internationally since then. He now owns and races a 1961 Historic single-seat racing car.