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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Jun 2013, 23:30
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

The Angry Ant and I visited him a couple of years...

The Angry Ant and I visited him a couple of years ago and he cooked cornedbeef for our lunch. We were going to take him out for a counter lunch, but he had other plans.
I only flew with him twice...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Jun 2013, 23:20
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

BUT!!! he hasn't got the big golden shoulders. ...

BUT!!! he hasn't got the big golden shoulders.

I get the sh*ts with all the gold braid the nobodies wear today and here we have a real pilot who doesn't need it.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Jul 2012, 23:06
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Can't be Jaksons... too clean . No Buai stains on...

Can't be Jaksons... too clean . No Buai stains on the tarmac.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th May 2012, 11:09
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Now here's something to warm the cockles of the...

Now here's something to warm the cockles of the hearts of Chuck, Tinny and the other real pilots who came back from PNG. Me hat's off to you blokes.

Flying the Porter in Nabire, Papua - YouTube
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th May 2012, 11:46
Replies: 4,639
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Posted By sixtiesrelic

I'll rustle up a composite picture I made up of...

I'll rustle up a composite picture I made up of movie frames, of the town strip taken from a Ford in the late thirties.

Found it!
...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th May 2012, 08:03
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g32/sixtiesrelic...

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g32/sixtiesrelic/johns.jpg

Yep a pleasure to fly with. I only did so a couple of times unfortunately.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Aug 2011, 22:16
Replies: 4,639
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Posted By sixtiesrelic

My thoughts were Gurney... but it's forty years...

My thoughts were Gurney... but it's forty years ago for me since I saw the place and were there Corsairs at Gurney?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Aug 2011, 22:15
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

My thoughts were Gurney... but it's forty years...

My thoughts were Gurney... but it's forty years ago and were there Corsairs at Gurney?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Jun 2011, 04:49
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

The story of Father Joe ploughing into a cliff...

The story of Father Joe ploughing into a cliff face reminds me that things we have learned about later, were happening since we started flying aeroplanes.
On the sixth of February 1941 Frank...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Jun 2011, 21:18
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Yes Fantome... keep going; it's been quiet here...

Yes Fantome... keep going; it's been quiet here for a while and a warrie is always popular.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th May 2011, 04:50
Replies: 4,639
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Posted By sixtiesrelic

Immagine Oli trying to make head or tail of those...

Immagine Oli trying to make head or tail of those diagrams on unlocking and opening the doors
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Apr 2011, 07:16
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Strike! so many names I have known and didn't...

Strike! so many names I have known and didn't realize they'd been in the TAL numbers.
Very impressive.
How many have d in front of their names who did it up there. Not as many as since, when they...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Mar 2011, 22:21
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Pre 74, Torres, because the TAA pilot is wearing...

Pre 74, Torres, because the TAA pilot is wearing a TAA uniform. We were issued blue Daks in 1973 in readiness for AirNiugini change over.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Mar 2011, 23:35
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

P2-WDL. Just hold your mouse over the...

P2-WDL.

Just hold your mouse over the picture you want to include on a site and wait for the menu to open below it.
Click on the words in the 'IMG CODE box, in the bottom of that 'share menu' and...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Mar 2011, 10:05
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g32/sixtiesrelic...

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g32/sixtiesrelic/carib.jpg
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Feb 2011, 21:53
Replies: 4,639
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Posted By sixtiesrelic

Bill Rogers.

Bill Rogers.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Dec 2010, 21:51
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

far cry from the single ADF and fixed card...

far cry from the single ADF and fixed card thingamajig in the Talair "IFR" balus's.
Cutting edge mate.
Patair's DC3 PNB had one 'er them too.
Engineer found a place for 'er down by the FO's...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Jun 2010, 08:48
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

That big Z above the cockpit denotes P2-ANZ which...

That big Z above the cockpit denotes P2-ANZ which had been VH-MAT in an earlier life and a page or two back in this thread.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Jun 2010, 22:30
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

I checked out the original photo 8X10 and it is...

I checked out the original photo 8X10 and it is VH-MAT parked at Wapenamunda
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Jun 2010, 22:49
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

The photo of the county's 'hope for the future'...

The photo of the county's 'hope for the future' eatin his es crim was taken at Wapenamunda in 1972.

The old town strip was well gone when I first flew into Hagen in 1969.

No Descol, I don't...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Jun 2010, 11:57
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

We had a coupla million Buka Meris under those...

We had a coupla million Buka Meris under those umbrellas ancestors too.

Now back in 1970 our blokes didn't need training handles and they had TWO wheels!
...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Jun 2010, 06:44
Replies: 4,639
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Posted By sixtiesrelic

Hell were you havin' beers with Forgy to know we...

Hell were you havin' beers with Forgy to know we were only worth $25 per week.
Funny thing was I left $53 per week as a hairy legged Hostess in the TAA Twotter to start with Patair and before TAA I...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Jun 2010, 01:32
Replies: 4,639
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Posted By sixtiesrelic

Yer were spoilt Tinny. Soapy and I were paid...

Yer were spoilt Tinny.
Soapy and I were paid $50 per week with Patair in 1969/70
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st May 2010, 23:30
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

I lived in the DCA mess in 1970 for a few months....

I lived in the DCA mess in 1970 for a few months.
Real Territorian characters to amuse you there.
Father John who blessed the beer and reckoned it was food enough so didn't eat too often.
Another...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Apr 2010, 23:25
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

My parents knew Ma Stewart very well in pre-war...

My parents knew Ma Stewart very well in pre-war Wau.
They told me to visit her when I got into Patair.
One day when I had an over night in Lae I tramped round to her home... not the Cecil.
I...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Mar 2010, 00:51
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

They remembered the one from late 1970 or early...

They remembered the one from late 1970 or early 71 Tinny. There was a great barat across the road to Huxleys pub that wasn't there before, the nearby bridge fel linto the creek and a number of houses...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Jan 2010, 21:20
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

And then, there was Soapy O'L who was flogging...

And then, there was Soapy O'L who was flogging washing up detergent in the early seventies.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Dec 2009, 10:43
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Did you get my PM Tinny and Chuckles?

Did you get my PM Tinny and Chuckles?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Sep 2009, 10:25
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Kuli Gap and the Tomba?

Kuli Gap and the Tomba?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Sep 2009, 13:30
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

And before check in in Brisbane Trev was traffic...

And before check in in Brisbane Trev was traffic withAnsett PNG in Hagen.
Interesting that hwe went to Africa.
He hitch hiked the length of Africa on his leave in about 1972 or so and loved it.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Sep 2009, 10:32
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Long gone. PNA or PNB. was your DC-3 PNM came in...

Long gone. PNA or PNB. was your DC-3 PNM came in 1970
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Aug 2009, 11:58
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Wow tinnie what a neat log book. In INK too!

Wow tinnie what a neat log book. In INK too!
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Jun 2009, 10:17
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Aria Bou

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g32/sixtiesrelic/IMG.jpg

Aria at 5:15 AM when he wore one bar.
Looked pretty chipper for that hour.
I lived in the mess with him and knew his capacity for late...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Apr 2009, 02:57
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

I've seen that photo of the Dwarf standing beside...

I've seen that photo of the Dwarf standing beside the baldy two and a half bar commander.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Apr 2009, 00:17
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,063,817
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Coupla additions from a shakey memory. Russ's...

Coupla additions from a shakey memory.
Russ's foot was slightly jammed and he had to extricate it. Yes it was "the Leprechaun" in the left seat.
The only things salvagable from the airframe were,...
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