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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Jun 2016, 12:36
Replies: 62
Views: 15,612
Posted By skridlov

489 That was taken some time in late 78...

489


That was taken some time in late 78 or early 79. We'd just acquired the tipper which had been meticulously renovated - everything worked, even the brakes (at least for a short period), which...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Jun 2016, 21:28
Replies: 62
Views: 15,612
Posted By skridlov

Everyone locally knew this. It's worth...

Everyone locally knew this. It's worth reiterating that Bill's abilities made him the primary resource for S&R work in the NW which created an ambivalence about prosecuting him. I shared one flight...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Jun 2016, 14:14
Replies: 62
Views: 15,612
Posted By skridlov

No offence taken. BTW the white MK5 Jag which was...

No offence taken. BTW the white MK5 Jag which was used as our company car was kept at Smithton airport - with the key in the exhaust pipe. Not something you'd do today even in Smithton, I'd imagine....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Jun 2016, 09:19
Replies: 62
Views: 15,612
Posted By skridlov

Unfortunately the archive mentioned in the...

Unfortunately the archive mentioned in the previous post doesn't have anything before 2011 so this radio piece doesn't appear to be available.

Unless I'm mistaken Bill's plane can be seen in the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Jun 2016, 15:45
Replies: 62
Views: 15,612
Posted By skridlov

Balfour

Hi supercharger.
Well, I flew in and out of that strip at Balfour with Billy many times - the plane in question usually being that of which I've posted photos already - I believe it was in New...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th May 2016, 11:57
Replies: 62
Views: 15,612
Posted By skridlov

Here are a few more snaps associated with Bill...

Here are a few more snaps associated with Bill Vincent in the mid 70s around our mining operation at Balfour on the west coast of Tasmania.
One shows his Cessna in which we flew most of the time...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th May 2016, 14:53
Replies: 62
Views: 15,612
Posted By skridlov

The Jaegers of Smithton

Interesting posts here. I knew Carl Jaeger a bit (some of my friends and colleagues knew him well) and there seems to be a bit of confusion. Feel free to correct me if I'm mistaken. I believe Carl...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Apr 2016, 10:30
Replies: 62
Views: 15,612
Posted By skridlov

I wondered how long it would take...

I wondered how long it would take...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Apr 2016, 14:00
Replies: 62
Views: 15,612
Posted By skridlov

Happy days...

Being uncertain which was the most appropriate, I posted an R.I.P. and snap on a couple of other forums here.

I flew quite a bit with Bill in the 70s when I was part of a small mining operation...
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