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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

17th Sep 2012, 05:53

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TAA Cessna 180's in PNG

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Keglsugl

Probably a Divine Word C180 going by the blue colour scheme. The Popies had a few missions from Keglsugl down the valley to Chimbu then a large one at Mingende. Two misshos were murdered in the...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

13th Sep 2012, 20:55

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TAA Cessna 180's in PNG

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VH-SMW

You sure that rego isnt CMW which was Ansett G.A. and later Territory Airlines?

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

3rd Apr 2012, 00:53

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TAA Cessna 180's in PNG

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Posted By sundaun

Father Butch

"Butch" was killed in the Montfort C206 further downriver.Wreckage and a memorial still at Bosset some 7 yrs ago. Was your 180 the one restored by Jim Casson Xwind?

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

11th Aug 2010, 18:55

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TAA Cessna 180's in PNG

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Bensbach

Tinny, the late Brian Brumley's aircraft. Famous Fred kapset it on one of those small strips along "the Western Development Road". I took a Filipino engineer from POM and BB met us with the tractor...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

6th Dec 2008, 23:04

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TAA Cessna 180's in PNG

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Posted By sundaun

Animalclub

AnsettANA DC6Bs INH & INU were leased to TAA on 26th Feb 60 and returned on 29th Aug 66. They (TAA) also had an old BCPA rego in there.

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

6th Dec 2008, 02:43

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TAA Cessna 180's in PNG

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Posted By sundaun

VH-BVE

Cessna 182 as far as I know came with the purchase of Madang Air Services in 62. In June 67 it was sold to Richard Leahy who in 70 sold it to Warren Hansen. John Senior, Miles Barnes later owned it...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

5th Dec 2008, 18:53

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TAA Cessna 180's in PNG

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Posted By sundaun

TAA types

Mallard in 63/64 was TGA later taken up by Queenair operated by TAA til 68 when it was taken over by RFDS. Aztecs were TGB & TGO & TGQ as I remember. TGB/C/D were later Queenairs. The TAA etc were...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

30th Nov 2008, 15:05

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TAA Cessna 180's in PNG

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Posted By sundaun

Cessna 185 ZK-EKA

I also bought the wreckage of the above at about the same time. Ser. No 271 after Air NZ Capt C.M. had mishap carrying a vat of live eels out of the Murchison River bed.It is now in northern...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

29th Nov 2008, 20:47

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TAA Cessna 180's in PNG

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CKU

CKU is on the desk in front of me, a straightened ID pate and log book stating converted to Float Plane 22/7/77. Last entry 19/2/78, at 5797 hrs, demise was you know where.

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

26th Nov 2008, 14:34

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TAA Cessna 180's in PNG

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MFX

In around 2003/4 an expat CAAPNG airworthiness employee purchased same from Mac's estate and it was being restored in CAA hangar at POM in 05. There was only 4 left up there I recall in 05. P2-SEM at...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

22nd Nov 2008, 00:27

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TAA Cessna 180's in PNG

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Posted By sundaun

RossS

Went back to southern Q'ld and started a "tank-sinking" i.e. dam building business in the 70's. You might say he never looked back.....

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