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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Aug 2019, 00:44
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

And I thought we'd seen the last of 'cargo cult'...

And I thought we'd seen the last of 'cargo cult' back in the 70's!! Seems it's alive and well in the Pacific - even as far south as the Beehive!
happy days,
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Jan 2015, 07:27
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

Ompkali, EHD ?

Ompkali, EHD ?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Sep 2014, 01:07
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

Ahhhhh! Rabaul used to be heaven - on - earth...

Ahhhhh! Rabaul used to be heaven - on - earth back in the 60's. No eruptions since 1937, and most of the WW2 damage had been cleared away. The streets were cool and green - shaded by huge raintrees...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th May 2013, 03:10
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

Went thru Rabaul on a cruise in 2012 and the...

Went thru Rabaul on a cruise in 2012 and the place looks nothing like the beautiful old town of taim bipoa.

Roads in parlous condition - took hours to get out to Bitapaka Cemetary - blewout tyre...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Mar 2013, 02:50
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

Salamaua I've read everything & anything...

Salamaua

I've read everything & anything relating to Salamaua, (my father-in-law was with 2/3rd Commando who deplaned under fire at Wau,then went over the Black Cat track to Salamaua). The strip...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Jul 2012, 23:31
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

G'day Gusatstol, where exactly was Maipa? My...

G'day Gusatstol, where exactly was Maipa? My logbook shows several entries,(SBU,CMO,DJU), during 1967 where I called in there. Was it between Terapo, or Malalau, and Moresby. Maybe between Bereina...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th May 2012, 09:04
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

The original name for Kagamuga was in fact Korn...

The original name for Kagamuga was in fact Korn Farm, which was the name of the DASF Experimental station on the south Minj road. My 1st posting as a didiman in PNG in January 1961. The research stn...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Apr 2012, 11:13
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

I remember Vince - he was a quietly spoken...

I remember Vince - he was a quietly spoken gentleman and a real 'territorean'. Loved his flying too. He was one of the SPAC leading lights when I was there in the late 60's.

He owned several...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Nov 2011, 05:01
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

VH-UNA, -UNB, -UNK series of Aztecs

Looked up my logbook today just to see where these Aztecs were located in the late 60's.

I'd been Aztec endorsed by both Cec Randall and Ron Firns in 1967, and had a fair bit of 'C' model time up...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Jun 2011, 06:07
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

Tinny I saw Fr Joes hangar abode in 1963,...

Tinny

I saw Fr Joes hangar abode in 1963, and it was indeed basic. The sak sak swamp was right at his backdoor and I reckon the mossies out there would have been bigger than his 180. At that time...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Mar 2011, 10:40
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

STOL operated VH-COO, and VH-COB - both non-turbo...

STOL operated VH-COO, and VH-COB - both non-turbo Aztec C models - between 1965 and when I left in 1970.

It also had the turbo Aztec C, VH-COC, online during that time, flying general charter &...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Jan 2011, 07:24
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

Wellwood and Fallon came up to TPNG in 1961 about...

Wellwood and Fallon came up to TPNG in 1961 about the same time as I did - but I never shared a posting with them. They must have been in Hagen later in 60's when I was in POM.

Don't know...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Jan 2011, 00:04
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

50 Years Today This is a selfish little post...

50 Years Today

This is a selfish little post to mark the day, 23rd January,1961, that I stepped onto Jacksons' tarmac out of a TAA DC-6B. In starched shirt, shorts and long white socks - I was...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Jul 2010, 23:30
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

Eileen Steenson, TAL, 1960's There's a nice...

Eileen Steenson, TAL, 1960's

There's a nice story about Eileens' flying career in the Sunshine Coast Weekender 1st July,2010.

If you look it up online - weekender - what goes on goes in...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Dec 2008, 11:21
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

The Demise of VH-PAT at Bereina, 8 April, 1961 ...

The Demise of VH-PAT at Bereina, 8 April, 1961

The full story is in 'Balus 2' , Ch2 - p23-24, and the pic is on p33. Simply told, a full load of medical supplies, including laboratory chemicals,...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th May 2008, 09:15
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

I know there was an active instructor in Moresby...

I know there was an active instructor in Moresby at least in December 1963, because my logbook shows a tailwheel endorsement done on Cessna 180A, VH-KER, done by one M.Butler at SPAC. Bloody...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Aug 2006, 06:57
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

4 Corners got in a great bit of humour with the...

4 Corners got in a great bit of humour with the 'witch doctor' interview

Q : How do you know your remedies are effective against AIDS?

A : Well, they must be - because nobody has ever come...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd May 2006, 12:00
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

[B]VH-UNC Beagle 206 Airfast Charter ex...

[B]VH-UNC Beagle 206 Airfast Charter ex Helicopter Utilities[B]

I was Airfast's weekend Aztec driver at the time, and was hanging out for an endorsement on the big Pom tank. Luckily, I didn't...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Jan 2006, 22:11
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

That's the DCA Piaggio in front, and the Helio is...

That's the DCA Piaggio in front, and the Helio is probably the one that Helicopter Utilities/Airfast owned. Herbie Ray used to fly it about when maintaining their fleet of choppers - then mostly...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Jan 2006, 08:43
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

Re: PNG Ples Bilong Tok Tok

A great story about Len was that he once lost the Administrator + wife from a charter in a STOL 310 - somewhere about mid 60's I think. Rumour has it that his hot start procedure was so graphic...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Aug 2005, 12:26
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

Highest Airdrop in PNG? For what it's...

Highest Airdrop in PNG?

For what it's worth.

Dropped supplies to trekkers on the alpine and lake country near Mt Victoria, from around 11,000 on 5th June 1969. It was done about 7AM while the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd May 2005, 10:11
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

Old C185 Regos Tinpis Looked up my...

Old C185 Regos

Tinpis

Looked up my logs to check where I'd flown KRD. It was originally imported into Australia by King Ranch Development, a Yank cattle company credited with the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Mar 2005, 05:23
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

Hagen Days Yes, I first met Norm Camp in...

Hagen Days

Yes, I first met Norm Camp in '61, he owned a coffee plantation just outside the town on the Korn Farm road, later the airport road I think.

Bob Waller? can't remember that one.
...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Mar 2005, 01:24
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

Relics from the Sixties Have seen a few...

Relics from the Sixties

Have seen a few posts from 60's territorians recently - Animalclub, tinpis and sixtiesrelic ...so thought I'd check in too.

Spent 1961-1970 up there, with a few gaps...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Dec 2004, 21:08
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

Ozexpat Did Cec Randalls' Crowley Aztec...

Ozexpat

Did Cec Randalls' Crowley Aztec ever get found? VH-CS?

Went missing between Wasu and Kabwum about 1969....... and there was wide industry speculation about Biggsie travelling o/s via...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Dec 2004, 11:54
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

There have been some side-splitting stories come...

There have been some side-splitting stories come out of PNG regards booze and it's effect on the national nervous system.

I was a young didiman working in Madang Dustrict from 1961 to 1963, and...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Nov 2004, 06:51
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By poteroo

Daugo Is was used a lot in the 60's as a training...

Daugo Is was used a lot in the 60's as a training strip away from the alert eyes of the TWR. Saw with mine own eyes some newbies struggling sweatingly with STOL c185's in all the loose coronas. ...
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