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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Jul 2013, 03:05
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Yes, that's the man... barged into the Traffic...

Yes, that's the man... barged into the Traffic Office at POM and called me an "inefficient white b*stard". I'd been with Air Niugini just two days and I'd never met him before!!!
Whilst he was out...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Jul 2013, 00:50
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Tru tok... the so and so pollies!!! I remember...

Tru tok... the so and so pollies!!! I remember Okuk!!!
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Jun 2013, 01:41
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

I know Niall Sullivan did it in an Electra!

I know Niall Sullivan did it in an Electra!
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th May 2013, 03:28
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Rabaul Yacht Club ... where in the 1960s the...

Rabaul Yacht Club
... where in the 1960s the cruise ships' bands played when they were in the harbour... where the ladies used to be... what memories.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st May 2013, 02:37
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Absolutely brilliant... what memories!!

Absolutely brilliant... what memories!!
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Mar 2013, 22:28
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Taily I'm pretty sure VH SBO is a DC3... I've...

Taily
I'm pretty sure VH SBO is a DC3... I've flown in it in the 60s.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Mar 2013, 23:33
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

In the 60s the Snakepit was at the Bottom Pub...

In the 60s the Snakepit was at the Bottom Pub (Moresby Hotel) in town... the Wein Kellar (sp) was close to Jacksons terminal.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th May 2012, 00:52
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

It'll be a long time before you see another hotel...

It'll be a long time before you see another hotel built alongside the strip as the Mt Hagen Hotel was!
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Dec 2011, 21:38
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Supt Mike Thomas is long gone. His daughter...

Supt Mike Thomas is long gone. His daughter lived in Brisbane a few years ago and his sister (my Aunt) still shouts at the referee every time Coventry City play.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Nov 2011, 23:13
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

TAA had an Aztec (blue and white with a bit of...

TAA had an Aztec (blue and white with a bit of red!) based in Rabaul... the pilot was Noel Von Hoff.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Oct 2011, 00:22
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Last P2 BOB I saw was owned by Bob Bates Trans...

Last P2 BOB I saw was owned by Bob Bates Trans Niugini Tours at HGU.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Sep 2011, 06:58
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Cec was renowned for the scars on his head from...

Cec was renowned for the scars on his head from his many tumbles... but he was never late for a 0400 start at work. Mind you he scared the airport staff when he was carrying food back to the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Sep 2011, 06:23
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

tinpis... that was still going on in the 1980s -...

tinpis... that was still going on in the 1980s - feeding the refugees from Irian Jaya. Some of the refugees spoke only a Dutch dialest and were assisted by the Dutch mission at Ningerum.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Apr 2011, 02:23
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

I still have the original data base of Talair...

I still have the original data base of Talair staff (pilots and ground staff) which I produced for Kevin Dodd and Sharpie for a very successful Talair reunion on the Sunshine Coast in 2007. The list...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Apr 2011, 01:43
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Is that the Scott Bloxham that was based in Lae? ...

Is that the Scott Bloxham that was based in Lae? Last I heard of him was flying for Air Berlin when he had a bad night with Bob Martin!!!
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Apr 2011, 02:15
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

tinpis You forgot to explain that "d" in front...

tinpis
You forgot to explain that "d" in front of the name means deceased.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Mar 2011, 07:11
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Jay was a true genteleman and a funny man -...

Jay was a true genteleman and a funny man - without extracting the urine from anyone.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
19th Mar 2011, 00:30
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Okuk... now there's a man who admitted to the...

Okuk... now there's a man who admitted to the Post Courier that he had to get back into politics to pay off his debts!!!
Reminds me of the time Bob Martin was talking to EWA in Tamworth and was...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Mar 2011, 00:36
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

I believe Richard Leahy also owned Kiunga...

I believe Richard Leahy also owned Kiunga Aviation based at Lae.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Jul 2010, 02:11
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Was based in Rabaul in the early 60's when TN...

Was based in Rabaul in the early 60's when TN used the Cosmo Hotel for crew accommodation... not the rooms straight off the bar... the crew had the dongas at the front. Lecherous Len was the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
26th Jun 2010, 00:07
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

The Phantom

After Kieta the Phantom was the manager at a hotel in Kavieng. He visited Cairns quite often... and was at my office door early mornings busting for a white can!! He died in Brisbane a couple of...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Jun 2010, 20:04
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

The Bird

Torres
Peter W. ex manager of the Bird in the late 70's now has a motel in Stanthorpe. It's surely a small world.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Jun 2010, 17:57
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Storch could it be Gizo? Seeing all that expanse...

Storch could it be Gizo? Seeing all that expanse of water reminds me of the Solair pilot being transfered from the "mainland" to the Gizo strip to start work when the boat lost power. He was a...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Jun 2010, 08:47
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

TAA Lae

Does anyone have a photograph/picture of that odd shaped TAA bus, that transported staff and passengers between Transair Lodge and the town airport in the 1960s, that they can post? Whatever...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
19th May 2010, 05:06
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

VH TBB

Capt. Lionel Thrift did have a little sense of humour... when the first poster of the new B727 was distributed it bore the registration VH TBB and Capt Thrift queried with Head Office if it was going...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
26th Apr 2010, 08:41
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

No, E. Jean Carrol.

No, E. Jean Carrol.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
26th Apr 2010, 04:02
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Captain Nomad I'd like it to be Moonbil. If...

Captain Nomad
I'd like it to be Moonbil. If memory serves the strip was cut into the side of a hill. Took a twin otter out there from Tabubil one Christmas eve to rescue a Playboy author... as we...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Apr 2010, 02:13
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Moonbil

Does anyone have a photograph of the Moonbil strip very close to the Irian Jaya border?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Apr 2010, 04:40
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Tell that to the guys in ATC at Honiara!!!!......

Tell that to the guys in ATC at Honiara!!!!... that is according to legend in Honiara.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
26th Mar 2010, 00:42
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Looks very similar to the kapok (capok) tree I...

Looks very similar to the kapok (capok) tree I had in my garden in Lae.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Mar 2010, 01:15
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

tinpis Why don't you write it?

tinpis
Why don't you write it?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Feb 2010, 03:39
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Storchpilot I thought it was one of...

Storchpilot



I thought it was one of the bips i.e. Olsobip or Golgobit. One of them has a road at the end just as in your photograph.

tinpis
Had dinner with Cam Bennett (owned the Bird at...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Feb 2010, 02:31
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Could the second picture be one of the bips out...

Could the second picture be one of the bips out of Kiunga?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
26th Jan 2010, 01:43
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

Courtesy of Trevor Michie's PNG Gossip news...

Courtesy of Trevor Michie's PNG Gossip news letter

** Swamp Ghost **

The Second World War B-17 Flying Fortress, dubbed the Swamp Ghost, is now at the port of Lae ready to be shipped to the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Jan 2010, 04:35
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,064,004
Posted By Animalclub

The first guy I knew to sell watches in flight in...

The first guy I knew to sell watches in flight in PNG was Jimmy Betts TN DC3 Captain in the '60s... at the same time Capt Moses Lee sold National Transistor Radios for which BP's got their nose out...
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