Originally Posted by
Ex FSO GRIFFO
Re ' Of course there was a time when it was a requirement for RPT jets to only operate to locations where there was a tower'......
There was never a 'tower' at Kalgoorlie, or Broome or Derby or Kunners or many other 'regionals' and...yep...jets did operate there....
Fk-28s every day.
Just sayin'....keep to the facts please......
You are correct of course. Back then when MMA replaced the F27 with the F28, initially with MMJ, in late 69 I recall, the then DCA let it run on those F27 routes at those ports you mention. The folk in CBR considered the DC9 more of a jet for some reason and it was the DC9 service from DRW to CNS via Gove that brought about the tower at Gove.