Originally Posted by
megan
Now its drugs, back in the 60's and 70's it was wildlife. Well known at the time aviation identity who I knew was nabbed when a RAAF C-130 inbound to Darwin asked for traffic, when told "none" he replied he was painting a target on radar. Turned out to be the identity smuggling wildlife to somewhere in Indonesia with his Beech (owned an A36 and Baron).
Folk may recall Donald Tait who crashed his Aero Commander near Katherine in 1978 when smuggling marijuana, detected by Darwin radar and chased by a RAAF C-130.
indeed. career progression maybe.
https://d6mljhs7208w9.cloudfront.net...tmore-1995.pdf
i seem to recall a direct flight from southern NSW direct to raglan back in the 90s with birds.