....where it was used for training in the Wheeland Flight Academy.
Training syllabus for the C209 Conversion Course delivered by Wheeland Flight Academy:
1. Basic Handling "Deh what are you using trim for?"
2. Weight and Balance "Deh dont count my weight"
3. Radiotelephony "Deh what was his callsign???" (on short final)
4. Peak performance "Deh go around the hills
5. Engine management "Deh you'll clear the mags on takeoff"
All flights include full demonstrations by the instructor "Deh its different from the right hand seat"
That poor C209 came to grief in Kununurra during an IFR flight returning from taking tourists to the Sands Resort in Kalumburu (destroyed by cyclone only a week later), landing on the Diversion Dam wall and tearing both wings off. Synopsis was the "experienced" pilot had descended below the minima and landed on the diversion dam by mistake. The pilot claimed he was "familiar with the local area".
With the rarity of C209 specific parts, they could no longer continue to operate it, and ended up being bought by a wealthy game park owner in Western Zambia (still with the danish rego). Herr
Dry_Twotter enters the picture here, ferrying it from Kununurra.
TC