Kiwiguy........ I think it was part of the old mans checklist gear-up, flaps 0, light bunger use to crack me up but .. with a full load of pax not a worry
I don't remember the rego of the two 402's but I did come across their carcasses a few years back parked in a graveyard at magenta in noumea, still with the same livery, one green one blue.
I always wondered why they stopped the AKL thing there has to be a market for it with the right equipment, maybe it was the J31 that stuffed it who knows maybe some ex AA guys can give us the good oil