Stationair8, I think I drove a beat up old EK holden station wagon for a airport car, the only people who had AIDS were Generals, I never bothered to lock the house up at night, my kids got thumped if they were rude or ill mannered, the dog didn't have to spend her life on a lead, and the F/O was more likely to eat a hot dog for breakfast than muesli, and was too busy chasing women to bother with a personal trainer, and yes I did go on the 727 (a lovely aircraft, but not the 9) but nice having a F/E to tell you during the night how to fix the toaster/car/boat/whatever, a good and fullfilling life until the dreaded (dare I say it) 89, (forget I said that) we won't damage a great topic and so many great postings. Anybody who feels like writing the story, a good place to start would be the TAA/AN gathering in New Farm BNE this OCT, from there you will get stories from Pilots, Traffic Officers (remember them)? Flight Attendants, Engineers, Load Masters etc, there are some great early videos especially out of New Guinea, will post date when known.