Only got $75 a week in '71
Plus how much in cash fares???
I started with TAL in November 1971 at $7,000 pa, no cash fares.
That looks like the MAL/Ansett DC3 VH-MAL. Interesting history of the aircraft
HERE.
Hills look like Goroka but no tarmac - may be the old Hagen town strip??
I'm guessing but the Goroka Sports Club closed late 70's, maybe around 78? Anyone know if the building is still there? Only two watering holes in the early 70s - front bar at the Bird and the Sports Club.
The Aero Club started around 76. I think the house was donated by DCA/CAA. Is it still operating? Wriggles used to run the movies each Saturday night, most of which were "borrowed" from Talair transit freight.
Phil's chair started at The Bird then moved to the Aero Club. Phil had a blue two door Fiat car which ended up in the barratt outside the Aero Club on a few occasions. No simple task to drive when Phil was so p!ssed he could hardly walk....... On one occasion he chained his Thorpe to one of the pine trees at the top of the strip for "engine runs", after a session at the Aero Club.