with the clock reading 35000
It would have taken a month of Sundays to climb to 35000. I think the service ceiling was in the late 20 thousands. Any mapping photography was done at 25000 feet true.
Not that much on the oilfield. Especially while the Army survey contract was on. However there was a period in 74/75 with MWI based in Perth supporting seismic survey up in the Great Sandy Desert. It was bought by Civil Flying Services in 1974.
The 'legitimacy' referred to my presence in the RHS, not the operation per se.
All the Army pilots that flew Queenairs on survey were endorsed on the aeroplane. But following the crash of TYV (?), one of the first two Queenairs the other being FWG, a Unionair pilot had to be on board.
RUU still appears on the CASA Register as being registered to DB.
Who could forget Capt C.