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Old 11th Jan 2012, 07:02
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CharlieLimaX-Ray
 
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According to various people, including a Connair pilot that VH-CLX was the one that provided the comms out of Darwin on Christmas morning. The Heron later acquired the name "Nammo" which came from the engineer that spent the night on a tug towing her around the tarmac to keep her facing into wind. The engineer apparently kept himself lubricated with a couple of cartons of a certain breweries finest product.

One of the FSO's in Darwin, used to tell a bit of yarn about the Connair Heron diverting from Darwin to Katherine on Christmas Eve due to the excessive crosswind at Darwin.
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