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Old 16th Jan 2012, 05:33
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Bekol, How are you?

The F27 was a Fairchild formerly N228X that was then Indonesian registered as PKVFM and did the Timika run to Freeport mine in Irian Jaya.

I once flew in the yellow C310 to Scott Creek with Graeme Schumann. The callsign will come to me.

Can't remember which 2 of UPQ, MIN, or PWM were in Darwin then.

Comms were done by the RAAF from the Small Tower on the Fire Station Using a Portable VHF TX/RX. If I remember correctly Acft called inbound at 200nm inbound to TN VOR and came in on the 321 R and out on the 118 from Darwin to ISA.

My Pregnant wife and her mother were evacuated on VHTFE.
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