yep . .. . . . . .. .. . .that fly united mock-logo did the rounds, alright. Borrowed and adapted by more than one hairline pilot to be made into a nav bag tag.
thinks .. . . what has that young chasp lusting after those lovely legs got round his neck?
Not the medallion of a liveryman of GAPAN?
Ahhh . .. . .. The Friendly Way . . . .. somewhere there's a recording of the Dulux Show with
Jack Davey where "Mrs Jones" wins a flight. Spliced in for the show is the voice of John Chance (it sounds like) giving an old fashioned boarding call, giving the usual plug for the Vickers Viscount , making it sound oh so very imperial .
Only the greybeards round here will have first hand memories of Jack Davey, his perpetual brightness, and the patter of the born showman.
"That's not quite the right answer Mrs Jones. But don't go home empty handed.
"Take this Namco Pressure Cooker. Cuts cooking time in half.
"Here. Take two. You won't have to cook at all."
of course the best archive of all things TAA is in the TAA Museum just over the tram line from Essendon Airport, run by James Meahan, ex TAA and a real trooper
BTW . . his g g g g grandfather , also James Meahan, was a ticket of leave surveyor attached to Charles Grimes, the second surveyor general of NSW, just before John Oxley.
Which surveyor general happened to the g g g g grandfather of yours truly.
Jim and I adjourned to Young and Jacksons for a nostalgic Fosters or 3.
we did not follow up with a slash from the Grimes Bridge (just down flinders Street) being in a couther part of Melbourne.
which all has little to do with rootes blowers, flying united, and the price of fish.
If anyone wants to meet a bloke who flew for Ansett ANA for many years, he lives a hop and a step from Heck Field, and has a fund of ripper yarns.
Flew with Keith Virtue. Flew with Jason Hazzard.
Has some great stories about Harry Moore, seconded to BCPA.
Was F/O on a Sepal survey Cat out of Mascot. Has a few good ones about those days too. Like landing at Rose Bay and springing multiple leaks.
Laugh? bloody near died.
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