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Old 27th May 2003, 11:11
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Night Watch
 
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Well that brought back a lot of memories..... I also flew for NCA, and that sounds exactly like I remember it. Although I believe that the company record for a flight form Indagen to Konge is 42 sec, set by a now 717 pilot. This is the same pilot that when I walked out to an islander for the afternoon flight to the west ports, I found the port nav light missing and a nice ding in the wing tip. When I asked what had happened he said "I hit a bird", I said "well sh*t happens, looks OK to fly". Was just about to jump in and start up when he added......"the bird was in a tree at the time", and as he walked off "have fun there is a bit of low cloud out there".

When flying ILS to ILS and 10000 ft runways, I often think about the time spent in PNG, and wish I could go back (without getting shot at on the Lae-Nadzab road)
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