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Old 27th Feb 2017, 03:08
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Bedder believeit
 
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Hey, VH-KEN, long time since I flew that. In the mid to late 60's it used to live at the Lutheran Mission aviation hangar at Lae airport (down town airstrip, not Nadzab) along with Macair charters (C-336 VH-CMU and Baron 55 VH-MKB). There was an almost intact Bell P39 Airacobra in the Kunai grass right next to the hangar which would be worth a fortune now if it still exists. But when I went to Madang in early 50's as a 6 year old there were aircraft wrecks from WW2 everywhere. And no, I never made it to the aforementioned Smugglers as it didn't exist, but I do have pics of me as a kid at the opening of the Coast Watchers memorial. Very boring. Lol
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