The Home of Photos in Dunnunda! Mk I

[SmokingHole]

that's a pretty nifty shot there doc, do you have the caravan towing mirrors on:} at least you wont be upsetting the truckies at A090

Barkly - whatever:ugh:

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

I'm back home with all my toys!

Lake Forktailed Dr Killer (19o 08' S 131o 40' E)

The orange line is the GPS snail trail of my track. I flew between these two lakes on a westerly heading.

http://www.fototime.com/796CA7D4E1E8A65/standard.jpg

This is the one on the left (marked on the WAC) - taken out the left window.

http://www.fototime.com/5B6501B34FD5EF1/standard.jpg

and this is the newly discovered and named Lake Forktailed Doctor Killer on the right - taken out the right window just after the picture above was taken.

http://www.fototime.com/139B68C1165F2FA/standard.jpg

Dr :cool:

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

SmokinHole - I should'a stuck it (the camera!) out a bit more and got the side of the aeroplane but I didn't want to drop the bloody thing. Apart from the loss of the camera, it would be just my luck if it hit some ringer on the head and I got sued!

XXX, Brisbane Centre - did you drop a camera out of your aeroplane while over the middle of the Barkly's? Ah Centre, XXX, nooooooo, wasn't me!

Dr :cool:

[Led Zep]

Tail-take-off - great snaps!

And you too, FTDK...did you experience camera buffet? :}

[Lefthanded_Rock_Thrower]

FTDK,

With your six year old niece navigating and writing on the map, suprised you didn't get lost.

[compressor stall]

A good lesson for newbies flying in the outback. Shame GPS has taken the skill (and anxiety!) out of it. :suspect:

And now for something completely different...

http://www.remoteadventures.com/coppermine/albums/png/normal_007_7.JPG

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

"A good lesson for newbies flying in the outback. Shame GPS has taken the skill (and anxiety!) out of it."

CS - That's a very good point but that particular track (Tennant Ck to Broome direct) is not one to cut your map reading teeth on.

I would not have been there without GPS - more for fuel planning purposes than for any lack of navigation skill. I had planned via Hooker Ck with a refuelling stop at Halls Ck, but a 170 kt GS with the FTDK backed off to 6 hrs endurance let me go direct with an appropriate margin of safety.

I wouldn't have taken it on in a Tiger Moth either, but lets not lament the demise of the open cockpit!

Dr :cool:

[Towering Q]

I would not have been there without GPS

You really didn't need the GPS Dr, I had another look at your WAC and discovered a dead straight railway line running east-west just north of your lake.:}

[compressor stall]

Must be a monorail TQ as it only has sleepers on one side. Remarkably straight though. :}

FTDK - my first job outside of Melbourne in a C210 covered that patch of the country, sans GPS, as did many before me. OK it did not have the legs for TNK-BRM, but you don't have to be going that far to wonder where you are. NDBs don't travel over sand too well, and ADFs normally don't work too well either in old VFR210s.... :sad:

[Creampuff]

You're not looking closely enough FTDK - it's very, very close to the border;)

[SmokingHole]

think you missed TQ's sarcasm doc, ie the lat above your track. Agree with you about the gps, if anything just for the accuracy in eta especially on a fuel critical leg

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Another interesting example of the use of a light aircraft as a business tool.

Townsville - Broome with Qantas (via Brisbane and Perth) departs TL at 0600 local and arrives in Broome at 1740 local - 13 hr 40 min total travel time.

I left TL at 0630 local via Mt Isa (fuel) - Barkly Roadhouse (lunch) and Tennant Ck (fuel) and arrived in Broome at 1600 local - 11 hr 30 min total travel time.

Did some business in Hall's Ck and Kununurra on the way home - so that was a bonus.

Dr :cool:

[squawk6969]

Bonanza rolls Boeing in flight across Oz

Forkie

With work of words like that you could have a career in journolism:E

So did you almost crash land multiple times during the trip, with passengers lucky to escape with their lives or sandwiches......Ok excluding your arrival in Townsville I believe:E

SQUARKIE

[Crosshair]

Did you write that notation with your feet?

[Jabawocky]

I reckon thats a mouse on an electronic copy in MS paint or something, its damn hard to handwright in PS paint or similar, if you have not tried....go give it a go.

Either than or the Doc was in some pretty good turbulence.:}

J

[SmokingHole]

dunno where but it's cruel to show those locations to us desert dwellers. Lack of responses may require you narrow it down a bit:ok:

[compressor stall]

Hey I moved to your part of the world after flying around those islands! Although it was the lure of swiss and yankee kero burners that brought me to the desert, not the sumptuous delights of the Exchange of an evening... :E
As for a hint....about 4 hours from Cairns in a Shrike, which almost gives it away. I'll let people guess the radial. Bloody great snorkelling, swimming off the edge of that reef was the only time I have had vertigo snorkelling. :ouch:

[Towering Q]

Phallus Island?:E

[compressor stall]

Was that the theme of tonight's party at the Foundry TQ?

[Towering Q]

The Foundry Hotel has been closed for over a year now, and the Raunchy Girls are nowhere to be seen.:{

[SmokingHole]

C'mon TQ, they're all at the exchange complete with nipple stickers (cause you can't go nuuude in wa) or at home enjoying the married life with three hubbys-each one doing one week on two weeks off. They have never met eachother of course:E

Ok ok here's an easy one
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb319/hairyplane/slr023.jpg

[Tail-take-off]

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c361/evansniger/BobandMattWardRedhillJan87.jpg

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd225/gordybaird/UigGalaDay1995.jpg

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd225/gordybaird/WaterLanding.jpg

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/photos/pprune/Bristow%20Whirlwind%2003.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/cumpas/trfailure-1.jpg

more here (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=287207)

[Richo]

Hay Smoking Hole, that would be a place just near Jundee, where there nearly was a .........

Anyway it's PLUTOnic. Just never seen it from below F180.

richo

[SmokingHole]

Hole-in-one richo, never seen it from above A040:{
Looking forward to trips up there in summer, hot with flies:bored:

[tinpis]

flaps and stuff (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3485673&postcount=1368)
Flaps was handy when working off butchers what-name places after rain wiz :hmm:

ARRR that ROUND SOUND ! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djiERGXAngI&mode=related&search=)


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/tinpis/beaverlanding.jpg

[capson]

Have a look at this... and decide ???:oh::ooh:....
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d90_1190162817

[Jabawocky]

Have a look at this... and decide ???:oh::ooh:....
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d90_1190162817

Exactly, I think those pointy things on the end of the wings, they are AG impliments used for ploughing the fields priour to planting:eek:.......then the guy in Tin's video comes along and topdresses the field.

Seems that in some parts of the world you can get away with that:=.

J:ok:

[slackie]

tin...nice Beaver! Spent a day in the right hand seat of a Fieldair (I think) one just like that back in the 80's in the Manawatu...great fun!! CS had an interesting technique for shifting stock off the strips...not particularly effective...but again....heaps of fun!

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Slackie

I suspect I have done the same thing, in the same Beaver, with the same pilot (CS). You are right - great fun.

Not Fieldair - Griffin Ag-Air!

I seem to recall that in the mid-80s, Hal Griffin had 24,000 hrs on ag work - 12,000 hrs fixed wing and 12,000 hrs rotary wing. Quite an extraordinary feat!

Dr :8

[PS2A_yay!]

No guesses what these are?! Thanks to the friendly USMC bloke who showed me around these toys of George W Bush.

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t220/PS2A_yay/Picture246.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t220/PS2A_yay/Picture255.jpg

PS2A

[slackie]

FTDK - and I believe Hallet's still going strong with a range of (including vintage) ag aircraft. CS had a stint at tourist flying in his rebuild project (with WB at one stage I believe?!), but has since "faded from radar cover".

But the best ag ride I got was in a DC3 out of WO (or GS) in the early 80's (I think - grey matter failing me now!!!)....GT's father. Need anymore 2 letter acronyms??

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Slackie

Yes, I have decoded your 2 letter groups. Brings back some memories!

Dr :8

[trashie]

Training for the event

http://www.zeta.org.au/~lanceh/airmanaircrew/images/gallery/raaf/36sqn/c130h/c130h_48.jpg

http://www.zeta.org.au/~lanceh/airmanaircrew/images/gallery/raaf/36sqn/c130h/c130h_17.jpg

And then there was Ash Wednesday

http://www.zeta.org.au/~lanceh/airmanaircrew/images/gallery/raaf/36sqn/c130h/c130h_16.jpg

[MFB 2]

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/DSC_0057.jpg

[kiwi chick]

FYI Hallet is still going strong, displayed at "Wings over Wairarapa" in January this year with John Bargh in his air tractor...

Very very impressive. :ok:

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

"Virgin in Cairns"

Probably the only virgin you are likely to find in Cairns - without risking a lenghty goal sentence!

Dr :8

[sprocket check]

despite the exorbitant rent...
http://photos-592.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v125/135/39/683368592/n683368592_310141_3734.jpg
Super-fast stress filled work...
http://photos-592.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v125/135/39/683368592/n683368592_310142_4039.jpg
...used to work there...
http://photos-592.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v125/135/39/683368592/n683368592_310143_4279.jpg
gotta climb that (still)
http://photos-592.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v125/135/39/683368592/n683368592_310144_4488.jpg
too much green, more apartments please says Harry:ugh::ugh::ugh:
http://photos-592.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v125/135/39/683368592/n683368592_310145_4706.jpg
That was yesterday. Now, gotta work out how to stay up there every day.:ok:

[SmokingHole]

Nice Piccies SC. Where is it but?:E

[sprocket check]

SH:
I'll give you a clue:
east of the bridge, north of the southern shore :}

[kiwi chick]

Nice... :ok:

Almost makes me want to jump the ditch... ;)

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

or in your case the "dutch" !

[knox]

SC.
Looks like the Beaver flight took a couple of weeks ago......

very nice.

Knox.

[Towering Q]

Aircraft type and location?
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k176/towering_q/lineup.jpg

[SmokingHole]

Hey, I know u.
You got the wrong QNH set. Looks about 110' out.:E

(BTW Nice crash on Graham St tonight, loser took out a light pole and three parked cars - they were still cutting the pax out. Drag racing in the 'burbs. Legends.)

[404 Titan]

Towering Q

A/C type = C310R
Location = ?

[tinpis]

Sprocket despite the exorbitant rent...Once upon a time tin rented a one beddy in Lower Fort Street for 30 bob a week :)

[Towering Q]

404, A/C type...correct.
Location.... W.A. very hot in summer.

SmokingHole, can't recall the elevation but it is one of the higher ports in WA.

[Sarcs]

Looks a bit like PB.........I think you can almost see the dip just past the touchdown blocks......A/C...definitely cessna twin C310 maybe???

[Towering Q]

Sarcs....Paraburdoo indeed.:ok:

Re: A/C type...check 404's reply.

[SmokingHole]

Ok, one easy, one not so easy..........
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb319/hairyplane/DSC00207.jpg

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb319/hairyplane/PS1203.jpg

[Capt Fathom]

Keppel Island, Derim?

[mingalababya]

No prizes for guessing where this is. Taken at about 1630 yesterday.


http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k277/mingalababya/DSC01516s.jpg

[Chimbu chuckles]

It's been nearly 20 years but I'd say that is Kabwum.

[Towering Q]

I thought it was the MCG.:uhoh:

[Chimbu chuckles]

I just knew someone would be a smartarse:p...I did say it had been 20 years:ok:

[hogespa28]

From up there Port Adelaide might have looked like they were in with a chance :rolleyes:

[Rabbit 1]

A previous war zone overseas. One of the aircraft pictured should give the location away.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t38/temakin/follow-me.jpg

[bentleg]

One of the aircraft pictured should give the location away


I guess that means Hong Kong or Singapore. I'll go for Changi Singapore. No housing near Chep Lap Kok.

[Capt Fathom]

Ho Chi Min.

[Rabbit 1]

Ho Chi Minh it is. The 'rough' clue I gave for the location is the Vietnam Airlines A321 on the left.

[Towering Q]

Vietnam Airlines A321?? OMG...I passed that off as some US military machine.:eek:

[Warbo]

Rightio then, where is this? Photo is about 13 years old.
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n153/dwarburton/scan0001-1.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n153/dwarburton/scan0001.jpg

[ABX]

Can't be in Australia Warbo there's too much water in the photo!:}

[Veruka Salt]

Well the Tamair C310 I used to fly is in the pic . . . . . it's not Hay, is it??

[Warbo]

Nah, not Hay, about half a continent from Hay in fact.

[Cardinal Puf Puf Puf]

Engonia.

The "Cardinal Puff" has reaked havok at Engonia Races more than once. :D

[ABX]

Don't trip over any guitars (golden or not) up there Cardinal.:}

[The Strez]

Brunette Downs, NT?

[Warbo]

Spot on Strez!:ok:

I wonder if anyone recognises the F33????

[Jabawocky]

Nice Bonza in the pic, surprised the FTDK and Chuckler did not get excited over that :}

J:ooh:

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Boom! Boom!

Jaba, if only you knew how close to the truth you are!

Dr :cool:

[Chimbu chuckles]

We did...via skype in the last hour.:}

[Track Direct]

Warbo

The F33 was owned by JM from YMOR at the time.:p
Think it ended up in Quincy Illinois from memory.:}

[Lasiorhinus]

This one might be a little hard... all I'm looking for is the airport name.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1202/1040831134_c978fd8968.jpg


This one should be much easier.... once again, all i want to know is Where.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1325/1040761566_12f3f5eed8.jpg

[ABX]

Lasior, pic #2, RFDS Emergency Landing Strip, Eyre Highway, just west of Eucla.

[Lasiorhinus]

So close I'm tempted to give it to you, ABX.

It IS an RFDS strip, and it IS in South Australia......... but the rest of your info was a little off.

[Towering Q]

Yeah, too much vegetation to be anywhere near Eucla.

[ABX]

DANG!

It must be pretty close Lasior, you gave it to me in your original post!:}

[PLovett]

RFDS emergency strip north of Coober Pedy.:)

[Chadzat]

I agree with PLovett. Just north of Coober. I have nearly exactly the same photograph- clouds and all!

[ABX]

Alright, given Lasior's pic above, where is this one?:}

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff252/ABX_album/20070905PandBRFDSStripEucla.jpg

[Capt Fathom]

Just west of Eucla.

[ABX]

Wasn't rocket science was it Capt?:}

You're right of course, I was over there a couple of weeks ago and took that shot specifically for this thread, Lasior stole my thunder!:ok:

It's a bloody long drive from ABX to KAL I can tell you, drove through heavy rain later that day, fine when I left CED early in the morning, pouring at Balladonia, still pretty heavy at Norseman.

Cheers.

[Lasiorhinus]

PLovett wins the chocolate fish --- but you gotta share it with ABX.

Speaking of, ABX, that was damn quick of you to read my original post. I read as far as RFDS strip, and assumed you got the rest of the info right, too. But then I realised you were thinking of a different strip. Mea Culpa.

And I do apologise for stealing your thunder... I took that photo a few months ago when passing through SA. Only occurred to me last night to post it.

But does anyone have any ideas on the first picture, with the somewhat intriguing runway lighting? If anyone wants, I can post a second picture from the same location.

[ABX]

Hi Lasior,

I must admit, I didn't read your post quickly at all, the PPRuNe system generates an email to inform subscribers of new posts in threads - that is what I read.:}

I'll leave the chocolate fish to PLovett as I was hundreds of kilometers off course!:ok:

TQ, you were right about the vegetation, there is much less in my photo.

Cheers.

[Lasiorhinus]

Ah, thats OK then... I only had the original post up for a minute, maybe two, before I changed it.

[peuce]

Stupid question time ...

Why do they mark out specific bits of the highway for RFDS landings? Are there facilities nearby?

Isn't the Eyre Highway just one big long runway?

[Lasiorhinus]

That occurred to me up the Stuart Highway, too. The whole road is pretty much suitable, especially for a PC12, and the marked runway section was rather remote from visible facilities of any kind. It certainly had no lighting, making it no better than the rest of the road for a night landing, and indeed somewhat ironically, the fact that it had a two metre yellow-diamond road sign proclaiming "RFDS Runway" near the end, actually makes it less safe (because theres a two metre pole set in concrete).

[ABX]

Same thought occurred to me as well fellas, here is a shot of the sign on the end of the strip at Eucla.

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff252/ABX_album/20070905RFDSStripSignEucla.jpg

Looks like more of a distraction than a help to me.

Maybe some of the guys who actually fly onto them can shed some light on the topic?

[Lasiorhinus]

Fly along the highway, the long, straight, sealed road, with nothing either side, for ages, until you see a great big yellow piece of metal poking a couple of metres up into the sky. Swerve right to avoid removing part of your wing, then land on the piano keys just past the sign....


:confused::confused::confused:

[ABX]

Thanks Lasior,:ok:

That gave me a good chuckle, besides it made perfectly good sense to the desk driver who decided that is the way it should be done.:*

[Lasiorhinus]

Dont get me started about useless procedures and rules that make sense to someone behind a desk....


Back to the topic at hand, heres another picture of the same runway as before, with the interesting lights.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1380/1039975371_756018116a.jpg

[gassed budgie]

One for all of those Bonanza drivers out there.

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/1121/dscn0080mc5.jpg

GB making a pass down the strip for the photographer. Whereabouts?

[Mr. Hat]

nice...............

[Lasiorhinus]

gassed budgie.... is it just west of Eucla?:E

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Ooooooh yeah!

GB

Now that is nice - apart from the unconventional tail !

Dr :cool:

[haughtney1]

I reckon GB, its somewhere on the big island west of NZ:E

[Chimbu chuckles]

GB...Hands down best picture in the entire thread:ok:

[Peter Fanelli]

What is that, some kind of fancy looking Debonair? :E

[Nivo]

GB

Buffs in the background = somewhere in NT?

Nivo

[Bevan666]

Nice pic!! :ok:

Bevan..

[RENURPP]

Doesn't look like the NT country side, more like inland NSW or possibly some where sth QLD.

probably not a council strp.

[Chadzat]

Ok, I was waiting to post this one until a similar photo of a 'low flypast' er hem, was also posted!

Just for the record this photo was as it came off the camera and has not been touched in photoshop at all.

http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/7859/stripinspectionbs8.jpg

[Swanie]

Nice:eek:

Some may have seen this before, 1900 in africa, even lower, and a barrel roll above cloud for good measure:E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir34GODVv90

[tinpis]

Some early Kiwi blacksmithing :uhoh:http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m169/flyernzl/airtruks/ZK-CKEb.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m169/flyernzl/airtruks/ZK-CKEa.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a66/DavidHomewood/NZWingsApr95-1a.jpg

[bushy]

Great stuff Tin.
I have got a photo somewhere of one of those first airtrucks.
Around that time NZ was searching for a good ag plane, and the world was laughing saying "no you need a tractor, not an aeroplane." But eventually the airtruck was built and went to Australia, and the Fletcher was built and still flies today.

[haughtney1]

What is that, some kind of fancy looking Debonair?

Geeez Peter you know NOTHING...its a Victor Airtourer :8

[tipsy2]

Geeez Peter you know NOTHING...its a Victor Airtourer

I'm sure you mean "VICTA" don't you:=

tipsy:ok:

[tinpis]

I was working off another strip at Te Kuiti close by to where Don (Goose) Ercerg was flying CKE around about the time those photos were taken
Goose always maintained it was only his superior piloting skills and good looks that kept the bloody thing airborne :p
Climbed over those Avengers and Harvards as well,everyone thought they was scrap in those days :sad::{
Off topic the Victa in my opinion could be re manufactured to provide a good simple trainer,surely for under $200k ? :ok:http://www.pilotfriend.com/aircraft%20performance/images2/26.jpg
brrrm brrrm

I watched a program on telly recently about the progress of the Whitney Boomerang
Those poor guys were bleeding at the eyes trying to come up with a trainer from scratch retailing at $200k :ooh:

[Lasiorhinus]

Very recently, indeed, tinpis - I saw it on ABC2 last night!

But yes- a brand new design from scratch; I felt they were setting themselves a difficult hurdle. Does anyone else think the Boomerang looks just like an Airtourer, from the outside?

[tipsy2]

tinpis muses could be re manufactured

Well, that was recently tried costing numerous Aussie Taxpayers dollars. There have also been a number of other 'talkers' since 1979 that I know of, they have all come to nothing.

&

Lasiorhinus observes the Boomerang looks just like an Airtourer, from the outside

One wonders who taught the Boomerang designer aeronautical engineering.

tipsy:)

[Wanderin_dave]

A straight-tail Traumahawk for mine.

[OZBUSDRIVER]

I agree with wanderin Dave, good luck to those guys just the same:ok:

An IO-360 powered Victa would be the ducksgutz of trainers. One only cries at what could have been if there just a smidge of "protection" for the lawnmower company against the might of the US product.

[tipsy2]

I am loath to go further "off thread" with this and this will be the last for me unless I can find a decent piccy to add to this thread.

However, "OZBUSDRIVER" appears to salivate at the thought of an IO-360 on a 500kg (BEW) Airtourer airframe. Certainly sounds good although there is one small problem, 130 litres wont take you far. And there is also a BIG problem, the Airtourer was originally certified to a unique Australian design standard (ANO 101-1). The Airtourer was designed, built and flown a few years before FAR23 was dreamed up and over time has become the accepted (GA) design standard around the world. Unfortunately the Airtourer does not fly like or comply with FAR 23, to re-design and re-certify the Aircraft would be very expensive, very time consuming but worst of all just dealing with a certifying regulatory authority would have to be the most unrewarding activity anybody could undertake.

Now I'll go looking for a piccy or two to add

tipsy................................................:ok:

[OZBUSDRIVER]

Agree Tipsy. A 100hp tourer with double the power would be a tad too much. Was thinking more along the lines of an AirCruiser/CT4. Back to the piccies.

[slackie]

Here's one for FTDK (sorry it's got the "incorrect" tail configuration)...
http://www.aerobatics.co.nz/images/Mike009sm.jpg
Where and when should be pretty easy...

[tinpis]

Didnt Buddy Holly perish in a Bunanza?

[Jabawocky]

Tin,

I think it was a stupid set of circumstances he perrished in.......the aircraft used was a Bunaanza!:}

J

[haughtney1]

WBOW slackie:E I see the mighty van taxying out as well

[slackie]

Haught...Yip...the Van was in the queue...nice example that one...had a look inside...
http://www.aerobatics.co.nz/images/DaveGoesLow.jpg
Not actually my photo, but as I'm standing on the mbl tower taking my own photo (that was little more than a blurr) I think this one is much better.
Thanks Dave...great display!!
Actually...if memory serves, I was taking a video...that was still little more than a blurr!! Might try and find it, post it on youtube and supply a link here....brb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_TOFh3oGNM:ok::ok::ok:

[Wheeler]

Slackie, Tail config is fine - and the ones in front even have the right wing config. Love this thread, great pics everyone!

[gassed budgie]

One for all of those Bonanza drivers out there.

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/1121/dscn0080mc5.jpg

GB making a pass down the strip for the photographer. Whereabouts?

Taken at Linga in the heart of the Mallee. The DSE bases it's fire fighting operations here during the fire season. After spending a week or two at Linga resort ,the water buffalos in the background start to look real attractive!

[SmokingHole]

the water buffalos in the background start to look real attractive!

Hmmm, good luck with that GB:ok:

[Brian Abraham]

The Doctors party machine (its got the right shape tail). Quizz - what is it? (Do have the answer)

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m56/babraham227/d0007.jpg

[MFB 2]

Got these on email a while back with associated story.

I think it was 2200 feet which morerealistic however the damage shown is convincing enough.This was a bird strike from a Sandhill Crane while the Beech Baron was doing 185 knots at 22,000 feet. BTW, a Sandhill is larger than a goose.The flight instructor was killed but the pilot while injured was able to land the aircraft (Beech Baron) safely, certainly a sobering encounter.

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/image7.jpghttp://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/image6.jpghttp://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w64/mickblake/image5.jpg

[Peter Fanelli]

Ummmm, no it wasn't a birdstrike. That damage was done by a main gear leg of a Cessna 185 travelling the opposite direction.

http://ships.bouwman.com/Planes/MidAir.html

http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/birdshot.asp

[ABX]

Heck, that was a nasty accident, its amazing that anyone survived - I hope the Baron driver bought a lotto ticket as soon as he could!

With no disrespect to anyone at all, I had a smile at the wording in the accident report:

The Beech pilot observed a dirt airstrip near his location, and he made a precautionary landing.

(Why was that? Just in case his aircraft was no longer airworthy? Understatement of the year?):}

[Peter Fanelli]

An interesting side note is that the Baron involved in that midair was the Baron used in filming of Airport 75 which you may recall had the Baron colliding with the 747.

[tinpis]

Amazingly tough yer Barons is .
It collided with a 747 but it took a Cessna 185 to finish it off :uhoh:

[Chimbu chuckles]

Anyone else see the Dak on finals in slackie's posts #1636...I understand everyone's eye is drawn to the A36:} and a few sick fecks to the Cessnas:E but no one saw the Dak?

Pretty strange bird that makes a symetrical gash in the roof like that. What happened to the other aircraft involved?

[ABX]

G'day Chuck,


What happened to the other aircraft involved?


Peter Fanelli post a great link, here it is for you (http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/birdshot.asp).

[Chimbu chuckles]

I second warning...see and be seen?:rolleyes:...what say you Dick?:hmm:

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

"Didnt Buddy Holly perish in a Bunanza?"

Yes, indeed he did. The formula for achieving a similar outcome is simple.

1) Load 4 people in a late 50's vintage V-tail Bonanza: Buddy Holly, Ricky Valance, The "Big" Bopper, and the pilot - ie it was most likely overloaded.

2) Take off at night into a snow storm.

Didn't make it - probably no big surprise!

They shoudda taken the bus.

Dr :8

[MFB 2]

Thanks Peter, did seem to be a bit too much damage for a birdstrike.

[tinpis]

The Walsh is that the boy scouts thing at Waharoa?

[PLovett]

FTDK

Re Buddy Holly's death.
I thought the night was clear and moonless. There was snow lying on the ground but not falling.
The fact that the aircraft hit the ground about a mile and a half off the end of the runway suggested Somatogravic (sp?) effect.:confused:

[Barkly1992]

There was light snow falling with strong wind gusts - no moon - and the officl cause was 'pilot error'. Would be now listed as 'human factors.'

[Brian Abraham]

Buddy Holly report here http://www.fiftiesweb.com/cab.htm

[slackie]

Tin...correct...an excellent event....approx 60 kids totally immersed in aviation for a fortnight each January

[tinpis]

Um....slackie...I think i remembry when it all started...:uhoh:http://www.augk18.dsl.pipex.com/Smileys/old.gif

I think the first instructor was a Vet (as in moo moo gumboots $$$$ etc)

[BEACH KING]

"Amazingly tough yer Barons is .
It collided with a 747 but it took a Cessna 185 to finish it off :uhoh:"

Let me see if I am getting this..... The Beechcraft stayed in one piece.... ....and the CESSNA flew to bits..

Yeah.. that sounds about right:O

[tinpis]

They are a nice bird yer Baron
First search I was ever on in The Land of the Unexpected was for a Baron
When the cloud finally lifted high enough for us to see, we found it. It had done a lawn dart at the 1500' level on a hill marked 1100' on the WAC chart...:hmm:

[Fantome]

Then there was the one at Armidale that lost power just after take off and ended up in the orchard on the SW end torn open like a sardine can. No roof left at all. Neither pilot seriously hurt. Off the other end would have had them down in the town. Seem to recall the owner/pilot operated a flying school there. (WW11 RAF or RAAF. Much liked cove.)

[brisbane03]

Nice outback strip...
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff166/raptor184/1.jpg

[slackie]

Tinpis...humble to converse with an "original"... The aviation community in NZ certainly get behind "the Walsh". We continue to get some pretty amazing aircraft visiting the camp...those that can usually land to let the kids inspect them close up...here's just a few that turned up for the 2007 camp...
http://www.aerobatics.co.nz/images/Walsh/ErcoupeS2BCub.JPG
http://www.aerobatics.co.nz/images/Walsh/TMustang.JPG
http://www.aerobatics.co.nz/images/Walsh/Edge540.JPG
http://www.aerobatics.co.nz/images/Walsh/Staggerwing.JPG
http://www.aerobatics.co.nz/images/Walsh/P3Orion.JPG
http://www.aerobatics.co.nz/images/Walsh/Macchi.JPG
This one was actually just a figment of our collective imagination, as they officially don't display anymore...anyone want to buy an Air Force??

[Peter Fanelli]

Brisbane03

Oodnadatta?

[brisbane03]

correct - not the best strip for props tho

[Towering Q]

Lokayshon?


http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k176/towering_q/DSCF0325.jpg

[Jabawocky]

Its a Cessna getting its tip tank fuelled up!:} And a LC100 about to get a dust storm!

No idea where though:hmm:

[ga_trojan]

That would be Patjarr.

[Towering Q]

And you would be correct.:ok:

[Chadzat]

That electric pump they have for the bowser there is one of the best-flowing in the area! I reckon it would only take about 10min to fill yer 73 if one lobbed in!

[tinpis]

Harvards that were used in the AIRTRUCK project being loaded at Lyttleton on the Rail ferry (possibly the WAHINE ?:ooh:) on route to Te Kuiti

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z26/nzav8a/GR211.jpg
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z26/nzav8a/GR210.jpg


http://rnzaf.proboards43.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=Airshows&thread=1188293266&page=1

[dreamjob]

Easy one..
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc86/dreamjob/Picture002.jpg

[OpsNormal]

Over the fence at Maroochydore. Like many (I guess) I've walked that footpath heading back to the accom.... text books in hand.

[The PM]

Thats all very good OpsN, but what we want to see is incriminating pics of people who disgraced themselves on the weekend!

:}:}:}

[OpsNormal]

Mr Howard sir, you'll just have to wait and see what I get up to on either of the alternate choices available to do just that....!!! :ok::ok:

So what are you going to call yourself after the 24th of November? :E:E:oh:

[The PM]

Don't know! I had thought of starting a competition for a new username, with a prize of a ball of bellybutton lint, or some other valuable item!

But seriously, people have called me whatever job the other bloke has held at the time....Treasurer, Lazarus, Leader of the Opposition etc etc.

I'm anticipating that after the 24th,at best I'll be called "Unemployed", at worst "Backbencher"!

:ok:

[Pseudonymn]

'Out to pasture' maybe, eh PM? :E :E :E

btw, you can keep ya <deleted item>-enhanced belly button lint to yaself. :eek:

[bluebird121]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/bluebird121/2007_0407Majorca0005.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/bluebird121/2007_0407Majorca0004.jpg
Just a couple of photos on route to Palma, crossing the Pyrenees.

This was the weather at the airport on landing at Palma and stayed that way all week in April.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/bluebird121/2007_0414majorca0001.jpg

[gupta]

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff110/timbo666_bucket/tb001.jpg

or this:

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff110/timbo666_bucket/30metresbuthowmanyyears.jpg

[ga_trojan]

Both at Alice Springs

[gupta]

Bingo - but was was the giveaway?

[ga_trojan]

The shrubs in the background on the first photo, and distant view of Pine Gap in the second. Also the fact that the parking bays are very close to the runway.

[gupta]

Not at ASP - but where & what was the claim to fame?
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff110/timbo666_bucket/upwego.jpg
....in incorrect chronological order....
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff110/timbo666_bucket/justlanded.jpg

[Wanderin_dave]

Dunno where, but my guess is it'd be hot weather testing for the 757-300 before EIS.

[Fred Gassit]

Ayers Rock, charters from Germany

[gupta]

Fred's got it, but it was the first direct international flight into Ayers Rock, from Singapore, Xmas eve 1993

[Wanderin_dave]

Aww bugger and here i thought i was so smart :O

[gupta]

OK, the aircraft is a doddle, & you can probably guess where.
But whose aircraft, and the event?
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff110/timbo666_bucket/PC9.jpg

[tipsy2]

Chief of the Air Staff standing on left (Ray Funnell) on his personal pissynine.
About 10 (wrong, 20) years ago, where:confused::confused:
tipsy:yuk:furball

[Lasiorhinus]

At Richmond

[gupta]

It's Ray Funnell, but it's not Richmond

[steamd]

Tamworth as a guest

[ga_trojan]

I'd say the Alice Springs Aero Club with the F27 parked on the widebody jet bay.

At a punt I'll say some bicentenary celebrations looking at the fashions

[Clinton McKenzie]

My guess is the picture was taken at some point during the 1988 Round Australia Air Race (in which I raced, in a much, much slower aircraft than a PC9).

Big Ray took me for a jolly in his 'personal' PC9 when I was at 34SQN a few years later. Fun with a big F.

[Pablo E]

Short Final!
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc298/pablo_e/100B0660.jpg

[Peter Fanelli]

Don't know where but you need to kick the pilot and wake him up.
Way too low!

[Bullethead]

YPPH R/W21 I'd reckon but I dunno what in.

Regards,
BH.

[dreamjob]

Yeah, PPH RW21 for me..

[Open Wemac]

Was the PC9 pic at Mount Isa?

[Pablo E]

Correct! YPPH
Aircraft C402

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Here's a couple more photos from my recent trans-Oz crossing in the FTDK.

http://www.fototime.com/6DD6E3B9AC2682B/standard.jpg

http://www.fototime.com/6DD6E3B9AC2682B/standard.jpg

Dr :8

PS: In the circumstances, that's the best I can do - my 'puter got nicked in a home invasion / break and enter on Tuesday night! Lost all my pics!

[Jabawocky]

Good luck for Wiz too, I hear your expensive fuel pump got knocked off also, the one you thought might help pump out some of that free fuel he has on offer over there:ooh:

J

Just kidding..........Get them beers on ice Wiz....weera coming over!

[ABX]

I see you made that trip at night FTDK!:}

Having your home broken into was a bit of hard luck, it always makes me mad to hear of people doing that. :mad:

I can only hope they are brought to justice.:ok:

[squawk6969]

ABX

I think the offenders have been caught on film......thats the security camera shots not his flying pics!:}

[ABX]

Lucky for them they didn't smile then!:}:E:}

[gupta]

Clinton got it right. Alice Springs, Bicentennial Air Race, 20/09/88
GA trojan, 'twas the other end of the airport - in front of the old RFDS & Skyport hangars.

[Ultralights]

http://Pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/208923643-L.jpg

Guess where!

[Creampuff]

Don't know where it is U.

But I do know that the only reason the ship's going anywhere under sail is because of the downwash from the helo.

I'm sure that's not the way they did it in the 'olden days'.

Perhaps there's a niche here for helo operators who like hovering a lot over water behind ageing sail craft ....

[Launchpad McQuack]

Corkey - West Coast of the South Island for starters...best I can do :confused:

What yellow beast are you flying there?

LP

[Corkey McFuz]

Launchpad - Tis a C185 and it most definately is the west coast but where exactly ?

Hint: is about as far away from anywhere as you can get in NZ but a falla lives there at that strip

[kiwiblue]

hmmm OK Corkey, from your hint I'm reckoning Puysegur Point, up around Cromarty about at the lodge... maybe Spit Island.

The yellow 185 has me thinking too... only one anywhere near the area I can think of would be NZWF based...

Am I close? Do I get the Chocolate Fish??? :}

Or perhaps on second viewing around the Haast/Arawata River mouth, South side -can't think of the name of the bay. Which on reflection makes better sense of the yellow 185! When was it? Was Paul flying?

[Launchpad McQuack]

Hmmmm.....I'd have a crack at;

1. Jacksons Bay

or

2. Martins Bay

I thought it was Paul's machine as well. I kow there are 2 other yellow 185s, one being a magnificent recent-rebuild owned by a syndicate up here, and another that I don't see or hear about much but based in the South Island.

LP

[Warbo]

I found your airstrips but have no idea of their names.

First one, 44*11'05" 168*11'32"
second one 44*01'40" 168*22'12"

Also appears to be another strip in between these 2, at Barn Bay just NE of the river mouth (about 300m long).

Would you have beleived someone if they had have suggested to you 20 years ago about an idea such as Google Earth? For FREE?

[tinpis]

Apparently $160 kiwis a kilo now? :uhoh: http://www.augk18.dsl.pipex.com/Smileys/fish2.gif
Ya dont ask for a hundred grams anymore more like "I'll have half a dozen thanks" :{

[Corkey McFuz]

Sorry Launchpad neither of those 2 places or machines. There are about 8 or 9 in the country that I know of which could fit the description. And yip that rebuild you are talking about is something special :8 would be hard to find a more impressive job :D

Warbo you are correct with locations. Must have taken quite a while to find them.

Also appears to be another strip in between these 2, at Barn Bay just NE of the river mouth (about 300m long).


Yes that would be this one at Barn Bay
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee83/mrmcfuz/mini-P1030286.jpg

Come on guys still after some names, that second one should be simple, a 185 operates out of there for a few months of the year,- they used to have a 180 untill it went missing about 10 years ago - never to be found :sad:

[Tiger 77]

OMG :eek: there are some awesome airstrips over there. Gonna have to come over and visit one day. The ol' Buffalo will feel right at home.

Cheers,

Tiger

[prospector]

Must be Big Bay, but where exactly in Big Bay cant pick.

[kiwiblue]

nah Prospector Big Bay it ain't. Got me scratching ma head but...

AND I Should know it too... was always getting asked about Ryan when in WF.

[Corkey McFuz]

Oh well then I better put an end to the head scratching. The first one is the strip ar Gorge River and the 2nd one is the mouth of the mighty Cascade or the Cascade whitebait camp. :ok:

[tinpis]

Not a whitebaitin" outfit then?

[tinpis]

oh....................snap !:hmm:

[Corkey McFuz]

haha ya get that :}

[tinpis]

Well,theres eff all else to do on the West Coast other than walk around in flash boots and hairy sox.

[Corkey McFuz]

Mate if ya got a set of wings and a propeller there's plenty to do down there, prob some of the best flying in the country if I may say so :ok:

[Pablo E]

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc298/pablo_e/100_0057.jpg

[kiwiblue]

ahhhh... there we go!

Mate if ya got a set of wings and a propeller there's plenty to do down there, prob some of the best flying in the country if I may say so :ok:
Couldn't agree more Corky! Used to be about this time of year that once the whitebaiters had been in for a wee while, I'd drop the Islander on Big Bay on the way to NZMF (pax loved it!) and drop them off a wee bottle, a couple of newspapers and a kilo or two of rump steak... always got a feed of the white gold whilst there and at least 4-5 1/2-kilo bags frozen to take home! Great days, miss 'em & the places/people...

[tinpis]

Remember a big old hollowed out log bath tub on a strip down that way back in the sixties?
The Whitebaitin' technique in them days was falling in the river with ya mouth open.
Deer was like sandflies....

[Islander Jock]

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x242/karlval/P4050271.jpg

The terrain in between
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x242/karlval/P4050257.jpg


http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x242/karlval/P3290194.jpg
Two locations are approximately 60nm apart.

Any takers?

[Richo]

AfBANGistan there IJ

Maybe K(getting the hell out of)ha where you passed the ORCA Willy on your way out. The other well I'll have a look, but it aint Poo Poo Pe Doo.

richo

[kiwiblue]

Remember a big old hollowed out log bath tub on a strip down that way back in the sixties?

Vaguely recall similar Tinpis... the Hollyford strip springs to mind for some reason?

The Whitebaitin' technique in them days was falling in the river with ya mouth open. Yup, when I was kid whitebait was chook tucker -literally. It wasn't unusual in those days to wake up on a Saturday morning to find someone had dropped off a 10 litre bucket-full!!! Eat what you wanted, until you were sick of it, then give the chooks the rest. There'll be more next week...

Deer was like sandflies......as were the helicopters of the airstrips in the area!!! I believe the feral population is exploding again, due the lack of hunters out there keeping the numbers in check! Wonder if we'll see the sights we used to see dawn & dusk again... fling-wing staggering home grossly overloaded, pilots & shooters covered in blood and ****e, helicopters littering the ground in every available spot! Huge fun in the pubs of a night too :}

[Pablo E]

Where is this?
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc298/pablo_e/LandsPhotos129.jpg

[Islander Jock]

Richo,
Willy arrived only about a week before I bugged out in Dec. Do you know if he's still there?

[ga_trojan]

Yet another community in the middle of nowhere..... Tjirrkarli

[Pablo E]

Agreed! and correct!

[prospector]

Is that the same BSH that I took down the West Coast on June 5, 6. 7th June1960??? It was a PA22 piper tripacer, painted red and owned by the Rotorua Aero club in those days. If it is must have had a charmed life, have seen that machine land at Rotorua with a heavyweight family onboard, returning from Air Force Reserve training Wigram, after landing Rotorua it was running on the nose, mains and the tail skid, must have had very good rubber bungees!!!

[PilotHTR]

FTDK, Knowing you are a Bo' fanatic - take a look at the Rego on the tail of this poor old bird! Hope it doen't upset you ;)

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t271/jpc25_01/PA210183.jpg

And, My weekend activities:
Question, What are the (TWO) type of aircraft, and where are we? (bonus point - what is the event?)

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t271/jpc25_01/PA210182.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t271/jpc25_01/PA210154.jpg

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

:{:{:{:{:{:{:{:{:{:{

Dr :8

[Capt Fathom]

Islander Jock...

Kabul & Ghanzi

Or Kabul, and somewhere 60nm from Kabul :E

[40Deg STH]

At a guess, is it Phillip Island and a Nanchang and Yak52?

[PilotHTR]

40DegSouth - aircraft correct. Location - Very close!. A tip - not somewhere you could usually fly............

[Lasiorhinus]

Cerberus, perhaps? Close by to Phillip Island.

[PilotHTR]

Yes, Cerberus R332 - we did a 2-ship formation display for the RAN for the Open Day at the base.

[Chimbu chuckles]

Isn't FDK a B55 Baron?

[Wheeler]

Isn't it an RFDS PC12 now?

There there Doc, try not to be too upset, at least it was lucky enough, in its obviously all too short life, not be afflicted in the tail region - and its gone on to higher things now.... It had a good life down here and lets hope its end was not too painful. (Just shows though, damn things not worth fixing/maintaining eh?)

[PilotHTR]

Chuck,
You are of course correct but I thought it was close enough - given the rego, which was the real 'interest' in the post!
I took the photo at Tyabb on the w/e - it (the shell) has been in an old hangar for ages and has just been moved out.
No idea to whom it belongs but I suspect salvaged by The Aviation Centre for parts many moons ago. I'll check if you are interested....

[Islander Jock]

CAPT Fathom,

Good guess but no prize for second location. Actually it was Bamyan - a beautiful place in a very troubled country.
Ghazni?:eek::eek: Is that the strip that had the military base plonked right on the extended centreline? I remember doing the initial inspection after that was built, clearly not by people with aerodrome experience, thinking to myself "this place is going to last about 30 seconds into the first decent rainfall.

[tinpis]

prospector

Is that the same BSH that I took down the West Coast on June 5, 6. 7th June1960??? It was a PA22 piper tripacer, painted red

Geezaz mate the Westies would have only just started walking on their hind legs and stopped eating their young in them days :eek:

Did not the Ykat0 club have a red Piechaser?

http://www.bajadreams.com/group10p.gif

[prospector]

Tinpis,
It is possible,I remember BSH, got a suprise to see it in its new configuration still providing stirling service, it was 1960 when I flew it last, it was newish but not new then.

Checking the logbook there is a PA22 BLC Mar 61, could that be the Waikato machine??? Also just after that had a check circuit in PA22(108) piper Colt, 2 seater version of Tripacer, did that check with Ken Windsor, did you ever run into him??.

[olderairhead]

Was surprised when this taxied in next to us and couldn't help but get a photo.

Wonder if it refers to the trolley dollies?

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa228/olderairhead/PMT-2Small.jpg

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa228/olderairhead/PMT-1Small.jpg

And any ideas where?

[Wanderin_dave]

Lesbos? :}

[slackie]

Mackay? Could be anywhere!!

[tinpis]

Pol Pot country?

[blackburn]

Prospector
The Piper Colt PA22/108 you mention was probably ZK-BSL which I think was the first of its type in NZ and was owned from new by the Auckland Aero Club from about 1961. Ken Windsor was an "A Cat" instructor at the AAC about 1961-64 and a real gentleman. Did some of my commercial training with him. I think he then went to Fiji either flying with the local airline or operating a trading schooner but later came back to Auckland to retire, and I believe he died some years ago.
I made extensive use of the Colt while building up hours for the CPL as it was usualy avbl at short notice and at a favourable rate for someone on apprentice wages. My last knowledge of the Colt was that it was owned in Geelong (Grovedale) about 3 years ago.
Blackburn

[prospector]

blackburn,
Yes, that is correct, found the right log book, it was indeed BSL. Have to agree with your findings of Ken, a real gentleman. Those PA22's were really built to last!!

Last time I heard of Ken, heard through the grapevine many years ago, he was P1 on a Air Pacific BAC1-11 that had an explosive decompression between Nandi and Auckland. Cant remember the details, maybe some one in the forum can recall.

[clack100]

Any Ideas where we are here ? Some of the slightly more adventurous Kiwis might know

Gorge River?

Mr Beansprout still live there?

[Traffic]

PMT air...Hanoi

[olderairhead]

Pol Pot country is correct. But where?

[Capt Fathom]

Seeing as they are based in Phnom Penh, I'll have a crack at .... Phnom Penh ? :uhoh:

[kellykelpie]

Looks like VDSR - Siem Reap??? (Ankar Wot)

[olderairhead]

Siem Reap it is on a pleasant 36 degree day.

Been to Vietnam a few times as well as Cambodia but never saw PMT until the day of the pic.

Must say it caused a few chuckles amongst the crew. :E

[tinpis]

Many grape seasons ago Flinders Island Airlines operated a bunch of Bonanzas
Something says to me FDK may have been one of them.......:hmm:

Any of you Bo nuts had a wrestle with one of these?

http://www.warbirdalley.com/images/T34-max-01.jpg

[Brian Abraham]

Yep - but long time ago - 1967. Love to again.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m56/babraham227/batc0003.jpg

[Chimbu chuckles]

A mate emailed me these pictures of a C185 I used to fly at strips I used to frequent in it...although these are his and I wasn't present on these days.

Name escapes me.
http://www.fototime.com/{A263B3C8-BFF3-4A94-8B4D-6133D732559D}/picture.JPG

Kagi.
http://www.fototime.com/{1B80C0C0-846D-41BC-8E35-95945E73878D}/picture.JPG

Lake Myola early morning fog...Kokoda Gap is at the right end of the lake/piccy.
http://www.fototime.com/{CD04AACA-6387-4F13-BF50-598EFCE20FE5}/picture.JPG

And the ubiquitous Tapini with the RAAF out for a play on a sunny day.
http://www.fototime.com/{A40022DC-AA23-4292-A5F6-C3C7D3830F89}/picture.JPG

If you take off and turn left- not that you would unless empty because you'd struggle to outclimb the terrain-you arrive after 5-6 minutes, most of it spent climbing, at the first piccy.

All these would have been taken around 1992ish.:ok:

[Pinky the pilot]

Chuckles; First piccy is Sopu, where many an airfare was paid to me with 2 kina notes which had been hidden by the owner in their gardens!

And given the 'fertiliser' that the villagers used, it was no wonder that we referred to 2 kina notes as ''Sopu arsewipes'':yuk::eek:

[Chimbu chuckles]

Spot on..Sopu:ugh:

[tinpis]

Pah! fares paid in Kina ......modern stuff, I've collected fares in the Sepik in Japanese occupation money :}

[Pinky the pilot]

I've collected fares in the Sepik in Japanese occupation money

Still got any of that stuff Tinpis?:E

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I've collected fares in the Sepik in Japanese occupation money
Talair was kept busy flying hundreds of locals with biscuit tins from the outstations into Wau around Independence time. These tins had been buried for years under the dirt floors of their huts. We were expecting lot of people wanting to change dollars and cents into kina and toea - but the tins were full of old Australian Pounds, Shillings and Pence - and quite a few bundles of Japanese occupation money.
All of it smelt of smoke and the smell lingered for weeks.
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