View Full Version : Any tail-dragger operators out there...?
up a creek
25th Jun 2010, 08:38
Wondering if anyone knows of any commercial operators still operating any taildraggers for commercail ops in AUS or NZ, and what a/c types they.
airaholic
25th Jun 2010, 08:49
Sure are. Most Ag opperators use tail draggers. Cessna Agwagon, Air Tractor,Grummin Ag Cat, PZL Dromadere to name a few. The Department of Enviroment and Conservation (DEC) in WA have a fleet of American Champion Scouts for fire survallance.
Aerozepplin
25th Jun 2010, 09:24
A few 180/185 operators around NZ. Mt Cook Ski Planes and Canterbury Aviation are the only two I can think of at the moment.
Horatio Leafblower
25th Jun 2010, 10:18
Pay's have a couple of C185s as company run-abouts, Pratt in Kingaroy has 3 I think.
All the glider tugs I know of (Kingaroy, Warkworth, Camden) are Pawnees.
There is a BLANK in BLANK with a C185 and a PPL that he flies on Charter :rolleyes:
First_Principal
25th Jun 2010, 11:47
Southern DC3 (out of NZCH or NZAS typically).
FRQ Charlie Bravo
25th Jun 2010, 12:41
Renaissance Air
Beech D18S
Renaissance Air - Fleet - Beech D18S (http://www.renaissanceair.com.au/fleet-beech-d18s.html)
http://www.renaissanceair.com.au/images/picbiggallery23.jpg
aileron_69
25th Jun 2010, 13:58
There are a few skydive outfits use Porters around the place. Makarora Air or whatever they call themselves use a 185.
SmoothCriminal
26th Jun 2010, 07:58
Oberon Air out of Albury has been operating a BirdDog for low level patrol work for quiet a few years now.,.,
Smoothie., :ok:
up a creek
26th Jun 2010, 09:35
could you tell me about specific operators names and a/c whether it be ag or commercial ops cheers!
sprocket check
26th Jun 2010, 11:42
Why?
Why do you want to know newbie?
Virtually There
27th Jun 2010, 05:20
Why can't he ask a question? It's up to others to decide whether to answer him or not.
And who says he's a noob? He may only have 2 posts, but he's been a member since October 2009.
Who made you King of Question Time?
riseagainst
27th Jun 2010, 05:42
Taupo air services
c185
sprocket check
27th Jun 2010, 07:20
Take a chill pill VT and have a lie down.
I am not denying anyone the right to ask a question. Surely I can ask a question as well?
Just want to know why, is that a crime? It might actually be helpful for up a creek if more background information is given.
zk-eml
27th Jun 2010, 07:56
Skydive Hawkes Bay 185
Virtually There
27th Jun 2010, 10:18
Nothing wrong with asking questions. But why does he need to be labelled a "newbie" - with the obvious intonation that goes with it - for asking?
Maybe he's a tailwheel pilot looking for work.
Maybe he's been a member of these boards for a good amount of time who's used that time to read - and learn - rather than contribute his own posts.
Anyone who spends any amount time on bulletin boards knows the term "noob/newbie" can be implied as derogatory - that's what I took issue with, not with your right to ask the question.
I'll leave it at that.
Nadsy
28th Jun 2010, 03:00
As mentioned above, Curtis operate a number of tail-draggers as follows:
- C180: Mostly for fire spotting;
- Citabria: Flight training/joy flights;
- Tiger Moth: Mainly joy flights;
- Pitts: Joy flights and aerobatics training;
- Harvard: Cross hired for joy flights.