The way we were - Ansett, TAA, Qantas
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Okay thanks, I thought they were referring to the Fokker F27. 
No aircraft are perfect of course, but the F27 is one of my all time favourites.
That ferry with VH-FNR, half way round the World, we had a few small problems but nothing we could not live with, one maxaret played up and one engine we lost water meth, but neither mattered as we were using big International Airports where the runways were several times longer than we needed.
When I got back to MEL I found out the office people there had a sweep on where we would breakdown, the favourite was Karachi
but we spolit their sweep and made it with no delays at all to Norwich.
No aircraft are perfect of course, but the F27 is one of my all time favourites.
That ferry with VH-FNR, half way round the World, we had a few small problems but nothing we could not live with, one maxaret played up and one engine we lost water meth, but neither mattered as we were using big International Airports where the runways were several times longer than we needed.
When I got back to MEL I found out the office people there had a sweep on where we would breakdown, the favourite was Karachi
but we spolit their sweep and made it with no delays at all to Norwich.
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Sorry about the confusion by me about sleds, I had never heard them called that.
Just going to post a few photos, I hope the Mods will excuse me
that are not Australian, but of the aircraft that were operating in Vietnam before VH-RMA went there.
THIS is what we called the ''lead sheds"" there, the most modern aircraft in Vietnam, before RMA.
This was their only other main aircraft type.
And these had only just been retired before we got there.
Just going to post a few photos, I hope the Mods will excuse me
that are not Australian, but of the aircraft that were operating in Vietnam before VH-RMA went there.THIS is what we called the ''lead sheds"" there, the most modern aircraft in Vietnam, before RMA.
This was their only other main aircraft type.
And these had only just been retired before we got there.
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Cocos Island 1 Arrival
Select prospective desirable Flight Attendants; invite to flight deck for arrival.
Descend to arrive at 610', flaps 1, 210kts at South Eastern tip of Home Island (any lower and constant annoying voice 'Too Low Gear")
TBR @ Cocos (Keeling) Island circa 1986-1988
Fly up Eastern side of Home Island thence to Direction Island to turn base around Horsburgh Island thence join final over Swimming Beach on West Island to land.
Lagoons in Direction & Horsburgh Island have crystal clear water with sandy bottom and if yatchs anchored there their shadows can be seen on the seabed.
Park and proceed to Duty Free Store.
Bevy Of Beauties with Secret Admirers Cocos Island
Descend to arrive at 610', flaps 1, 210kts at South Eastern tip of Home Island (any lower and constant annoying voice 'Too Low Gear")
TBR @ Cocos (Keeling) Island circa 1986-1988
Fly up Eastern side of Home Island thence to Direction Island to turn base around Horsburgh Island thence join final over Swimming Beach on West Island to land.
Lagoons in Direction & Horsburgh Island have crystal clear water with sandy bottom and if yatchs anchored there their shadows can be seen on the seabed.
Park and proceed to Duty Free Store.
Bevy Of Beauties with Secret Admirers Cocos Island
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TAA Beach Queenair Hobart circa 1971
Operated services internally within Tasmania
TAA Queenairs also operated Whitsunday Island services from MacKay and Flying Doctor flying
TGC was the only Queenair in the fleet equipped with deicing which created fun flying when she was being serviced and one of the non deice equipped aircraft replaced her in Hobart particularly during Winter!!
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Terrific pix there guys a real blast from the past
The photo with the crew standing around (what crew you say?.......I only saw a young hostess on the ground)
Does anyone know if the guy on the end (right) is Ron Smith, Flt Eng. he looks famil
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The photo with the crew standing around (what crew you say?.......I only saw a young hostess on the ground)
Does anyone know if the guy on the end (right) is Ron Smith, Flt Eng. he looks familWmk2
Man Bilong Balus long PNG
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I was retrenched the evening after I finished my command endorsement. Phone call in the middle of dinner - out of work again.
Had something similar happen to me another lifetime back. Except at least I was called into the CP's office and after being given the bad news was told to go and see XXX who ran a small company almost next door. I did so and was getting checked out about 3 hours later!
?.......I only saw a young hostess on the ground
A very entertaining thread showing that, just maybe, it was a much more fun industry to be in way back then.
What a wonderful thread for once
Some amazing pictures of a more "joyful" time in aviation. Some wonderful memories. Love the QF recruitment video, "we also have women pilots" as if an after thought
Thank you all for the journey. Wish I had been in the industry then, now well............
Some amazing pictures of a more "joyful" time in aviation. Some wonderful memories. Love the QF recruitment video, "we also have women pilots" as if an after thought
Thank you all for the journey. Wish I had been in the industry then, now well............
Capt Claret
Now you've really got me interested. Surely if you were on the Mohawk when they finally stopped operating I must know you.
PM me or e-mail [email protected] who you are. I think there were two up for command around that time.
It was a real shame that I wasn't at 100% at that time. My wife had just found someone else she preferred, kicked me out and I was suffering trying to keep my usual smile going whilst being an absolute mess internally. Didin't help when Majestic had to pull the plug and added to my woes was the fact I didn't have a job anymore.
PM me or e-mail [email protected] who you are. I think there were two up for command around that time.
It was a real shame that I wasn't at 100% at that time. My wife had just found someone else she preferred, kicked me out and I was suffering trying to keep my usual smile going whilst being an absolute mess internally. Didin't help when Majestic had to pull the plug and added to my woes was the fact I didn't have a job anymore.
Boocs:
That video was meant to have been a training film, but for reasons I've never discovered it never saw the light of day at the time, only surfacing quite recently. The crew are KP in the left seat (then F27 FM) and KW in the right seat (then F27 DFM).
Doesn't it bring back memories?
Here's my evocative (previously posted) shot of the way we were - perhaps not quire as exotic as Cocos Island:
That video was meant to have been a training film, but for reasons I've never discovered it never saw the light of day at the time, only surfacing quite recently. The crew are KP in the left seat (then F27 FM) and KW in the right seat (then F27 DFM).
Doesn't it bring back memories?
Here's my evocative (previously posted) shot of the way we were - perhaps not quire as exotic as Cocos Island:
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