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A thread where ex PNG geriatrics lapuns and long longs can live in the dim distant past.
Where tall stories are accepted as fact. War stories are applauded. Grab a Brownie, pull up a story and join in a trip down memory lane!!! 
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PNG Ples Bilong Tok Tok
Tin,
was this the one??
185.
was this the one??
SERIAL RGO CODE MVT TYPE date DAY MONTH YEAR OWNER ADDRESS Field10
1850393 FIE -1 ATR 185 31-May-62 31 05 1962 Flinders Island Airways Ltd Moorabbin Airport CheltenhamVIC Ex N4193Y
1850393 FIE -1 CO 185 18-Jun-65 18 06 1965 Pipeair Pty Ltd Moorabbin Airport CheltenhamVIC
1850393 FIE -1 RC 185 01 1966 To VH-EIE (1)
1850393 EIE -1 ATR 185 01 1966 Pipeair Pty Ltd Moorabbin Airport CheltenhamVIC Ex VH-FIE (1)
1850393 EIE -1 CO 185 14-Feb-66 14 02 1966 R.W. Munro 32 Shirley Place KingsmeadowTAS
1850393 EIE -1 CO 185 18-May-70 18 05 1970 Rossair Pty Ltd Parafield AirporSA
1850393 EIE -1 CO 185 15-Feb-71 15 02 1971 Norwest Air Charters Pty Ltd PO Box 174 SmithtonTAS
1850393 EIE -1 SOR 185 25-Jun-74 25 06 1974 Transferred to Papua New Guinea civil register as?
1850393 FIE -1 ATR 185 31-May-62 31 05 1962 Flinders Island Airways Ltd Moorabbin Airport CheltenhamVIC Ex N4193Y
1850393 FIE -1 CO 185 18-Jun-65 18 06 1965 Pipeair Pty Ltd Moorabbin Airport CheltenhamVIC
1850393 FIE -1 RC 185 01 1966 To VH-EIE (1)
1850393 EIE -1 ATR 185 01 1966 Pipeair Pty Ltd Moorabbin Airport CheltenhamVIC Ex VH-FIE (1)
1850393 EIE -1 CO 185 14-Feb-66 14 02 1966 R.W. Munro 32 Shirley Place KingsmeadowTAS
1850393 EIE -1 CO 185 18-May-70 18 05 1970 Rossair Pty Ltd Parafield AirporSA
1850393 EIE -1 CO 185 15-Feb-71 15 02 1971 Norwest Air Charters Pty Ltd PO Box 174 SmithtonTAS
1850393 EIE -1 SOR 185 25-Jun-74 25 06 1974 Transferred to Papua New Guinea civil register as?
Silly Old Git
1850393 EIE -1 SOR 185 25-Jun-74 25 06 1974 Transferred to Papua New Guinea civil register as?
As P2-EIE, thats got to be it. I flew it in Wewak in '75
Wonder who got it?
I seem to recall something about a seaplane prop being fitted to it.Would this have made it go like stink?
The boys in the hangar pretty well did what they wanted, if there was a prop laying around someone over smoko would have said "Lets put that bugger on"
tin
tin,
here is an early shot of it. found this on the web.
Courtesy of The Ed Coates Collection.
VH-FIE1
I have checked the NZ,UK,US and Canada registers. There is no sign of it there. I guess it may still be in PNG in pieces somewhere.
here is an early shot of it. found this on the web.
Courtesy of The Ed Coates Collection.
VH-FIE1
I have checked the NZ,UK,US and Canada registers. There is no sign of it there. I guess it may still be in PNG in pieces somewhere.
Last edited by 185skywagon; 18th Aug 2009 at 04:39. Reason: add more results
And as far as the porter goes, Fitzy did fly it and there was one other. Buggered if I can remember his name but I think his first name was Ian????
He ended up getting a chopper license.
Maybe some-one else can fill in the missing info.
Also I have a pic of NAM when it was painted yellow and white. Used to fly it with Chee. Sort of bent it a little too, but that is another story.
He ended up getting a chopper license.
Maybe some-one else can fill in the missing info.
Also I have a pic of NAM when it was painted yellow and white. Used to fly it with Chee. Sort of bent it a little too, but that is another story.
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I can confirm its Guari
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PNG Ples Bilong Tok Tok
Can anybody help me with a picture of a strip called Piella. ( Spelling may be incorrect. An old MAF strip one or two valleys nw of Porgera.
Another scene of my near demise in '75.
Much obliged
Tpad
Another scene of my near demise in '75.
Much obliged
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Correct it is Paiela. Thanks a lot Chimbu Warrior.
And thanks also to Chimbu Chuckles for directing me to the thread.
But youse guys don't play fair !! I've spent the last 34 years thinking it was my sacred duty to imbibe sufficient spak to forget the scary bits and then this happens. Apparently a few rogue brain cells survived despite my application to the process, and this thread has caused all sorts of memories to come hurtling back. Like when you chunder so hard it tries to come out your nose at the same time. (Remember that?)
I thought I was coping until I saw the YouTube clip of the approach to Kanabea. That took me back to my short ( and certainly not illustrious ) tenure at the Catholic Mission of Yule Island. To think that as a 350 hour CPL I was flying into that for the princely sum of $1 a day !
Although to be more specific, it was $1 a day plus all the piss you could drink. Suffice to say, I got my wages by the alternate method.
If my hands stop shaking enough to type, I'll post some stories in due course, but in the meantime I'd be very grateful for a pic of Paiela.
Tpad
And thanks also to Chimbu Chuckles for directing me to the thread.
But youse guys don't play fair !! I've spent the last 34 years thinking it was my sacred duty to imbibe sufficient spak to forget the scary bits and then this happens. Apparently a few rogue brain cells survived despite my application to the process, and this thread has caused all sorts of memories to come hurtling back. Like when you chunder so hard it tries to come out your nose at the same time. (Remember that?)
I thought I was coping until I saw the YouTube clip of the approach to Kanabea. That took me back to my short ( and certainly not illustrious ) tenure at the Catholic Mission of Yule Island. To think that as a 350 hour CPL I was flying into that for the princely sum of $1 a day !
Although to be more specific, it was $1 a day plus all the piss you could drink. Suffice to say, I got my wages by the alternate method.
If my hands stop shaking enough to type, I'll post some stories in due course, but in the meantime I'd be very grateful for a pic of Paiela.
Tpad
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....and also prone to some very quarrelsome locals!