Vale to the SHED
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Vale to the SHED
The last two SH360 in Australia have now been retired from Sunshine Express and are heading OS. VH-SEG completed its last revenue flight last night, unexpectedly replacing a metro for the BN-MYB-HBA evening stint.
Thanks to all the guys at SE for keeping us at ATC entertained with your "best speed to the field for sequencing"....
Shame there won't be any hosties on the metros!
Thanks to all the guys at SE for keeping us at ATC entertained with your "best speed to the field for sequencing"....
Shame there won't be any hosties on the metros!
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Blastoid,
When we told the FA we had to go back to MYB and HBA she didn't believe us
If you were working 129.00 last night you were spot on with the weather at MCY.
The final revenue flight was scheduled to be CQ7037 (HBA-MYB-BNE) but due to the Metro preferring to stay on the ground in BNE, the final revenue flight was CQ7038 (BNE-MYB-HBA).
So after 21 years the Shed is gone from the QLD (and OZ) skies.
SEG will be heading to Denmark at the end of the month and it will be converted to a freighter, which is a bit of a shame as it is the lowest time Shed in the world (just hit 10000 hours).
SEO will be heading to Africa, and will continue to carry passengers for a few more years.
The retirement of the Shed as also lead to the retirement of Bill F, Bill has been flying the Shed on and off for 21 years and he has accumulated over 8000 hours on them. Bill will now sit back and enjoy life from his boat in HBA.
When we told the FA we had to go back to MYB and HBA she didn't believe us
If you were working 129.00 last night you were spot on with the weather at MCY.The final revenue flight was scheduled to be CQ7037 (HBA-MYB-BNE) but due to the Metro preferring to stay on the ground in BNE, the final revenue flight was CQ7038 (BNE-MYB-HBA).
So after 21 years the Shed is gone from the QLD (and OZ) skies.
SEG will be heading to Denmark at the end of the month and it will be converted to a freighter, which is a bit of a shame as it is the lowest time Shed in the world (just hit 10000 hours).
SEO will be heading to Africa, and will continue to carry passengers for a few more years.
The retirement of the Shed as also lead to the retirement of Bill F, Bill has been flying the Shed on and off for 21 years and he has accumulated over 8000 hours on them. Bill will now sit back and enjoy life from his boat in HBA.
What a contribution the Irish Concorde made to Australia! Despite being built by an Irish ship yard, one must acknowledge it's contribution to Australia aviation history - along with it's relos, the SD3-30, Sunderland etc.
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One of our guys actually worked for Shorts in Belfast many years ago. He will be saddened to learn he missed their "last hurrah" so to speak, although he is back visiting the home country right now!
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From the research I've done so far, Sunstate airlines introduced the first Shorts 360 (VH-FCU) in June 1984. Prior to operating the 360, they also operated the Twin Fin 330. Thus the Shorts 360 alone has contributed 21 years 5 months towards Australian aviation history, it's a shame that none will appear in any Australian Aviation Museums.
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Possibly an oldie:
An Eagle crew came up with a novel idea to play a trick on a new-hire flight attendant. In order to understand this story you need to know a few things about the Shorts 360:
1) It has two doors to the cockpit, one on each side, for the captain and the first officer.
2) There is ground escape hatch right above the FO's head.
3) The Shorts is slow and unpressurized so quite frequently crews will fly with the captains (quite large) window open.
4) There is room to hide a small person behind and underneath the FO's seat. The jumpseat is behind the captain's.
5) At any time the Flight Attendant can pick up the interphone and here what the pilots are saying (and also ATC).
On a rainy, icy, IMC evening flight from JFK to Providence, the crew decided to play a trick. The FO hid behind his seat and the captain called the FA. "Hey I need your help. First of all, please stay calm." "Why? What's Wrong?!?!"
"Please come up to the cockpit and on your way please look out the window and see if you see the First Officer anywhere."
"What? He's outside?" said the startled FA.
"Yes. I sent him out to do a routine ice inspection on the wings and he hasn't returned. It's been about five minutes and he's usually back by now. See if you can spot him. Maybe he's stuck somewhere."
Well of course she was unbelieving so she ran up to the cockpit and opened the captain's door. Peering over him she saw that the seat was empty and the handle for the escape hatch was turned a quarter turn.
"Is that safe?" she asked, pointing to the escape hatch. "Well he has to be able to get back in!" replied the captain.
Convinced now that the FO may actually be outside the plane she proceeded to go back to her seat while peering out the windows, drawing some strange looks from the passengers. Reaching her seat she got on the phone. Meanwhile the FO was back in his seat ready to imitate the company dispatcher on the radio. "Did you see him?" "No! He wasn't anywhere!" "OK well I guess I better call Dispatch and see what's up" (sounds of dispatch being rung up using the keypad on the mic).
FO: "Eagle calling Dispatch go ahead"
CA: "Dispatch this is Eagle 555 and we have a problem. I sent the FO out to do a routine ice check per special memo 42-1 and he hasn't returned in over 10 minutes. Any idea how I should proceed?"
FO: "Stand by"
The FO and Captain took off their headsets and discussed their plan!
FO: "Eagle 555 has your Flight Attendant had wing walking training?" (sound of gasp from the FA)
CA: "Ah no she's a new-hire, I doubt she's had that yet."
FO: "Stand by"
More laughter as they take off their headsets again.
FO: "Eagle 555 do you think she could keep the plane flying while you take a look?" (a startled "No WAY!" from the FA)
CA: "Ah no I don't think that'd work either"
FO: "Stand by"
One more conference on the final blow.
FO: "Eagle 555, we'll have a new FO ready for you in Providence, have to assume we lost one. In the meantime you better get the FA up there so she can learn how to land that thing while you handle the radios."
CA: "OK Dispatch, wilco. I'll get her up here. See ya"
FO: "Good Luck Captain" <click>
So the captain says over the interphone, "You heard that?" She replies very shakily, "Yeeeaaaah, I'm on my way up there..."
At this point the captain throws open his window (making a LOT of noise) and says, "Oh wait! Here he is! Come on up and see!" The FO hurriedly dons his coat and poors his entire water bottle over his hair. She makes it to the door and stares at him. "Sorry I took so long, I had to chip some ice off the tail!"
The best part of the story is that they never told the poor girl what happened. The author found out about this story for the first time while sitting in the crew lounge in Hartford, hearing the girl complaining that she didn't think she was cut out for this job, 'We almost lost our FO the other night!". You can imagine the rest! The author got the rest of the story from the captain who thought this up, who for obvious reasons wants to remain anonymous
An Eagle crew came up with a novel idea to play a trick on a new-hire flight attendant. In order to understand this story you need to know a few things about the Shorts 360:
1) It has two doors to the cockpit, one on each side, for the captain and the first officer.
2) There is ground escape hatch right above the FO's head.
3) The Shorts is slow and unpressurized so quite frequently crews will fly with the captains (quite large) window open.
4) There is room to hide a small person behind and underneath the FO's seat. The jumpseat is behind the captain's.
5) At any time the Flight Attendant can pick up the interphone and here what the pilots are saying (and also ATC).
On a rainy, icy, IMC evening flight from JFK to Providence, the crew decided to play a trick. The FO hid behind his seat and the captain called the FA. "Hey I need your help. First of all, please stay calm." "Why? What's Wrong?!?!"
"Please come up to the cockpit and on your way please look out the window and see if you see the First Officer anywhere."
"What? He's outside?" said the startled FA.
"Yes. I sent him out to do a routine ice inspection on the wings and he hasn't returned. It's been about five minutes and he's usually back by now. See if you can spot him. Maybe he's stuck somewhere."
Well of course she was unbelieving so she ran up to the cockpit and opened the captain's door. Peering over him she saw that the seat was empty and the handle for the escape hatch was turned a quarter turn.
"Is that safe?" she asked, pointing to the escape hatch. "Well he has to be able to get back in!" replied the captain.
Convinced now that the FO may actually be outside the plane she proceeded to go back to her seat while peering out the windows, drawing some strange looks from the passengers. Reaching her seat she got on the phone. Meanwhile the FO was back in his seat ready to imitate the company dispatcher on the radio. "Did you see him?" "No! He wasn't anywhere!" "OK well I guess I better call Dispatch and see what's up" (sounds of dispatch being rung up using the keypad on the mic).
FO: "Eagle calling Dispatch go ahead"
CA: "Dispatch this is Eagle 555 and we have a problem. I sent the FO out to do a routine ice check per special memo 42-1 and he hasn't returned in over 10 minutes. Any idea how I should proceed?"
FO: "Stand by"
The FO and Captain took off their headsets and discussed their plan!
FO: "Eagle 555 has your Flight Attendant had wing walking training?" (sound of gasp from the FA)
CA: "Ah no she's a new-hire, I doubt she's had that yet."
FO: "Stand by"
More laughter as they take off their headsets again.
FO: "Eagle 555 do you think she could keep the plane flying while you take a look?" (a startled "No WAY!" from the FA)
CA: "Ah no I don't think that'd work either"
FO: "Stand by"
One more conference on the final blow.
FO: "Eagle 555, we'll have a new FO ready for you in Providence, have to assume we lost one. In the meantime you better get the FA up there so she can learn how to land that thing while you handle the radios."
CA: "OK Dispatch, wilco. I'll get her up here. See ya"
FO: "Good Luck Captain" <click>
So the captain says over the interphone, "You heard that?" She replies very shakily, "Yeeeaaaah, I'm on my way up there..."
At this point the captain throws open his window (making a LOT of noise) and says, "Oh wait! Here he is! Come on up and see!" The FO hurriedly dons his coat and poors his entire water bottle over his hair. She makes it to the door and stares at him. "Sorry I took so long, I had to chip some ice off the tail!"
The best part of the story is that they never told the poor girl what happened. The author found out about this story for the first time while sitting in the crew lounge in Hartford, hearing the girl complaining that she didn't think she was cut out for this job, 'We almost lost our FO the other night!". You can imagine the rest! The author got the rest of the story from the captain who thought this up, who for obvious reasons wants to remain anonymous
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There was a Skyvan operating in Perth in 1969/70, VH-FSG for Hicks Aviation.
Then the only Avtur A/C operating ex YPJT.
Carried a full size LWB Landrover and a row of seats to many ???places in the mineral boom.
God, it's being around then and now is a bit of a worry.
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Then the only Avtur A/C operating ex YPJT.
Carried a full size LWB Landrover and a row of seats to many ???places in the mineral boom.
God, it's being around then and now is a bit of a worry.
Cheers
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Other than the Hicks Skyvan, the first 330 arrived in Oz in December 1980 for what was then "Jet Charter Airlines". It was the first of 4 SD330's that they aquired. VH-KNN/KNO/KNP/KNQ.
Jet Charter later became "Wings Australia" then Peldale, when Wings folded which became Pelair as we now know it.
KNN operated the closed charter for Queensland Mines to Narbarlek ex DRW from 81 to 88 with relief at times by O & P. The others were used in the early 80's ex SYD on RPT and then freight.
KNQ (reserve power engines - not water meth) later went to Murray Valley Airlines and then into Sunstate after the 360's arrived at MQL. MVX and MVW were the first of the 360's in about July 1983 if my memory serves me right.
LSI was another 330 that was used by Lloyd Aviation in ADL from about 1990 for the KSC run. Later went to the NT and elsewhere I understand.
One of the 330's was scrapped at TVL a few years back and I think the others were exported, along with most of the 360's that finished up at Sunnies.
They were a good a/c for their time.
Jet Charter later became "Wings Australia" then Peldale, when Wings folded which became Pelair as we now know it.
KNN operated the closed charter for Queensland Mines to Narbarlek ex DRW from 81 to 88 with relief at times by O & P. The others were used in the early 80's ex SYD on RPT and then freight.
KNQ (reserve power engines - not water meth) later went to Murray Valley Airlines and then into Sunstate after the 360's arrived at MQL. MVX and MVW were the first of the 360's in about July 1983 if my memory serves me right.
LSI was another 330 that was used by Lloyd Aviation in ADL from about 1990 for the KSC run. Later went to the NT and elsewhere I understand.
One of the 330's was scrapped at TVL a few years back and I think the others were exported, along with most of the 360's that finished up at Sunnies.
They were a good a/c for their time.
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So what was the reasoning of getting rid of the Shed? are the passenger loads dropping significantly with jet services into Hervey Bay?
Does that mean there will be more Metros coming or will they implement the aircraft replacment that they have been talking about for years? Will there be any redundancies? Hope not.
So will the pilots on the shorts all have to take a pay cut to go and fly the metros, or will the T&C increase for those on the metros, thats wishful thinking.
Great timing for withdrawing the shed coming into summer,the metros are great for those hot short sectors, especially between MYB and HBA.
Best luck to you all still there, hope management are looking after you.......
Does that mean there will be more Metros coming or will they implement the aircraft replacment that they have been talking about for years? Will there be any redundancies? Hope not.
So will the pilots on the shorts all have to take a pay cut to go and fly the metros, or will the T&C increase for those on the metros, thats wishful thinking.
Great timing for withdrawing the shed coming into summer,the metros are great for those hot short sectors, especially between MYB and HBA.
Best luck to you all still there, hope management are looking after you.......
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Ex Pelair 330 VH-KNO was registered to SYNCOM PTY. LTD. at Alice in Nov 2002.
My latest download of the registers shows the same. However the picture on airliners.net shows it far from airworthy and says it has been there since 96.
My latest download of the registers shows the same. However the picture on airliners.net shows it far from airworthy and says it has been there since 96.
Ironic
I'm currently in ground school to get rated on one! Bit bizarre to start training when the last one in oz is being retired!!!
For what it is worth we have an ex Sunshine express SD3-60, currently going strong.
For what it is worth we have an ex Sunshine express SD3-60, currently going strong.
Welcome back to the forums, Dux
Make sure you tell 'em ground instructors that The SHED is nothing compared to those 210 you and i were G-Banging around the LOO, so they better give you the endorsement or else i might come me and my bruddas with my spears and curse them.
its borroloooooola for life !
Make sure you tell 'em ground instructors that The SHED is nothing compared to those 210 you and i were G-Banging around the LOO, so they better give you the endorsement or else i might come me and my bruddas with my spears and curse them.
its borroloooooola for life !