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frigatebird, Touche! (Don't know how to put the mark above the e so please don't get me for that too!)
No, not been to the Solomons, but have been to other islands in the Pacific (as well as other favourite
). Suffice to say any island (or other landmass) that had any fighting on it or for it is littered with UXO (unexploded ordnance) from WWII. We were not very good at cleaning up after ourselves at the end of wars. Mind you it is an astronomical job to clean this stuff up and it is simply too big to actually go looking for it. We simply do not have enough trained people to do it (and by this I mean in the world - not just Aus). Thus we just wait for them to "surface" and then go and deal with them. All I can say is if you do see this stuff, DO NOT TOUCH IT. Just mark the position with your trusty GPS and inform the authorities. Too many people get injured or killed each year from UXO.
I have a very good mate in Belgium who is also an EOD Technician (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) and he sends photos of the "iron harvest" each year where their farmers plough their fields prior to sowing and bring up ordnance from WWI still! They just stockpile it and use it as fences and my mate comes along with his team and either picks the stuff up if safe, or disposes of it on site. There is no shortage of work...
Bombs still turn up in Britain every now and then when holes are dug for new foundations.
Cheers
Mr B.
No, not been to the Solomons, but have been to other islands in the Pacific (as well as other favourite
). Suffice to say any island (or other landmass) that had any fighting on it or for it is littered with UXO (unexploded ordnance) from WWII. We were not very good at cleaning up after ourselves at the end of wars. Mind you it is an astronomical job to clean this stuff up and it is simply too big to actually go looking for it. We simply do not have enough trained people to do it (and by this I mean in the world - not just Aus). Thus we just wait for them to "surface" and then go and deal with them. All I can say is if you do see this stuff, DO NOT TOUCH IT. Just mark the position with your trusty GPS and inform the authorities. Too many people get injured or killed each year from UXO.I have a very good mate in Belgium who is also an EOD Technician (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) and he sends photos of the "iron harvest" each year where their farmers plough their fields prior to sowing and bring up ordnance from WWI still! They just stockpile it and use it as fences and my mate comes along with his team and either picks the stuff up if safe, or disposes of it on site. There is no shortage of work...
Bombs still turn up in Britain every now and then when holes are dug for new foundations.
Cheers
Mr B.
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About that Toe Limit hahaha it wasnt by any chance a red head with freckles???
And also i saw that plane in camden and there was a massive spider inside one of the wheels i free ked out
And also i saw that plane in camden and there was a massive spider inside one of the wheels i free ked out
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Yep, there's at least one Tinny. Last year i saw one parked at Riddell. Tundra tyres and all, in beautiful nick 
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Husky
There are at least 7 Huskies registered in Australia. On the CASA register, some are shown as manufactured by White International Inc., some by Christen and the very latest model by Sky International. Maybe some by Aviat.
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Tinny..I saw one at Parafield the other day sans wings and engine cowling, it had been pulled out of a hangar into the carpark (was an interesting sight) and by the time I grabbed my camera it was back locked up safely inside 
Looks like its being restored slowly..hope so!
Looks like its being restored slowly..hope so!
uncle - the Type Certificate was owned by White International (after Christen) with Malcolm White also owning Aviat Inc which was the factory operation. Stu Horn then took over with the TC being held by Sky International and the factory operation now called Aviat Aircraft Inc.
The Husky is a good second aeroplane.
The Husky is a good second aeroplane.
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The earliest ones had the straight tails. The later ones got a swept fin and an increased gross weight. That was the one Jack Brabham used when he was Formula One racing in Europe in his heyday. Mary -Lou had been a Qantas hostess before working with us.
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All well dressed commuter/charter pilots wore that rig except that if it was far enough north or far enough west the tie around the neck was an optional extra attracting the ridicule of the locals.
The shorts were modelled, in length anyway, on the tight pants VFL players wore, or it seemed that way anyway.
From my re-collection TAA had the swept tail Queenairs in use in Tassie in RPT which later were deployed in Qld to replace the Drovers circa late 1960's.....rego TGA etc. TAA had their pilots on secondment and were responsible for licencing. I well remember a TAA F27 Captain who officially moonlighted as the Queenair check pilot for the RFDS.
The shorts were modelled, in length anyway, on the tight pants VFL players wore, or it seemed that way anyway.
From my re-collection TAA had the swept tail Queenairs in use in Tassie in RPT which later were deployed in Qld to replace the Drovers circa late 1960's.....rego TGA etc. TAA had their pilots on secondment and were responsible for licencing. I well remember a TAA F27 Captain who officially moonlighted as the Queenair check pilot for the RFDS.