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BE76 - COuld never beat for a great initial multi trainer, reliable as hell and robust! and no performance what so ever on 1 engine on a semi warm day at MTOW!!
On the upside, an impressive Rate of Roll!!
C421 Golden Eagle - Always enjoyed this machine! Up at FL260 doing a good 230 TAS and pressurised.....those dam engines have given me a few very decent scares but a very comfortable machine to fly! The Gem of the piston class.....
On the upside, an impressive Rate of Roll!!
C421 Golden Eagle - Always enjoyed this machine! Up at FL260 doing a good 230 TAS and pressurised.....those dam engines have given me a few very decent scares but a very comfortable machine to fly! The Gem of the piston class.....
L188, AN Wombat squadron, memorable flight with a crazy new zealender, ex crop duster, below 5000' one fine afternoon, between hobart and launceston, just before they got rid of them.
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DH104, gotta agree, we bought three in boxes from the RNZAF Queens Flt several dozen yonks ago. Reassembled them with new avionics and had some engineers on the floor who had been on the assembly line at Hatfield and actually built them?? Gipsy's (ies) as well.
Never got to fly one as we moved on from there, but if they were Geoffrey de Havilland designs then they would have been absolute gentlemen/ladies like his Chipmunk.
We also had a Drover (ex RFDS Lycoming conversion) which was a delight and a bloody good STOL ship.
Never got to fly one as we moved on from there, but if they were Geoffrey de Havilland designs then they would have been absolute gentlemen/ladies like his Chipmunk.
We also had a Drover (ex RFDS Lycoming conversion) which was a delight and a bloody good STOL ship.
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C421 = a classic and legend in its own time, just like the C441 turboprop.
The C425 a PT6 version of the C421 was unbelievably quiet and quick to FL250 = 10 minutes.
C421 = a classic and legend in its own time, just like the C441 turboprop.
The C425 a PT6 version of the C421 was unbelievably quiet and quick to FL250 = 10 minutes.
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L188, AN Wombat squadron, memorable flight with a crazy new zealender, ex crop duster, below 5000' one fine afternoon,
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Valdiviano - would that have been 76 -77 era? Was opposite direction one day and given traffic on a low level Wombat (well they do dig under fences don't they) and never did see him. Always worried me as to how one would miss seeing the smoke signals that they emitted.
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Kananga Station on the Nullarbor.
RFDS fly in fund raiser.
Visiting Wombat, party on.
Wombat crew stole all the good looking girls.
Departed next am asked to do flyover, .......... big mistake, reinforced Wombat crew good looking girls routine.
Did usual party trick reversing out of parking area, .....then commenced flyover said parking area......I wasn't the only one who hit the dirt. 
Wombat crew good looking girls routine now unassailable. 
They, good looking girls, didn't stop talking about it all the way back to Perth.
C206 even if it was brand new aint no match.
RFDS fly in fund raiser.
Visiting Wombat, party on.
Wombat crew stole all the good looking girls.
Departed next am asked to do flyover, .......... big mistake, reinforced Wombat crew good looking girls routine.
Did usual party trick reversing out of parking area, .....then commenced flyover said parking area
......I wasn't the only one who hit the dirt. Wombat crew good looking girls routine now unassailable. They, good looking girls, didn't stop talking about it all the way back to Perth. C206 even if it was brand new aint no match.
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well?
Pa 31 cheiftain - not much of a performer but I always loved flying it empty.
C402C - Lovely a/c that did everything better than a PA31
B-58 - What a performer, and lovely to pole.
AC 50 Beat the absolute sh#t out of all of them in every way. exept cabin noise and hates turbulence.
One that hasn't been mentioned which would kick major ass, wait,wait for it
Piper PA-42-1000 400LS
1000shp/side TPE 331-14 (metro engine I think)
Tas 350
I've read a artical about this a/c in BCA, the demo drivers of for Piper when they were trying to seel them to prospective b200 owners would demonstrate them in a race from 1000' to 28000'.
It will beat a b200 on one engine while the Beech was on two.
I would love a thrap in one of these baby's ,none in aust,just one in NZ I believe
Plenty for sale in the states
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C402C - Lovely a/c that did everything better than a PA31
B-58 - What a performer, and lovely to pole.
AC 50 Beat the absolute sh#t out of all of them in every way. exept cabin noise and hates turbulence.
One that hasn't been mentioned which would kick major ass, wait,wait for it
Piper PA-42-1000 400LS
1000shp/side TPE 331-14 (metro engine I think)
Tas 350
I've read a artical about this a/c in BCA, the demo drivers of for Piper when they were trying to seel them to prospective b200 owners would demonstrate them in a race from 1000' to 28000'.
It will beat a b200 on one engine while the Beech was on two.
I would love a thrap in one of these baby's ,none in aust,just one in NZ I believe
Plenty for sale in the states
RWS 888
december 1983, ansett L188, RMC (poor old girl, I think she died in The States, great aeroplane, great bunch of people), very unusual afternoon flight, got a picture of the sheep running away UP the hill, as we flew along a valley, maybe they where running away from the NZ captain.
You might have the wrong WOMBATS.
You might have the wrong WOMBATS.
Big 777 just delightful
Medium MD87 Go machine 3mins 12' takeoff 10,000' reversal turn 300 kts (-10c 120 pax)
big little B1900C flexibility personified
little Shrike Shi..s all over 310 and baron , but a bit slower
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Medium MD87 Go machine 3mins 12' takeoff 10,000' reversal turn 300 kts (-10c 120 pax)
big little B1900C flexibility personified
little Shrike Shi..s all over 310 and baron , but a bit slower
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Jetprop Commander for me. It was the final culmination of the Aero Commader line, one of the all time classic GA aircraft from Ted Smith. That lovely long slender tapered wing has a look all of it's own. Commander 1000 (695B) = over 300ktas at well over 30,000'.
Yes thanks.
Yes thanks.
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Yup Kanandah Station 'twas, just checking to see who was awake. eh eh eh was along time ago and I'm still smarting about those girl stealing Wombat crew.
Val. aaah you mean THIS Wombat
still my personal all time favourite turboprop airliner.
Yup Kanandah Station 'twas, just checking to see who was awake. eh eh eh
was along time ago and I'm still smarting about those girl stealing Wombat crew.Val. aaah you mean THIS Wombat
still my personal all time favourite turboprop airliner.
