Surv Aust BN2B & Reims
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Last time I checked, the Reims operated predominantly WAY OFFSHORE up to and including 200nm off the coast. Apart from Aerocat, can you guys get your facts straight before posting garbage??
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Survey BN-2A's
There were actually a number of Bn2A's flying geophysical surveys in the late 70's mainly operated by GRD and later Geometrics.
You're right Bushy, a couple of them VH-FLE and VH-FLF were equipped with both Tip tanks and underslung pylon auxillaries that had to have the fuel pumped into the mains. If the pumps failed then the fuel was a liability.
These Islanders worked hard and often did 11 hours or more per sortie with a pilot miraculously navigating from a topo photo while flying in turbulence (and often 40deg+ OAT's) at approx 200 ft agl.
All up Weight was carefully considered! General approach was that if the rims weren't touching the ground, it was good to go.
Couldn't happen today.
You're right Bushy, a couple of them VH-FLE and VH-FLF were equipped with both Tip tanks and underslung pylon auxillaries that had to have the fuel pumped into the mains. If the pumps failed then the fuel was a liability.
These Islanders worked hard and often did 11 hours or more per sortie with a pilot miraculously navigating from a topo photo while flying in turbulence (and often 40deg+ OAT's) at approx 200 ft agl.
All up Weight was carefully considered! General approach was that if the rims weren't touching the ground, it was good to go.
Couldn't happen today.
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Chickendrummer, don't know where you get your information from but I flew about 1000hrs in the Reims for SA and it was not 200nm out that often. I'd say we were out on the line about 20% of the time. That was out of several bases too.
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Mr Walker, we may have been on the Reims at different times and at different locations. I spent the majority of my time offshore with the odd, and very welcomed, coastal flight. Flights on the east coast and Darwin were usually closer to the coast than the ones out of Brm.
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my facts ARE right. Broome does a bit of offshore, Darwin and Cairns 406's are used coastal 98% of the time. how do i know. cause im the person sitting in it. not the person who got married to someone who did something once.
and as to where the Reims is going.... well they all now have their rego written in bloody huge writing on the side of the cabin, not on the tail as it used to be, i head a whisper its a requirement for rego to be on the cabin in certain midle eastern countries...........
and as to where the Reims is going.... well they all now have their rego written in bloody huge writing on the side of the cabin, not on the tail as it used to be, i head a whisper its a requirement for rego to be on the cabin in certain midle eastern countries...........
I think a lot of you are forgetting that the flying changes over time. When I was flying in the Reims out of Darwin it was rare to do a pure coastal run. It was normally 50-100nm offshore. Perhaps they're being used more coastal now, I don't know, don't really care. It does have a very good radar though, did they forget to tell you about it Gav? Did you not notice the little black hump under the belly? 
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yeah im well aware of it considering i have around 400hrs driving the radar in the reims, but for the past 18mths its been 98% coastal with radar coverage up to around the 30nm mark off the coast.
but we got new radars to play with and break now.
the rumour network down at the CIA is they are being fited out with a new lightweight radar ( i thought this one already was). there was a ad in the australian a few weeks ago looking for drivers and backenders for it, alpparently its a CFOSA company but wont be called SAPL.
but we got new radars to play with and break now.
the rumour network down at the CIA is they are being fited out with a new lightweight radar ( i thought this one already was). there was a ad in the australian a few weeks ago looking for drivers and backenders for it, alpparently its a CFOSA company but wont be called SAPL.
