Dream Job
Air Led Zep
Mercenary pilot. If you've got anything and you want it sent anywhere, I'll do it anytime. Rules? I make the rules. If you have an aeroplane I'll fly it. Helicopter gunship? Even better, just show me how to switch to guns because I'll be too close for missiles.
Preferably cruising below tree tops.
Remember kids, VMC is the recommended conditions only, Vne is not a limitation but a target speed to be achieved and anything less than a 25% overload is for pansies.
Something more realistic perhaps? Helo firebombing or STOL work into short mountain strips with lots of snow. Dash 7 would be nice. Wouldn't mind a rocket assisted takeoff in a Trislander either.
Preferably cruising below tree tops.
Remember kids, VMC is the recommended conditions only, Vne is not a limitation but a target speed to be achieved and anything less than a 25% overload is for pansies.
Something more realistic perhaps? Helo firebombing or STOL work into short mountain strips with lots of snow. Dash 7 would be nice. Wouldn't mind a rocket assisted takeoff in a Trislander either.
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Flying around the bush in a Buffalo or Caribou, on short sectors with lots of landings and takeoffs from rough short strips 
Probably pretty unlikely so a Kingair doing the same thing would be ok too.
Cheers
Tiger
Probably pretty unlikely so a Kingair doing the same thing would be ok too.
Cheers
Tiger
Flying around the bush in a Buffalo or Caribou, on short sectors with lots of landings and takeoffs from rough short strips
YouTube - Landing an RAAF Caribou
Not bad, eccept for the military part. I was not a pilot then but wish I was.
Dream job now...probably RFDS
Beaver on floats in the whitsundays
Beaver on floats??
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Beaver on floats??
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Hard to argue with that![/img]
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Aileron 69, this countries hipothetical equivilant is maybe flying a Cresco but they only pay you half as much because they recon the Aircraft is twice as productive. You don't have concreted pads, only grass and three foot high thistles, if the truck driver can he'll find some rocks to tip on. The strip you use is rough as guts and full of rocks because the boss thinks he's getting one over the opposition because they refused to work off it. You have to work with a 100 metre swath and tell the cocky it throws to 120. There are still decent jobs around but few and far between.
ad-astra has the right idea, whatever you fly it's a long way in front of everyone who doesn't.
ad-astra has the right idea, whatever you fly it's a long way in front of everyone who doesn't.
Stallie.....VERY GOOD....BUT.....I'm afraid you have come second in the 'Great Race'.....Yep. We're all jealous,...but....
The winner is 'Arm Up...';..............well he LOOKED 'armless enuf' Your Honour.
The winner is 'Arm Up...';..............well he LOOKED 'armless enuf' Your Honour.
Originally Posted by tinpis
Where did the NT Health N24 s end up VH-DH. etc?
Nice Collins airline gear on them...
Nice Collins airline gear on them...
ZK-NMD still has the original Collins gear in it, and works like a charm! ZK-NMC has still the Collins gear, bar one VHF which got replaced with an Apollo GPS/COM.
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Silly Old Git
Thank you Mr Empacher
TAA originally decked them out at great expense I would imagine
Good days them good crew and well run by AN when I was involved sadly came to an end in 84
TAA originally decked them out at great expense I would imagine
Good days them good crew and well run by AN when I was involved sadly came to an end in 84
