Cessna 336 VH-CMY
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Cessna 336 VH-CMY
Does anyone know the current whereabouts and ownership of this aeroplane? Last registered to TC Air of Annandale NSW.
Rgds
and why does the title force VH-CMY into lower case?
No idea
but I'll try to fix it.
Tail Wheel
Rgds
and why does the title force VH-CMY into lower case?
No idea
but I'll try to fix it.Tail Wheel
Does anyone know the current whereabouts and ownership of this aeroplane? Last registered to TC Air of Annandale NSW.
CMY AYRES CORPORATION S2R S2R-G6 G6-152 2722 1 GARRETT TURBINE ENGINE CO Turboprop TPE331-6 Kerosene Full Registration WILD EAGLE HOLDINGS PTY LTD PO Box 637 KUNUNURRA WA 6743
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The ex Ansett, ex Talair C336 with swinging rear engine was at Coolangatta a few years ago.
If that was VH/P2-CMY, it may have been scrapped there as it didn't look like it was going anywhere in a hurry last time I saw it.
If that was VH/P2-CMY, it may have been scrapped there as it didn't look like it was going anywhere in a hurry last time I saw it.
Silly Old Git
VH-CMY "pusim ikam pullem igo" (sp)
It never went anywhere in a hurry when I was flying her in 1971 in Mendi.
VH-CMY
« on: April 11, 2007, 09:32:11 AM »
Now de registered, CMY was abandoned at Coolangatta Airport over 10 years ago. This is how I saw it in about 1997. A very unusual modification allowed the rear engine to swing on hinges to allow the transportation of 44 gallon drums. I hear that the catch released itself in flight at one stage, with no adverse damage.
David
As far as I can recall this was "Waddles" mount in Chimbu back then?
It never went anywhere in a hurry when I was flying her in 1971 in Mendi.
VH-CMY
« on: April 11, 2007, 09:32:11 AM »
Now de registered, CMY was abandoned at Coolangatta Airport over 10 years ago. This is how I saw it in about 1997. A very unusual modification allowed the rear engine to swing on hinges to allow the transportation of 44 gallon drums. I hear that the catch released itself in flight at one stage, with no adverse damage.
David
As far as I can recall this was "Waddles" mount in Chimbu back then?
Where is GKY these days?
I considered buying that years ago when it had been sitting idle at Parafield for many years, had blue/yellow paint at that time if I recall correctly.
Last I heard of it it had suffered an in flight fire as a result of a broken exhaust on the rear engine and was thought to be dead.
I considered buying that years ago when it had been sitting idle at Parafield for many years, had blue/yellow paint at that time if I recall correctly.
Last I heard of it it had suffered an in flight fire as a result of a broken exhaust on the rear engine and was thought to be dead.
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Interestingly enough, of the four TAL C336's, -CMY was the best flyer. The C336 flew nose-up while the C337 flew nose-down. In the C336 it depended on the rigging and -CMY flew "level". However, the loss in payload [you can all stop laughing right here!!
] with the weight of the swing-door conversion meant that -CMY wasn't a good producer of revenue.
OTOH, having had "possession" of -GKY during the Chimbu upgrade, I'm gobsmacked at Tinnie's shot of her in that avant garde livery!!
I can't believe that it would be viable to do a job like that on such an old airframe.
G'day
] with the weight of the swing-door conversion meant that -CMY wasn't a good producer of revenue.OTOH, having had "possession" of -GKY during the Chimbu upgrade, I'm gobsmacked at Tinnie's shot of her in that avant garde livery!!
I can't believe that it would be viable to do a job like that on such an old airframe.G'day
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It's off the Register and the registration has been reallocated.
It's off the Register and the registration has been reallocated.
DF.
Silly Old Git
I knew there was a photty
CMY at Mendi in the days I would have been flying it
Feather #3, it probably flew that way because the ginger beers had put the wings on wrong.
Edit: You can see the rear engine hinges. Diligently inspected by me before each flight
Thanks Dennis Gray
CMY at Mendi in the days I would have been flying it
Feather #3, it probably flew that way because the ginger beers had put the wings on wrong.
Edit: You can see the rear engine hinges. Diligently inspected by me before each flight
Thanks Dennis Gray
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Photo compliments Denis Gray
Have not seen Denis for close to 40 years.
He had a surf board called " Honry " by memory and a MG or similiar.
Last time I saw him he was swatting up with the CCA self study books.
Have not seen Denis for close to 40 years.
He had a surf board called " Honry " by memory and a MG or similiar.
Last time I saw him he was swatting up with the CCA self study books.
Silly Old Git
Thats the TAL " terminal" in the background. TAL at the time had a 206, 207, 185, 336 and Baron based there
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It was a fine little community, the only rat-baggery came from the TAL pilots! !
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Go and give it pat next time you see it QSK
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Yeah, say remember the time we arrived in a fogged in Usino circuit, landed shut the rear engine down, chucked out the pax cranked up and buggered off into the fog again?
Bugger. By an unfortunate stroke of luck, the two unseen white guys waiting on the side of the strip for the weather to lift so they could depart, were DCA examiners.
Bugger. By an unfortunate stroke of luck, the two unseen white guys waiting on the side of the strip for the weather to lift so they could depart, were DCA examiners.
Silly Old Git
...but it all turned out ok. One of the two, Jasper Maskelin had to dispatch himself from POM to Madang for a few days in The Smugglers Inn, to check me out, and drink an awful lot of SP....