Ansett and the Fokker Friendship
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What is a specialised hostess?
Noiced that whoever was in charge of hostess recruiting at AnsettNSW/Ansett Express in the late 80's certainly had a good eye for lovely ladies!
Noiced that whoever was in charge of hostess recruiting at AnsettNSW/Ansett Express in the late 80's certainly had a good eye for lovely ladies!
Xcel. Do not forget the F50 was certified as a F27-050 and not as a new type. The P&W powered F50 was about 30 kts faster than the RR powered F27. Optimum cruise altitude was approx. 5,000 ft higher. All this with less fuel burn and a 'big' increase in range.
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I assume a "specialist" hostess was simply a Cabin Crew member who was trained across the whole Airlines of NSW fleet, including the Flying Boat, as opposed to just the F-27 and DC-3
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I believe it is the flight deck over head roof stucture, not so much the window area that needed a redesign, so to keep it a same type approval it stayed as is..
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I believe it is the flight deck over head roof stucture, not so much the window area that needed a redesign, so to keep it a same type approval it stayed as is..
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I used the term specalist hostess off the top of my head to denote that they were crewing the boats as well as the other two aircraft.
It was the senior girls who got to crew the boats.
My wife was one but can't remember the ins and outs of the cabin configuration now.
It was the senior girls who got to crew the boats.
My wife was one but can't remember the ins and outs of the cabin configuration now.
"Specialist Hostie", aren't they the ones looking for a wealthy husband?
Did Ansett NSW operate a year round service to Cooma or was it only for the ski season? No doubt would have been a very interesting trip down from Sydney on a bad day, good thing for junior captains to bid for!
Did Ansett NSW operate a year round service to Cooma or was it only for the ski season? No doubt would have been a very interesting trip down from Sydney on a bad day, good thing for junior captains to bid for!
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Cooma was regular. No drama, there was always Canberra to bolt into.
Mostly the only problem was the birds in the back trying to keep control of the lippy hooray-Henry ski arsehats.
Mostly the only problem was the birds in the back trying to keep control of the lippy hooray-Henry ski arsehats.
Ah yes...I remember the posers wandering around the Syd terminal on friday afternoons in their skiing gear and seeing them coming off the flt from CMA on sundays with various limbs in plaster!!
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Fond memories
I very seldom post but could not resist this thread. I used to fly regularly to NQ once a month and my favourite flight was the Sunday morning honeymoon special out of BNE for Proserpine/TV/and points in between TV and CNS.
I used to request row 10 seats and sat back and received exceptional services from the hostesses (as they used to be called in those days). The remainder of the passengers were generally starry eyed on the second day of married life en route to the Barrier Reef islands on honey moon. The furtherest thoughts from their minds was lunch and numerous cool beers.
Life is much more different now with a meal tray thrown down in front of you and woe betide you if it hasn't been cleaned up within 10 minutes - whipped out from under your hand and placed back in hte trolley in preparation for descent
An earlier post referred to Capt. Rex who left the pin in the nose wheel. Flew many a trip with him on the BDB-BNE route when I was a young lad.
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I used to request row 10 seats and sat back and received exceptional services from the hostesses (as they used to be called in those days). The remainder of the passengers were generally starry eyed on the second day of married life en route to the Barrier Reef islands on honey moon. The furtherest thoughts from their minds was lunch and numerous cool beers.
Life is much more different now with a meal tray thrown down in front of you and woe betide you if it hasn't been cleaned up within 10 minutes - whipped out from under your hand and placed back in hte trolley in preparation for descent
An earlier post referred to Capt. Rex who left the pin in the nose wheel. Flew many a trip with him on the BDB-BNE route when I was a young lad.
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Nice little bit of nostalgia on the idiot box last week.
During an interview with actor Andrew McFarlane they showed some footage from the TV series Flying Doctors, and in the background was the Air NSW F-27 on the ground at Broken Hill.
During an interview with actor Andrew McFarlane they showed some footage from the TV series Flying Doctors, and in the background was the Air NSW F-27 on the ground at Broken Hill.
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Here's a link for you, forwarded to me by an ex-RAN Petty Officer and current Aero Club Cessna flyer.
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Here's a link for you, forwarded to me by an ex-RAN Petty Officer and current Aero Club Cessna flyer.
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Model Makers—Young C. Park
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Don't do that.. This industry needs all the enthusiasts it can get , to counteract the 'wackers'. Keep up your good work. Managed to buy a plastic model of a Twin Otter once, and put it together - looks a bit worse for wear now. (After a Zero and a Wildcat, when working in the area of their wartime exploits). Have plastic ATR and Saab models that just clipped together - they were no challenge - but they bring back good memories when I see them in the display case. Would like one of a Super KingAir, but they are harder to source. Why is it that WW11 fighters and Century series jet fighters are plentiful in hobby shops, but real world popular modern classics like QueenAir or KingAir don't make it onto the shelves?
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