Britten Norman Islanders [Love em or Hate em?]
Is that the ONLY islander ever to have held that registration?.
VH-PNW for example has appeared on more than one partybus/vulcanair.
VH-PNW for example has appeared on more than one partybus/vulcanair.
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VH-RUT
There is only one RUT, first registered on 22.05.1970 thru to being withdrawn from use on 14.07.1983. It returned to the register on 22.08.1985. Serial number 165. Richards Rent-A-Plane was first owner.
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RUT
When withdrawn from the register, RUT was registered to a helicopter operator in Kununurra, guess:- was damaged and required repair?, prob sold off by insurance company as is, then appeared in 1985 with Ian Baillie and he sold it to the meat bombing boys in Packenham the following month.
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Are you sure it's the rear. I thought going by the aerofoil cross-section of the fuselage it would have been the front. 
Right at the back was Patairs DC3. I believe to have been the property of one General D. McArthur during WWII.
Right at the back was Patairs DC3. I believe to have been the property of one General D. McArthur during WWII.
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Love em
There is definitely a lot of negative stuff to say about the mighty BN2, but overall it is a fantastic plane. Designed for a purpose and it delivered. Where can you take 9pax and full bags out of a 400metre strip in 35degrees? Flew 16 different registered Islanders ranging from Torres Straits to Caribbean to Botswana. Glad to say, I have finished BN2 flying after a deafening 2750hours but hey would I do it again?
Sorry I can't hear you anyway....sorry what was the question?
Sorry I can't hear you anyway....sorry what was the question?
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Just re-read the entire thread (purely for the hell of it
) and noted that early in the thread there was mention of some short sectors in PNG and elsewhere.
In the Goilala province the distance between Guari and Kamulai was only about two to three miles in a direct line. About a days walk though!
Airborne out of Guari put you on base for Kamulai.
Will have to drag out my maps and Dz one way strip book to check circuit altitudes and elevations.
Guari was the first place where someone (a young kid actually) took a shot at me with a bow and arrow as I took off! Missed by miles.
) and noted that early in the thread there was mention of some short sectors in PNG and elsewhere.In the Goilala province the distance between Guari and Kamulai was only about two to three miles in a direct line. About a days walk though!
Airborne out of Guari put you on base for Kamulai.
Will have to drag out my maps and Dz one way strip book to check circuit altitudes and elevations.
Guari was the first place where someone (a young kid actually) took a shot at me with a bow and arrow as I took off!
Missed by miles.
Kabwum Valley, Indagen to Konge. About 2 or 3 miles across the valley at the same elevation.
After takeoff, the only thing you had to do before landing was select landing flap!
And give your departure and arrival call to Lae on the HF .... right!
After takeoff, the only thing you had to do before landing was select landing flap!
And give your departure and arrival call to Lae on the HF .... right!
There was talk of RUT earlier in the thread (last year). This was her when I was flying her a while back.
And I've probably posted these somewhere before
And I've probably posted these somewhere before
Sure figs in though 
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Originally Posted by JekoJock
Wow. 135 knots! Mine gets 120 on a good day...
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Shortest flight, 500 yards horizontally to perceived safety inside the wire.
