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[Liklik balus]

Ting ting bilong mi.

Definitely New Guinea in the good 'ole days and I suspect the location is Lae and is probably the precursor the the famous beat up by the 'Ta-tas' Electra......a sight to behold!

[tail wheel]

Not Port Morbid. Looks like the old Lae town strip?

I'll guess immediately prior to TAA being folded into Air Niugini in November 1973?

[Checklist Charlie]

And probably flown by a bread maker

CC

[HANOI]

Originally Posted by Checklist Charlie

And probably flown by a bread maker

CC

And a Maudling ? F/O

[Desert Flower]

I was driving along and stumbled upon this find. It reminded me of Rob St. John's visits to our area a number of years ago.

Ah yes - the toilet roll dogfighter! I have fond memories of Rob's visit to YLEC - think it was about 1993. Took me for a ride in ALP, & promised me he wouldn't do a loop the loop without my consent. He lied! And of course who could forget his lady friend Catherine - I will always remember where she kept the money for the flights!

DF.

[Paul O'Rourke]

"Captain Boggles and The Matron"
- Rob St. John and Catherine _______?
1995 Warrnambool



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[Squawk7700]

Whatever happened to Captain Boggles and did he have a significant flying history?

I remember him setting up shop at our field and he had placed about 30 signs next to the road every 500 metres or so for 15 kilometres in each direction.. He burnt more diesel than a gas in his smoke system in the Tiger!

[Desert Flower]

Whatever happened to Captain Boggles

Gone to the great hangar in the sky - either last year or the year before, can't remember which.

and did he have a significant flying history?

Ah yes - I guess you could say that! He hated CASA with a passion, as they did him. The funny thing is I believe he used to be one of them many years ago, way before it became CASA.

DF.

[4forward8back]

ALP became VCR which I flew for a while. Rigging wasn't right and the fabric on the left elevator was too tight, warping it. Utterly useless brake on the tail wheel. I recall it didn't fly anywhere near straight.

[Squawk7700]

I recall it didn't fly anywhere near straight.

Perhaps that explains some of the manoeuvres I've seen this aircraft perform!

[The_Pharoah]

I happened to drive by Archerfield yesterday and spotted what I thought was a Douglas A26 (bright orange) under canvas. Is this right? I could be wrong with the a/c id but, as I've always been a WW2 a/c fan, thats the first thing that came to memory. Whats it doing there?

[Piano Man]

I know it is very similar to the last photo I posted, however this was sunrise over Queensland late last week. Always good to be back home even if it's a short trip!

[4forward8back]

I happened to drive by Archerfield yesterday and spotted what I thought was a Douglas A26 (bright orange) under canvas. Is this right? I could be wrong with the a/c id but, as I've always been a WW2 a/c fan, thats the first thing that came to memory. Whats it doing there?

It is right indeed. See here: Reevers Warbirds | & Pastoral Services

[haughtney1]

Nice pics Piano, brings back memories of my 900 and 7X time, although to be honest I think Dassault screwed the pooch by having no nose wheel tiller on the 7X..made it feel like a C172 , albeit a $45 million C172!

[Piano Man]

Thanks mate, although having never flown with a tiller I can't comment, however I quite like the fact the pedals control the nose wheel. Still, love the 7X!

[PyroTek]

Long time no speak, friends!

Here's a couple I've taken recently whilst having my big red flashy ASIC around my neck.




Cheers

[FullOppositeRudder]

Nothing of special photographic merit here, but a couple of pictures of the Aerotech / SACFS strategic observation and transport C 208B - codenamed Birddog 500. Not room for very many pax, but lots of electronics, comms and sensing gear to assist and direct the fleet of AT-802s and the ground firefighters to counteract the 'old red enemy' here in the fire danger season.






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[FullOppositeRudder]

A couple of captures from SA CFS partial re-location operations to HAB yesterday. Photographing a water dump in this kind of operation is about the only chance one gets. In a real life situation it simply won't be possible, because being on the fire ground where bombing operations are taking place is very unhealthy - for several obvious reasons .

[Andy_RR]

can I just leave this little bit of awesome here...?