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One reason I always remember Omkalai, Is that I flew there with a mate from TAL (Leigh T.... then he became a 747 driver) and we were going to having a piss up with the local Kiap, and I had just bought the LP "Sgt Peppers lonely heart's club band" from Burns Philp or New Guinea Company in Goroka. That very album is one foot away from me as I type this. My kids will probably toss it out when I kark it. Hahaha.
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Thanks for posting the piccy of Omkalai Tailwheel.
However, I'm quite sure that the photo does not do the strip proper justice as it really looks rather benign.
And of course, even with my rather limited PNG time I know that the truth would be substantially different.
It is times like this when I wish I had taken a photo of Oram when I was flying into it on a fairly regular basis. That place looked no different from a lot of bush strips in the Koiari, Goilala or Gulf provinces but I can say that if you ever got it wrong by landing long at Oram, you were in deep trouble.
IIRC, it ended in a 3 metre cliff face!
However, I'm quite sure that the photo does not do the strip proper justice as it really looks rather benign.
And of course, even with my rather limited PNG time I know that the truth would be substantially different.It is times like this when I wish I had taken a photo of Oram when I was flying into it on a fairly regular basis. That place looked no different from a lot of bush strips in the Koiari, Goilala or Gulf provinces but I can say that if you ever got it wrong by landing long at Oram, you were in deep trouble.
IIRC, it ended in a 3 metre cliff face!
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IIRC, it ended in a 3 metre cliff face!
Man Bilong Balus long PNG
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Just checked my remaining copy of the Douglas Airways 'Bible' (the one way strip book) and Omkalai is not listed.
Does anyone have such a diagram? I remember that the Club Dero had their own such booklet and there were a few strips in it that were not in the DZ book. I had a copy but it was lost in the aftermath of my prang and subsequent Medevac.
Wouldn't mind getting a copy of whatever is being used these days as well.
Does anyone have such a diagram? I remember that the Club Dero had their own such booklet and there were a few strips in it that were not in the DZ book. I had a copy but it was lost in the aftermath of my prang and subsequent Medevac.
Wouldn't mind getting a copy of whatever is being used these days as well.
