Moving to the Top End for flying
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It's been two decades since I fondled the controls so don't know what the state of play is regarding regs these days, but in days of yore lads would wait until dark for the trip home (no pax of course) in order to clock up the night hours for the ATPL, naturally had to be night rated, but conditions with no ground or celestial lighting it's hard core IMC. They were just making use of opportunities to gain experience at no cost to the employer.
How long would these flights typically be? In terms of distance and time wise
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Broome- Darwin, Ayers Rock- Katherine, Brisbane- Alice Springs C402 solo in the dark for the 100 hrs night SCPL requirement. CAO what?. Then sanity prevailed.
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but in days of yore lads would wait until dark for the trip home (no pax of course) in order to clock up the night hours for the ATPL, naturally had to be night rated, but conditions with no ground or celestial lighting it's hard core IMC.
Was not entirely IMC though; Had to deal with a few en-route Cb's. Easily avoided though. Just stayed well away from the lightning and tried to keep in areas where stars were visible....
When I think back on that night now.....
All good fun, eh? There used to be a C206 paper run south from Darwin, where they threw a couple of jerry can of avgas in the back so you could make the range required...
It was C210’s . . . and the “aux tanks” were to avoid the KTR refueller call out fee.
They were the days . . . .
They were the days . . . .
Must have been a fun exercise climbing up in order to pour in the tank.
A couple of dem 210’s ended up with no motion lotion left landing a little off track!
Wasn’t the paper run also done in a 172RG or similar? Brolga Air rings a bell.
Needless to say that was certainly a ticket to mega night hours! If people want to talk about challenging flying, pre magenta line and clapped out old aircraft, respect to every paperrunner!
Wasn’t the paper run also done in a 172RG or similar? Brolga Air rings a bell.
Needless to say that was certainly a ticket to mega night hours! If people want to talk about challenging flying, pre magenta line and clapped out old aircraft, respect to every paperrunner!
A couple of dem 210’s ended up with no motion lotion left landing a little off track!
Wasn’t the paper run also done in a 172RG or similar? Brolga Air rings a bell.
Needless to say that was certainly a ticket to mega night hours! If people want to talk about challenging flying, pre magenta line and clapped out old aircraft, respect to every paperrunner!
Wasn’t the paper run also done in a 172RG or similar? Brolga Air rings a bell.
Needless to say that was certainly a ticket to mega night hours! If people want to talk about challenging flying, pre magenta line and clapped out old aircraft, respect to every paperrunner!
