oh dear, not doing too well with the memory. At least i'm fairly sure it's outside Hawkers at Bankstown!!

I know some of you lapuns may have flown the PIG
 

here is one I finished today
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8556/8...8d9059e2_c.jpg


if I do another it will be a Patair or MAL

cac_sabre

You are truly a skilled artisan of the highest calibre ! I could almost imagine that model starting up and taking off at POM

PNG photo spread
 

Hey CAC Sabre,

Great to see your posting of some of the pics from my PNG collection, in addition to what Skywagon had previously posted for me Judging by the positive reaction, we appear to have "done good".

The pic of Macair C206 VH-MKG in its later livery (Hagen?)shows the "Aseki bounder" still in one piece by that stage.

The pic of the red C206 VH-BCB is at Kasanombe, elevation 6,000 ft., about 30 nm northwest of Lae, requiring a climb out past Boana.

Reaching Kasanombe had its limitations:
Firstly the rising sun put the strip into shadow, as the approach was into the east, needing to wait until the sun was a little higher - between about 8 & 10 am, so that we could actually see the strip. Then we had to depart before significant cloud had formed, otherwise it would be the Kasanombe Hilton for the night. Sometimes you couldn't even get up there, returning home with the load.

Happy days.:)

Talair C207
 

P2-SED Nice photo of the Lead Sled at Daru. P2-SEC was a good C207 (if there is such a thing) and performed well, but "D" was remarkable by its lack of performance.

Nugidu
 

P2 WDL
I posted some pics a few years ago showing Nugidu. Go to page 134 #2662 and #2673 and to page 144 #2878 if you´re interested. ;) SP

My ex chief pilot many years ago was transporting a body in a BN2 from somewhere in the Kabwum valley for Nadzab, they didn't have a coffin and the deceased had died just hours previously. It was agreed that the body be wrapped in plastic and then strapped into one of the seats. The family then occupied the other seats. Somewhere around the 20 mile gap the body groaned and one of the legs lifted creating havoc amongst the family members who promptly did everything they could to distance themselves from the body, this created quite a change in CofG that he was able to compensate for fortunately. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall for that one. Apparently their screams were clearly audible above the aircrafts engines:)

I had a similar experience flying a deceased individual from Kiunga to Daru in a C-180 back in the early 60s. The body had been badly burned and rigor mortis had set in. The only way to transport him was in the back seat of the aircraft.

Not having anything to wrap the body in the local Kiap had lined the seat with some palm fonds and thrown some over him as well.

The worst part of the flight was the overwhelming smell of burnt flesh.

Not a flight that I would like to repeat.

C402A - Rabaul Yacht Club
 

Capt Fathom,

I spent a lot of time flying C402A aircraft and they had the long nose and round windows. A beautiful looking and excellent handling machine when loaded correctly. Bit of a ground hugger when very heavy on a hot day. Probably one of the favourites for me.

On a different note do any of you well behaved gents have any pictures of the Rabaul Yacht club from before the big Guria??? I would love to see them as that was where I really learned to drink. Thanks in advance.

Groggy

My Favourite C402 story
 

One Sunday afternoon shift in Lae tower I had a Talair 402 conduct circuit training off runway 14, if my memory is correct the instructor was Russell Fitzgerald? and he was training a national pilot.
After a few circuits an EFATO was performed (without warning).. I thought I was going to witness my second ditching (remember Max?) The 402 disappeared from sight as it was pushed forward downhill towards the "beach" at the end of the runway. A few scary seconds later I saw it flying low over the water before climbing out.
A phone call later revealed that the use of ground effect following an engine failure was being demonstrated.

Rabaul Yacht Club
 

Hey Groggy:

I also learnt to really drink at the RYC in '72 and '73 but, unfortunately, I have no photos I can share with you.

Rabaul Yacht Club
... where in the 1960s the cruise ships' bands played when they were in the harbour... where the ladies used to be... what memories.

greg47
 

I had 7 wonderful years in Rabaul .Kept my boat in the DCA hanger at Lakunai thanks to the kindness of the ground staff. Lived at Namanulla . Don't think I ever was able to not stop and then spend to long at Yachty

My Favourite C402 story
 

I had a similar experience with Clampett doing my 402 rating in Lae. We flew down what was remaining of the runway in "Ground Effect", we then did a shallow descent (good thing there was not high truck passing on the road) then we flew in what you could describe as "Water Effect" for a long way before we started a shallow climb. An interesting lesson in what the aircraft would do at altitude or with a load :yuk:. No point in fighting the inevitable.

From a well-known CFI in Townsville:

"If you've just taken off from Palm Island with a full load of (Palm Island locals), and you're in a Cessna four-oh-two aaaaay or four-oh-two beeeee, and you have an engine failure, close both throttles and land straight ahead. That way, you won't have as far to swim back to the beach. "

some images for ye wantoks
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/v...col/jto7-1.jpg