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Last I heard of Bernie Flanagan was that he had a small acreage for horses at Dirranbandi, but he seems to have moved on.
The only clue that may help is that he has a LinkedIn profile here, from which you may be able to send him a message: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernie-flanagan-32b8b172/ |
Thanks to all DD |
BB-415 was P2-PNG when I flew I back in late 1981,and in those days a fine machine, sadly neglected these days rotting in the back of the Govt. Flying Unit hangar.
Terry Carter was B200 lead Captain. Amar Singh-Gill was the Gulfstream Captain, |
Originally Posted by ThereISlifeafterQF
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So that would make Speedy the longest serving expat they've had ? (pretty sure it would !).
The next question.... Will he ever see the entitlements he is owed (?!). With over 40 years up he'd have to be owed a lot... |
Duck Pilot; Don't happen to know the reggo of what appears to be a very derelict Bongo Van, the nose of which is visible in your third photo?
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There are 2 Bongos there, both ex Airlink. One is ALM, the other I’m not sure and there is also a derelict one left at Vanimo which I think was an old Airllink one as well. Different owners since Bubbles owned them though. |
P2-COC
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P2-COC just needs a quick cut & polish:}
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Kagamuga; Those piccies are a bit depressing,but I guess that it was inevitable that the a/c depicted would wind up that way.:sad:
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Poor old COC up...death by neglect in a 100 tropical seasons.
PNG witl be a grave yard of 'modern' aircraft, soon to outnumber WW2 relics in the country.. At least PYY is under cover in Oz. Sad ending for the old dog. |
NTM Kodiak accident on August 9, nosewheel off, anyone know where and rego?
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Re the photos, can anyone advise the rego that is on the 185, and U206G P2-SDA was registered as P2-RNC, looks like never applied and Cessna 172 P2-SPF, the only record that I can find for SPF is a 182A back in 74/75, anyone know the origin of the 172. Unusual for a 152 to be there as well, any reason?
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It's kinda sad that there are only an ever decreasing number of old timers that contribute to this thread. At the same time it's surprising that current pilots contribute little in the age of smart phones. Too busy on Facebook and Instagram?
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NTM Kodiak crash on 9th August
Covering up using the name Ethnos360aviation org God?s Protection in Aircraft Incident - Ethnos360 Aviation |
Originally Posted by troppo
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ever decreasing number of old timers
Of the strips that I operated into around WNB in the 70's, gone are Bali, Witu, Fulleborne, Cape Gloucester, Linga Linga, Siassi. |
Originally Posted by troppo
(Post 10232040)
It's kinda sad that there are only an ever decreasing number of old timers that contribute to this thread. At the same time it's surprising that current pilots contribute little in the age of smart phones. Too busy on Facebook and Instagram?
Certainly not an ‘old timer’ - was there from 1970-74 but had many adventures arriving as a 20 year old, including having the best ‘chief pilot’ in my ‘career’. Who can forget the variables of landing on a strip at dawn in the Morobe area, the smell of the cooking fires and the smoke they produced waffling along the strip, the headman presenting you with a sackfull of succulent oranges to landing at Tanga off New Ireland where the nuns would ply you with ‘Tang’ and a sack of lobsters... The flying was great but the characters you worked with and the swashbucklers, Kiaps,plantation managers ex-‘Coast Watchers’ and others who had made PNG their home and sometimes their ‘hideaway’ made it a fascinating facet of my life which I have never forgotten. As I type this, visions of these people - most long gone, names that wouldn’t mean anything to most people now but all had the best interests of PNG at heart. |
Memories indeed. Looking down at the clouds below at Yeva was surreal. Plate sized mud crabs at Kerema Market PGK1 each...they want FJD80 for a bundle of 6 small ones here. Empty fuel drums making alarming sounds as they expand in the back of the balus. Flying from Vanimo to Jayapura...two worlds apart... you could almost see a line in the landscape where PNG ended and Indonesia started. Planet Rock and Round house night clubs...the intoxicating smell of coconut oil and BO :}
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Originally Posted by troppo
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Empty fuel drums making alarming sounds as they expand in the back of the balus. :}
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Was there 81 to the end of 88, not sure if those dates make me an old timer but I certainly recall these regos. My time was spent with Wirui Air Services, Central Air Services,CoAir and Talair.......All great memories. Sad pics of these great workhorses. The Pics of COC reminded me of a couple of Aztecs I flew SDM and EAC. |
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