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Mercenary pilot. If you've got anything and you want it sent anywhere, I'll do it anytime. Rules? I make the rules. If you have an aeroplane I'll fly it. Helicopter gunship? Even better, just show me how to switch to guns because I'll be too close for missiles.
Preferably cruising below tree tops.

Remember kids, VMC is the recommended conditions only, Vne is not a limitation but a target speed to be achieved and anything less than a 25% overload is for pansies. :E

Something more realistic perhaps? Helo firebombing or STOL work into short mountain strips with lots of snow. Dash 7 would be nice. Wouldn't mind a rocket assisted takeoff in a Trislander either.

Flying around the bush in a Buffalo or Caribou, on short sectors with lots of landings and takeoffs from rough short strips :)

Probably pretty unlikely so a Kingair doing the same thing would be ok too.

Cheers
Tiger

Stuffing fifteen or so fares into a Pilatus in the highlands of PNG :{

(pre Kina) :E

http://www.remoteadventures.com/webpics/bergsm.jpg

http://www2.2space.net/images/upl_ne...1197471385.jpg

The Winner!

Beaver on floats in the whitsundays - plus aforementioned backpackers :) Or single seat jets, but I'm a bit old for that!

Beaver on floats??

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Hard to argue with that!

AUaCB :E

Wide bay, September 2001:

YouTube - Landing an RAAF Caribou



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Not bad, eccept for the military part. I was not a pilot then but wish I was.

Dream job now...probably RFDS

I vote this pprune post of the year!!

Very awesome Caribou pics! Makes me want to buy one when they retire from the RAAF... :ok:

Tiger

Seconded :D

Aileron 69, this countries hipothetical equivilant is maybe flying a Cresco but they only pay you half as much because they recon the Aircraft is twice as productive. You don't have concreted pads, only grass and three foot high thistles, if the truck driver can he'll find some rocks to tip on. The strip you use is rough as guts and full of rocks because the boss thinks he's getting one over the opposition because they refused to work off it. You have to work with a 100 metre swath and tell the cocky it throws to 120. There are still decent jobs around but few and far between.

ad-astra has the right idea, whatever you fly it's a long way in front of everyone who doesn't.

Stallie.....VERY GOOD....BUT.....I'm afraid you have come second in the 'Great Race'.....Yep. We're all jealous,...but....

The winner is 'Arm Up...';..............well he LOOKED 'armless enuf' Your Honour.

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VH-DHP(S/N N24A-34) Became ZK-NMC lives on flying around Mt Cook - such a beautiful aeroplane to fly - the best in the fleet! ZK-DHU? (S/N N24A-60) became ZK-NMD, was put into storage in Darwin until the boss went over and rescued it with new engines and flew it back to NZ.. Also has the long range and tip tanks in it, so can fly about 8 hours with full fuel. :ok:

ZK-NMD still has the original Collins gear in it, and works like a charm! ZK-NMC has still the Collins gear, bar one VHF which got replaced with an Apollo GPS/COM.

Grumman Goose. Pacific Islands. I hear there is one headed to the Solomon's and one to Fiji to service resorts.
Remember Tales of the Golden Monkey on tv?

Definately a death pencil in the topend, where 35 degrees outside = 45 degrees in the cockpit.

Stallie takes the prize in my books, best of both worlds there!
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Thank you Mr Empacher
TAA originally decked them out at great expense I would imagine

Good days them good crew and well run by AN when I was involved sadly came to an end in 84

I'd happily keep my current job - but I would trade the Bonza for a TBM850 !

Dr :8

Being Hugh Hefner's pilot on his DC-9, would be a reasonable job.