Vale John Simon
 

And now another one.
John Simon, ex Talair and Air Niugini, passed away from a ruptured duodenal ulcer in Cairns Base Hospital.
The ranks continue to thin.

Wow!
My first flight in PNG was a ride with John to Fane in the Otter.
He wasn't that much older than me!

oh so sorry i knew Simmo before and after PX

I always enjoyed working with him. He had an interesting sense of humour.

One of my first flights with Simmo in ANG required me to make the PA with a windup toy doing its thing.......RIP John.

Sad news. Has anyone got a photo of Simmo they can put up?

He wasn't at PX when I was there, however I'm sure I've had a few SPs with him at the dero and the old airways 215 before I joined PX.

Got any War Hawk?

Plugga

A gentleman and scholar he will be missed by those who knew him well.

Sad. John was a good guy and a good operator. He was still relatively young.

Bamahuta Simmo.... always enjoyed your wit and good humour. RIP

I am so sorry to hear this sad news.
I flew with Simo on the F28,loved a beer or 3,funny bastard on overnights.
RIP John

i did most of his training as a F28 captain. A lot of fun

And John Kessey. WW2 Pilot, and Mandated Airlines. Great bloke.

Funeral at this stage will be in Cairns on Thursday. Will confirm this when I can.

Cairns 10 am on Thursday . RIP Simmo.

Deceased Air Niugini Pilots.

1 John Fitzgerald
2 Steve Barnett
3 Bill Baldwin
4 Jim Perry
5 Jay Hardison
6 Bill Hobday
7 Dick Glassey
8 Billy Johns
9 Dave Cambell
10 Collin Marsh
11 John Verscheur +
12 Tim Georgetti +
13 Dave Garrity
14 Peter Sharp
15 Martin Ede +
16 Ian Radnedge
17 Arnie Rasmussen
18 Ain Kiiver +
19 Noel Fuller
20 Allan Mossman
21 Ron Whale
22 Peter Rollins
23 Jerry Hines
24 Larry Blackman
25 Barry Miles
26 Barry Rogers
27 Bill Ariti
28 John Simons
29 Gus Swinbourne
30 John Kessey

Is that Gus Swinbourne who was a flight lieutenant on Lockheed Neptunes of No 11 Squadron RAAF Richmond in the mid 1950's?.
If so, lovely quiet modest bloke who let me fly the Neptune from the RH seat while he was doing continuation training at Richmond. I was there at the time with a Lincoln after completing an anti-submarine exercise off the coast in association with a Neptune crew.

greg47
 

not sure of the spelling of the surname phonetically its Fooster ex TAA, dismissed for not passing subjects within the deadline ,then Aerial tours and PX.
Anyone in touch or his situation
cheers

Noel Fewster Greg, I think has passed on. Tail wheel posted something five or so months back. His name missing from above list?

Andrew Mc Dermott is missing too (2014)

Willie Dori- in the nineties

Any chance anyone can post a photo of some or any of the above listed?

In my Dz and later Simbu days I met and drank with at the Club Dero, more that a few ANG pilots and not one of them did I ever take a disliking to!:= What they may have thought of me is another question....:hmm:

Each and every single one of them were someone that you'd be proud to have known. I just wish I'd taken more piccies, and paid more attention to recording names etc way back then.:(

Was great fun, back taim bilong then....

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Angel Vale Capt Andrew Mc Dermott


Capt Andrew Mc Dermott (Eastern Airlines DHC-8-300) passed away recently in Subic Bay, Philippines.


His recall of events in PNG & in Australia will be long remembered.


May he RIP.


Manu'

Andrew
 

Capt Andrew was well liked.

He had a great personality. Was a Dad, Husband and friend to a great many.
I personally spent many hours with him in the final days.

God willing, he is at rest now.

Cheers Andrew from ya mates In Subic bay.

You will not be forgotten.

From the great land downunder...................

Macca!

Had the pleasure to do a few hours with Andrew just before my Dash command upgrade. Taught me a few things, tough man sometimes but he had a heart of gold. His technical knowledge and ability to fly the Dash 8 was second to none.

Also great to have 50 beers with.

Sadly I never had the chance to repay Andrew for all the beers and wisdom he shared with me on many deployments.

.... and back to the man this thread is about....
Great memories of John and his quirky sense of humour.
The wind up toy and his attempts to enlighten a rugby boy on the game of aerial ping-ping ( afl ) came flooding back.

A gentleman joker, missed by many.

Seeking Information About John Simon
 

Hello everyone,I hope you don't mind me posting on this thread.My name is David and I am from PNG. I am not from the aviation industry, but I recently came across this discussion while researching a possible family connection to the late John Simon.Several contributors here appear to have known John personally or professionally during his time with Talair and Air Niugini. If anyone would be willing to share memories, photographs, or information about him, I would be very grateful.I understand this is a personal matter, so please feel free to contact me privately if preferred.Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to preserving these memories and stories from PNG aviation history.Kind regards,David (Username: Chokal)