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Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Apr 2024, 03:58
Replies: 8
Views: 1,706
Posted By megan

Perhaps the airlines could have another crew...

Perhaps the airlines could have another crew member dedicated to traffic control/avoidance in the cockpit, have to put a AWACS type radar on top I guess for full 360° coverage. Possibly do away with...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Apr 2024, 05:04
Replies: 20
Views: 3,485
Posted By megan

Well lets see it and we'll make our own...

Well lets see it and we'll make our own judgements.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Apr 2024, 04:18
Replies: 45
Views: 3,865
Posted By megan

The first aircraft to use area ruling was the...

The first aircraft to use area ruling was the Ju-287 bomber in 1944. When the area rule was re-discovered by Whitcomb, it was made available to the U.S. aircraft industry on a secret basis for...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Apr 2024, 06:01
Replies: 17
Views: 5,485
Posted By megan

Owned by a Nicola Aimee THOMAS, she has quite a...

Owned by a Nicola Aimee THOMAS, she has quite a fleet, also 185, 182, two Aerostars, PA-28, PA-30. Where was she when I was seeking a spouse?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Apr 2024, 02:36
Replies: 45
Views: 3,865
Posted By megan

What routes did Qantas envisage using the SP on...

What routes did Qantas envisage using the SP on rog? Did fly on their SP Sydney to Los Angeles, also flew on the Pan Am SP in the early days Los Angeles to Sydney, had to make an unexpected stop in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Apr 2024, 06:58
Replies: 56
Views: 29,309
Posted By megan

I think it's a proof reading error, or an error...

I think it's a proof reading error, or an error introduced by some one other than Mr. Davies, perhaps an editor even.

The angle of incidence is a term used in the rigging of an aircraft, some term...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Apr 2024, 05:22
Replies: 6
Views: 918
Posted By megan

A couple of different faired noses. The first is...

A couple of different faired noses. The first is VH-UMS which was powered by more powerfull 1,700hp Wright R-2600 engines, guess to overcome the drag imposed by the antenna array, used for survey.
...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
4th Apr 2024, 00:54
Replies: 5
Views: 4,430
Posted By megan

My good Lady was confined to a wheelchair to get...

My good Lady was confined to a wheelchair to get to and from the aircraft on a recent QF trip Darwin - Perth and return, the service provided was exemplary. The service industry comes in for...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Apr 2024, 05:01
Replies: 36
Views: 5,921
Posted By megan

Depends on the exposure a person has had. Was...

Depends on the exposure a person has had. Was doing instrument training with the company C&T and joining the 26 circuit downwind at Essendon for a visual and were told to follow the red Aztec, had...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Mar 2024, 02:02
Replies: 44
Views: 7,784
Posted By megan

From the accident report REDL. My take away is...

From the accident report REDL. My take away is the reticence to use the aircraft may very well be the inability to show what was the initiator of the failure.The use of "could not be determined",...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
27th Mar 2024, 06:47
Replies: 966
Views: 328,613
Posted By megan

Better than some of the media, only identified in...

Better than some of the media, only identified in the print as an "Airbus" with a photo of a 380. Airbus is close enough I guess.
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2024, 04:14
Replies: 1,596
Views: 356,109
Posted By megan

They won't let you into the country Buster, last...

They won't let you into the country Buster, last time there EU members could walk straight through immigration, we had to go through the "foreigners" door. Must admit it left a bit of a taste in the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Mar 2024, 03:57
Replies: 31
Views: 4,533
Posted By megan

There is a mod available to avoid embarrasment. ...

There is a mod available to avoid embarrasment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ApSDpnA2k0
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
9th Mar 2024, 04:04
Replies: 24
Views: 5,604
Posted By megan

Long thread running here. ...

Long thread running here.

https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/649920-light-show-between-40-30-west.html
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2024, 01:41
Replies: 4
Views: 1,266
Posted By megan

A lot of work gone into the video and very well...

A lot of work gone into the video and very well done, congratulations in order to the gentleman. One error though, the compressor bypass tubes pick off the air at the 4th stage compressor, not the...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Feb 2024, 23:48
Replies: 4
Views: 1,012
Posted By megan

The troops were more than happy to hear a chopper...

The troops were more than happy to hear a chopper for often it meant a hot meal, extraction, help in the form of gun ship fire support, ammunition resupply etc. Of course the sound may take some back...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Feb 2024, 05:19
Replies: 17
Views: 3,119
Posted By megan

Sage advfice when one thinks about it.

Sage advfice when one thinks about it.
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Feb 2024, 02:58
Replies: 148
Views: 26,344
Posted By megan

You might think it poor decision making but why...

You might think it poor decision making but why did the guy find himself in that position? He didn't plan on commiting suicide, as always there is a story behind the final act, error chain or swiss...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Feb 2024, 01:02
Replies: 17
Views: 3,119
Posted By megan

As RVDT points out whiteout puts you in IMC...

As RVDT points out whiteout puts you in IMC conditions, there is no way you can keep the greasy side down by means of visual cues, same as when flying in VMC conditions on a pitch black overcast...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2024, 00:52
Replies: 43
Views: 10,966
Posted By megan

I was Oz Navy and trained to wings standard at...

I was Oz Navy and trained to wings standard at Pensacola graduating early '68, was standard practice to be pinned with USN wings, couldn't wear them when arriving home of course.

...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Feb 2024, 04:51
Replies: 42
Views: 7,565
Posted By megan

From the net

From the net
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Feb 2024, 23:57
Replies: 167
Views: 22,756
Posted By megan

A pewter beer mug on a lanyard about the neck...

A pewter beer mug on a lanyard about the neck would seem a fitting medal, rather like the MoH is worn.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Jan 2024, 03:24
Replies: 56
Views: 8,151
Posted By megan

It's a shame to see your link has US military...

It's a shame to see your link has US military personnel identifying it as the "Congressional Medal Of Honor", they should know better, its correct term is "Medal Of Honor", nothing Congressional...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Jan 2024, 23:38
Replies: 56
Views: 8,151
Posted By megan

Be interesting to hear the details behind this...

Be interesting to hear the details behind this piece of aviating
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2024, 00:51
Replies: 760
Views: 374,169
Posted By megan

Armstrong method when I flew them. First solo in...

Armstrong method when I flew them. First solo in VH-BSP ex RAF WB622 serial C1-0063, also flew VH-UET ex WB551 serial C1-0003

Suspect the chap in the rear is instructor Jack Williams who was of...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2024, 00:00
Replies: 1,144
Views: 615,908
Posted By megan

Professionals have fatal accidents just like the...

Professionals have fatal accidents just like the rest of humanity.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Jan 2024, 05:53
Replies: 59
Views: 14,498
Posted By megan

Horatio, thinking back it was 1977 when unions...

Horatio, thinking back it was 1977 when unions had the big, big multi national by the short and curlies, it may have been the unions requirement when the word "legal" was used to me.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Jan 2024, 02:34
Replies: 9
Views: 1,164
Posted By megan

With the streamlined rear I take it that it's the...

With the streamlined rear I take it that it's the high speed model. ;)
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
19th Jan 2024, 03:54
Replies: 38
Views: 4,393
Posted By megan

Chuck believed his own fiction.

Chuck believed his own fiction.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Jan 2024, 23:20
Replies: 409
Views: 112,122
Posted By megan

Old thread here ...

Old thread here

https://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/469304-nah-really.html

One problem with photographic work is the photographer asking the pilot to do something to get a better shot which...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
18th Jan 2024, 05:07
Replies: 46
Views: 13,036
Posted By megan

I wonder what my Old Man would make of it all,...

I wonder what my Old Man would make of it all, went to PNG mid thirties to work for Burns Philp Shipping Co. at Salamaua and was part of the NGVR doing patrols to villages various. Office staff took...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Jan 2024, 02:00
Replies: 12
Views: 3,538
Posted By megan

RW, When I knew Bob in 1959 he was a pilot with...

RW, When I knew Bob in 1959 he was a pilot with Silver City Air Taxis who then moved on to Robby's crop dusting out of Parafield, no subsequent knowledge I'm afraid. It was he who facilitated the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Jan 2024, 05:09
Replies: 5
Views: 1,259
Posted By megan

Have made much use of both Gentleman's excellent...

Have made much use of both Gentleman's excellent web sites, I salute them both for the work they have put into the provision of information to we nutters. RIP

It's a worry though, what occurs in...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Jan 2024, 04:15
Replies: 12
Views: 3,538
Posted By megan

Zoltan Beldi Passed

Zoltan was a geophysicist who did a lot of aerial survey work sitting in the back operating the electronics. He and I were good mates in our teens, haunted the local airport and were the unofficial...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
31st Dec 2023, 01:01
Replies: 3
Views: 1,690
Posted By megan

2004 charts is best I can do, STARS were a thing...

2004 charts is best I can do, STARS were a thing then.
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