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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Apr 2024, 20:49
Replies: 17
Views: 2,448
Posted By By George

I still remember Bob Vowles in the Ansett F27...

I still remember Bob Vowles in the Ansett F27 circling over the Aero Commander that ditched in the Straight, watching helplessly as the poor chap drowned. The Bass Straight is not for the faint...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
26th Jan 2024, 19:42
Replies: 142
Views: 33,611
Posted By FlyHighLittleOne

I hope you all don't mind a random interjection,...

I hope you all don't mind a random interjection, I stumbled across this forum looking at articles frustrated at the incorrect information and saw people not judging him for his age or ability, just...
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: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
14th Jan 2024, 06:33
Replies: 46
Views: 13,036
Posted By Pinky the pilot

I left PNG over 30 years ago. But even way back...

I left PNG over 30 years ago. But even way back then I remember being asked by 'Elderly Villagers' (and occasionally some not-so-elderly) the same question, and so many times I lost count.

"Mr...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Jan 2024, 04:08
Replies: 10
Views: 2,309
Posted By Big Pistons Forever

They fly the same, one goes faster. ...

They fly the same, one goes faster.

Understand how the 210 gear works. Pay attention to the alternator load after retraction. If the gear doesn’t completely cycle the hydraulic pump motor will...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th Nov 2023, 08:23
Replies: 409
Views: 112,127
Posted By ResBunny

ad nauseam

ad nauseam
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Nov 2023, 23:03
Replies: 702
Views: 1,831,816
Posted By 43Inches

Absolute waste of time, getting pilots to quasi...

Absolute waste of time, getting pilots to quasi ATC. Making a Turning Base call, fine, calling out your sequence number when it's constantly changing in a busy environment, creates additional radio...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Nov 2023, 05:51
Replies: 8
Views: 763
Posted By treadigraph

Have you see this Megan? ...

Have you see this Megan?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/theorkneynews.scot/2023/08/06/book-review-winkle-the-extraordinary-life-of-britains-greatest-pilot/amp/
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Nov 2023, 00:56
Replies: 409
Views: 112,127
Posted By megan

One can perhaps understand Canberras reticence...

One can perhaps understand Canberras reticence Clinton when reading the manual, far easier to replace the aircraft than the man, can't argue with success though, great flying.

...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Jul 2023, 12:31
Replies: 17
Views: 3,035
Posted By Pinky the pilot

Maybe one of these days I should scan and post...

Maybe one of these days I should scan and post the full copy of my old Douglas Airways `Bible` ie it`s one-way strip book. :hmm:

Any ex Talair blokes on this site could probably do similar....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Jul 2023, 03:36
Replies: 17
Views: 3,035
Posted By Aussie Bob

I would suggest that there are actually a lot of...

I would suggest that there are actually a lot of these places to go and land. Unfortunately unless you own your own aircraft though, you won't be going to them. The ones on private property are...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Jun 2023, 10:06
Replies: 5
Views: 4,094
Posted By Lookleft

More specifically she has been a tireless...

More specifically she has been a tireless champion and campaigner of improving the airline operators, manufacturers and the regulators response to poor cabin air quality. She flew 146's and that led...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Jun 2023, 08:57
Replies: 5
Views: 4,094
Posted By TLoraine

Double award for former Australian pilot

Dr Susan Michaelis who previously flew for Air North, Lloyd Aviation, Eastern Australia and National jet Systems (Qantas Link) and then retrained with a PhD in Safety Sciences and also trained to...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
22nd May 2023, 08:33
Replies: 22
Views: 5,866
Posted By Mach E Avelli

Baylover, as another old geezer from the bygone...

Baylover, as another old geezer from the bygone golden age of aviation, may I respectfully offer the following:

*Your anecdotes - if delivered with humour and without hubris - would probably be...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2023, 07:09
Replies: 10
Views: 1,439
Posted By bugged on the right

ANZAC Day. Not aviation but military.

It's a beautiful morning here in coastal Essex and I've just returned from our local war memorial to pay my respects. It's not dedicated to Australians or New Zealanders but it's close enough.
A few...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Apr 2023, 06:55
Replies: 106
Views: 43,042
Posted By megan

I know you're in the med line of work flying...

I know you're in the med line of work flying PC-12 and -24. Safety is a blend of aircraft systems (eg twin v single), pilot and maintenance training, standards applied by the company. Flew helos for...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Apr 2023, 02:25
Replies: 49
Views: 9,461
Posted By Double Asymmetric

Interesting thread. Just remember there may be...

Interesting thread.
Just remember there may be some form of confirmation bias in the "close shave but successful" outcomes described here. None of the many pilots over the years who have actually...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Apr 2023, 11:32
Replies: 41
Views: 6,504
Posted By Sunfish

Dr Dre, I'm sorry for you because you have...

Dr Dre, I'm sorry for you because you have swallowed a utopian world vision that has no basis in physical reality, let alone logic and ethics, let alone philosophy and natural philosophy (Physics,...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Jan 2023, 02:25
Replies: 129
Views: 30,197
Posted By Stationair8

A man has not lived, until he has experienced a...

A man has not lived, until he has experienced a cool early morning departure sitting between two GTSIO-520’s.
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jan 2023, 06:01
Replies: 23
Views: 16,322
Posted By john_tullamarine

FYI I don't know if Dora-9 ever flew helicopters...

FYI I don't know if Dora-9 ever flew helicopters and have no idea what his attitude to young Harry may be, but he is a very experienced FW pilot. I wouldn't have thought him a troll.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Jan 2023, 09:59
Replies: 273
Views: 82,433
Posted By 43Inches

I thought JT might like this film from the CSIRO....

I thought JT might like this film from the CSIRO. There's a short part showing the wing come off a Hudson pulling out of a dive (1:40) that really highlights how sudden separation can occur.
...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Dec 2022, 08:48
Replies: 273
Views: 82,433
Posted By compressor stall

I think I speak collectively for several posters...

I think I speak collectively for several posters here. Certainly at least one other. We understand many people close to the pilot are hurting and although many of us don’t know the pilot personally...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Dec 2022, 11:06
Replies: 273
Views: 82,433
Posted By aroa

deja vu, Spot on.! The good old Safety Digest...

deja vu, Spot on.! The good old Safety Digest was the educational vehicle of choice to devour and note well what other people did to harm themselves and others. Easy to see and or say “that was a...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Dec 2022, 10:22
Replies: 273
Views: 82,433
Posted By deja vu

The best mentoring I received was through the...

The best mentoring I received was through the Aviation Safety Digest, free of charge and delivered each and every month and read from cover to cover. That was mid 1960's and the frequency of VFR into...
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