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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Jan 2015, 23:02
Replies: 46
Views: 11,025
Posted By sixtiesrelic

It is the mixing of terminology that gets people...

It is the mixing of terminology that gets people confused.
RULES and CONDITIONS.

Think of it the way it used to be referred to way back.
Flying in visual meteorological conditions ... You can...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Nov 2014, 04:21
Replies: 22
Views: 5,986
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Melbourne ... cold cold winter morning ... Just...

Melbourne ... cold cold winter morning ... Just after sunrise... Me in a Tiger Moth starting to freeze, when after my first landing Beth Garrett, the instructor tells me to stop when I have returned...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Oct 2014, 00:39
Replies: 14
Views: 3,871
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Once again I add my thanks to your storytelling...

Once again I add my thanks to your storytelling Centaurus.

I notice you I and other people who flew real aeroplanes ... wires, tubes, rag and noise often talk about going out for a bit of a fly...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Aug 2014, 00:17
Replies: 38
Views: 9,455
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Greybeard! you forgot to mention that everything...

Greybeard! you forgot to mention that everything in the box lunch tasted of asparagus by lunchtime and the ham had sucked the moisture out of the tomato and lettuce so it now tasted like pork.

The...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Jul 2014, 22:58
Replies: 39
Views: 8,859
Posted By sixtiesrelic

The best thing to come out of it all is, pilots...

The best thing to come out of it all is, pilots over twenty eight years old can get into an airline.
Before, when you hit that age there was absolutely NO hope of getting in other than being in a...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Jul 2014, 23:05
Replies: 39
Views: 8,859
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Old Fella, No group who went...

Old Fella,
No group who went through trauma bother moaning about the bad bits that happened to them; they remember all the happy, fun bits when they get together.

All the old...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Jul 2013, 07:37
Replies: 1
Views: 1,779
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Love it! I notice there's no rego on her....

Love it!
I notice there's no rego on her. Wonder if the blue is water paint he'll wash off later.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Jun 2013, 23:30
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,065,816
Posted By sixtiesrelic

The Angry Ant and I visited him a couple of years...

The Angry Ant and I visited him a couple of years ago and he cooked cornedbeef for our lunch. We were going to take him out for a counter lunch, but he had other plans.
I only flew with him twice...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Jun 2013, 23:20
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,065,816
Posted By sixtiesrelic

BUT!!! he hasn't got the big golden shoulders. ...

BUT!!! he hasn't got the big golden shoulders.

I get the sh*ts with all the gold braid the nobodies wear today and here we have a real pilot who doesn't need it.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st May 2013, 23:31
Replies: 69
Views: 19,639
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Fantome, There are two Pat Harringtons. Both...

Fantome, There are two Pat Harringtons.
Both were in TAA to confuse matters.
The one on the yellow T shirt. (I had one of them) they were 'The vintage aircraft section of the sports aircraft...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
13th Nov 2012, 04:08
Replies: 139
Views: 33,526
Posted By sixtiesrelic

I agree it is a high rate of descent and in the...

I agree it is a high rate of descent and in the hands of an inexperieced person or even being a bit rough while playing in the simulator during a bit of free flight, it happens in a wink and the...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
12th Nov 2012, 05:56
Replies: 139
Views: 33,526
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Reverserunlocked, a week or two ago, in...

Reverserunlocked, a week or two ago, in Australia, I saw a program on Foxtel in which a 727 was crash landed in the desert over in Mexico by remote control after the pilot bailed out at about two...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Oct 2012, 05:14
Replies: 48
Views: 8,876
Posted By sixtiesrelic

His ilk are under every flight path or within ten...

His ilk are under every flight path or within ten miles of it.
They think their life is being made uncomfortable and make heaps of noise about it to have someone else cop it when the big dangerous...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Oct 2012, 20:40
Replies: 163
Views: 46,115
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Gobbledock, you ain't in Alabama! You must be...

Gobbledock, you ain't in Alabama!
You must be here.

Management (everywhere) is like a bunch of teenagers.
They know everything because their mates keep 'em abreast of the latest thing.
Their...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Oct 2012, 04:50
Replies: 163
Views: 46,115
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Gents, RTO ... well for me that means rejected...

Gents, RTO ... well for me that means rejected take off, but in this case they're talking about Registered Training Organisation.
They haven't looked at the training school etc rather than this...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Oct 2012, 05:27
Replies: 241
Views: 77,057
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Well if there's anything over at Caboolture at...

Well if there's anything over at Caboolture at tome time give us some forwarning. I'd like to pay my respects.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Oct 2012, 22:45
Replies: 241
Views: 77,057
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Rotorblades, that experience will ensure you...

Rotorblades, that experience will ensure you never do that sort of thing to anyone and when you become a trainer of abinitios (if you aren’t already, what with the mess that woman left behind her) it...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Oct 2012, 22:55
Replies: 468
Views: 185,460
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Early sixties if that's an HF trailing antenna...

Early sixties if that's an HF trailing antenna cone on the tail.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Oct 2012, 01:25
Replies: 241
Views: 77,057
Posted By sixtiesrelic

I've known Des for a short time (six or so years)...

I've known Des for a short time (six or so years) and recognised one of aviation's heroes.
He didn't break records and get tickertape parades; he was a quiet hero.
He loved that old aeroplane and...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Aug 2012, 22:43
Replies: 4
Views: 1,171
Posted By sixtiesrelic

From memory 2

From memory 2
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Aug 2012, 23:11
Replies: 21
Views: 4,358
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Delaying a Twotter at Brissy, that was ready to...

Delaying a Twotter at Brissy, that was ready to depart westward on the RPT flight.
Pax weren't going to leave the terminal which had TVs showing the landing and we were in there with them.
We were...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
6th Aug 2012, 21:55
Replies: 17
Views: 3,219
Posted By sixtiesrelic

I don't think City Flyer is too old from his...

I don't think City Flyer is too old from his comment.
Airline flying IS managing computers and watching them fly the aeroplane.
FLYING lightie is just that... YOU fly them and if you have soul, you...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Jul 2012, 22:07
Replies: 77
Views: 15,470
Posted By sixtiesrelic

"OK, I need you guys to tell me how to stop the...

"OK, I need you guys to tell me how to stop the Minister for War and Finance from spending it before me" ... on her useless family members who you detest and have always thought she married beneath...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Jul 2012, 23:07
Replies: 36
Views: 17,981
Posted By sixtiesrelic

I got a few crumbs from the flying school I got...

I got a few crumbs from the flying school I got my Commercial at, in the way of the very odd charter. I sat in the office all day being the booking clerk and charter quoter, while the boss watched TV...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Jul 2012, 22:25
Replies: 29
Views: 28,103
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Count me in. I've already teed up a prospective...

Count me in.
I've already teed up a prospective meeting with him. I'm going to be in Melbourne twice, later on this year. 10 to 20th August and 9th Nov to probably 23rd Nov.
Sixties
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Jul 2012, 07:44
Replies: 25
Views: 7,014
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Some old faces some new ones. Not sure if I'm...

Some old faces some new ones. Not sure if I'm going to like it as much this time.
Forum: Private Flying
13th Jul 2012, 03:10
Replies: 41
Views: 6,627
Posted By sixtiesrelic

All this written checklist nonsense seems to have...

All this written checklist nonsense seems to have seeped in with the idea that flying a lightie should be conducted like you're in a great big jet airliner.

Oy! you are in a sprots type aircraft...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Jul 2012, 23:06
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,065,816
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Can't be Jaksons... too clean . No Buai stains on...

Can't be Jaksons... too clean . No Buai stains on the tarmac.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Jul 2012, 21:54
Replies: 13
Views: 4,295
Posted By sixtiesrelic

If you look at TAA's history, they began...

If you look at TAA's history, they began operations with ex RAAF and ex Guinea Airways pilots in the operations department.
Alan McSweyn who became Qld Manager was one of the pilots, he also was...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Jul 2012, 12:07
Replies: 13
Views: 4,295
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Judy, check your private messages.

Judy, check your private messages.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Jul 2012, 12:18
Replies: 10
Views: 2,463
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Merpati had a radio operator in their domestic...

Merpati had a radio operator in their domestic DC-3s in West Irian/ Papua/ Dutch New Guinea ... which ever you like to know it as.
The one I met was a runt by Indonsesian standards, so almost a...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Jul 2012, 11:42
Replies: 41
Views: 7,413
Posted By sixtiesrelic

"You are Australia's own answer to Ernest Gann.."...

"You are Australia's own answer to Ernest Gann.."

AGREED!
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Jul 2012, 23:13
Replies: 41
Views: 7,413
Posted By sixtiesrelic

The best part is, it is positive and interesting...

The best part is, it is positive and interesting to have a thread where the sniping and smart arse commentors can't start a war.
Your stories are what many of us dreamed of as kids, who announced,...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Jun 2012, 11:11
Replies: 26
Views: 7,118
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Yep Centaurus, Great story telling. Keep 'em...

Yep Centaurus, Great story telling. Keep 'em coming.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Jun 2012, 11:52
Replies: 28
Views: 6,867
Posted By sixtiesrelic

Depends what language Pinky. In...

Depends what language Pinky.

In Checheslovakian (I was told in the mid sixties) SIR was a swearword... Merd in French.
Our flight Attendant's should know this, so they can happily call some of...
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