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9th Feb 2024, 19:49
Replies: 4
Views: 986
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

The owner of the prop is most grateful for your...

The owner of the prop is most grateful for your contributions, as am I.
Thank you everyone.
7th Feb 2024, 20:58
Replies: 4
Views: 986
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

Mystery Propeller

A friend in Denmark has asked for assistance in identifying this propeller. The markings on the hub suggest that it was made for a D.H.4. Can anyone confirm please?
...
23rd Jan 2024, 20:13
Replies: 13
Views: 1,148
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

Liffy The wing bearing the RDAF plate in...

Liffy
The wing bearing the RDAF plate in question was originally fitted to R-343 but that aircraft crashed on 8 August 1980 so clearly the wing was removed prior to this date.

EDIT: If the wing...
22nd Jan 2024, 21:09
Replies: 13
Views: 1,148
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

Thanks for all the responses. It's looking like...

Thanks for all the responses. It's looking like it might be an acronym of non-Danish origins. Incidentally, if you google "MATINS + Starfighter" you will get this thread!
This is the aeroplane in...
21st Jan 2024, 21:45
Replies: 13
Views: 1,148
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

One for the Danish speakers

This plate is attached to a former RDAF CF-104 wing. Can someone please translate "Matins"? Google says it means "matinees" but that doesn't sound appropriate.

...
10th Jan 2024, 20:14
Replies: 17
Views: 4,259
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

Geoff's website now has a Tributes page: ...

Geoff's website now has a Tributes page:

Tributes to Geoff (http://www.goodall.com.au/tributes.htm)
6th Jan 2024, 00:08
Replies: 5
Views: 1,225
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

There is a thread on Geoff Goodall's passing...

There is a thread on Geoff Goodall's passing here:
RIP Geoff Goodall (https://www.pprune.org/australia-new-zealand-pacific/656728-passing-geoff-goodall.html)

Sorry to hear of Joe Baugher's...
5th Jan 2024, 22:00
Replies: 17
Views: 4,259
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

I had the honour and privilege of studying at the...

I had the honour and privilege of studying at the feet of the master aviation historian for most of my life. Geoff was a mentor to many, both in his professional ATC career and in his passion for...
26th Dec 2023, 19:51
Replies: 10
Views: 4,464
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

Lance Have a look at Tony Arbon's wonderful...

Lance
Have a look at Tony Arbon's wonderful AustAirData site which has its history and a photo:
Refer VH-WAS#2...
17th Dec 2023, 19:52
Replies: 124
Views: 84,406
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

With Cairns Airport underwater, the Belfast is...

With Cairns Airport underwater, the Belfast is now imitating her ancestors.
13th Dec 2023, 03:37
Replies: 20
Views: 4,710
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

Hi Megan It's on page 3, second line. Rgds

Hi Megan
It's on page 3, second line.

Rgds
12th Dec 2023, 20:06
Replies: 20
Views: 4,710
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

There is this page on the NSCA's Beech 200s and...

There is this page on the NSCA's Beech 200s and the jump door mod.

NSCA Beech 200 (http://www.nsca.adastron.com/)

If you scroll to the bottom of the page there is a link to download a fleet...
7th Dec 2023, 18:56
Replies: 76
Views: 18,699
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

Doc J The wonderful Propliner magazine...

Doc J

The wonderful Propliner magazine confirms that Redcoat was using the prefix RY at the time of the demise of G-BRAC.
Propliner #10 of April/June 1981 carried this interesting item:

...
3rd Dec 2023, 04:50
Replies: 76
Views: 18,699
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

Oh great! Only 13 episodes and they never got to...

Oh great! Only 13 episodes and they never got to reweigh that cargo. So many unanswered questions.
What's that you say? It's only pretend?
30th Nov 2023, 20:28
Replies: 76
Views: 18,699
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

We never got to see this in the Antepoades so...

We never got to see this in the Antepoades so many thanks everyone.
22nd Nov 2023, 05:37
Replies: 409
Views: 110,792
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

SpazSinbad and Capt Dart Many thanks for that...

SpazSinbad and Capt Dart
Many thanks for that explanation.
21st Nov 2023, 23:39
Replies: 409
Views: 110,792
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

On the subject of ejection seats, can someone...

On the subject of ejection seats, can someone please explain the term "sear"?
Prof Google isn't helpful. I gather it's some sort of igniter.
26th Sep 2023, 05:33
Replies: 934
Views: 312,294
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

QUBE was a very capable ALP system whereas the...

QUBE was a very capable ALP system whereas the TAA system, which AerialPerspective correctly described as "the toy LDP and TAARSAN" was a "jack of all trades master of none" system.
3rd Aug 2023, 03:55
Replies: 2
Views: 951
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

Horse struck by plane

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The horse is reported to be in a stable condition.
30th Jun 2023, 21:35
Replies: 48
Views: 5,748
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

N7777G is in the Science Museum at Wroughton...

N7777G is in the Science Museum at Wroughton displayed in TWA colours, why I'll never know. The Manila Super Connie is now at the Qantas Founders Museum at Longreach.

N7777G The Stones' Connie...
4th Jun 2023, 20:53
Replies: 27
Views: 3,925
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

I'm not saying that MacArthur never flew on...

I'm not saying that MacArthur never flew on VH-MMA but the aircraft that was assigned to his GHQ and on which he flew to Canberra to meet with Prime Minister Curtin was later VH-ANR...
24th May 2023, 02:31
Replies: 56
Views: 14,676
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSkIK9bMIis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSkIK9bMIis
1st May 2023, 22:40
Replies: 191
Views: 73,389
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

The name of the new CEO is Hudson and her...

The name of the new CEO is Hudson and her initials are VH. Dare we hope?
9th Feb 2023, 20:41
Replies: 245
Views: 133,617
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

The question was; How can it improve cockpit...

The question was; How can it improve cockpit visibility by eliminating four windows that were there as original equipment? When they were converting DC-4s to tankers they would often install an...
7th Feb 2023, 22:38
Replies: 245
Views: 133,617
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

Speaking of visibility from a 737 cockpit,...

Speaking of visibility from a 737 cockpit, wouldn't it have made sense to retain the eyebrow windows in a tanker conversion?
27th Jan 2023, 22:10
Replies: 86
Views: 15,345
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

Well it is a big window. Is it possible to...

Well it is a big window. Is it possible to photograph the wingtip of a Viscount without having engines/props in the frame?
26th Jan 2023, 20:23
Replies: 32
Views: 6,359
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

It has to be said that Australian Aviation ain't...

It has to be said that Australian Aviation ain't what it used to be.

The aircraft in the Qantas MAYDAY incident was described by one TV reporter as having made "an incredibly safe landing."
24th Jan 2023, 20:09
Replies: 171
Views: 51,541
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

What is the "paperwork" that could so affect a...

What is the "paperwork" that could so affect a domestic flight?
20th Nov 2022, 21:31
Replies: 4
Views: 1,909
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

What's it like to eject from an F-111?

Forty-four years, almost to the day, after AVM Dave Rogers and AIRCDRE Peter Growder ejected from an RAAF F-111 in New Zealand, they have been reunited in the cockpit of F-111C A8-129 at the...
19th Sep 2022, 22:37
Replies: 119
Views: 28,639
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

So why all the earth works in front of the...

So why all the earth works in front of the aeroplane?
18th Jul 2022, 23:09
Replies: 94
Views: 35,917
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

Ah, looxury! We used to have to ...

Ah, looxury! We used to have to ...
19th Jun 2022, 21:02
Replies: 70
Views: 43,331
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

Well I'd like to see them.

Well I'd like to see them.
1st Jun 2022, 22:54
Replies: 66
Views: 26,962
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

Bizjets aren't always as easy as they seem....

Bizjets aren't always as easy as they seem. During a porters strike I was amongst the salaried staff brought in to load baggage - and freight. I foolishly volunteered to load a Westwind which was...
31st May 2022, 22:05
Replies: 66
Views: 26,962
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

It used to be called a "demarcation...

It used to be called a "demarcation dispute".
18th May 2022, 20:12
Replies: 14
Views: 10,547
Posted By Fris B. Fairing

You can't scrap Nancy!

You can't scrap Nancy!
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