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Forum: Fragrant Harbour
11th Jul 2021, 09:10
Replies: 143
Views: 67,239
Posted By Alistair

swh You stated that which is patently...

swh

You stated that which is patently incorrect. I'm not sure where the 150 flights/300 sectors comes from?

The point about the PRC and KA's operation being tough is being misconstrued. It...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
11th Jul 2021, 03:33
Replies: 143
Views: 67,239
Posted By Alistair

swh - Just a quick look at my logbook shows 165...

swh - Just a quick look at my logbook shows 165 sectors in and out of the PRC in my last pre-covid normal calendar year. I completed 241 sectors for the year which was pretty normal for a line pilot...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Oct 2019, 01:35
Replies: 34
Views: 8,094
Posted By Alistair

The fact is if CASA was invented before Wilbur...

The fact is if CASA was invented before Wilbur and Orville strapped an engine in their 'death' machine we'd all still be riding horses, or have a man with a flag walking in front of our horseless...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
21st Nov 2017, 00:57
Replies: 50
Views: 27,338
Posted By Alistair

Sure about that? I'd politely beg to differ and...

Sure about that? I'd politely beg to differ and say that the real PNG flying was done by the 20 something kid in the 206 or Bongo van. You blokes were just tourists.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Jun 2015, 06:52
Replies: 59
Views: 8,769
Posted By Alistair

Good luck with that. Oh and that one...

Good luck with that.



Oh and that one too.

Sorry for the thread drift (daydreaming about the good ol days of follow me vans)...If'n I was the big Cheese I'd go for the option that gives free...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th May 2015, 08:12
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,054,767
Posted By Alistair

Whiskey Delta Lima, thank you for taking the time...

Whiskey Delta Lima, thank you for taking the time to post those pictures.

I have very similar photos of most of those places and memories of another generation of pilots, as I spent a couple of...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
6th Feb 2015, 01:06
Replies: 159
Views: 95,012
Posted By Alistair

Use of "Behind the landing/departing...

Use of "Behind the landing/departing Airbus/Boeing line up and wait behind" (which is used just about everywhere else on the planet) as the standard clearance would significantly assist pilots in...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Oct 2013, 03:29
Replies: 1,738
Views: 4,245,678
Posted By Alistair

Props are for boats! :ok:

Props are for boats! :ok:
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Aug 2013, 09:32
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,054,767
Posted By Alistair

Hi Balus, Yes you can. I have done it...

Hi Balus,



Yes you can. I have done it successfully a couple of times and in fact the prop spinners on the NCA islanders had the lip at the base bent flat from the rope crushing it when being...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Apr 2013, 02:45
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,054,767
Posted By Alistair

Hijack in PNG

Something more recent, although the same old same old.

We were getting robbed and hijacked at gun point in the early 90's. Plenty more probably had the pleasure earlier than that.

Worth a...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Sep 2012, 00:07
Replies: 8
Views: 2,041
Posted By Alistair

Clarrie, speaking about life behind bars, the tag...

Clarrie, speaking about life behind bars, the tag below your call sign is appropriate! (cracked me up anyway).

ps you might want to run it through a spell check though, before the spelling police...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Sep 2012, 04:14
Replies: 10
Views: 4,182
Posted By Alistair

Anyone know the salary details? PM is fine.

Anyone know the salary details?
PM is fine.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th May 2012, 10:18
Replies: 10,249
Views: 3,365,840
Posted By Alistair

Whats to like about a frog in an icecube? ...

Whats to like about a frog in an icecube?

Bloody imageshack!

One day I'd like to see the Piano Man's pictures.

BTW, what kind of camera did you get?
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
27th Sep 2011, 02:26
Replies: 19
Views: 3,844
Posted By Alistair

Sunny, if you go to Taipei use a SpongeBob...

Sunny, if you go to Taipei use a SpongeBob strap...the Hello Kitty will be a collectors item and will disappear around Gate C3! (the Bermuda triangle for all things Kitty)
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Jul 2011, 06:38
Replies: 13
Views: 2,196
Posted By Alistair

Charge them an hourly minding fee for the...

Charge them an hourly minding fee for the pleasure of being in the airport on their "direct" flight. Say AUD50/hour non refundable##

## Price based on offline or voucher payment for bookings...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Jul 2011, 05:35
Replies: 13
Views: 2,196
Posted By Alistair

You reckon? Thats not resuming flights to...

You reckon?

Thats not resuming flights to Beijing, thats spin for adding a flight to Singapore that can connect to Beijing.

Breaking news, Qantas to open new route Sydney to Timbuktu**
...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
30th Jun 2011, 02:33
Replies: 2,631
Views: 1,001,698
Posted By Alistair

And you get this type of thing... Incident:...

And you get this type of thing... Incident: Ryanair B738 at Eindhoven on Jun 4th 2010, rejected takeoff during rotation (http://www.avherald.com/h?article=42c733bc/0000&opt=0)

Anyone notice a...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
30th May 2011, 00:41
Replies: 8
Views: 4,469
Posted By Alistair

Cartman Joins NAMBLA (Season 4, Episode 6) - Full...

Cartman Joins NAMBLA (Season 4, Episode 6) - Full Episode Player - South Park Studios (http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s04e06-cartman-joins-nambla)
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Apr 2011, 02:01
Replies: 5
Views: 2,121
Posted By Alistair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sD47r2PrqcSunfish,...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sD47r2PrqcSunfish, for the more acoustically challenged! ;)
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
24th Mar 2011, 02:15
Replies: 2,631
Views: 1,001,698
Posted By Alistair

There it is. Orangestar, no one is being...

There it is.

Orangestar, no one is being critical of the cadets themselves. As others have tried to point out to you and as has been pointed out earlier in the thread before you joined it (and...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
22nd Mar 2011, 07:45
Replies: 2,631
Views: 1,001,698
Posted By Alistair

Depends on your point of view.. Is it...

Depends on your point of view..

Is it easier/safer/cheaper to teach someone who can fly how to operate a (insert aircraft here)? or..

Is it easier/safer/cheaper to teach someone who can operate...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
21st Mar 2011, 00:58
Replies: 70
Views: 17,012
Posted By Alistair

You need to expand your horizons to the way these...

You need to expand your horizons to the way these things work in the Northern Hemisphere. It is not the "silvertails" but your average Joe being taken into these schemes. At the end of the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
19th Mar 2011, 02:45
Replies: 27
Views: 10,746
Posted By Alistair

Don't worry Roxy, companies and their spin...

Don't worry Roxy, companies and their spin departments are already making sure they can take your experience and not pay you for it.

The term you are looking for is Prequalified Cadet.

Look up...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
18th Mar 2011, 08:33
Replies: 2,631
Views: 1,001,698
Posted By Alistair

My bolding. No issue, BS! How many 200 hour...

My bolding.

No issue, BS! How many 200 hour guys have you sat next to in a Boeing or Airbus to be qualified to make that statement.

I have, and they are fine to a point. If the proverbial hits...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Feb 2011, 23:07
Replies: 3
Views: 2,768
Posted By Alistair

Paddy, it's been a while since I was in PNG...

Paddy, it's been a while since I was in PNG (1999) but there weren't any flying schools in PNG then. To my knowledge there were not really any private pilots in the country, only CPL holders and...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Oct 2010, 02:43
Replies: 19
Views: 3,364
Posted By Alistair

Similarly.... ...

Similarly....



http://www.cessnock.nsw.gov.au/resources/file/Minutes/2010/OC_04082010_MIN.pdf From page 11 refers.

Brakes on Cessnock Autofest - Local News - News - General - Newcastle...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
23rd Oct 2010, 03:37
Replies: 9
Views: 2,355
Posted By Alistair

And of course ACARS can't be duped :ugh: ...

And of course ACARS can't be duped :ugh:

(...takes up popcorn, closes doors, releases park brake.......sets park brake, picks up paper...)
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Sep 2010, 03:17
Replies: 10,249
Views: 3,365,840
Posted By Alistair

Nice pictures of MKT! These are the Porters...

Nice pictures of MKT!

These are the Porters that I could find that made it onto the Australian civillian register. Plenty of others were with the Army including the pink porter from the Dropzone...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Sep 2010, 03:39
Replies: 10,249
Views: 3,365,840
Posted By Alistair

Early Turbo Porter Promo

A quick reference to floats in here (for continuity of Forkies theme)

3GSHM4LlMIM

I want one!

Anyone got any experience of operating one in Aus (besides the army) and would like to share....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Aug 2010, 11:31
Replies: 10
Views: 1,696
Posted By Alistair

Good from afar, but far from good! I was...

Good from afar, but far from good!

I was hoping for a snappy latin phrase but "bonus ex afar tamen recedentia ex bonus" doesn't have that ring to it!?!
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Jul 2010, 02:33
Replies: 70
Views: 18,935
Posted By Alistair

For the edification of the ignorant or the just...

For the edification of the ignorant or the just plain curious.

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4170/pic4roz.jpg

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/7246/pic3p.jpg
...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Jun 2010, 01:46
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,054,767
Posted By Alistair

wow, you talair guys wore trousers! Looks like it...

wow, you talair guys wore trousers! Looks like it would've been 30+ at Finch.

Hey Storch, did you get any pics of the Jap wrecks in the scrub at the end of Finch?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Jun 2010, 04:35
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,054,767
Posted By Alistair

Pic was taken in 1998...sorry didn't mean to...

Pic was taken in 1998...sorry didn't mean to imply that the usual decay hadn't occurred. I was actually wondering if the matting was still there at all?



I hate it when I get reminded I'm...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Jun 2010, 03:22
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,054,767
Posted By Alistair

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/240/png65.jpg ...

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/240/png65.jpg

Still got the matting at Kikori?

I remember it as sea level with the river at one end about 700m. It was like pushing a metal wave in front of the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Jun 2010, 02:35
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,054,767
Posted By Alistair

Torres, thanks for the link on VH-MAL. I had the...

Torres, thanks for the link on VH-MAL. I had the kids in the science museum the other day and was looking at HDB hanging from the roof *»´ä¬ì¾ÇÀ] Hong Kong Science Museum...
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