PPRuNe Forums - Search Results

Search: Posts Made By: Basker

Showing results 1 to 5 of 5
Search took 0.00 seconds.

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

4th Jul 2015, 05:26

Replies: 4,639

PNG Ples Bilong Tok Tok

Views: 2,058,280

Posted By Basker

Big E

G'day E,
Has been a few years. I did fly the old Porter and the Twotter. Trained a few on the Porter. Great machine and very flexible. Jay Hartizan was the Crowley helo pilot.

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

19th Feb 2013, 11:04

Replies: 4,639

PNG Ples Bilong Tok Tok

Views: 2,058,280

Posted By Basker

Crowley Airways Cessna 172. Lauries first sloping tail model.

VH-CSF. I helped rebuild it after it was put on a beach near Finschaffen during some rainy weather, and Laurie's Christmas gift to me was to fly it. It was my first commercial flying job in PNG. Best...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

19th Feb 2013, 11:00

Replies: 4,639

PNG Ples Bilong Tok Tok

Views: 2,058,280

Posted By Basker

Crowley Airways at Kavieng.

I was the first Kavieng based Crowley pilot with CSA Aztec and was there for 12 months. Pete McGrew took over from me and I ended up at Macair as Crowleys (Airfast) under the new manager, didn't want...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

19th Feb 2013, 10:44

Replies: 4,639

PNG Ples Bilong Tok Tok

Views: 2,058,280

Posted By Basker

Ben Young

Go-round at Aseki. Yes, it happened. Wasn't there, but heard about it in Lae later that day. This was Ben who told a visitor to the aero club one night that he flew a "sophisticated single", the...

Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions

27th Jan 2012, 11:16

Replies: 4,639

PNG Ples Bilong Tok Tok

Views: 2,058,280

Posted By Basker

Sheesh.

Trawling the Internet and came up with this part of Pprune. Most interesting and brought back a flood of memories. First went to the Territory of Papua New Guinea with the Australian Army in 1963...

Showing results 1 to 5 of 5