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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Sep 2014, 00:20
Replies: 34
Views: 6,614
Posted By weighman

Matbe a REPCON from you would be appropriate?

Matbe a REPCON from you would be appropriate?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Sep 2014, 22:36
Replies: 34
Views: 6,614
Posted By weighman

The post was describing events at Ayers Rock 25...

The post was describing events at Ayers Rock 25 years ago. The statement in brackets at the end of paragraph 4 (the company disconnected the tacho most of the time) is not a suggestion, more a...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Sep 2014, 15:15
Replies: 34
Views: 6,614
Posted By weighman

I am an LAME (50 yrs exp) and much of it remote...

I am an LAME (50 yrs exp) and much of it remote areas maintaining piston aircraft. What you suggest can't be done. You are suggesting that an operator would have an LAME open the instrument and wind...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Sep 2014, 14:52
Replies: 34
Views: 6,614
Posted By weighman

So Centaurus, how was the RPM set without a tacho?

So Centaurus, how was the RPM set without a tacho?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Sep 2014, 14:13
Replies: 8
Views: 5,015
Posted By weighman

VH-TFX is now in Darwin as VH-ANQ.

VH-TFX is now in Darwin as VH-ANQ.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Sep 2014, 18:09
Replies: 23
Views: 9,618
Posted By weighman

Speculating??

Isn't this website devoted to rumour, speculation or innuendo?
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Sep 2014, 10:05
Replies: 23
Views: 9,618
Posted By weighman

I travel to Germany regularly with my wife on EK...

I travel to Germany regularly with my wife on EK with a QF ticket (Economy). Have done so for past 16 years and used most of the airlines.

Have been with EK last couple of trips. Each time we...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
3rd Sep 2014, 12:48
Replies: 7
Views: 5,483
Posted By weighman

"School kids at centre of plane drama"

If they were at the centre of the plane, there wouldn't have been any drama!!!!
Journos?????
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Aug 2014, 19:27
Replies: 23
Views: 12,267
Posted By weighman

Who started Chartair

i forgot to add to the fleet for Chartair, the Stationair 8. Got it to FL130 between Birdsville & Alice once.

Do you have any connection with Chartair/Tillair Stationair 8????? PM me if you want.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Aug 2014, 18:27
Replies: 23
Views: 12,267
Posted By weighman

Who started Chartair

Chartair was started by Brian Smith, previously with Connellan Airlines. John Tilley started Tillair in Katherine. Both Tilley & Smithy got their AOC's on the same day in late 1977.

Smithy had...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
28th Apr 2014, 22:06
Replies: 256
Views: 231,948
Posted By weighman

Google "Use of rudder on Boeing aircraft" and...

Google "Use of rudder on Boeing aircraft" and have a read. The IFALPA article especially.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
23rd Feb 2013, 15:02
Replies: 243
Views: 66,569
Posted By weighman

All for the better.

As a FF from Perth to Frankfurt, the choices with the new arrangement has improved my travel options immensely.

My family have travelled Emirates and can't compliment them enough.

I...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Feb 2013, 13:14
Replies: 57
Views: 11,072
Posted By weighman

Dick's brochure: Airline Safety Rating Brochure

Introduction (http://www.dicksmithflyer.com.au)

Has anyone ever seen this?

I wrote to him back then about how ridiculous it was and still is. Statistics don't
seem to support his theory. Can't...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Feb 2013, 12:51
Replies: 39
Views: 11,419
Posted By weighman

Don wasn't the only one doing runs back then thru...

Don wasn't the only one doing runs back then thru the NW. He also beat a death sentence in Thailand in 88.

There were a number of planes fitted with long range tanks back then. As one operator...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
12th Feb 2013, 14:12
Replies: 57
Views: 11,072
Posted By weighman

Went to a Dick Smith store today to look at a...

Went to a Dick Smith store today to look at a Microsoft Surface tablet.
They didn't have one in the shop - should have asked for peanut butter.

Remember DS in CASA.......

Bob Katter saving...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
12th Feb 2013, 13:32
Replies: 39
Views: 11,419
Posted By weighman

This guy had some life in aviation???? Bit of...

This guy had some life in aviation???? Bit of little known Aussie history.
The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Feb 2013, 14:45
Replies: 10
Views: 1,920
Posted By weighman

Authority?

Reweighs are done in Darwin by someone who doesn't have WCA.
Signed off by someone in Brisbane. CASA condone that?....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Jan 2013, 14:24
Replies: 21
Views: 6,790
Posted By weighman

Other FSU's

I Remember being "carpeted" and lectured by the Longreach head man in 79 cause I didn't make an inbound call!!!
Or lodging a plan at the "alice" and having it thrown back cause you didn't have...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Jan 2013, 11:47
Replies: 13
Views: 5,105
Posted By weighman

Children Be VERY, Very careful with your...

Children

Be VERY, Very careful with your mouths. You don't always know who is reading these forums. You can never tell, It might even be the assessor appointed by the Underwriter!!!

:=
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Jan 2013, 15:02
Replies: 15
Views: 5,260
Posted By weighman

Aaaahhhh the life of an apprentice in the mid...

Aaaahhhh the life of an apprentice in the mid 60's. Sweeping the floors, collecting the tradesman's smoko & lunch orders, no ASICs, driving the tugs to destruction, Sydney Tech & the Meteor, a beer &...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Jan 2013, 14:26
Replies: 47
Views: 11,666
Posted By weighman

Sorry bout the 2 replies. Thought the first...

Sorry bout the 2 replies. Thought the first didn't get thru.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Jan 2013, 13:21
Replies: 396
Views: 90,432
Posted By weighman

I was one of the first maintenance controllers in...

I was one of the first maintenance controllers in Oz back in the 80's. this discussion has all the elements of the problems then and there is not a simple solution other than to conform to the regs,...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Jan 2013, 12:52
Replies: 47
Views: 11,666
Posted By weighman

Hey C441

I was the "mechanic" there in those times.

Get back to old town regularly on business. The museum doesn't have much on Tillair, but shoud due to the contribution we made.

We should talk some...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Jan 2013, 12:44
Replies: 47
Views: 11,666
Posted By weighman

Hi C441

Don,t know which "boggy" u are, but wud be good to catch up!!!
I was the "mechanic" there. I get back there regularly with my work.

The old strip has a museum there now, but nothing on Tillair....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Jan 2013, 14:39
Replies: 396
Views: 90,432
Posted By weighman

While everyone is going on this "black letter"...

While everyone is going on this "black letter" technicality with all the wisdom of a " bush lawyer", remember it is not only CASA that takes an interest in the documentation. The aircraft insurer...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Jan 2013, 13:52
Replies: 396
Views: 90,432
Posted By weighman

Some of you might not have been in the game at...

Some of you might not have been in the game at the time, but the same situation happened in Albury NSW in the 80's to a company called arcas airways.

It caused everyone involved, including CASA, a...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Jan 2013, 15:38
Replies: 15
Views: 5,260
Posted By weighman

I started as a Qantas apprentice in 1966 & wanted...

I started as a Qantas apprentice in 1966 & wanted to be a F/E with a passion.
Didn't get the gig, but a lot of my mates did. Sat up front many times and watched them at work but always wondered if...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Dec 2012, 08:50
Replies: 347
Views: 162,410
Posted By weighman

Weighman

Wow, what a nostalgic blast from the past. Was in Katherine from 81-86 and Alice 87-89 working for Tillair. Great to hear the names and stories.
Might add some myself in the future.
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