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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Nov 2004, 18:35
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

I'll tell you why I am one of the luckiest guys...

I'll tell you why I am one of the luckiest guys on earth.


I am now down to a skeletal 105 pounds now and I am on an oxygen tube most of the time..

And my wife STILL offers to cuddle up to me...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Nov 2004, 21:28
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

This was posted ove at flightinfo.com To...

This was posted ove at flightinfo.com

To Duke Elegant.

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I've read your stories and I envision a gray haired...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Aug 2004, 23:55
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

From the air , our camp , consisting of five...

From the air , our camp , consisting of five tents and an outhouse adorned with the tradional half moon peephole , looked rather inviting as it was perched high on a bank overlooking a river , a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Aug 2004, 04:01
Replies: 3
Views: 1,560
Posted By Duke Elegant

Douglas A26 Invader

For those of you who may be interested in World War Two aircraft , I would like to draw your attention to the following thread that is on Avcanada.
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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Aug 2004, 06:15
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

G'Day everyone. I have just spent the last...

G'Day everyone.

I have just spent the last week with my two daughters here at home .
My youngest is out from Montreal and my oldest is from Vancouver Island and she came over without the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Aug 2004, 20:03
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

Back on page four is the Baffin Island story ,...

Back on page four is the Baffin Island story , this being the continuation thereof.

She had shed her thick woolen arctic geoligist work clothes and was freshly bathed ... oh how she did glide...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Aug 2004, 01:54
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

Sorry , I had another setback. But I will finish...

Sorry , I had another setback. But I will finish my stories tomorrow.
Duke
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Aug 2004, 01:05
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

. I am back. I arrived at home today...

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I am back.

I arrived at home today more details later. I gotta spin up my gyros.

The first story I wrote on this forum was about the lobster tossing adventure that happened out over the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Jul 2004, 03:19
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

The Casa 212 is a chubby little speedster powered...

The Casa 212 is a chubby little speedster powered by two Dash 10 Garretts of a thousand horsepower each. Designed as a Spanish military troop carrier and cargo aeroplane it is ideal for the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jul 2004, 23:41
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

The job in Peace River Alberta had gone quite...

The job in Peace River Alberta had gone quite smoothly considering I was a new Captain on the Casa 212 and the flat terrain of Alberta made it easy to master the art of EM survey flying which was...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Jul 2004, 05:03
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

Well it is official now. The "pre funeral...

Well it is official now.

The "pre funeral pissup" is 25th July at the Transwest Helicopter hangar in Chilliwack and starts early afternoon with a roast pig , BBQ salmon and a band later. So far...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Jul 2004, 01:17
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

It was tough to drag my arse off the couch given...

It was tough to drag my arse off the couch given that my bowels are bound up tighter that a bull's arse in fly season but it was an offer that I couldn't refuse ... a call from my young friend Mark....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Jul 2004, 06:02
Replies: 26
Views: 4,794
Posted By Duke Elegant

It is so difficult for us old timers to give...

It is so difficult for us old timers to give advice to youngun's competing in the vicious competitive aviation world of today. There is no comparison to how it was in the glory days of the early...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Jul 2004, 01:58
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

I just thought I would take a peek at my thread...

I just thought I would take a peek at my thread thereby being the fifteen thousandth view.
Thank you all for making me feel good.

And thank you Danny.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Jul 2004, 04:29
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

Well it seems that I must be one of the luckiest...

Well it seems that I must be one of the luckiest guys alive. I really needed to finish the story I started about old JGQ , the derelect C117 Super DC3 and its final ferry flight.

For the last...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jun 2004, 23:27
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

I had to cover all bases ... I had to find that...

I had to cover all bases ... I had to find that one little thing that this old harlot could use to kill me. So with a light fuel load we pressurised the fuel system looking for and fixing leaks . The...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jun 2004, 20:04
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

C-GJGQ She sits there , all folorn and...

C-GJGQ


She sits there , all folorn and devoid of soul. . her wings spread wide and as ready as they could ever be.

But alas! She would never fly again.

She is settled down to the axles...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Jun 2004, 02:15
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

Just to correct my story , it was determined that...

Just to correct my story , it was determined that the first barrel pumped was Avgas because Ken smelled it and looked at the colour before putting the nozzle all the way in.

Anyhow , here is a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Jun 2004, 02:01
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

. It was Ken , on the radiophone , calling...

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It was Ken , on the radiophone , calling from Taleomey River.

His voice , a monotone but spiced with an undertone of fear , related the story ....

The meeting had gone well up North in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jun 2004, 05:11
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

There is a lesson here ... so pay attention

There is a lesson here ... so pay attention
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jun 2004, 02:20
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

Sometimes , just when you think things can't get...

Sometimes , just when you think things can't get better , they do.

It was our first winter off as the deep snows had choked the loggers out of the mountains , inlets froze up and road building...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jun 2004, 22:33
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

I'd split my summer contract with an old...

I'd split my summer contract with an old curmudgeon and fellow contract pilot , Butch Foster , who in his retirement years kept busy by building and flying small airplanes , fire bombing in the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jun 2004, 17:31
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

And I was falling in love again too. Her smooth ,...

And I was falling in love again too. Her smooth , shapely form was the colour of slightly suntanned breasts with tanned nipple coulored trim and polished prop spinners protruding in a saucy manner....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Jun 2004, 03:36
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

There was a rough airstrip , good for Cessna...

There was a rough airstrip , good for Cessna 206's and Islanders , about seventeen kilometers from the inlet where the barge upon which the whole camp including about forty rooms was located. We...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Jun 2004, 00:50
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

No two trips were ever the same. But memory seems...

No two trips were ever the same. But memory seems to serve up a generic trip somehow. Always busy , always adventurous and exciting one way or another. And we always had an overall plan that could me...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Jun 2004, 22:52
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

Sorry for the delay folks. I started this next...

Sorry for the delay folks. I started this next group of tales with enthusiam as there are three big lessons to be learned therin.



Over the past few days as I have struggled with morphine...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Jun 2004, 00:37
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

. There was a time when I was at the top of...

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There was a time when I was at the top of my game.

From my cheery office at the Chilliwack airport I rode herd over a couple of King Airs , two hard working Navajos , two Cessna C177s that...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd May 2004, 01:06
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

This is a story I wrote last Christmas on my...

This is a story I wrote last Christmas on my return home to Australia.

The time frame is the mid fiftees and although I had endured personal tradgedies so early in life , adventure , excitement...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd May 2004, 00:02
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

Quite a few posts ago , I told of the Cessna 206...

Quite a few posts ago , I told of the Cessna 206 Amphib that landed with the wheels down on the cold and wet Alberni Inlet and crashed onto its back right in front of me.

Since then I lost another...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th May 2004, 01:55
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

As recently as a few days ago , just when I was...

As recently as a few days ago , just when I was all bummed out , a post appeared on the avcanada.ca website. I was all bummed out because of something stalking me . Like I said in my first post a few...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th May 2004, 06:24
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

I would like to share a story that still catches...

I would like to share a story that still catches my imagination to this day.

Was it just a coincidence?

The following picture should explain to you true aviators why I stayed on the A26 for...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th May 2004, 05:09
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

Well anyhow , the rest of the sailing adventure...

Well anyhow , the rest of the sailing adventure went quite smoothly once my sea-legs returned. We basically motor sailed the whole way and twice had dolphins play in the bow wave and two of us got to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th May 2004, 01:22
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

I gripped the sternrail with clammy paws. I...

I gripped the sternrail with clammy paws. I heaved and spewed ... spewed last nights sixty dollar sushi dinner back to the deep. My Polo Sports streaked with viscous slime.

I stared , glassy eyed...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd May 2004, 17:49
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

Chin thrust high , I took the seas head-on. On...

Chin thrust high , I took the seas head-on. On the balls of my feet I danced and swayed to her motions .... Aaaah! Admiral Nelson sprung to mind ... and Russell Crowe ... and the Duke.

I crouched...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st May 2004, 21:35
Replies: 299
Views: 113,154
Posted By Duke Elegant

I cast my eye upon her. I felt a stir in my...

I cast my eye upon her. I felt a stir in my loins. This fifty four foot sailing yacht sure was sleek. Sleek and panther like .. much like myself.

Skipper Dave had parted with $1.4 million Canadian...
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