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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

22nd Mar 2009, 02:38

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TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By dijon moutard

Back to the subject :Dc 9's

Dear all
lets get back to the dc-9 thanks !

Capt Mike Crooke was a dear friend of my father (Capt John Humphreys) and lets leave it at that about dredging up names and past incidents...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

1st Mar 2009, 11:17

Replies: 745

TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By dijon moutard

TAA and the DC-9

Dear animalclub
i am just relating stories from fathers generation who joined (circa 1954) at TAA .

Most of that generation saw initial service with the RFDS(seconded to them...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

26th Feb 2009, 13:45

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TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By dijon moutard

TAA DC-9 Hijack :Captain Graeme Mackelmann.

Quote :Aviator - Australia's Aviation Industry Magazine (http://www.aviatormag.com.au/stories/Jun08_Constable_PC_Plod.html)

"in 1979, a miscreant by the name of Sillery decided to use a firearm to...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd Feb 2009, 14:26

Replies: 745

TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By dijon moutard

TAA DC-9 Fleet

DC-9-31: VH-TJJ (Edmund Kennedy, Hamilton Hume), VH-TJK (Douglas Mawson), VH-TJL (Angus McMillan), VH-TJM (John Roe, Robert Towns), VH-TJN (Paul Strzelecki), VH-TJ0 (William Wentworth), VH-TJP...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd Feb 2009, 08:39

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TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By dijon moutard

Captain J C Humphreys :ex TAA skipper and Canton Island

as far as i know Canton Isl is in the Kirrabatti Island group ; although now spelled with a "K" instead of a "C" !

cheers
dijon moutard

ps : here is the link for info on Canton Island Kanton...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd Feb 2009, 08:35

Replies: 745

TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By dijon moutard

Captain John Humphreys : ex TAA skipper (DC-9/B727/A300)

i have discovered (in his logbook) that my father did another ferry flight to Honolulu in the DC-4 to bring back/exchange another DC-9 P&W engine.

this was a precursor to the other flight i...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd Feb 2009, 03:23

Replies: 745

TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By dijon moutard

Hawaiian Airlines and the TAA Dc-9's

the original batch of dc-9 crews did their initial line flying/endorsements in hawaii with Hawaiian Airlines.
they then returned to australia to do simulator followed up by further line training in...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd Feb 2009, 03:09

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TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By dijon moutard

Captain John Humphreys : ex TAA skipper (DC-9/B727/A300)

DC-4 hop across the pacific :Log book entry

the flight route involved for the DC-9 engine transfer : ML-NADI-CANTON ISL-HONOLULU

flight hours : ML-NADI : 12:55 (night) {August 13 1967}

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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

19th Feb 2009, 13:14

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TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By dijon moutard

Captain John Humphreys :ex TAA skipper (DC-9/B727/A300)

I can remember the days when my father would relate stories about the dc-9.
when taa first introduced the dc-9 they did not think about sufficient spare engines for the new dc-9 jet fleet.
an...

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