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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Mar 2009, 06:47
Replies: 745
Views: 244,016
Posted By Captain Sherm

They used Schutts, Royal Vic and Civil Flying...

They used Schutts, Royal Vic and Civil Flying School. CPL and I/R work done on two Aztecs, TGQ and TGP, ex-TAA PNG services. RVAC maintained them (not very well as they were always u/s). CPL test...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Mar 2009, 04:43
Replies: 745
Views: 244,016
Posted By Captain Sherm

Ah that photo of young Andrew Rich takes Sherm's...

Ah that photo of young Andrew Rich takes Sherm's mind back many years and many memories ago.

Probably the finest pilot I ever met....Andrew was flying the -9 only a year later. We all did command...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Mar 2009, 05:45
Replies: 745
Views: 244,016
Posted By Captain Sherm

Thanks for the photo Chimbu....made me cry,...

Thanks for the photo Chimbu....made me cry, something normally only reserved for photos of Mrs Sherm, the Shermettes and the 777
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Mar 2009, 00:32
Replies: 745
Views: 244,016
Posted By Captain Sherm

Thanks Tidbinbilla......a timely intervention ...

Thanks Tidbinbilla......a timely intervention

I can still remember as a very yound F27 F/O sitting on the jumpseat of a -9 in 1970 going in to HBA. The skipper had that lovely Collins autopilot...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Mar 2009, 20:58
Replies: 745
Views: 244,016
Posted By Captain Sherm

Teresa reminds Sherm of how the -9 had one...

Teresa reminds Sherm of how the -9 had one flaw....it destroyed the concept of the liesurely meal for a long time. On a MEL-SYD sector, if everything went well (and while answering the radio, making...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Mar 2009, 18:31
Replies: 745
Views: 244,016
Posted By Captain Sherm

Hope Keith Mattner's still enjoying life. A...

Hope Keith Mattner's still enjoying life. A particularly nice guy.

While living in Korea I often reflected on the skippers I learned from who had learned their trade flying RAAF Meteors out of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Jan 2009, 10:57
Replies: 745
Views: 244,016
Posted By Captain Sherm

Can't help with the footage tho I remember it.......

Can't help with the footage tho I remember it....

As for the "TQ..." regos, my recollection is that the Q was for QC as all that series were QC freighters. Though (I think) TFM was also a QC. Too...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Jan 2009, 10:37
Replies: 745
Views: 244,016
Posted By Captain Sherm

Somewhere on PPrune not long ago, someone said...

Somewhere on PPrune not long ago, someone said something like "call up an ex WW2 pilot today" or somesuch.

I have long reflected on how much the Sherm career, such as it has been, rested on the ex...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Jan 2009, 09:49
Replies: 745
Views: 244,016
Posted By Captain Sherm

Maui....didn't say it was a GOOD idea, just a...

Maui....didn't say it was a GOOD idea, just a great one.

And I never heard of the power loss after T/O thing.

But....I know a long time back to re-cycle the auto-throttle on the '9 (which was...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Jan 2009, 22:08
Replies: 745
Views: 244,016
Posted By Captain Sherm

Also operated to Honiara, weekly I think. ...

Also operated to Honiara, weekly I think.

Fascinating how well designed the '9 cockpit was. You look at the 777 cockpit and see the fingerprints of the DC-9 all over it.

Look at these things...
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