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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Apr 2024, 19:56
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

I'm curious, would you care to expand on that?...

I'm curious, would you care to expand on that? Compared to what other pressurized light twin?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Feb 2024, 18:42
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

Yes, but did they make the same wonderful noise...

Yes, but did they make the same wonderful noise (music)?
Nice photos, btw.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Feb 2024, 18:13
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

ANCIENT: You're correct, I'd mistakenly used a...

ANCIENT:
You're correct, I'd mistakenly used a photo caption date. VH-CFI was first registered on 22.6.1965 and (if I'd bothered to look) appears in my logbook first in December 1966!
PM sent.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Feb 2024, 05:13
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

More Queen Air "eye candy" - VH-CFI (LC-170),...

More Queen Air "eye candy" - VH-CFI (LC-170), first registered to CFS in 1968, parted out at Parafield in 1983.

...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Feb 2024, 03:02
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

Actually it's a "U". I think it was a taped on...

Actually it's a "U". I think it was a taped on registration, part of which has fallen away.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Feb 2024, 20:01
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

...and speaking of radio stacks, this one was...

...and speaking of radio stacks, this one was (from that aspect only) the most impressive of them all. It had two of everything, all set in a very schmick factory-installed pack (lots of Gable...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Feb 2024, 19:05
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

I'm really struggling to remember where the DME...

I'm really struggling to remember where the DME selector was mounted (below the autopilot controller?) but it DID have a DME - the indicator is to the left of the EGT gauge.



Not really, just...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Feb 2024, 05:08
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

CLX: Nothing to do with my abilities...

CLX:



Nothing to do with my abilities (I struggled to be honest), but Civils' vast fleet of Barons were all tied up when the boss decided he needed me endorsed yesterday.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Feb 2024, 05:06
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

That's one of the stories, yes.

That's one of the stories, yes.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Feb 2024, 00:08
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

Continuing on the theme of "my girls", here's...

Continuing on the theme of "my girls", here's VH-DHQ (LC-175, ex N6894Q). Initially a DHA demonstrator, sold to the Swan Brewery Group with the rego changed to VH-SLB ("Swan Lager & Beer"), burnt out...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Feb 2024, 20:51
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

sms777 and 65er: I've discovered more...

sms777 and 65er:

I've discovered more photos. Here's FDV's panel in her RFDS days, rather simple but that's all you needed to fly around the Kimberleys - that's what I told myself anyway! Peeping...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Feb 2024, 09:35
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

..and speaking of Queen Air photos, here's the...

..and speaking of Queen Air photos, here's the gorgeous VH-CFD when she first arrived at Mascot, 11/1965. I can still remember when I first saw her, it was love (and awe) at first sight. Little did I...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Feb 2024, 22:45
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

sms777:- Currently advertised for sale in...

sms777:-


Currently advertised for sale in Califournia, still wearing the VH-XAE registration.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Jan 2012, 20:50
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

Jaba, that's FDV, which features extensively...

Jaba, that's FDV, which features extensively earlier in this thread....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Jun 2011, 01:48
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

sms777: I went to Caloundra yesterday,...

sms777:


I went to Caloundra yesterday, thinking I’d get some photos of ASY but was told it had already been broken up! Sad.

However, FDV was there, awaiting a new engine apparently....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
26th Jun 2011, 21:05
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

"For those who really know the aircraft, how...

"For those who really know the aircraft, how about starting the engines if a light breeze decide to waft up behind you during the start??"

..and how about when the engine was hot as well,...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Jun 2011, 01:40
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

Has anybody any idea whose/which "B65-B80" is...

Has anybody any idea whose/which "B65-B80" is advertised in today's "Australian"??
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
19th Jun 2011, 03:35
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

Fris B. - VH-CTE was well after my time there....

Fris B. - VH-CTE was well after my time there. This was the very early 65 that Jack Brabham flew out from the UK...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Jun 2011, 23:23
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

T28D – I can but concur with your comments re the...

T28D – I can but concur with your comments re the Queen Air vs the King Air. I only ever flew A90’s, which shared to “short” wing with the straight-tailed 65 but were 1500 lbs (?) heavier. While the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Jun 2011, 11:37
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

"There were plenty of Queen Airs wearing Foxtrot...

"There were plenty of Queen Airs wearing Foxtrot Delta too"...

The Victorian Section RFDS Beech 65 VH-FDV, normally based at Derby, seen here at Jandakot in 1969.

Up until at least last year,...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Jun 2011, 05:00
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

In Derby around 1968, there was a photographic...

In Derby around 1968, there was a photographic Beech D50 Twin Bonanza operating out of there. It had GSO-480's, i.e. caburetted versions of the Queen Air engines. They would climb up to 20,000 feet -...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Jun 2011, 01:48
Replies: 182
Views: 50,227
Posted By Dora-9

Capt Fathom, sms777, zlin77 and T28D - well done...

Capt Fathom, sms777, zlin77 and T28D - well done in defending what really was a very nice handling aeroplane indeed. I flew 1300 hrs in the 65 (both straight-tailed and -8200 versions) and a 65-A80;...
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