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Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

10th Dec 2020, 22:51

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The way we were - Ansett, TAA, Qantas

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Posted By Paragraph377

Now you’re talking! If anything, Aussies are...

Now you’re talking! If anything, Aussies are nostalgic (even though I am a Kiwi and now honorary Aussie). It would be great to see some of that draft livery or even some old used livery replicated on...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

12th Jun 2015, 10:25

Replies: 505

The way we were - Ansett, TAA, Qantas

Views: 530,308

Posted By Paragraph377

Please no more

C'mon lads, this thread has been running for some time. I started it originally not for fighting purposes nor to make individual arguments. I'm just an old timer reminiscing about the old days and...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

2nd Feb 2014, 19:55

Replies: 505

The way we were - Ansett, TAA, Qantas

Views: 530,308

Posted By Paragraph377

China Airlines Flight 611 crash back in 2002. The...

China Airlines Flight 611 crash back in 2002. The aircraft broke apart mid air due to an incorrect repair that was done a few decades earlier after a tail strike. Investigators found nicotine stains...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

1st Feb 2014, 10:23

Replies: 505

The way we were - Ansett, TAA, Qantas

Views: 530,308

Posted By Paragraph377

Oh yes, the food!! I remember having some ball...

Oh yes, the food!! I remember having some ball tearing meals particularly on ANZ, but Ansett served up some good dishes. Up front you would even get deserts, tasty meals including meat you could...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

14th Jan 2014, 22:13

Replies: 505

The way we were - Ansett, TAA, Qantas

Views: 530,308

Posted By Paragraph377

Not just the planes who had character

Jabba, the old Eagle Farm airport had character, remember the giant TAA mural inside? (TAA from memory). And upstairs was a nice quaint little dark lounge bar (forgotten its name as my memory is...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

13th Jan 2014, 11:45

Replies: 505

The way we were - Ansett, TAA, Qantas

Views: 530,308

Posted By Paragraph377

Anybody know where Captain Joe Macarthy, ex...

Anybody know where Captain Joe Macarthy, ex Ansett, is today?
He retired in 89, a very astute DC 9 then 727 Captain. I believe he is still kicking around today somewhere.
It's funny as when I...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

10th Jan 2014, 01:04

Replies: 505

The way we were - Ansett, TAA, Qantas

Views: 530,308

Posted By Paragraph377

I agree that much has changed, and I don't...

I agree that much has changed, and I don't dispute that the old days are gone for good. But these good memories are what keep me sane most days.
The smell of raw Kero, aircraft engines from which...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

9th Jan 2014, 21:53

Replies: 505

The way we were - Ansett, TAA, Qantas

Views: 530,308

Posted By Paragraph377

The way we were - Ansett, TAA, Qantas

Perhaps I am just getting old, sentimental and nostalgic, but I miss the days when our industry was different. Today's profit driven disloyal methodology and the pressures and disaffection it is...

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