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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

14th Mar 2009, 00:24

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TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By chimbu

Keith Duffield

Darkie, an indiginous Australian?

Not sure about that. Certainly a character. As a habituee of St. Kilda's Musician's Club in the '70s I knocked around with (amongst others) Jack Varney, the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

13th Mar 2009, 03:28

Replies: 745

TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By chimbu

TAA farewell function 1983

http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv173/milcor/19831001.jpg
Some of these MEL based TAA names have appeared in this thread previously, all were/ or are great...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

1st Mar 2009, 23:04

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TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By chimbu

TAA Hjax

AnimalClub,

There were two separate incidents:

The first in the early 60's involved Tom Bennett, Dinny Lawrence on an Electra SYD- BNE;

The second in 79 involved Macca and the Diesel OOL-...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd Feb 2009, 06:10

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TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By chimbu

TAA flight numbers

It took me years to figure out how they came up with TAA flight numbers, eg 466.
My theory is that TAA, heavily invested with ex RAAF & RAF WWII types, named them after squadrons. RAAF squadrons...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

20th Feb 2009, 03:38

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TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By chimbu

Yanks and TAA

And that is why we quickly learnt to say 'T double A'.

Even that didn't work sometimes.

Aussie tourist: 'Hi we're from T double A,'

Yank: 'Huh,'

Aussie: 'You know, the airline T double A,'

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

17th Feb 2009, 04:05

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TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By chimbu

DC 9 sim at Matthews Avenue

Memories Sixtiesrelic,

Last I saw of the old sim was when contractors (expanding the centre) broke through a large wall to remove it, around 1990. It was then trucked to RMIT for their 'aviation...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

13th Feb 2009, 07:20

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TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By chimbu

DC9 date and place

Around mid 1984, but unsure of the location. Have to ask my vice-presidential running mate (MW), who snapped me. He might remember.

UPDATE- Second pic taken in May 1984 at Gove. The routing was...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

13th Feb 2009, 07:02

Replies: 745

TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By chimbu

http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv173/milcor/DC...

http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv173/milcor/DC92.jpg?t=1234511297

Behold the office.

Someone asked about the diesel DME. The DME is fitted above the two red lights above the altimeter....

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

31st Dec 2008, 06:14

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TAA and the DC-9

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Posted By chimbu

Glide descent

And the satisfaction of computing the descent point in your head.

Three times the flight level (minus 0ne zero) plus 10 miles;
plus or minus one mile for every 10 kts of wind;
plus or minus one...

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