Garfly Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 (edited) Hey OME, Tooraweenah and Butler get a gig in this one. (I wonder if Aussie airline pilots still mutter "Stone the flamin' crows!" when delayed at the holding point? LOL ) Edited June 14, 2023 by Garfly 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Yeah. For me the interesting part is not the flying but the contemporary views of the aerodrome and buildings. What is there now is not as it was in the 50's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Great piece of archival film footage, Garfly! I love the plummy "finest British school" accent, the narrators of the era always had! 1. I reckon I could see cubic dollars in burnt fuel, pouring out the exhausts of that Connie! 2. Geez, it makes me cringe when I see that bloke lifting and dumping big bags of DDT powder into the hopper of that DH-82A! It's even sadder to learn that that Moth (VH-AKF) crashed near Nambrok, Vic on 06/01/1950, and the pilot Geoff Tamblyn was killed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 There's some cowboy work with a DC3 doing a "not stopping to lock the tailwheel" line up and people pulling the gear up at about 15 feet. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfly Posted June 17, 2023 Author Share Posted June 17, 2023 (edited) This is another oddity from the airline archive. Alistair Cooke, of all people, is our presenter for this TV film about the latest in air safety procedures. The 'talk 'em down the glideslope' ILS procedure at Idlewild is interesting to see. And another film from the same time and place ... but quite a different style. Edited June 17, 2023 by Garfly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area-51 Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Ahhhh the days of blissful ignorance and last few decades of fun.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 (edited) The days of nice wide comfortable aircraft seats! - edible airline food served with a smile! - and an engineer monitoring the engines, with the pilot giving him instructions! Edited June 17, 2023 by onetrack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Student Pilot Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 And selfish insensitive people smoking, even the flight crew! There have beens some gains 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Even the engines don't smoke as much. Nev 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 33 minutes ago, facthunter said: Even the engines don't smoke as much. Nev No. Now all you see are vapers. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodgerc Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 Well at least today’s official weather forecasts are still delivered in code 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Some are delivered in Banality and fact minimisation. . A"Hot 38 degrees ?" Could hardly be a cold 38 degrees . Almost NEVER give the wind direction ot frontal times where changes happen. Often NOT Accurate either. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfly Posted June 19, 2023 Author Share Posted June 19, 2023 Meanwhile, back at Amberley: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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