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This is a little better controlled...? [ATTACH=full]1253[/ATTACH]
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Here's the man ... and yes - gassed he was, apparently. [ATTACH]1252[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18216[/ATTACH]
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It's a cold, wet afternoon; so a bit of fireside surfing has been the go - coming upon this... and if this image takes your fancy, check out the others via the link. Amazing! [ATTACH]18215[/ATTACH]
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We spent 3 years on Nauru (no, not as illegal immigrants!) and during that time Air Nauru operated a 737 equipped as is this one here, for non-sealed strips. Protruding forward of the engine intakes is bleed air to prevent stone ingestion, and fitted to the nose wheel a shield to prevent stones being thrown up. It's a long time ago, but I think the only unsealed strip they used was Bonriki (Tarawa, ...TRW), in what was then called the Gilbert Islands & now Kiribati (pronounced "Kiribuss", the "-it" being sibillant). [ATTACH=full]1249[/ATTACH]
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Nobby Buckley & Max Fatchen: now there we have a couple of legends...
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Hang in there Sixties ... we're on your side! [ATTACH=full]1248[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18213[/ATTACH]
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Sixties ... try to make yourself known to Andy Bishop at Temora (ask at the desk when you arrive) - tell him Geoff Chennells says "g'day" and let him know a bit about your background in PNG, etc. A great guy, and not only into aviation, but veteran cars as well. His dad is a retired 747 Captain, also into veteran cars. Here's Andy with the co-driver/navigator... Wish I could be there too, but the timing's off, unfortunately. Have a great - and safe - trip. [ATTACH=full]1246[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18211[/ATTACH]
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A little more on Affleck here ... http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/affleck-arthur-herbert-9314
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This must have been taken on a "quiet" day... [ATTACH=full]1245[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18210[/ATTACH]
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Five weeks. Given all the things mentioned in Sixtie's last post, that's a very very long time to have survived.
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"The loss" ... not "missing" ... it looks to me as though in their minds it's been written off .
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An amazing story: immediately makes me think of the Stinson & Bernard O'Reilly, not to mention the crash of the F27 in the Andes & the subsequent ordeal. Then there's Bill Lancaster too ( http://www.historynet.com/bill-lancaster-lost-in-the-sahara-after-attempting-to-break-the-england-cape-town-flight-speed-record.htm ) There are so many such stories ...
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Anyone out there familiar with the loss of Sir John Franklin & the ongoing searches for him through the insistence & support of Lady Franklin? She was one who wasn't prepared to give up ... but sadly, she was eventually to be sorely disappointed. The Arctic, too, is a pretty harsh environment... The ADY folk have had to have survived a forced landing in poor light in god knows what sort of terrain, and are now into their fifth week of survival. The odds are starting to become pretty damn long.
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Thanks Dave - much appreciated.
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What a wonderful story ... and here we are, still hanging on the edge of our seats - wondering whether the occupants from ADY are still alive!
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Same goes for me too - thanks for wising us up! Here are a couple of shots of a Jumbo which was flown into a somewhat j..u..s..t wide enough strip; I think it was possibly for museum display - someone else might know for sure the full story. I can understand the pilots looking so pleased with their effort!
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Beautiful! But I can feel the grit doing its evil work on the bores :eek: More of it here: lovely, lovely sound!!
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How reassuring... "some flat country" ... in amongst the hills, gorges & gullies
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VQS overfly ... beautiful! Now back to work, Darren...:p My AGV is the free version ... I'm too tight-a***d to pay for anything more than a self-funded retiree absolutely has to! And here's a cracker... yeah, I realise it's not a contrail, but so? [ATTACH=full]1216[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18204[/ATTACH]
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The Avian might be a possibility, but let's not digress any further from the story of ADY. [ATTACH]1215[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18203[/ATTACH]
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Golbourn/Golburn Island mentioned in Sixties last post:- one of my early mudlog jobs was in the Arafura Sea on a jackup rig. We flew from Darwin in a light twin to G.I. then chopper out to the rig. Spectacular country in its own (non-New Guinea) way, but still not forced-landing friendly by any means.
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AVG's telling me it's (among other things) a phishing site. You'll like the next one, no doubt...over the Gobi Desert (Dessert...;)) [ATTACH=full]1214[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18202[/ATTACH]
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I got a warning on that site from my AVG protection: take care. Here's one of my favourites taken off the web some time ago... [ATTACH=full]1213[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18201[/ATTACH]
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Here's a Genet Major, and I don't think I'm over-exaggerating in saying that it is basically a [ATTACH=full]1212[/ATTACH] Genet with two more pots. The Genet looks a likely contender, I'd say... Tomorrow will make it a month since ADY "disappeared": Four b****y weeks! [ATTACH]18200[/ATTACH]
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Any idea what the engine is Sixties? A Genet? - maybe from the Junkers Junior? Refuel by the 4 gallon tin - that'd be a job for the "boys" I guess? And I think the workshop facility is - er - excellent! Plenty of through-flow ventilation, I see.
