oldpilot

Yes........went to his Funeral...know the family

I started at Daru in April 66......Steve Barnett was chief pilot......started on SBU,KRD,COO,STQ,STP,DJU. Then with airfast/HUPL on UND,RHT,CYX,IAH,IAP,UNH,UNF,FRB,CRS,IAN,IAO Crowley..CSF,RBO,CSC,CSD,,ELF,DFQ, Taken from my log book. Ray Fisk was the Stol manager at Daru.............Alan Vial at HUPL........Mac DREW at Crowley.

Sorry.........no............Troy was killed, and it was somewhere in Queensland

I was based at Daru and then Lae

No.......at the time I was flying with Helicopter utilities, and the prang was on take off at Georgetown in Queensland

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Anyone know what a/c and how the crash occurred with this great pilot??

Anyone flying in PNG around 1966-1970 ??? Loopy Len Cleaver, Ian Best, Deadly Dudley, Ross Mckain,Steve and Phil Barnett...............Stolair.........Crowley............others ???

Todays aces don't know the fun of real flying.........Aero Pelican when first opened was a prime example of fun.

Don't we all !!

Was offered a job flying them in Vietnam by Air America..............no thanks..............not sure how many were shot down, but they made easy targets because they were able to fly so slow.

Let me assure you...........when you are the only a/c getting the signal....no trouble...........when you are in the circuit.........and have 8-10 a/c in the circuit..............some on final, all at different heights, and in those days, heights were haphazard,, it's not easy to know who the light is for.........as many who flew into each other found out........records show tigers and austers flying into each other, as they mistakenly thought the light was for them.

Yes, but how many people have had the experience of knowing what they mean...or what to do...........there's a big difference between learning what they mean, and the actual practical.

Thanks Doug.

My private licence is dated4/7/56..........my Commercial is 21/2/66.........in that period the change was made to radio.......when in PNG, we only had HF to operate on, and VHF for major airports.......the only aid we had was ADF.

HOW MANY OF YOU WERE FLYING BEFORE RADIO WAS INTRODUCED ?? EVERYTHING ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR WAS DONE WITH LIGHT SIGNALS

HI.........AS A NEW MEMBER I'M STILL A LITTLE UNSURE HOW TO POST, AS IT APPEARS I AM GETTING 2 LOTS OF DETAILS AT ONCE............ANYHOW, I'M 78, STILL HAVE MY COMMERCIAL LICENCE.HEAPS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA EXPERIENCE AND WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN THE WORLDE TO PRANG A HELIO COURIER !!