Aircraft pics you've taken

[p38arover]

I thought I might try a thread on pics of aircraft that AULRO members have taken. The question is, should it be in Flight or Camera Corner?

To start it off, here's a pic I took in 1964 when I was 16. I was using a borrowed camera. The film was Kodachrome.

It was when the aircraft participating in the RM Ansett Air Race from Brisbane to Adelaide via Sydney and Melbourne were assembling at Archerfield Aerodrome in Brisbane.

VH-CWM Stinson SR-8B Reliant (c/n 9766)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/594.jpg

[p38arover]

Some of the aircraft lined up for the RM Ansett Air Race of 1964 - camera unknown (a borrowed one) but the film was Kodachrome. (For non-Australians, Reg Ansett started his airline in 1935. I have a slide here of his first aeroplane and I'll try to find it.) .

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/683.jpg

The second pic is of three Australian Victa AirTourer aircraft made by a lawn mower manufacturer, Victa (the inventors of the rotary mower now used world-wide). These were a popular training aircraft and a lot survive today. Note the old Archerfield control tower.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/684.jpg

[TeamFA]

From the 2008 Amberley Air Show

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[incisor]

oakey flyin 2011

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/681.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/asEquX)blue360 (https://flic.kr/p/asEquX) by NiknoDave (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

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[Avion8]

Auster G-AIJT which I learnt to fly in back in 70-74, at the Merlin Flying Club, Rolls-Royce flight test establishment at Hucknall. Also 3 Jodel's & a Tipsy Nipper in this shot:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/677.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Merlin%20Flying%20Club/MFC_0001_zps49d84e4b.jpg.html)

The club Jodel 1050 Ambassador after a repaint in Merlin Flying Club colours. A nice performing 4 seater with no fuel in rear tank but still cruised at 100+ knots on 100 hp - didn't climb very well:o:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/678.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Merlin%20Flying%20Club/MFC_0003_zps806d21a3.jpg.html)

Jodel 112 - Hostile Vicar in formation with the Auster:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/679.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Merlin%20Flying%20Club/MFC_0002_zps15d1a4f9.jpg.html)

A home built Currie Wot buzzing the club house, a little high for the owners normal routine!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/680.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Merlin%20Flying%20Club/MFC_zpscdc740f1.jpg.html)

Cheers Nigel

[p38arover]

Sopwith Pup Replica VH-PSP, HMAS Nirimba, Schofields, March 28-29 1981

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/676.jpg

[solmanic]

Whilst it's not a particularly significant plane generally, it is a VERY significant plane to some people in the gulf & channel country. Mike Juliet Zulu is the Uniting Church aerial patrol plane for this region and a welcome visitor to many stations. The guy in the photo is the Patrol Padre who has now moved on to another position in the church.

The C182 is a tough unit with heaps of power and a climbing prop. I got to fly her from Cloncurry to Horn Island last September and its performance was surprising after all the pedestrian C172s I had flown before. Built like a brick ****house and I had to consistently trim the nose down on takeoff to prevent it from going vertical.

The second photo is just some nice cloud surfing we did over the northern part of the Cape.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh191/solmanic42/IMG_0302.jpg (http://s256.photobucket.com/user/solmanic42/media/IMG_0302.jpg.html)

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[101RRS]

In the early 80s

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Garry

[Avion8]

A very rare bird - The 1932 Blackburn B2 at RAF Finningley in 1976 (I think):

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I should have put this in embarrassment! Hawker Siddeley Chief Test Pilot Don Headley (F4K Phantoms & S2 Buccaneer), and self chief prop swinger at the airshow. A memorable flight from Brough to an RAFA airshow & back the next day:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/671.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Merlin%20Flying%20Club/MFC_0005_zps019e1f86.jpg.html)

The B2 was built as a contender for the RAF basic trainer which DeHavilland won with the Tiger Moth. Ahead of its time with an aluminum fuselage.

[p38arover]

I took this pic of the DH Mosquito at Archerfield Aerodrome in Brisbane in about 1962-63. Not long after, DCA used it for firefighting practice (it was probably that blasted Numpty!)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/669.jpg

[p38arover]

DH Chipmunk at, if I recall correctly, the King Abdulaziz Historical Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb 1989. I think this is the same aircraft that is now in the Royal Saudi Air Force Museum.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/668.jpg

[goingbush]

Totally random sighting of B-17 at Mesa whilst touring USA, one of the most beautiful sights and sounds you could hear. March '96

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[p38arover]

I've had a flight in Sentimental Journey in Seattle. I bought a book about her.

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[zulu Delta 534]

One of the more interesting aircraft I have seen in my times; the GROB Egret.
This aircraft is a high altitude surveillance aircraft capable of flying at 53000 odd feet altitude, and was photographed at Parafield.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/636.jpg

I once took a photograph of a U2 surveillance aircraft in Saigon back in 1966 but unfortunately my film was confiscated by a big Negro Master Sergeant who told me that what I just saw did not exist in country!

The Dasault Mirage was in my eyes one of the most 'pleasing to the eyes' planes we have ever had in service in the RAAF. Also shot at Parafield Fly In.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/637.jpg

I stumbled upon this Cessna 180 aircraft at Murwillumbah earlier this year and nearly fell over backward on seeing it, as I flew as an observer in this very aircraft more than once back in 1966.
First shot shows it "as was" in December 2013 - I believe it is now stripped down prior to a full rebuild back to 1966 specs.
Second shot shows this aircraft overflying a convoy in 1966. (we only had the two of these Cessnas in SVN in those days. They were later replaced by borrowed American 01E or whatever they were, and eventually the Pilatus Porter.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/635.jpg

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Also at Murwillumbah I stumbled upon this very early Gypsy moth (DH60), you may note the engine being up the right way with the crankcase to the bottom (as engines should be). This was changed in later development to enhance forward visibility and this with a few other modifications lead to the emergence of the well known Tiger Moth (DH82).
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/639.jpg

Regards
Glen

[goingbush]

I stumbled upon this Cessna 180 aircraft at Murwillumbah earlier this year and nearly fell over backward on seeing it, as I flew as an observer in this very aircraft more than once back in 1966.
First shot shows it "as was" in December 2013 - I believe it is now stripped down prior to a full rebuild back to 1966 specs.
Second shot shows this aircraft overflying a convoy in 1966. (we only had the two of these Cessnas in SVN in those days. They were later replaced by borrowed American 01E or whatever they were, and eventually the Pilatus Porter.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/635.jpg


check out ADF Serials - Cessna 180 (http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a98.htm)

Interestingly I have also flown in this same Cessna whilst is was with the Forsests Commission, my Uncle Bill used to fly it from Lillydale Airport , was still in its Army livery .

[p38arover]

Hercules at Temora, May 2013

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/634.jpg

[87County]

Taken at the same time as the several pics I had already added to http://www.aulro.com/afvb/flight/185118-warbirds-down-under.html


There is this view of the Hawk, (complete with lens flare).

No matter how hard I tried I couldn't get a pic of the Hawk with a real-life hovering hawk that was in the vicinity in frame at the right time.


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/633.jpg (http://s708.photobucket.com/user/87county/media/triptosnowymtnsandtemora120_zps856fd74e.jpg.html)

[87County]

another shot of the "formation"

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..........and the Sabre that was too fast for me ! :D

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[Bigbjorn]

The aerial shot of the P51 was taken from the waist gun position of the B17 in the third photo. The P51 was escorting us on a dangerous daylight mission from Santa Ana to bomb Long Beach Harbour. Same day I got to ride in a B24. WW2 aircrew must have been skinny little guys. I couldn't squeeze through the hatch from the cockpit to the bombardier's position in the nose.

[zulu Delta 534]

Another Stinson SR8C, (first produced 1936) this one, once again at Parafield Fly in a couple of years ago.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/617.jpg
Regards
Glen

[zulu Delta 534]

C124 Douglas Globemaster taken at Bien Hoa 1966. A pretty large aircraft for its day although even in 1966 it was starting to show its age.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1110.jpg

The Yanks had an interesting array of aircraft in service in SVN and despite it being well and truly the jet age, the Douglas skyraiders and the good old DH Beaver and Otters did admirable service. I have a shot of a C46 loading up in Saigon somewhere, but I will have to trawl through a lot of shots to find it.
Another interesting transport aircraft was the C123 Providor and the only one I ever travelled in had more bullet holes than metal in the fuselage and it was a wet stormy monsoonal day that particular day. I came out absolutely drenched after a 30 minute flight from Saigon to Vung Tau.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/613.jpg
I am led to believe that these particular aircraft were originally designed as a glider and the engines were put on as an afterthought. I have no idea how true this is.
Last shot is the good old C130 (and an early one at that), my transport back home again. Someone will be able to tell whether it was one of the old "A"s, or one of the brand new, at that time, "E" Model. (I think it was an "A" as the extra fuel tanks were outboard whereas the "E" I think had the tanks between the motors.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/614.jpg

By the way I am glad that this is in the aircraft section and not the photography section as my photography leaves a bit to be desired, especially in the 60's!
Regards
Glen

[Dizza]

VH-CWM Stinson SR-8B Reliant (c/n 9766)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/594.jpg

That has to be my all time favourite aircraft. It is a beautiful bird.

[goingbush]

some Arizona desert boneyard images. March 1996 .

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[p38arover]

Martin EB-57B Canberra bombers. One of the few non-US aircraft flown by the USAF. These in Vermont Air National Guard colours - retired 1983.


some Arizona desert boneyard images. March 1996 .
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/600.jpg

[JohnF]

Sadly this thread does not have the planes that I like--Amphibians & Firebombers [better still Amphibian Firebombers.] I was at the Evan's Head Flying Volunteering to collect the Gate money for the Rural Fire Service [and for the airport organisation] in January, but of course I had left my Camera home. As I was Got to go through their Museum for free, and saw the F111 up close, and lots of flying Warbirds, etc. But I loved the Amphibians best. Will get back next year.

[goingbush]

Sadly this thread does not have the planes that I like--Amphibians & Firebombers [better still Amphibian Firebombers.] I was at the Evan's Head Flying Volunteering to collect the Gate money for the Rural Fire Service [and for the airport organisation] in January, but of course I had left my Camera home. As I was Got to go through their Museum for free, and saw the F111 up close, and lots of flying Warbirds, etc. But I loved the Amphibians best. Will get back next year.

Have lots of Firebomber photos taken at Greybull Airfield, Wyoming
Converted B24's, Neptunes, Hercs , DC4's and other awesome prop liners
If ever there was a reason to visit USA it would be to go to Greybull WY, and its not even a tourist attraction. Unfortunatly the photos are buried inside a shipping container , not scanned yet. Their junkyard is a treasure trove of ex WW2 and 1950's freighters.

have you seen the film "Always" great A26 and PBY firebombing sequences.

[goingbush]

check this out

paste 32.161436,-110.858847 into google maps and zoom right in.

awesome, Helo in flight does not show up in google Earth, just google maps.
I was looking at Davis Monthan AFB to see how much it had changed.

[jsp]

this twin seater F18 testing aircraft often buzzes my house - A21-101

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[superquag]

VH-CWM Stinson SR-8B Reliant (c/n 9766)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/594.jpg

That has to be my all time favourite aircraft. It is a beautiful bird.

For a while there was a white one hangered at Jandakot (WA). Lovely dignified old thing, enormous lounge chairs (so they seemed) and from memory the wheel was a genuine, full-circle and mounted in the dash.

[carlschmid2002]

80628

MI 26 The biggest Helicopter in the world. Photo taken at Mt Hagen PNG

[carlschmid2002]

80629

Aussie Tiger

[carlschmid2002]

80630

The Pig

[carlschmid2002]

80631

My favorite. My Blackhawk

[carlschmid2002]

80632

Our aircraft about to be swallowed by a C17 in Port moresby

[VladTepes]

Hmmm, I'll have to go digging up through my old photos I probably have a few good ones in there somewhere.....

[p38arover]

Hmmm, I'll have to go digging up through my old photos I probably have a few good ones in there somewhere.....

Mike, you can't put THOSE pics up on a G-rated forum! :twisted:

[Chucaro]

Nikon D300s, Nikon 70-300VR @ 300mm from our back yard :)

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[strangy]

One of my machines shift end.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[p38arover]

Some of you blokes have terrible jobs! :mad:

Where's the envy emoticon? :BigCry:

:D

[Avion8]

One of my machines shift end.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachments/flight/80683d1405691210-aircraft-pics-youve-taken-14.jpg

What a lovely PT6A-67B!

[p38arover]

It's hard to believe I took this pic over 50 years ago. I thought the Piper Comanche PA-24-250 was the most beautiful of all the private planes around and built a control line model of it (powered by my trusty Taipan 2.5cc diesel engine).

I still think it's a beautiful aircraft. VH-CDA was first registered in 1960.

Pic taken March 1964 at Archerfield Aerodrome, Brisbane, prior to it flying in the RM Ansett Air Race (before its race no. 30 was applied).

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[Ausfree]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/539.jpg (http://s756.photobucket.com/user/Ausfree/media/TemoraAirshow2-11-13049_zps188d5a2c.jpg.html)

"Connie" the Lockheed Super Constellation. Photo taken at Temora, November 2013.

[Ausfree]

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CAC Boomerang fighter. Photo taken at Temora, november 2013. Just loved the sound of the radial engine.:)

[Ausfree]

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Sabre jet fighter. Temora, November 2013.

[Bernd VonCrashen]

Some beautiful and interesting planes here. Love propeller planes and the sound they have. The photo of "Connie" does her justice on those lines of hers...

Will have to find the photos I took as a kid at my first airshow. Biggest grin ever seen on a young 8 year old.

[Tote]

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"Connie" the Lockheed Super Constellation. Photo taken at Temora, November 2013.

We had a flyover of our farm on the way to Temora, switched off the pump, wondered what the noise was and she flew almost directly overhead at a few thousand feet. Most excellent....

Regards,
Tote

[Ausfree]

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Something a bit different.....a Gyrocopter.:) Flying over Fort Scratchley, Newcastle.

[Ausfree]

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Wirraway fighter flying over Rathmines, Lake Macquarie during an air show in 2012.

[Ausfree]

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The HARS Catalina after it "landed" at Rathmines, during the airshow. 2012. It was the star of the show.

[Ausfree]

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A German WW2 vintage Storch aircraft flying over Cessnock Aerodrome in the Hunter Valley, 2012.

[Ausfree]

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Another shot of "Connie" after she landed at the Temora airshow. The organisers opened her up for public inspection, the crowd was unbelievable.

[goingbush]

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A German WW2 vintage Storch aircraft flying over Cessnock Aerodrome in the Hunter Valley, 2012.

That looks like a 3/4 Storch, probably a Pazmany PL9 or Slepcev Storch

Storch Aviation SCG, Aero club "Roda SCG" Slepcev Stroch MK4 (http://www.slepcevstorch.com/storch.htm)

in any case I love the Storch (in whatever size) and if I was going to home build an aircraft, this would be the one.

I was impressed when I saw one take off and land in the width of the airstrip at Avalon

[jsp]

Love the boomerang!!!

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I also love Connie, have seen her a few times over the years but have never managed to take a decent in flight shot of her. Great plane to see at night with the fantastic exhaust.....(excuse poor picture)

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[Ausfree]

]That looks like a 3/4 Storch,[/B] probably a Pazmany PL9 or Slepcev Storch

Storch Aviation SCG, Aero club "Roda SCG" Slepcev Stroch MK4 (http://www.slepcevstorch.com/storch.htm)

in any case I love the Storch (in whatever size) and if I was going to home build an aircraft, this would be the one.

I was impressed when I saw one take off and land in the width of the airstrip at Avalon
Pretty hard to say what size Storch it was,it was high up and only made one pass over the airstrip. I used a 300mm lens with 2x converter to get this piccy. I waited for it to make another pass, but it flew off.:)

[carlschmid2002]

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CAC Boomerang fighter. Photo taken at Temora, november 2013. Just loved the sound of the radial engine.:)

The amazing thing about the Boomerang is it was just 6 months from first sketch to flying. Nowadays, even with all the technology, it takes 3 years to design a gun mount in a helicopter.

[Ausfree]

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Boeing Stearman biplane. This one is based at Cessnock airport and is available for adventure flights. It is one of only 282 built for the U.S. Navy as a trainer in 1942.

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Another shot of the Boeing Stearman. In the background is a Winjeel manufactured in 1956 at the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation for RAAF.:D

[Ausfree]

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"Connie" coming in to land at the Temora airshow in November 2013.

[Rosco8]

Junkers, Frankfurt sitting outside the Lufti hanger, we were working up there for a couple of weeks on a new Flight Planning system.

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[Ausfree]

They used the Junkers (JU 57??) in the old war movie "Battle of Britain". I love that movie and have a copy on file. I believe the Junkers used in the movie were in the Spanish Airforce until the late 1950's.:D

[Ausfree]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/514.jpg (http://s756.photobucket.com/user/Ausfree/media/731321-1280x960-DesktopNexuscom_zps9ca252ec.jpg.html)

The old warhorse. The Supermarine Spitfire.:D It looks like this one is a representation of one that flew with a Polish Squadron judging by the Polish insignia on the side of the engine cowling.

p.s. I did not take this photo, but I think it is a great shot.

[Rosco8]

When the A380's were grounded, I managed to come home from Europe on an Airbus 330 delivery flight which was a great experience, Toulouse to Singapore (picked up some freight) and onto Sydney. With a few work mates from the flight planning team, tech crew, 2 engineers and 1 cabin crew it was a restful flight. A330 is quite an impressive aircraft, this one is configured to do the West-East coast flights so doesn't have the business class lie flat sleepers so we used the central seats and put the arm rests up.

Boarding at Airbus at Toulouse at night

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/501.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/502.jpg
Toulouse
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/503.jpg

Flight Path

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/504.jpg
Morning and going for a stroll .. plastic covering were still on the floor
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/505.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/506.jpg

Sydney at the Freight Terminal

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/507.jpg

[Avion8]

Delivery of Korean Air's 100th Boeing aircraft, a 747-400ERF:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/07/491.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Symposium/KAL100th014.jpg.html)

[landy]

Shadow RQ-7B Tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV)
Picture taken Afghanistan 2013

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachments/flight/80832-aircraft-pics-youve-taken-img_5151.jpg

[87County]

since no one had yet posted a pic of the old bus....

pic I took long ago

(even though it's just the replica)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1407.jpg (http://s708.photobucket.com/user/87county/media/SouthernCross_zps8c4e0c09.jpg.html)

[87County]

:)Now you've got me going through my old photos !


Hope I can add items of interest :)



Now you can see this but you cannot hear it - yet ...

The bloke on the left looking at me with the binos is about to get some noise

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1404.jpg (http://s708.photobucket.com/user/87county/media/F111fastpastRICtower_zpsa92b6423.jpg.html)




and a bit of flame or smoke can be exciting if it's not too dangerous :)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1405.jpg (http://s708.photobucket.com/user/87county/media/F111fueldump_zpsface8988.jpg.html)


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1406.jpg (http://s708.photobucket.com/user/87county/media/L1049GstartatTMW_zps17a195b9.jpg.html)

[87County]

A well organised hangar of the late 70s


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1381.jpg (http://s708.photobucket.com/user/87county/media/CPay18_zps04436368.jpg.html)




https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1382.jpg (http://s708.photobucket.com/user/87county/media/CPay17_zps26d05c52.jpg.html)





Complete with a few kits that have since been built up :)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1383.jpg (http://s708.photobucket.com/user/87county/media/CPay14_zps51a23d0b.jpg.html)


the hangar contents pretty well identify it

[VladTepes]

I love that HARS Connie !

[87County]

I love that HARS Connie !

It must be the most photogenic aeroplane !

[87County]

a couple more pics taken c.1987 (scanned from photos)


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1128.jpg (http://s708.photobucket.com/user/87county/media/bou_zpscdd45c6d.jpg.html)


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1129.jpg (http://s708.photobucket.com/user/87county/media/tracker_zps885a7326.jpg.html)

[strangy]

I have a fondness for the Caribou, I just can't really explain. It has a presence about it and a sound that is unmistakeable.

[Avion8]

Here is a picture of an L748 Connie from the cockpit somewhere over South Korea a few years ago:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1124.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Merlin%20Flying%20Club/April05_Connie046_zpseeadc907.jpg.html)

And a lost DC10 I came across last week in Bali!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1125.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Merlin%20Flying%20Club/P1010040_zps03cf3c08.jpg.html)

[87County]

I have a fondness for the Caribou, I just can't really explain. It has a presence about it and a sound that is unmistakeable.

It's the 120kt cruise - 2deg of latitude every hour - makes nav simple :)

... and on a hot day you can sit on the ramp (tethered of course) and cool your heels

[87County]

... and who likes the DC-3 ?


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1122.jpg (http://s708.photobucket.com/user/87county/media/anadc3_zpsab723b8b.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1123.jpg (http://s708.photobucket.com/user/87county/media/tracker0001_zps1f0558ee.jpg.html)

[87County]

... checking rivets on a sabre

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1118.jpg (http://s708.photobucket.com/user/87county/media/sabre-rivetchecking_zps6d5cdd5b.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1119.jpg (http://s708.photobucket.com/user/87county/media/sabre-rivetchecking2_zpsc41a9a59.jpg.html)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1120.jpg (http://s708.photobucket.com/user/87county/media/sabre-rivetchecking3_zpsdd334c78.jpg.html)

[ramblingboy42]

C124 Douglas Globemaster taken at Bien Hoa 1966. A pretty large aircraft for its day although even in 1966 it was starting to show its age.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/1110.jpg

The Yanks had an interesting array of aircraft in service in SVN and despite it being well and truly the jet age, the Douglas skyraiders and the good old DH Beaver and Otters did admirable service. I have a shot of a C46 loading up in Saigon somewhere, but I will have to trawl through a lot of shots to find it.
Another interesting transport aircraft was the C123 Providor and the only one I ever travelled in had more bullet holes than metal in the fuselage and it was a wet stormy monsoonal day that particular day. I came out absolutely drenched after a 30 minute flight from Saigon to Vung Tau.
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii115/glenpats/Old%20cars/2C123Provider_zpsb7b0b284.jpg[/IMG
I am led to believe that these particular aircraft were originally designed as a glider and the engines were put on as an afterthought. I have no idea how true this is.
Last shot is the good old C130 (and an early one at that), my transport back home again. Someone will be able to tell whether it was one of the old "A"s, or one of the brand new, at that time, "E" Model. (I think it was an "A" as the extra fuel tanks were outboard whereas the "E" I think had the tanks between the motors.
[IMG]http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii115/glenpats/Old%20cars/Transporthome_zpsbc4c9d9e.jpg

By the way I am glad that this is in the aircraft section and not the photography section as my photography leaves a bit to be desired, especially in the 60's!
Regards
Glen

It's an "A" model Glen , easily identified by the 3 blade prop. The "E's" had engine upgrade with 4 blade prop.

[JDNSW]

They used the Junkers (JU 57??) in the old war movie "Battle of Britain". I love that movie and have a copy on file. I believe the Junkers used in the movie were in the Spanish Airforce until the late 1950's.:D

Ju-52. The most successful of a long line of all metal Junkers transport aircraft from 1913. They were in many respects the German equivalent of the DC3, but came into service a little earlier, and hence retained fixed undercarriage and three engines, instead of retractable and only two. But they were "good enough", and German efforts to replace them never got anywhere - in the same way that 'DC-3 replacements' got nowhere for thirty years after WW2, despite the fact that all the DC-3s in use by then were at least thirty years old.

Ju-52s continued to operate commercially in out of the way places probably into the 1980s.

John

[VladTepes]

I have some pics to share if only I could scan them....
Meanwhile (and I don't want this to be a thread diversion, just a link FYI)
there are some great historical pics of the Qld Air Museum collection on their site:
Just click on your aircraft of choice..... QAM collection (http://www.qam.com.au/collect.htm)

[LRDan]

Couple I've taken over the last couple of years.. Nothing overly special but still good to look at!
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/494.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/495.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/496.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/497.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/08/498.jpg

[p38arover]

in the same way that 'DC-3 replacements' got nowhere for thirty years after WW2, despite the fact that all the DC-3s in use by then were at least thirty years old.

Ju-52s continued to operate commercially in out of the way places probably into the 1980s.

And the DC3 is is still in use with turboprops as the Basler Turbo 67. I became aware of them when I saw Prince Harry get out of one in Antarctica.

Basler Turbo Conversions - Home (http://www.baslerturbo.com/)

[Ausfree]

And the DC3 is is still in use with turboprops as the Basler Turbo 67. I became aware of them when I saw Prince Harry get out of one in Antarctica.

Basler Turbo Conversions - Home (http://www.baslerturbo.com/)
Well, you learn something new every day. I thought the DC3 was pensioned off years ago.

[JDNSW]

Well, you learn something new every day. I thought the DC3 was pensioned off years ago.
Most of them have been. The death knell of the DC3 was the Vietnam War. They were used there so heavily that the stockpile of spare parts (especially engines and engine parts) left over from WW2 was so depleted that they were no longer cheap to maintain. Then fuel prices started to skyrocket, and their energy efficiency started to tell against them.

Interestingly, one of the features that contributed most to their longevity was unintended - the alloy used in their structure seems to be virtually immune to fatigue, something that was not even thought about when they were designed.

John

[harry]

ooh, this takes me back a bit,
I helped steal this aircraft from its cage and get it back to its majority shareholder.
stiff, I didn't really say that.


but it was lifted over the fence and put into a safer place....



Nikon D300s, Nikon 70-300VR @ 300mm from our back yard :)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/228.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/229.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/230.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/231.jpg

[Bytemrk]

Matt Hall in action over Sandown:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/220.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/221.jpg


And the right wing of a Virgin Embraer-190... Going home. :D
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/222.jpg

[Bushie]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/209.jpg
Caribou - my ride home from Wentworth in 1975

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/210.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/211.jpg
Concorde - On the Qantas apron around 1984/5

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/212.jpg
Concorde - Flight deck

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/213.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/214.jpg
On its way from rwy 16 @ S(KS)A

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/215.jpg
Spit and Mustang at Bankstown ~ 1987ish

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/216.jpg
Harrier @ Bankstown ~ 1987

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/217.jpg
Seaking on the deck at Sandy Point 1994, I flew in it earlier - lousy for fire obs ;)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/218.jpg
Air France Concorde - the frogs wouldn't let us near it (unlike BA a couple of years earlier)



Martyn

[AV8R]

Not taken by me. Shot was taken by the last photographer that disembarked the PC-6 I was flying. On my way back to the apron to pick up a fresh load of jumpers.

[Avion8]

Pliatus PC9/A of the RAAF. I only used to get to fly in the ones with poorly PT6A-62 engines. This one was suffering power roll backs during zero G bunt maneuvers.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/155.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Merlin%20Flying%20Club/MFC_0006_zpse6775b63.jpg.html)

After finding no faults this time, a quick blast around Rottnest Island was always fun:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/193.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Merlin%20Flying%20Club/MFC_0007_zps06cc97d9.jpg.html)

[VladTepes]

On my way back to the apron to pick up a fresh load of jumpers.

Yes I gets cold up there..... :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

[87County]

......https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/01/155.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Merlin%20Flying%20Club/MFC_0006_zpse6775b63.jpg.html)....

leaks more oil than all my LRs :)

[Avion8]

Mainly hydraulic oil, our little PT6A's hardly leaked at all. You should have seen the patch where the two Caribous were parked, from 2000 ft you could see a clear outline of them whether they were there or not!

[Avion8]

I have been trying for 5 years or so to get a picture of any aircraft flying across the moon during our early morning walk & got the closest this morning with a Maroomba Airlines DHC Dash8 flying over the moon. I will nail it one day?

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/03/1131.jpg (http://s938.photobucket.com/user/jodel1050/media/Merlin%20Flying%20Club/P1010873%20-%20Version%202_zpswg4ofsd9.jpg.html):(

[JDNSW]

The attached picture shows the field crew I was in charge of about to depart Observatory Claypan (about 100km NE of Mt Dare) about to depart for Adelaide.

Unfortunately I was not on it, as it turned into an interesting trip - Due to refuel at Leigh Ck, it ran into a dust storm, and short on fuel, and with ADF and HF disrupted by the weather, made a precautionary landing at Mirrikata - in the middle of the Woomera Prohibited Area.

Our party and the aircrew were accommodated by the ADF at the base overnight, and the following day a replacement aircrew was flown in by the operator (Airlines of South Australia), and I understand that the Captain retired that day.

I remained behind and did a central Australian tour.

John

[goingbush]

couple of interesting vehicles there too, those FJ45 Station Wagons are very rare, theres few in USA but only ever seen one here, (and it was probably an Import)? !!

[JDNSW]

couple of interesting vehicles there too, those FJ45 Station Wagons are very rare, theres few in USA but only ever seen one here, (and it was probably an Import)? !!

No. The FJ45V wagons were bought by the company in Brisbane, off the shelf. One of them was my company car. I am not surprised that they are very rare. In many respects it was the worst vehicle I have ever had anything to do with, having an incredibly bad ride among other problems. But perhaps a more telling reason why they are rare today is that the bodywork simply fell to bits, starting almost from the showroom door. The rear seat folded itself whenever you hit a bump if it was unoccupied, or often even if it was, door hinges broke away from the body, the floor collapsed, as did the tailgate if you sat on it. For that matter so did the seats after a few months. And the ventilation seemed designed to bring in bulldust, over and above all the lot that came in the ill fitting (because the body flexed) doors and tailgate and the holes in the floor.

Apart from the suspension, the steering, the broken wheel studs, and the carburetter and alternator, it was fairly sound mechanically.

To reiterate, I am not at all surprised to hear they are rare; not only would their reputation have killed sales after a year or so, but to survive this length of time they would have had to be unused and in a dry climate. And unlike some surviving vehicles, they were not prone to single catastrophic faults that disabled them.

I suspect most of those sold would have contributed their mechanicals to the other, much more successful models within five years of being sold, and then crushed. Survival in the USA may have been more likely, if used on sealed roads in a dry climate, but in Australia at least, in the mid sixties, people would have bought these with the idea of long distance travel on unsealed, often appalling by today's standards, roads. And they were fast, even on bad roads, if you could stand the bumps and fuel consumption.

John

[Tote]

Some Pics I took at the Narromine warbirds show Anzac day 1992. The Sea Fury was particularly spectacular to watch in action.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/toteau/media/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311191921-001_zpscetiwf3v.jpg.html)


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/toteau/media/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311192049-001_zps0eq6cgty.jpg.html)


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/toteau/media/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311192030-001_zpsfdeofqfq.jpg.html)


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/toteau/media/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311192010-001_zpstlo82oar.jpg.html)


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/toteau/media/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311192139-001_zpsnwp1r3eo.jpg.html)


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/toteau/media/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311192108-001_zps3owiiyyu.jpg.html)


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/toteau/media/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311191943-001_zpsrigb0r3f.jpg.html)


Regards,
Tote

[JDNSW]

Another picture from my time in the Simpson, this time about mid 1966 - visitors from head office.

This picture was taken on a claypan in the Hale River floodout, approximately 70km due east of Old Andado.

John

[Bearman]

Some Pics I took at the Narromine warbirds show Anzac day 1992. The Sea Fury was particularly spectacular to watch in action.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/toteau/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311191921-001_zpscetiwf3v.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/toteau/media/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311191921-001_zpscetiwf3v.jpg.html)


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/toteau/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311192049-001_zps0eq6cgty.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/toteau/media/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311192049-001_zps0eq6cgty.jpg.html)


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/toteau/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311192030-001_zpsfdeofqfq.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/toteau/media/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311192030-001_zpsfdeofqfq.jpg.html)


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/toteau/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311192010-001_zpstlo82oar.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/toteau/media/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311192010-001_zpstlo82oar.jpg.html)


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/toteau/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311192139-001_zpsnwp1r3eo.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/toteau/media/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311192139-001_zpsnwp1r3eo.jpg.html)


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/toteau/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311192108-001_zps3owiiyyu.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/toteau/media/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311192108-001_zps3owiiyyu.jpg.html)


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/toteau/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311191943-001_zpsrigb0r3f.jpg (http://s4.photobucket.com/user/toteau/media/Narromine%20Airshow%20Anzac%20Day%2092/img-150311191943-001_zpsrigb0r3f.jpg.html)


Regards,
Tote

Nice pics mate. Some great aircraft there.

[p38arover]

Another picture from my time in the Simpson, this time about mid 1966 - visitors from head office.

This picture was taken on a claypan in the Hale River floodout, approximately 70km due east of Old Andado.

John

I've always liked the look of those old Comanches.

[C00P]

Calm weather for days, sun in the right place, and I happened to have my camera...
91849

[p38arover]

I walked outside today and heard an odd noise. I thought it was just a light aircraft.

Well, it was. But by the time I grabbed my old camera from the garage and swapped lenses, it was headed away. The cropped image quality from the old Sigma lens isn't that great.

[Ausfree]

Yeah, it's flown over my house a few times also in the last month or two!!!:D Apparently it's the only blimp in the southern hemisphere!!!

[Narangga]

Was taken in haste on my phone to send to my plane spotter son. Camera was sitting in the D2 when we stopped for lunch alongside the flood mitigation dam at Kununurra on 7 July.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachments/flight/96912d1437906941-aircraft-pics-youve-taken-kununurra-floatie.jpg

[p38arover]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/134236514@N03/shares/1KF8T4

Was taken in haste on my phone to send to my plane spotter son. Camera was sitting in the D2 when we stopped for lunch alongside the flood mitigation dam at Kununurra on 7 July

Not visible to us. Is it marked as private on Flickr?

[Narangga]

Not visible to us. Is it marked as private on Flickr?

No it is public but no matter what I did it didn't want to link. Not a great photo so will leave it as the thumbnail.

Thanks anyway Ron.

[p38arover]

This bloke kept doing circuits around our area yesterday. I don't know why, there were no nearby fires.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

[Don 130]

This bloke kept doing circuits around our area yesterday. I don't know why, there were no nearby fires.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=100115&stc=1&d=1443746086
This might be why. They were talking about it on the radio yesterday.
Don.

Air-Crane Arrives for NSW Fire Season - NSW Rural Fire Service (http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/news-and-media/ministerial-media-releases/air-crane-arrives-for-nsw-fire-season)

[p38arover]

Ahh, Gypsy Lady. I couldn't make out her name from the oncoming pix. This a a significant crop hence the lack of clarity.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=100118&stc=1&d=1443751161

[Don 130]

And more today.
NSW Rural Fire Service demonstrates air attack capabilities | Australian Aviation (http://australianaviation.com.au/2015/10/nsw-rural-fire-service-demonstrates-air-attack-capabilities/)
Don.

[Orkney 90]

That DC-10 looks fantastic, one of my all time favourite aircraft. It is wonderful to see it flying in Australia. I wonder if it still has the original 3 crew flight deck, or has it had the update? Either way, beautiful aircraft.

[carlschmid2002]

I was at RAAF Richmond last week and the DC10 was parked there. I should have taken some pics. Didn't get inside. I could have if I wasn't busy on course. Apparently it holds 45000 litre of water. None of the RAAFies I talked to could tell me how they fill it up. A convoy of fire trucks me think.

[JDNSW]

I was at RAAF Richmond last week and the DC10 was parked there. I should have taken some pics. Didn't get inside. I could have if I wasn't busy on course. Apparently it holds 45000 litre of water. None of the RAAFies I talked to could tell me how they fill it up. A convoy of fire trucks me think.

Hose to fire hydrant?

John

[carlschmid2002]

I was dropping off the grog for our Regt Ball this afternoon and seeing as I had the car in the hangar I took the photo opportunity. CH47F, Aussie Tiger, MRH90 Taipan. Oh and let's not forget the Iroquois.

[p38arover]

No it is public but no matter what I did it didn't want to link. Not a great photo so will leave it as the thumbnail.

Thanks anyway Ron.

Fixed and larger image inserted as you wished.

[p38arover]

I heard an odd noise and looked up to see this approaching N-S. This time I raced inside and grabbed the good zoom lens and fitted it to my camera. By the time I got outside again, it was flying away W-E.

Cropped image:

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[Plane Fixer]

Just a few pics I have taken in several location of aircraft I have worked with.

[Plane Fixer]

Some more

[Plane Fixer]

Another photo assortment

[HUE166]

Another photo assortment
It's a shame they crashed the Cresco. It's now spreading super with Superair out of Armidale isn't it?

[HUE166]

Last fire for this season (Fingers Crossed)
This one was just east of Toogong on Sunday the 6th March. It was started by a lightning strike that struck on the previous Thursday.

[Plane Fixer]

Yes, I saw it one time in Super Air when it was undergoing the rebuild to go back to dung dusting.

[Hugh Jars]

I'm a shocking photographer, so please humour me:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/11/766.jpg
Giving the customers a jolly around Ball's Pyramid circa 1995.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/11/767.jpg
Head to head with a company B737. Hamilton Is earlier this year.

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Qatari A350. Melbourne.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/11/769.jpg
Somewhere between Brisbane and Melbourne.

[Gordie]

great pics mate

[jx2mad]

"Elvis" taking on water at Wisemans Ferry a couple of years ago

[Hugh Jars]

Elvis at Port Macquarie quite a few years ago. My copilot is doing the Elvis impersonation :)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/11/753.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/11/754.jpg
Landing with one engine shut down. Won't name the pilot :)

[superquag]

You need a shrt-sleeve white shirt and black tie to fly 'Elvis' ?

- I would have imagined a dab of Brylcreem, or a dollop of 'Californian Poppy' would be more,,,, appropriate... :twisted:

[Hugh Jars]

Hahaha! We weren't flying Elvis. Our plane is behind the bloke with the camera..........

[Tote]

Antonov AN-225 sitting on the tarmac at Santiago a couple of weeks ago. Apologies for the quality of the photo - taken out the window on an iPhone



https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/12/892.jpg


Regards,
Tote

[BigBlackDog]

Another photo assortment

I worked at that place with the chieftain on its arse, it wasn't me though. Did you work there or just happen to hav the pictures?

[Plane Fixer]

Yep I came and helped out when the C/Eng was away, also I got the Junkstream up and running.
Cheers, Graeme

[Hugh Jars]

Yep I came and helped out when the C/Eng was away, also I got the Junkstream up and running.
Cheers, Graeme


You mean this?
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/12/380.jpg photo courtesy of Allan Edwards.

I flew them for a couple of years. Also had to carry one of these in the Jetscream parts kit:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2016/12/381.jpg

[Plane Fixer]

That is a 32. I worked on them with Flight West in TSV, but I was asked to get the 31 in Hobart up and running after it was grounded by FF due some defects. It was an ex Maroomba aircraft.
I also looked after one on occasions in Aden and Masilla in Yemen but it was blown up in the civil war in about 1996 at Aden. There were few tears shed!
The runway at Aden was 16500ft so they did not use meth and conserved it for Masilla which was usually 40c and 4000' and 1200mtr runway if I remember correctly. Everybody and everything was weighed to the last kilo.
Cheers,
Graeme

[Hugh Jars]

Gidday Graeme,
That one's a 31. We had 3 x 31's and one 32 (it had the belly pod), and we used it for Cooma in the snow season.
Weights were critical as you wrote.
You couldn't get them wet, for fear of electrical gremlins, and they virtually drop out of the sky if you let them accrue too much ice.
We used water/meth out of just about every port on the east coast. Even Sydney when it was really hot.
I used to laugh at the main spar going through the aisle mid-cabin. There was a flashing sign on the roof above saying something like "mind step below".
People would look up at the sign, and promptly trip over the main spar :D

[Plane Fixer]

I always regard anything British with suspicion; the J31/2 with the spar in the cabin is an example.
I started at TAA in 1966 and spent some time in heavy maintenance in my early years and the biggest nightmare was the Vickers Viscount. I am sure the designers worked out the components to be changed on a regular basis. They were then hung in the hangar and the aircraft built around them, add every odd size fastener in the mix and in the most difficult place to access and you get the picture.
The cabin hot air heat exchanger was in #3 engine exhaust tucked up in the fwd part of the RH main gear wheel well. It was an 8 hour job to remove it and one ended up black from head to toe. Compare the DC3, DC4, DC6, L188 B727 were a dream to work on in heavy maintenance.
These days I am happy with Twotters and Vans with PT6 and 331.

[stallie]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/02/451.jpg

My photo of my steed from last summer that's doing the rounds.

[JDNSW]

Where was that taken?

John

[stallie]

Wilkins Runway, about 70kms from Casey Station, Antarctica. Roughly due south of Perth.

[JDNSW]

I suspected it might be. My twin brother spent 1970 at Casey and surroundings, and is now writing a book about it. Hence my interest.

John

[67hardtop]

Had to be quick with this pic. Taken with my s4. One was a gypsy moth and i cant remember what the other one was. Both at All British Day in SA Today
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/02/313.jpg

Cheers Rod

[cripesamighty]

It looks a lot like a chipmunk.

[67hardtop]

It looks a lot like a chipmunk.
Yep thats it. I couldnt remember.

Cheers Rod

[carlschmid2002]

F-111 Pilot Graduated Just 2 Weeks Before This Crazy Incident - World War Wings (http://worldwarwings.com/f-111-needs-to-catch-hook-and-land-whithout-wheels-or-else/?a=mk&var=f-111+hook-ww2&utm_campaign=f-111+hook&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=original-ww2-mk&utm_content=crash)

[Hugh Jars]

My photo of my steed from last summer that's doing the rounds.

Callsign 'Snowbird', Stallie? I hear it around the traps from time to time [smilebigeye]

[jsp]

Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet A's over my place today, with a globie, and its a public holiday.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2018/03/169.jpg

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https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2018/03/171.jpg

[Hugh Jars]

Not a picture OF an aeroplane, but from one.
Strong winds in Melbourne last week stopped us on the taxiway while the safety cars rounded up an errant ULD container. When we first spotted it, it was moving along the taxiway at about 10 knots.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190915/2e9752cbd280ce9b0d5f9304efc80b0c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190915/cb00cabfa86d572f837e5111eb5c7ea7.jpg

The first photo makes practical use of their bullbars [emoji23]

[3toes]

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Shuttleworth earlier this year

[Tins]

What's it doing in a sheep paddock?

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[350RRC]

What's it doing in a sheep paddock?

182532

Maybe it was an airfield the last time it landed.

Gippsland?

cheers, DL

[Tins]

Maybe it was an airfield the last time it landed.

Gippsland?

cheers, DL

Actually it was just south of Dubbo. Sat there for years and then hey presto it was gone. It sure didn't fly away.

[p38arover]

Seems an odd place for a Lockheed Neptune.

[Tins]

Seems an odd place for a Lockheed Neptune.

Is that what it was? I remember looking for it on the net. Bloke had a number of odd things in that paddock, but this was the oddest, because I couldn't see how he got it there, let alone how he got it out.

[jsp]

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there was a few land rovers in the car park at Avalon airshow 2023, should be some good pics from others

Was not impressed with the camp chair leg shaped and sized dent in the back corner of the Range Rover I found the next day......

[Homestar]

I didn't get any pics this year at the Airshow as it's the first time in 15 years I haven't been working there. I did attend one of the trade days from an invite I got and overall I was a little disapointed with the hardware on display - not nearly as many big things down at the keyhole as other years - Particularly missed the C-17 not being there to walk through.

I didn't know this thread even existed - I can post a tonne of good pics from 2019.

I'll start with the oddest of them all - The B-52 - it's a freak of engineering and close up is amazing - leaks fluids like an old Land Rover - once parked up they put a heap of drip trays under it - fail on a roadworthy for sure... [biggrin] Chatting to the crew they say the airframes will make 100 years old by the time they are retired.

https://live.staticflickr.com/7881/40207808073_9f52f67f84_4k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24g2wwe)B-52 - 2019 Melbourne Airshow (https://flic.kr/p/24g2wwe) by Gavin Gregory (https://www.flickr.com/photos/150806513@N06/), on Flickr
https://flic.kr/p/24g2wwe

[p38arover]

If one is ever in Darwin one can have a close look at a B52 in the aircraft museum there.

[HUE166]

I didn't ever know this thread existed.

I don't mind going to air shows although most are on during one of my busy Summer so I don't often get the opportunity.

This one wasn't taken by me but is of me responding to the Craig's Road Fire north of Taralga, NSW yesterday.

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[p38arover]

Over in the scanning pix thread, I mentioned the Otek scanner a friend gave me this week: Slides to digital (https://www.aulro.com/afvb/camera-corner/280517-slides-digital-2.html)

Here are some scans I just did. I haven't edited/cropped these at all, these are straight from the scanner.

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The CAC Mustang was taken at Schofields in 1981. I don't know about the others. I didn't write any info on the slide mount.

If you want to see more aircraft let me know.






In the end, who wants to see my hundreds of slides of aircraft?

<Raises hand>

[3toes]

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[3toes]

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This is the first time I have seen the B17 flying. Some times you are in the right place at the right time

Pictures are from my phone and it was a fair distance from me

[JDNSW]

Actually it was just south of Dubbo. Sat there for years and then hey presto it was gone. It sure didn't fly away.

Looking through this old thread I can solve the mystery.

It was one of the open air exhibits at a military museum that folded about ten years or more ago.

I went to the clearing sale they had when they finally shut up shop. Can't remember what (if anything) I bought. I was looking for Landrover parts, but I don't think I found much.

[Tins]

Looking through this old thread I can solve the mystery.

It was one of the open air exhibits at a military museum that folded about ten years or more ago.



If I had known that I might have called in. I certainly didn't see any signage, thought it was just a paddock of stuff owned by someone more eccentric ( or rich ) than I am.

[Saitch]

I just noticed the resurrection of this thread. These are a few photos from one of the locals in my area, last ANZAC Day, Dayboro fly-over.

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