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  1. 9th January 2020, 04:43 PM #1
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    Erickson SKYCRANE? All you need to know.

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    ‘Elvis’ at Port Macquarie airport. Around 2003. They were doing the daily inspection before heading off to fight local fires.
    My First Officer doing the Elvis impersonation 😂
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    Your FO did well! - were you still on F27s then?

    interesting having the steps up the u/c leg to enable engine & rotor head inspecs - very convenient
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    Saw one of them on TV last night. Impressive. How are they to fly?
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    J, I can hear those ground crew now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 87County View Post
    Your FO did well! - were you still on F27s then?

    interesting having the steps up the u/c leg to enable engine & rotor head inspecs - very convenient
    No, I never flew the 20 ton Dog Whistle (F27). I was a DHC-8 captain with Qantaslink. Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour were my second homes back then...

    Dancing Elvis is now a captain at Jetstar. One of the funniest guys I’ve ever flown with 😂
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    Hugh, did you ever know a pilot I used to fly RC helicopters with back in the Eighties - Wayne Waddington? He was with, I think QantasLink.
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    Quote Originally Posted by p38arover View Post
    Hugh, did you ever know a pilot I used to fly RC helicopters with back in the Eighties - Wayne Waddington? He was with, I think QantasLink.
    You bet I know Wayne. He was with Hazelton, then possibly Rex. I met him a Bankstown in the 80’s when we were there.

    I don’t know where he went from there...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Jars View Post
    No, I never flew the 20 ton Dog Whistle (F27). I was a DHC-8 captain with Qantaslink. Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour were my second homes back then...

    Dancing Elvis is now a captain at Jetstar. One of the funniest guys I’ve ever flown with Erickson SKYCRANE? All you need to know.
    I may have been your passenger. Did quite a few Coffs-Sydney flights back in the day. Thanks for keeping me alive.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Jars View Post
    You bet I know Wayne. He was with Hazelton, then possibly Rex. I met him a Bankstown in the 80’s when we were there.

    I don’t know where he went from there...
    I could have sworn I once saw him on Qantas flight.

    Phil Carkagis is another Qantas Captain (747 if he hasn't retired) who is a Landy owner. He has a 101. Phil was once a helicopter pilot in the Army (keeping the helo connection in this thread ).
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