GA8 Airvan new build by Gippsland Aero

[turboplanner]

Morwell.

 

[rgmwa]

I flew from Warrnambool to Melbourne in one in the mid 1960's. Ansett, I think. It was an experience walking uphill to my seat and being able to see right into the cockpit and watch the pilots at work. Lots of noise.

[BrendAn]

If anyone wants to fly in a dc3 just go to Essendon airport

 

[BrendAn]

6 hours ago, Geoff_H said:

Too many old farts on this site, living in the past and looking relevance in life.  Me included.  

I want you lot to stay here and keep telling your stories before they are lost forever. At least they are recorded here 

[facthunter]

AGU must have some time on it by now.  I remember an EWA DC3  at Port Macquarie in that livery. The "skipper" was using a walking stick. Good little Airline, EWA.  Nev

[jackc]

I found it in East West Airlines livery somewhere?  I remember I did a school excursion in one of their F27 Fokkers back in the middle ‘60s 

[johnm]

On 12/01/2025 at 6:50 PM, BrendAn said:

I want you lot to stay here and keep telling your stories before they are lost forever. At least they are recorded here 

to true BrendAn

 

great to hear past knowledge and experience - and also the posts from posters that don't have anything of that (include myself here) - all should be able to participate - without fear of ye rock hitting ye scone

 

ironically some organisation (etc) don't want to know about past knowledge and experience - it's all disregarged and you just have to follow the new leader (sometimes over same ground that's bad)

 

 

[facthunter]

The same Physics still act on them. Gravity Pulls and lift opposes it. Planes are just planes till they go supersonic. Training enables mortals to fly them. Nev

[pmccarthy]

An ex DC3 captain once said that it was difficult to have a relationship with a hostie while on the ground as you kept sliding off.

[Marty_d]

2 minutes ago, pmccarthy said:

An ex DC3 captain once said that it was difficult to have a relationship with a hostie while on the ground as you kept sliding off.

All they had to do was turn around.

[facthunter]

Never heard what one.  They used to say the EW girls had to make their own uniforms (Material supplied of course). Home every night. (almost)  Nev

[jackc]

18 minutes ago, pmccarthy said:

An ex DC3 captain once said that it was difficult to have a relationship with a hostie while on the ground as you kept sliding off.

Big bonus was those noisey Twin Wasp engines drowned out the guttural moans and groans,  of the participants 😁

[facthunter]

You've missed your calling  With imagination like that you should be a Novelist. The props make the noise, Mostly on take off.  Radials just rumble. Nothing quite like them.  Nev

[Marty_d]

5 minutes ago, jackc said:

Big bonus was those noisey Twin Wasp engines drowned out the guttural moans and groans,  of the participants 😁

Oh! For some reason I assumed they'd waited until the passengers had deplaned.

I guess that falls under "in flight entertainment".

[jackc]

1 minute ago, facthunter said:

You've missed your calling  With imagination like that you should be a Novelist. The props make the noise, Mostly on take off.  Radials just rumble. Nothing quite like them.  Nev

Many simply say, I missed the ‘boat’ 🤩

[facthunter]

It's a matter of timing. Be there at the right time. Despite  all the Intense experiences it was a lot more dangerous. The training especially.  but bullshit could  not be a part of it. You had to make it happen. Planes that had in excess of 70,000 hours on the Airframe The only engines I've shut down in anger were R-2000's 5 of them. Not all at once of course. Over 5 years but there were other things more concerning than engine failures.  Nev