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This is a true story of flying in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the 1970/80s. Come follow the story & try your hand in MSFS at landing at the incredible airstrips mentioned in the story (most of which are available as freeware, or as payware from Orbx). The story was taken from a book of PNG flying stories which is available online for free from the Australian National University – just Google “and then the engines stopped”. Hope you enjoy. Cheers.

At the same time in the 1950s that alpine aviator legend Hermann Geiger in Switzerland was developing aircraft snow skis & alpine flying techniques (see my previous video) Henry (Harry) Wigley was doing much the same in New Zealand. Come learn about Wigley’s story. Hope you enjoy – if so, please Like & Subscribe for more of the same. Cheers.

Hermann Geiger (1914 - 66) was a famous Swiss alpine aviator based at Sion Airport, Rhone River valley, Switzerland. Mainly in a Piper Super Cub, he pioneered techniques for high-altitude/glacier supply & rescue flights, & made thousands of such flights himself, saving hundreds of lives, all without any aircraft accidents. Come learn his largely unknown story. Hope you enjoy. Cheers.

In Nov 1963 President Kennedy (JFK) was assassinated. In Jul 1999, his son, JFK Jr, was piloting a small aircraft which crashed into the sea during a night flight. Also on board were his wife & her sister. All 3 perished. Come see the circumstances of the crash &, if you are a pilot, hopefully reinforce your own flying safely skills.

The Fairey Aircraft Company Swordfish was a particularly successful WW2 naval aircraft. The 1st Fairey Company airfield, the Great Western Aerodrome, later became London Heathrow airport. Come learn about the interesting history of the Swordfish, & enjoy some real-life footage at the end. Cheers.

No, which Is mainly why I at age 74 swapped over to Class 5. Class 5 means that there are certain restrictions on your flying, like only 1 passenger, not above 10,000’, no night flying, no IFR, no acrobatics, no formation flying etc, but all those were ok for me. Cheers.

If you are eligible to apply for Class 5, ie do not have any of the listed serious conditions, the answers to your questions are, those tests are not required, and from age 75 it’s yearly. All on the CASA website. Cheers.

In May 2019, a DHC-2 (Beaver) & a DHC-3 (Otter) collided mid-air while conducting sightseeing flights in the Alaskan Misty Fjords wilderness area, resulting in several deaths & serious injuries. Come see how it happened & what may have caused it. Will we ever learn to avoid such unnecessary tragedies?

Come see how American pilot Nathan Gordon earned his Medal of Honour, & each of his 8 crew the Silver Star, in WW2 New Guinea, (Kavieng Harbour) by landing his Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina amphibious aircraft 4 times in a row, under fire, & in rough seas, to save 15 downed airmen. The story is partly told in his own words, in quotes, from a 2003 interview. Hope you enjoy. Cheers.

In 2015 famous actor & aviation enthusiast, Harrison Ford, crash landed on a golf course after suffering an engine failure in his 1942 PT-22 Recruit, the military version of the Ryan ST-3KR. Come see how & why it happened. Also watch some RL footage of Ford & others flying over the Rockies. Hope you enjoy. Cheers.

Come visit the top 12 Aussie Island airstrips. Even more airstrips at the end for those who love island flying. Enjoy flying in an Aussie Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) Winjeel. Cheers.

Hi, I am the OP. Great to see such discussion. As well as the impossible terrain to see crash debris, I think a key part of the answer to the question as to where it is, is the fact that so much terrain has not been covered, as shown by this 2024 map. Cheers.

Thanks, but no, my typo. Cheers.

Note: hours shown for the radio comms transcript in the video above should commence with 19 not 09.

How can a Cessna 210 that crashed in New South Wales, Australia, in 1983, supposedly killing all 5 on board, be still not found after all this time despite a major initial search & smaller on-going searches every year - in Australia of all places! It's the only crashed aircraft ever in Australia to not be found. Come see the story. Hope you find it interesting. Cheers.