Flight 19 Goes Native - French Polynesia
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Hi folks,Well, it seen where Willy finally the guy at the local swap shop to see it his way concerning swapping the Ventura for the Beechcraft. Heck anyway, it was a good flight from NTKH to NTGP, and now we will be heading for NTGB. According to the local maps NTGB has a NDB of 339, for a change we shouldn't get lost as usual by using the NDB, but heck, who knows. hehe. The runway is around 3900 feet, and in some cases we need, or I need every inch of the runway in order to get stopped! Next big item, sure hope they have fuel available, these big engine do get thirsty.
We pulled in to Fangatau Island today, population 145.
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The DC-3 developed brake trouble and the nearest Autozone was a couple of atolls away so I rented a Beech twin for the time being.
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The DC-3 developed brake trouble and the nearest Autozone was a couple of atolls away so I rented a Beech twin for the time being.
Hello,Well, the picture shows you that Dudley and I are ready to go! Oops, forgot to start the engines. Hey, there is no Auto Zone store here or any other, so, Moses went to the swap shop and made a quick deal on a twin engine Beechcraft in order to make this flight, the DC-3 is having some brake problems. Hehe, kind of hard to stop on these short runways without any brakes. Now me, sure had a heck of a time landing at NTGB came in some what high and way over the speed I should have been using, hehe the landing gears sure got a work out, and Dudley and I got a work out also, boy, is my back sure sore. LOL. so this is so life goes with Flight 19.
Hey there!The flight from NTGB to NTGN was a shorter flight than we normally fly, but it was enjoyable one. Now, my landings sure have gone to pot in the last landings, hitting the runway hard and bouncing up and down for awhile sure isn't my normal landing type. Now again, I have two flat tires checked with the local swap shop where the sign say "you pull", any way after a short discussion, we made a deal for some tires, and now the war chest is almost empty need to find some cash bidness!
After all the ups and downs bartering for these bloody tires, hehe the don't things won't work. So here we are, we got a holed of some one who had the correct tires, but they won't be here until late a night. In the morning after the tires get here they will be installed and flight 19 can get on it's way on Wednesday.
Willy
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Hello there,We all took a day off in order to give our aircraft some TLC. Yesterday we took off for NTKT and to over fly NTGM, As we over flew NTGM at a very low level, noticed that they had a very nice looking airport. Now this here airport NTKT was hidden in the middle of a bunch of cocoanut trees, and them bloody things were very tall, a good chance to be landing in the tree tops. I finally spotted the bloody runway, but was coming to high, kept telling myself that was because of the tree, well anyway, I landed very long on the runway, but we stopped before the end. plenty of room, hehe. Now, we are off to NTGA. So talk to you later.
Willy
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Willy
Administrator
We had a nice all Lockheed low level flight tonight. A pair of Venturas and a 'Poon.
Someone said that it looks like a Lockheed dealership there!
And all I'll say about my landing is I did miss the tree, for all the good that did a few seconds later. Fortunately, I think it'll all buff out.
Someone said that it looks like a Lockheed dealership there!
And all I'll say about my landing is I did miss the tree, for all the good that did a few seconds later. Fortunately, I think it'll all buff out.
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AussieMan
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Well after a hearty NTGA lunch I decided it was time to put my feet up and grab a bit of sunshine and a siesta before the afternoon flight from NTSU arrived and the usual afternoon storms hit. Don't know how long I had been snoozing when the air was shattered by the sound of what appeared to be several twin radial aircraft buzzing the field. One by one they came in for a "landing" for want of a better description and they taxied up to the hangar area.
After a while one guy left the group and headed towards where I was seated. His walking gait indicated that he was ex Navy but from which country I did not know. As he got closer I noticed that he wore a wide brimmed hat but the most amazing thing was the bird he had sitting on his shoulder. Shades of Long John Silver.
He introduced himself as Willy and asked if he knew anyone who needed cargo shipped to another island or destination 'no questions asked' he said with a wink. Told him that there was a fellow named Achmed who had a hangar with some suspicious goods and was always looking for means to get it to other places. The look on his face indicated that he had suddenly lost interest.
Wished him good luck and headed back to my office to do a bit more work and get read for the afternoon flight.
After a while one guy left the group and headed towards where I was seated. His walking gait indicated that he was ex Navy but from which country I did not know. As he got closer I noticed that he wore a wide brimmed hat but the most amazing thing was the bird he had sitting on his shoulder. Shades of Long John Silver.
He introduced himself as Willy and asked if he knew anyone who needed cargo shipped to another island or destination 'no questions asked' he said with a wink. Told him that there was a fellow named Achmed who had a hangar with some suspicious goods and was always looking for means to get it to other places. The look on his face indicated that he had suddenly lost interest.
Wished him good luck and headed back to my office to do a bit more work and get read for the afternoon flight.
Hello again,Well, old Achmed has shown his face again, He will never forgive Willy and Flight 19 from a little bidness we had with him a few years ago. Needless to say, I don't think we will be doing any bidness with our old buddy Achmed. Anyway, we left NTKT, Katiu, heading to NTKF, in order to do a little screwing around, hehe we buzzed the airport, needless to say I don't think we would welcome there if we ever decided to come back, we continued onto Anaa NTGA, where we will spend the day doing a little TLC to us and the aircraft. From here we will be heading to NTKR, Takaroa.
Hi all,A nice flight to Takaroa (NTKR). Most of the flight I almost kept the controls "Balls to the wall" trying to keep up with those two hot rods pilots in those Venturas. Hehe, finally caught up with them after landing! OT: FSX people sure must love lots of trees every island we flew was so full of trees at times it was hard to find the bloody runways. What the heck, what can you expect from people from the Northwest where there are a lot of trees. lol.
Picture: preparing for takeoff to NTKR.
Hey there!Willy and I left NTKR, Takaroa, heading to NTTG, Rangivoa, in mid afternoon. The flight was uneventful with the exception that Moses was having some major problems with the Ventura remained at Takaroa until the problems were corrected, and said passed on to us to go ahead and he would catch up, but he hadn't caught with us before we landed at Rangivoa. Sure hope he gets the problem corrected and catches up with us before we head out for NTTP. Darn, no pictures this dumb person forgot to load the bloody camera!
hehe. Catch you all later.