ZK Ag jobs on Lord Howe Island
Sept 28, 2016 21:42:15 GMT 12
Dave Homewood, chinapilot, and 3 more like this
Post by planecrazy on Sept 28, 2016 21:42:15 GMT 12
Been going through some old slides, found some oldies but goodies, here’s some ag jobs
Seen a few Crescos over the years, many going mort would fly Keri Keri to LordHowe Island then on to
Long Reach, always amazed me the distance these things fly!
This one probably one of the more amazing crossings of the Tasman Sea in 1968 a Fletcher with Brad
Stubbs as the pilot. New Zealand to Norfolk Island then over the top of Lord Howe and on to the east
coast of Australia. (Lord Howe Island did not get a runway until 1974)
She ran into an unpredicted head wind and the pilot calculated he wasn’t going to make Australia, he
had used too much fuel to go back to Norfolk. So he returned to Lord Howe with plans to ditch in the
lagoon. With a fair amount of skill and the short field ability of the Fletcher he got her down near the
island’s sports oval. After a couple of days on the island the help of favourable winds and a whole lot
of locals hanging on to the wing while she ran up full power she got off and made her way to mainland
Australia. As you can see this all caused a bit of a stir on the island!
Seen a few Crescos over the years, many going mort would fly Keri Keri to LordHowe Island then on to
Long Reach, always amazed me the distance these things fly!
This one probably one of the more amazing crossings of the Tasman Sea in 1968 a Fletcher with Brad
Stubbs as the pilot. New Zealand to Norfolk Island then over the top of Lord Howe and on to the east
coast of Australia. (Lord Howe Island did not get a runway until 1974)
She ran into an unpredicted head wind and the pilot calculated he wasn’t going to make Australia, he
had used too much fuel to go back to Norfolk. So he returned to Lord Howe with plans to ditch in the
lagoon. With a fair amount of skill and the short field ability of the Fletcher he got her down near the
island’s sports oval. After a couple of days on the island the help of favourable winds and a whole lot
of locals hanging on to the wing while she ran up full power she got off and made her way to mainland
Australia. As you can see this all caused a bit of a stir on the island!