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Post by stu on Sept 5, 2006 20:14:59 GMT 12
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Post by corsair67 on Sept 5, 2006 21:51:59 GMT 12
Okay, I've filled a couple in, now who do I fax them to? ;D
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Post by Bruce on Sept 5, 2006 22:11:52 GMT 12
What were the co-ordinates of the Beehive? (personnel dug in....)
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Post by stu on Sept 6, 2006 12:22:30 GMT 12
What were the co-ordinates of the Beehive? (personnel dug in....) 41 o 16' 42.57" S - 174 o 46' 35.57" E or NZMG projection co-ordinates, 2658802.94E - 5990517.48N should get the Beehive pretty much bang on ;D |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 6, 2006 16:31:06 GMT 12
Careful guys, remember this is a public forum and I don't want to be done for sedition like that guy who axed Clark's window.
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Post by phil82 on Sept 6, 2006 16:58:17 GMT 12
Alright then, on a slightly lighter note [and welcome to you Alex!].A few years ago, before PC, the Parachute Training School at Whenuapai had its own Dakota,[subsequently replaced with an Andover] and it was a fairly regular occurrence for this aircraft, with the same crew, every day, to do a very early take-off in order to get an accurate drop for the trainee jumpers, before the wind got up.
So every morning of a jump, these very same guys would see "their" very own pilots walk up front , start up and take off. It was a familiar routine.
Well, unbeknown to them, "their" pilot, a certain Flt Lt who shall be nameless, was about to depart the RNZAF for Air New Zealand, but had arranged to do a parachute jump before he left, and wasn't flying the aircraft that day. There was another pilot already up front in his place when he cheerfully strolled up the ranks of soldiers, but they didn't know that! "Morning lads" he said; "Morning Sir" they replied, and off they went to climb to the required altitude over Whenuapai for the jump.
All the jumpers were lined up awaiting the green light, when one engine gradually lost power, then increased it, then lost it, then increased it, and all of a sudden, the cockpit door opens, and out rushes " their" pilot already kitted up with a parachute, hooks up with the jumpmaster's help, and says "Sorry, lads, but I've got to go" and promptly jumped, much to the horror and amazement of the lined up squaddies.
The tale of the looks on the squaddies faces was something to be remembered he said.
He got a bollocking from the CO, but generally it was taken rather lightly. He had a very successful career with ANZ, first on the DC8, then 747.
No doubt today the PC crowd would see it differently.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 6, 2006 20:15:28 GMT 12
Brilliant story!
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Post by stu on Sept 6, 2006 20:46:02 GMT 12
I like the way that pilot thinks  |
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