Guest Deskpilot1 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Yeah! Don`t we all!!!!!.....Getting old is a bitchFrank. Yer, so's my wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Evans Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 [ATTACH]47635._xfImport[/ATTACH] me at Weipa early 1990 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deskpilot1 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 MMMMM,. . . .a beard,. . . .I think I might try and grow another one,. . .makes a bloke look somewhat more,. . .er,. . .refined ? ? ? ? ? ME....REFINED!! not on your life. But thanks for the compliment all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 [ATTACH=full]35862[/ATTACH] Not a selfie either...did they have them in 1974 ?...this may not look aviation related but it is, both being the only very lucky survivors of a 1974 C182 plane crash at Batchelor NT. Wendy a British backpacker was on her way home after also having to endure cyclone Tracy in Darwin hospital !....We were both not long out of hospitals after long stays, and met at Sydney Kingsford Smith for farewells, prob sometime in early 1975. I am also fresh out of the Airforce. Wendy used this to track me down a few years ago, having not seen each other in some thirty years. She returned to Australia, married an Aussie and now lives happily in Perth with two children. Further to the above, Wendy and I were in the rear of the C182 wearing only lap belts. The pilot and front passenger were killed on impact after the engine quit suddenly on takeoff, and the pilot aggressively attempted the 'impossible turn' back to the strip. Wendy smashed both ankles, one leg and one arm, and we both suffered almost identical internal and back fractures. I believe she still had the leg in plaster under the skirt, and was certainly still on crutches. It certainly highlighted the imminent danger in turning back, and we were both very lucky that day. Oh and by the way as it turned out, we were both born on exactly the same day 4th October 1951 on opposite sides of the planet !!..fate plays funny tricks sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Ross, Could a landing straight ahead or 30 degrees either side, have been carried out successfully? Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Maj, that's just one of those "Wow!" stories. Glad you're here today to tell us about it and sorry about the losses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Ross, Could a landing straight ahead or 30 degrees either side, have been carried out successfully? Frank. Yes of course this is always possible Frank, but light scrub country sourrounding this airport. Probabily would still have been quite some damage to aircraft with also a possible fire as we were full of Fuel. I do believe the impact would have been much less though as the aircraft obviously stalled during the attempted turn back with the resulting uncontrolled arrival. Photos attached shows scrub around the wreckage which was only a couple of hundred meters from end of runway. Pretty typical NT type scrub really. In defence of the pilot who was a friend and someone I had operated with for some years, he only had a split second or two to make a very difficult choice. This is why this scenero is so dangerous. [ATTACH]47636._xfImport[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozbear Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 [ATTACH]47637._xfImport[/ATTACH] Here's one for you guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf jessup Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Here is one of me & my middle daughter (and yes she is happily married)[ATTACH]47638._xfImport[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Here is one of me & my middle daughter (and yes she is happily married)[ATTACH=full]35879[/ATTACH] Damn....all the pretty ones are !.....great shot Alf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Here is one of me & my middle daughter She's beautiful Alf - meant from a proud Dad's POV (I got 3 about the same age myself). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I was just going through some stuff and found this really old picture of me from 1960 .. [ATTACH]47640._xfImport[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf jessup Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I was just going through some stuff and found this really old picture of me from 1960 .. [ATTACH=full]36138[/ATTACH] Bex I must say yes you resemble that photo lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 What a mob of posers. What's with the hasselblad Phil? You rich or something? Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Amphib selfie......... [ATTACH]47641._xfImport[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 [ATTACH]47642._xfImport[/ATTACH] Not a selfie...but certainly my favourite poser shot....Reno Air Races...late 80s or early 90s...that's the man !.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I don't know what's more impressive Maj, being snapped with the great man, or that beard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Hell of a shot Maj, the visual difference between the 2 characters is quite extreme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Bet it's the only pic of Bob Hoover and Fidel Castro in existence... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 What a mob of posers. What's with the hasselblad Phil? You rich or something? Nev Not the sort of camera I'd usually buy Nev,. . . . . I swapped that H for a fairly battered Gretch semi accoustic electric guitar, but in the end, I flogged it to a pro photographer as I preferred my 35 mil half frame . . .easier to carry and use, not like lugging around a breeze block . . . .it DID take really sharp pics though, with that large format neg. . . . ..( ahh memories ) Incidentally, the pic it took of me wasn't exactly david bailey standard, but tha was down to the nut holding the camera, and that auto-focus wasn't available to the unwashed masses back then. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Amphib selfie......... Nice one Ross,. . . but there were obviously some trees growing out of that amphibious wet stuff. . ., I can see them over your mate's left shoulder ! ! ! ! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 [ATTACH]47644._xfImport[/ATTACH] Probabily on approach onto the river......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 701 on floats, Maj? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 701 on floats, Maj? Bit dodgy landing on a river with wheels. . . .? Unless it was a bit on the shallow side ( LLOL ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Bit dodgy landing on a river with wheels. . . .? Unless it was a bit on the shallow side ( LLOL ) These guys make it look easy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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