World's longest mail run
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Originally Posted by tinpis
Funnily enough though theres been many many pilots since the early days theres only been one Mayor of PortAgutter 
And did I hear somewhere that a certain fuel agent at Leigh Ck has also gone on to be mayor?
TF
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Tinny;
You dirty old man......... 
You would'nt have been the first to have found 'love' on the mail run!!
and you certainly were'nt the last
Mango; Sorry, can't help you there, but I'm intrigued as to what you have there....I mean, you did'nt take a piccy that night in the front bar in the Boulia pub when I was with..er... you know....ummm.....oh dear.
spent all night shaggin......
You would'nt have been the first to have found 'love' on the mail run!!
and you certainly were'nt the last
Mango; Sorry, can't help you there, but I'm intrigued as to what you have there....I mean, you did'nt take a piccy that night in the front bar in the Boulia pub when I was with..er... you know....ummm.....oh dear.
...I feel a TV series in this somewhere
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Ah the mail run.
Camera crew with Beta cams that weighed a ton, Tripods, production gear, a producer, cameraman, sound recordist and reporter. Those were the days, esp when they couldnt quite understand that the MR was limited to 10kgs per pax.
Then the days if they could gaffa tape a camera to the wing for landings/takeoffs.
And the outbursts as to the extra costs to get some go round shots not fully understanding the time/fuel involved.
Ah I loved dealing with the media, and even more so with the tourism authorities who though we should give it away.
And the buggers never ever said thankyou or sent the footage as promised.
And then there were the station owners who would spew if the plane over flew, as they had'nt faxed the strip conditions to PUG on the Friday, which was part of the deal and their responsibility if they wanted the mail/goods etc.
I could go on and on.
So Disco, the current run I don't think would be as good as the old ASA effort, but given the recent comments re equipment you might get to try several of West Wing's fleet.
TTFN
Camera crew with Beta cams that weighed a ton, Tripods, production gear, a producer, cameraman, sound recordist and reporter. Those were the days, esp when they couldnt quite understand that the MR was limited to 10kgs per pax.
Then the days if they could gaffa tape a camera to the wing for landings/takeoffs.
And the outbursts as to the extra costs to get some go round shots not fully understanding the time/fuel involved.
Ah I loved dealing with the media, and even more so with the tourism authorities who though we should give it away.
And the buggers never ever said thankyou or sent the footage as promised.
And then there were the station owners who would spew if the plane over flew, as they had'nt faxed the strip conditions to PUG on the Friday, which was part of the deal and their responsibility if they wanted the mail/goods etc.
I could go on and on.
So Disco, the current run I don't think would be as good as the old ASA effort, but given the recent comments re equipment you might get to try several of West Wing's fleet.
TTFN
