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FAIRCHILD HILLER FH-227 (VH-FNT)
Wynyard, Tasmania, November 1974. Again, not Fairchild-Hiller, but Fokker F-27.
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That afternoon at Wynyard must have been 'peak hour'. DC-3 (C-47) VH-MMF was on the ground when this landed as well as TAA's F-27 VH-TQP.
Thanks Gavin for this shot of FNT in Wynyard. A nice example of an F27QC (Quick Change), pax to cargo and then back to pax. You can see that the small crew door is contained within the much larger cargo door which swung upwards forward of the portside prop. I just checked my logbook. The last time I crewed FNT was exactly 10 years after this November '74 photo, when I was Co-pilot on an all cargo run from SYD to Brisbane (2 hours). Then we flew back from BNE to Sydney taking 2 hours 5 minutes (at night dodging icing conditions). That flight was on Nov 15th 1984. Ansett 406 and Ansett 407 were the flight numbers. We would have been carrying approx 4 tons of cargo each way.
Thanks for that info Chris - always good to get a story.
Another nice memory Gavin-my first flight was from Melb to D'port an an Ansett F27 in 1970.
You're welcome Mike. My first ever flight was in an Ansett-ANA DC-3 sightseeing flight from Adelaide I think when I was 11 or 12 - thanks to my mum.
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Date | Aircraft | Origin | Destination | Departure | Arrival | Duration |
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22-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Groote Eylandt (YGTE) | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | 03:18PM ACST | 04:51PM ACST | 1:32 |
22-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | Groote Eylandt (YGTE) | 01:42PM ACST | 03:02PM ACST | 1:19 |
22-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Bathurst Island (BRT / YBTI) | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | 11:35AM ACST | 11:48AM ACST | 0:12 |
22-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | Bathurst Island (BRT / YBTI) | 10:08AM ACST | 10:25AM ACST | 0:16 |
18-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Ramingining (RAM / YRNG) | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | 01:07PM ACST | 02:10PM ACST | 1:03 |
18-Jul-2025 | PC12 | RAAF Tindal (KTR / YPTN) | Ramingining (RAM / YRNG) | 12:05PM ACST | 12:52PM ACST | 0:47 |
18-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | RAAF Tindal (KTR / YPTN) | 11:03AM ACST | 11:45AM ACST | 0:41 |
17-Jul-2025 | PC12 | RAAF Tindal (KTR / YPTN) | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | 04:33PM ACST | 05:17PM ACST | 0:44 |
17-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | RAAF Tindal (KTR / YPTN) | 03:27PM ACST | 04:13PM ACST | 0:45 |
17-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Port Keats Airfield (YPKT) | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | 12:27PM ACST | 01:06PM ACST | 0:39 |
17-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | Port Keats Airfield (YPKT) | 08:54AM ACST | 09:30AM ACST | 0:35 |
16-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Bathurst Island (BRT / YBTI) | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | 07:29PM ACST | 07:55PM ACST | 0:25 |
16-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Groote Eylandt (YGTE) | Bathurst Island (BRT / YBTI) | 05:29PM ACST | 07:13PM ACST | 1:43 |
16-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | Groote Eylandt (YGTE) | 03:33PM ACST | 05:06PM ACST | 1:33 |
16-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Gove (GOV / YPGV) | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | 11:25AM ACST | 12:53PM ACST | 1:28 |
16-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Elcho Island (ELC / YELD) | Gove (GOV / YPGV) | 10:24AM ACST | 10:50AM ACST | 0:26 |
16-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | Elcho Island (ELC / YELD) | 08:43AM ACST | 10:01AM ACST | 1:17 |
15-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Lake Evella (LEL / YLEV) | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | 02:35PM ACST | 03:46PM ACST | 1:11 |
15-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | Lake Evella (LEL / YLEV) | 12:18PM ACST | 01:37PM ACST | 1:18 |
15-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Port Keats Airfield (YPKT) | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | 10:36AM ACST | 11:15AM ACST | 0:39 |
15-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | Port Keats Airfield (YPKT) | 09:35AM ACST | 10:13AM ACST | 0:37 |
14-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Maningrida (MNG / YMGD) | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | 02:31PM ACST | 03:43PM ACST | 1:12 |
14-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | Maningrida (MNG / YMGD) | 01:14PM ACST | 02:08PM ACST (?) | 0:53 |
14-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Port Keats Airfield (YPKT) | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | 11:12AM ACST | 11:54AM ACST | 0:42 |
14-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | Port Keats Airfield (YPKT) | 09:58AM ACST | 10:37AM ACST | 0:38 |
11-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Port Keats Airfield (YPKT) | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | 01:56PM ACST | 02:36PM ACST | 0:40 |
11-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Bathurst Island (BRT / YBTI) | Port Keats Airfield (YPKT) | 12:54PM ACST | 01:36PM ACST | 0:42 |
11-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | Bathurst Island (BRT / YBTI) | 12:23PM ACST | 12:39PM ACST | 0:15 |
11-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Maningrida (MNG / YMGD) | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | 10:23AM ACST | 11:19AM ACST | 0:56 |
11-Jul-2025 | PC12 | South Goulburn Island (YGBI) | Maningrida (MNG / YMGD) | 09:39AM ACST | 10:03AM ACST | 0:24 |
11-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | South Goulburn Island (YGBI) | 08:43AM ACST | 09:25AM ACST | 0:41 |
10-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Port Keats Airfield (YPKT) | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | 01:52PM ACST | 02:29PM ACST | 0:37 |
10-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | Port Keats Airfield (YPKT) | 12:59PM ACST | 01:37PM ACST | 0:37 |
09-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Borroloola (BOX / YBRL) | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | 06:08PM ACST | 07:53PM ACST | 1:45 |
09-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Maningrida (MNG / YMGD) | Borroloola (BOX / YBRL) | 04:39PM ACST | 05:49PM ACST | 1:10 |
09-Jul-2025 | PC12 | Darwin Int'l / RAAF (DRW / YPDN) | Maningrida (MNG / YMGD) | 03:26PM ACST | 04:26PM ACST | 0:59 |
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