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Old 4th December 2011, 09:41 AM
Shayne G Shayne G is offline
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Originally Posted by lloyd fox View Post
For all the young spotters Brisbane had 1 and sometimes 2 AN12'S based there for 10-15 years till about 3 years ago.It sure was a highlight to see takeoff 2 or 3 times every week.
I remember them! Lots of little tales associated with them. I remember everytime one departed the airport and fire station would get a bunch of reports of an aircraft 'on fire'!

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Originally Posted by Jaryd stock View Post
I still wish that Pacific Expeess IL-76 was still getting around....
If Heavylift was still operational, we may of had an Il-76 in the region! Though of course they also said they'd get an DC-10 and that didn't happen either.
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