Ansett F27 Flight VH-FNT circa 1980-81 

iFlyTheWorld - Flew as an Air Hostess on F27 doing the 'milk run' as was called from Brisbane to stopping at various towns to Cairns then Port Moresby and then the same trip back to Brisbane- 3 day trip with the same crew - the good old 1970's 👍🏿😍

Fnt was another New Guinea based pla good old busne

Totally agree with you,

The sound of country Australia

Maybe a Connie 🙂

I’ll say those were the best days of Australia. Period.

@@westerlywinds5684 Couldn't agree more.

Same here. My mom’s vacuum sounded very similar too.

Taking off ?????????

I remember them Kieth, i grew up in Coffs. The screaming yellow banana plane use to pass over head every day.

Depends when the F 27 was used on Mel to Syd in 1963 & 64. Were used on intra state route like Mildura & Albury & Reg Ansett’s home town of Hamilton I think. Also Melbourne & Sydney to Canberra.Was the workhorse of country route for Ansett & TAA in the 70’s and 80’s. Ansett dumped them at the time of the Pilots Strike ( or Lock out ) of 1989.

Flew on one from Sydney to coffsharbour 1985

@@beagle7622 yes that’s right. My Mums Uncle and Cousin worked for Ansett and Ansett pulled out of Wynyard during the pilot strike although their reason for pulling out was they were incurring heavy losses. They had already pulled out of Devonport about 6 months before. They were operating the Fokker 50s by then. The F50s still operated out of Sydney until the mid 90s doing Sydney to Albury, Sydney to Wagga, Sydney to Coffs Harbour, Sydney to Ballina then they gave the routes to Kendell which was owned by Ansett anyway.

@@mattlindsay6974 Until they took that good little airline & Hazleton too name 2 with them when they went broke. That whole time from 89 was a disaster for Australian Aviation. Two names wrecked that great company & others , Abeles & Murdoch.

Thanks Ietsseeif did the same day run between Adelaide and Melbourne with Ansett Airlines of South Australia Fokker F27 to Mt Gambier full service yay then Ansett Airlines of Australia via Hamilton to Melbourne Fokker F27 all the way it was great January 1982. Then on to Sydney Boeing 727-277 at the front quiet flight glad I did it. Flew from Adelaide to Melbourne on Fokker F27 was great! In 1982! Can't do it now in 2020! Ansett 727.

@@ansett7272 Thanks very much. Good to hear of your good fab experience & memories. I've not much time for QF. As a youth I 'haunted' Essendon biking as runway changed with wind. NEVER saw QF. They didn't see Melb's existence in those days. So, I have little sympathy for Q or even V although I naturally want flight to reopen sometime. Now I see REX in the mix albeit as a Regional (60agingSAABs) hoping for a lease of 5 A320' or 737 to do 'the golden triangle' esp Melb Syd. thanks again :-)

@@letsseeif Thanks it was once in a life time flying Adelaide to Melboune all the way with Fokker F27 Ansett Airlines of South Australia code GJ to Mt Gambier then connecting to Ansett Airlines of Australia AN F27 via Hamilton then to Melbourne then connect to Ansett 727 to Sydney same day great service January 1982 yay. Have flown Virgin Blue DJ over 10 years ago but did not meet my expectations being old school kept to Qantas QF domestic since being a full service carrier. Yes REX hope to get going please. Flew Kendell Airlines KD as well to Ceduna South Australia from Adelaide late 1990's Swearingen Metroliner... pencil prop! REX go for interstate challenge! Can do full support! Ansett 727.

@@ansett7272 thanks again. I won't bore forever. But. At 17 I learnt to fly at Royal Vic DH-82's & Chip etc.did CPL, ATPL 1 to 4 theoretical, & re flying, paid for more & got ME, & IMC ratings etc.etc. Joined 'partime' RAAF Laverton 'Weekend Warriors' Squ21 Vampires, & okayed there. Only ever aspired for life as an Airline Pilot. Ansett Flight Manager accepted me, and though medicals weren't my downfall, I felt too nervous socially, so it was my call, thus life turned elsewhere. However, I flew in E of USA for a well known Detective Agency while also working & studying at Uni.. I keep up with all things aeronautical & travel (but not during virus) extensively & worldwide. ps. a relative who updates me, started via GA then Kendall SAAB's, Jetstar A320, then Widebody A330 about to go A350 on an internat carrier as Covid19 struck. ps.my first flight 1947 Ansett DC3 ex DST (real, not Dak or C47) to Mt Gambier return via Hamilton. Crew wore khaki shorts/skirts & I took Kodak Box Camera pics to prove it. :-) thanks for reading.................

@@letsseeif No not boring but interesting and I am similar involved in the airline industry since early 1970's with Ansett great memories. Sad it has now gone. I am old school loved the stability of a regulated airline industry. I never supported deregulation starting in USA 1978... experienced standards drop over time flying in the USA. Today I would never fly a US carrier sorry no disrespect! Early records on Super 8 silent film with compact cassette tape recordings. Ansett flights in 1982 on F27 sound recorded Rolls Royce Dart Engines. Just had a heat wave and a cool change. At Hamilton Airport Victoria, stopover stayed on board and sound recorded rain on the fuselage during shut down silence wow! Landing in Melbourne was wet but in Sydney it was still hot! Ansett 727.

Yes, the inflight propeller feathering & engine shutdown (Rolls Royce Dart 532) was part of the test flight system checking procedures following major servicing & inspections. In this particular case, I suspect it was done for the camera.

Thanks Graeme!

Well done. I loved these little airliners. It was considered a luxury to fly in one & we couldn't afford to do it often but when we could they were a great part of my bush childhood memories. My brother even had a plastic Airfix model. I could have killed him for getting glue on the windows & stuffing up the decals. It's such a shame Ansett & TAA are long gone. The worst thing is that PM John Howard could've done something to save them but failed to act. Any way thanks for the memories.