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Papuan Air Transport to Papuan Airlines - Flight Crew List.
† Denotes killed in the line of duty
Anstey, Barry E. |
Flew with Patair for 2 years flying light aircraft and P.166s. First Officer on DC-3s. Left to join Queensland Airlines in mid 1964. Transferred to ANSETT-ANA 12/1964 |
Arnold, Peter John † |
Killed in the crash of Short Skyvan VH-PNI on 1/9/1972 |
Baldwin, William 'Baldy Bill' |
Flew at least Skyvans. Transferred to Ansett PNG in 1970 |
Barnett, Phillip |
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Barnett, Steven |
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Bassingthwaite, Chesleigh F. |
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Blackman, Larry |
Retired mid 1970 having flown some 23,000 hours |
Bou, Aria |
First PNG First Officer on DC-3s with Mincon Peni |
Broomhead, Kenneth J. |
Transferred to Ansett Airlines of PNG 7/1970. Later flew with Ansett |
Forgan-Smith, William ‘Bill’ |
Captain on DC-3 and Short Skyvans. Chief Pilot 7/1961 after Myles Lewis. Later bacame the Operations Manager. Transferred to Ansett Airlines of PNG |
Franck, Gerd |
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| Goossens, Frank J. |
Co-founder of airline with C. R. Jackson as a partnership |
Gray, Dennis C. |
Joined the company in 1969. First Officer on DC-3s. Transferred to Ansett Airlines of PNG in 1970. Later flew with Ansett Airlines of Australia in 1973 |
Hauritz, Kevin P. |
First Officer on P.166s and DC-3s. Transferred to Ansett Airlines of PNG in 1970 |
| Heyen, Gerhard |
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| Howse, Hodson Trevor ‘Hoddy’ |
Ex QANTAS. Joined Patair in 1965. Chief Pilot. Seriously injured when Pilatus Porter VH-PNF crashed at Terapo. Later resigned to join Qantas as Base Pilot at San Francisco. |
| Jarrold, Kenneth G. 'Ken' |
Transferred from Stol. Chief Pilot after Jim Wayne retired. Acting Operations Manager |
Joggi, Rene |
Previously flew with Stol. Later flew with Ansett |
| Keene, John ‘Trembles’ |
Captain on DC-3s |
| Lewis, Myles |
Chief Pilot. Resigned July 1961 to join K.L.M. |
Long, Charles 'Soapy' |
Transferred to Ansett Airlines of PNG before resigning in 1989 |
MacRae, Maxwell 'Max' |
Left company and returned to U.K. |
McCourt, James 'Jim' |
Returned to the U.K. |
McDermott, John ‘Captain Drama’ |
Ex R.A.A.F. and T.A.A. Captain on DC-3s |
Miller, Edward |
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Miller, Edward Raymond 'Ray' |
Previously with A.N.A. and Qantas. Joined the airline in 1961. Captain on DC-3s. Transferred to MMA in 1966 |
| Monod, Hans |
Ex Stol. Captain on Piper Aztec VH-WEJ when it crashed 18/4/1961 |
| Murtagh, Leon Francis |
Previously with Airlines of New South Wales. Transferred to Ansett-MAL. |
| O’Loughlin, Brian ‘Slim’
or 'Soapy' |
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Parry, Lester 'Little Lester' |
Resigned to join T.A.A. in 1970 |
Peni, Mincon |
First PNG First Officer on DC-3s with Aria Bou |
Petrie, Ross A. |
First Officer on DC-3s. Later flew with Ansett |
Rogers, Barry |
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Romano, Gary |
Joined Masling before resigning to fly with Air Niugini |
Salfas, Joseph 'Joe' |
Previously flew with Ansett Airways, MMA and Southern Airlines (Victoria). Flew DC-3 VH-PAT, DHC-2 Beaver VH-AAQ. Later flew for BHP flying the Scotish Twin Pioneer based at Derby, W.A. |
Scott, Walter |
Transferred to Ansett Airlines of PNG before resigning in 1989 |
| Sharpe, Peter |
Joined company in 1970 and flew Piper PA-31, P.166B, SC-7 and DC-3s as First Officer. |
Sly, Cecil 'Cec' |
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Smith, W. |
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Taveaux, Jacque |
Left company to joinAir France |
Teasedale, Leigh |
Resigned to join QANTAS |
| van Senten, Henk |
Co-founder of airline with C. R. Jackson as a partnership. Chief Pilot |
Vink, William 'Bill' |
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| Wallace, Geoffrey ‘Geoff’ † |
Killed in the crash of P.166 VH-PAU on 8/3/1961 |
Ward, Frank |
Previously with Stol in 1969. Transferred to Ansett Airlines of PNG 1970 |
| Wayne, James 'Jim' |
Chief Pilot after Hoddy Howse had his accident at Terapo. Flew at least DC-3 and Short Skyvans. Retited 1969 |
Whiley, Bruce |
Transferred to Ansett Airlines of PNG 1970 |
Wicherley, Peter |
Flew at least Short Skyvan |
Young, Ian |
Transferred to Ansett Airlines of PNG before resigning in 1989 |
Original list compiled by Gil White with additions supplied by Fred Niven