Bankstown 16th March 2013

[David C]

Rob R ... Late model Banderantes had a pronounced tailplane dihedral , this particular one appears to have no dihedral , hence , it must be an early ( pre 1983) model ..

Dave C

[Nigel C]

Originally Posted by Grahame Hutchison

VH-AGG Piper 76 Duchess (ME-393) 1981 operated by Basair Australia

Piper Duchess???

[Grahame Hutchison]

Piper 76 Duchess

[Nigel C]

So you actually mean Beechcraft Duchess? Piper did the Seminole.

[Rob R]

Hi David,

This one may have been per-1983, and I know VH-MWF (the first of the 3 bandits) had the dihedral (didn't make any difference flying wise) has it also had the later style flap handle. I can't remember if the 2nd (flyable Bandit ) had dihedral as I had moved on from Aerolink by the time it arrived. Last time I saw it was in Saipan in 1997.

I have a photo somewhere of the Bandits parked in Saipan. The colours on the engine cowl give it a way as one of the Pacfic Island Aiirlines Bandits.

[Grahame Hutchison]

Woops Nigel, yes Beech not Piper.

[Paul S.]

Just a question regrding the Bandit's are there any still flying in Australia? As i see a proposed start up Goldair Bendigo may be using one, any one have any ideas? Paul

[Grahame Hutchison]

Looks like six Paul http://www.16right.com/GetRego.php?M...&submit=Search

[Greg Hyde]

The Bandy could be:

N104EB/110421 which was scrapped in 1999.

Where is the id plate on a Bandy ?

Greg

[Rob R]

Another fact on the 3 Bandits Aerolink imported are they will built to a MTOW of 5900kg (under SFAR41), rather than the standard of 5700kg. Aerolink operated MWF at the reduced weight of 5700kg as operating above this weight would have need far to hard.