VR-HGF makes Cathay Pacific's inaugural flight from Hong Kong to Perth. Flights staged through Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta three times a week arriving at midnight and leaving nine hours later. Cathay Pacific was the first and only airline to operate Convair jetliners on scheduled services to Australia and they served only Perth. When Cathay Pacific expanded to other Australian cities it was with Boeing 707s. VR-HGF left the fleet in 1975, becoming N88CH. Photo from: State Library of Western Australia

Photographer: Not known.

Photographer: Unknown photographer. - Ex Trans Meridian. Started off as N731PA.

Slinging 100 pound propane tanks in to Longworth Peak, a Forest Service Radio and lookout station east of Prince George, British Columbia. My first ride in a helicopter and I enjoyed it a lot. There would be many more flights for me over 35 years, but I will not forget this one. Back in those times the helicopters were equipped with HF radios and you can see the stinger antenna at the nose.