Charter Flights

Nomad Floatmaster VH-BRQ on Blue Lagoon, Moreton Island on 28 January 1984.
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DATE	28 January 1984
DESTINATION	Brisbane - Moreton Island - Brisbane
AIRCRAFT	Nomad Floatmaster VH-BRQ
OPERATOR	Barrier Reef Airways
OCCASION	Aircraft familiarisation. The aircraft departed from the General Aviation Terminal at Eagle Farm and made a water landing on Blue Lagoon on Moreton Island.
COST	unknown
PASSENGERS	unknown

CREW
Captain	unknown
First Officer	nil
Flight Attendant	nil

NOTES

This flight was co-ordinated by James Wing who worked for Barrier Reef Airways at the time. In the absence of any records, the following passenger list has been compiled from photographs taken on the day. There were at least two flights to Moreton Island.

PASSENGER LIST
Mike Adams	Nick Sayer
Ken Woodrow	David Jones
Peter Johnston
Keith Cameron
June Cameron
Ron Cuskelly
John Hill
James Wing (Co-ordinator)

"PLANE DRAMA" AVERTED

by Mike Adams

As I was a keen young pilot at the time, I managed to snaffle the right hand seat for the departure from Brisbane. After take-off, the pilot was leaning back in his seat and looking out through the right hand cabin window. After a short time, he returned his attention to the front. I wondered what he was looking for so I had a bit of a look and noticed in the mirror mounted near the top of the strut that the right main undercarriage had not retracted. By this time we were on approach to Blue Lagoon on Moreton Island so he extended the downwind leg of the circuit and cycled the landing gear. This time the RH main retracted and I was happy to confirm this to the pilot and the landing proceeded normally. I spoke to the pilot about the problem and he said that this had happened before. I don't think that anyone else was aware of the event as no part of the undercarriage is visible from the passenger cabin.

ISSUE	DATE	REMARKS
4	25MAY06	David Jones confirms that he was a passenger. John Wilson advises that he was not a passenger so his name has been deleted.
3	07NOV05	Added Mike Adams' recollections of an undercarriage incident.
2	01NOV05	Added Nick Sayer who confirms that there were at least two flights.
1	26OCT05	Original issue