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Peter GILVARRY, Flight Engineer ....

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City: BUFFALO  New York  USA.
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Email: peter@gilvarry.com
Email: b747pete@gmail.com
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Aircrew Position: Flight Engineer.
Squadrons/Units: 11 Squadron.
Aircraft Crewed: Lockheed Orion P3.
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Other: Peter was a P3 flight engineer from 1974 to 1977 and a P3 flight engineer instructor 1977 to 1979.  He left the RAAF in January 1980 and then went to Cathay Pacific in Hong Kong until end of 1992.  From 1993 to the present, Peter has worked as a B747 Flight Engineer for Japan Air Charter and Jalways which is part of Japan Air Lines and based out of Honolulu.  Peter currently resides in Buffalo, NY and commutes to Hawaii each month.

From 1995 until 2003, Peter was chief flight engineer for Hawaii Aviation, the contract company that provides crews to Jalways and JAL.  Recently Peter achieved 20,000 flying hours of which 13,500 hours are in B747-100/-200/-300.

Peter retired in 2008 to live permanently in Buffalo, NY; very close to Niagara Falls.
Profile Date: 04 September 2007.
Profile Update: 23 October 2022.