Bright Black AV Blog

We’ve never been the type of team that shies away from a challenge. Pressure, stress, deadlines, insurmountable odds….  we love it!!

Not so long ago the “Black Knights” were faced with a brand new adventure. A job courtesy of the British American Tobacco Assoc, in conjunction with Now Communications Group P/L & Blue 7, to be held at the Madang Resort in Papua New Guinea. A quick hop across the ditch…no problem. Or so we first thought.

Turns out that getting large quantities of heavey freight across to Papua New Guinea (along with several staff members) at very short notice is not as easy as it first appears. We chartered a private freight plane (with the help of some clever local transport gurus from Independent Aviation and Flighttech), worked out the logistics, made a thousand phone calls, constantly rearranged flight plans and eventually got the gear to the hanger. That’s where it gets really interesting……

Apparently large roadcases weighting around 160kgs, which must be shipped upright because of the nature of the equipment inside, don’t fit easily into private planes. The techs at the hanger had to remove the door from the plane, physically hold the plane to keep it from tipping over and then manually try and load the case. Getting this single roadcase loaded took over an hour. (We had to leave after that and let the lads finish the loading, but we’d already learnt plenty of new swear words so we didn’t feel like we’d be missing anything. lol)

Needless to say we got everything there in the end, the gig was a success and we even managed to get the team & gear back home again without too much drama.  There were some hairy moments but that’s what makes this job so entertaining.  :-)

Hmmm...small door + big boxes = trouble

OK...we're feeling confident.

Let the fun begin!