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Old 18th Dec 2012, 01:41
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dewarg
 
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Get Flying!

The person being warned to lock his airplane reminded me of some stories of a similar nature.

In 1966 I was working for Don as an instructor doing mainly instrument instruction. He came out of his office saw me sitting in dispatch and saw a Cherokee parked front on to the window. I got a lecture about sitting around while there students waiting for instrument instruction and on top of this an idle aircraft! I was bluntly told to get a student and get flying. When I pointed out the Saint John flying Club would probably get a bit cross if we used their plane the only thing that came out of Don was “Oh”.

Another time Don came out of his office and told a young guy to go pre-flight the Cherokee sitting on the ramp. The guy started to protest but Don told him he didn’t have time to argue. The dispatcher saw the guy heading out to the aircraft and told Don he was there to service the vending machines and wasn’t a student at all.
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