DOES 49 YEARS QUALIFY?
Solo 49 years ago last week in a Victa Airtourer under a RAAF Flying Scholarship in my ATC (Air Training Corps) days before a career in RAAF ATC and subsequently as a consultant - still working.
Used my PPL(R) as identification for my drivers licence and mum had to drive me to Archerfield before that so I could fly her to Lismore for a coffee!!
The designer of the Airtourer (Henry Millicer) was my aerodynamics lecturer in 1970 at RMIT. He used the Airtourer to demonstrate all those formulae in Kermode (Mechanics of Flight).
The Aero Club Liaison Officer (SQNLDR Kev Duffy) died recently and there is a thread on PPRuNE advising that. The first of many mentors in my almost 50 years in the industry.
My instructor at RQAC was Wes Hawker. RQAC is no longer with us but does anyone know about Wes?
I still have a receipt from RQAC for an hour's dual - $14-75.
Thanks for prompting the memories.
MJG
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Last edited by mgahan; 29th Mar 2018 at 23:53.
Reason: typ and remembered Wes' name. The cost of an hour's dual in NOT a typo.