Originally Posted by
Ascend Charlie
To add to the tragic story, Allana married Roger Corbin, a helicopter pilot, and moved to Tasmania...
Oh **** really? I've just today read this whole thread... absolutely tragic.
Many many years ago, Rog & I were cohorts, training in NZNV and at NAC Motueka for CPL subbies ... there it was Rog & I had a rather large (Sunday) night on the tiles, both of us looking like 1/2-open pocketknives in class the following morning. Wal challenged us as an ("intrepid pair" -not his
precise words) suggesting that we'd perhaps over-indulged... to which he received the reply:
"nah Wal, we were in Nelson, watching a couple PofF films." Intrigued, Wal asked us "which ones?"
"Star Wars Wal, and the Empire Strikes Back" ;-)
I did meet Allana on occasion, if memory serves, at the old SAC Bar upstairs, usually on a Sunday evening.
Sad losses, all around. Should you be speaking to Allana, please tell her Smallo says gidday.