Originally Posted by
5th officer
Have to check my logbook for dates, Bruce McInnes did my initial training, Roy Goon sent me off on first solo and I am sure Urms Wright was there later in my training?
my father Roy Goon was CFI/ Manager around that time. Columbo Plan students were also government sponsored at the time. There is an interesting feature article in the Aviation Safety Digest where dad was training Bruce McInnes for an instructor rating and , while conducting spins in a DHC1, the rudder cable snapped during recovery. Initial entry to spin at 4500ft but dad recovered at 1500ft to return to YMMB. Btw my first solo in RVS then CPL training conducted by Stan Tayler- was checked for CPL by Rick Tate ( whose brother Frank flew B747s) . Proudest moment of my life when he said to me “you fly just like your old man”