Originally Posted by
Lead Balloon
You may have some inside knowledge, Mach. How does someone both see 'the real VH-USU' fly over his or her school and be a Qantas A330 captain?
No inside knowledge. Although I once lived not far from Cooroy, I can't even guess who he is, but from past posts he's been around a while. The A330 bit could be in his mind, or the VH-USU bit. He may have confused that with the later Southern Cross replica which flew much later.
Funny things happen as one ages. Some of my own bullsh!t (told to certain females) has now become fact in my mind. The problem is remembering what bullsh!t I told to whom...or their names...Fortunately, it's unlikely any of it will catch up with me now. Timelines tend to get mixed up. Sometimes I need to refer to my logbooks to get certain memories into chronological order, or to place real incidents, or to remember other pilots’ names.
But I have no doubt he was a pilot.
He seems to mean well, just hanging on a bit tight.
Let’s give him a chance to prove his bona fides.