Well Eng, you must be right. I'd guess he got his arm twisted after the Jamesons. Still he must be 70++, I'm still surprised he'd want anything to do with their nonsense after his second retirement of what ? 12 years ago ? He'd make more dosh at his cabinet making. As for BW - dunno; when I left he was still telling us that we'd get C-17s or 747s and that the B4s were a great idea. Still they were fun.
Bujumbura.
BS.
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Oh and weren't the original Translift DC-8s (wrong sort naturally) somehow connected to HLA in addition to the McGollick, Hales and Pace link. Speedy's time on them was all on 55s I think. And what's happened to Stocks anyway?