One of the things I like about the Oz forums is seeing names come up from the past ...
The young man itching to pounce into the drivers seat is Tony Schwerdt
years and years since I last ran into Tony ...
Jack Macdonald did the test flight for it
Jack use to fly Bob Eastgate's bird (VH-BOB as I recall) from Essendon .. I can recall one test circuit which got everyone's attention ... off 26 ... held down to around 20 - 30 ft to accelerate .. and then around a 45 degree bank steep climbing turn from the deck at the runway head to downwind ... I was standing outside Jess Smith's hangars (which IPEC and now InterAir inherited .. although I guess the freeway rework will see them all gone) and the sound and view was spectacular ... Jack Mac came back with a grin that would do a teenager proud ...