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Old 6th Mar 2009, 22:40
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Go West
 
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KXK

I was pretty young, 5-10 years from memory and my Dad bought KXK from a bloke going bankrupt. 84ish till 88ish. Took it for a lap at Jandakot (having never flown one before) and put a deposit on it right then and there. Never told my mum until it was let slip at the bar one night by one of the old boys mates. She went crazy. Anyway he sold it a little while later (pressured by mum) for the deposit on a house. Made quite a profit so she calmed down. While we had it a bloke hired for a flight up to Geraldton. Memories a bit vague but i think he was called to go look for a missing boat near Dongra. Anyway ran out of juice and landed in a field just inside the dunes along the Dongra/ Geraldton Road. Spent a lot of time sitting on the old boys nav bag in that aeroplane. Good memories. Now I believe it is in a hangar at YPJT. Sorry for the slight thread drift.
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