Creampuff wrote:
"I learnt last year's Melbourne Cup results on 121.5, while over the Simpson Desert."
Some may see this as a throw away line but it isn't.
On that day, Creampuff flew his BE35 aircraft from YBAS to YLRE and return in support of the 'Cherokee Challenge' guys. (Andy Hardy and Sam Kidd who flew Andy's 1967 Cherokee 'C', G-ATYS from the UK to Australia.) Those guys needed an important structural item for their aircraft. A wreck was found at Longreach to cannibalise the part. So Creampuff, Margaret (from our crew) and Sam Kidd did the trip. I stayed on the ground at Lasseters Resort for the day.
And it was a mission accomplished. But a very long day of flying for Creampuff!
