Hi Leadie,
I remember a cartoon in the SMH of the time, portraying Arthur Butler sitting on a park bench with a female 'Caravelle' - sort of holding hands - and the caption was something like,
"I 'm sure we could make a go of it Carrie, but daddy won't let me"
Referring to the Feds of the time.....
TAA may well have had an application in as well, but.....'T'was Arthur first....
And I can remember Arthur trying to open up country NSW with services to places like Burren Junction.
After the takeover, these were quickly 'dropped' with an occasional aircraft going u/s if insufficient pax - or so the story went at the time.....
(Rumour....)
Cheers
