Thanks...
skridlov...top anecdote. Amazingly practical folk in the not so distant 'good old days'
Karl Jaeger's good ladywife introduced me to the unique taste of roast mutton bird, something completely different ... most enjoyable meals.
First attempt with Karl for a trip down to Hobart was aborted nr Launceston due reports of 90 mph gusts at Hobart...that would have stopped the Auster in its tracks.!! Made it a few days latter and came back to Smithton via the west coast, refueling at Strahan. Sure is some wild and wooly country and wx down there !!
I remember Karl had the Gipsy Six engine from the Proctor hanging in the shed at home...I wonder where that ended up.
Amazing gentlemen all R I P