I last saw Tony and his wife a number of years ago at his home on the Sunshine Coast. I suspect he may have now passed away.
The Flying Gyno, Jim Baker also passed away a few years ago in Roma.
It was a great service but was an overkill when it moved to C90s and B200s with a different operator. One of the C90s was later involved in a fatal crash at Toowoomba, with Queensland Health staff on board. No doubt the greatly increased and rather unnecessary cost of turbine aircraft contributed to the demise of the service?
Interesting document here by Ron Entsch (GM of Bushies):
http://bushies.net/RHE/Flying%20Surg...n%20Entsch.pdf
Historical photo of Sid Williams (Chairman of Bushies), Lew Edwards and Tony Paul at Longreach. Tony was the Flying Surgeon from 1969 to 1998.
Great memories of the Flight West service. A great team and the characters of the west. One day perhaps, the story may be told? Or maybe it should remain just a fond memory of those involved?