Originally Posted by
FERRYAIR
For all the negativity about Maurice I can categorically state that I would happily fly with Maurice..... I have flown with some very impressive pilots over the years & Maurice is " Up there with a lot of them "
He may well be unconventional, he may well be eccentric, he is certainly a GOOD HANDLING PILOT...... Look at his past flying achievements & stop looking to 'cherry pick' out the bad bits..... getting a Cub from Biggin Hill to Sydney was no mean feat. That trip is easy in a uber modern light aircraft, but not so in a 1943 Cub.
Cut the guy some slack eh ?
Fair enough: I'm happy to defer to your experience of his flying ability which is obviously greater than mine.
My comment was made in light of the several incidents he seems to have been unlucky enough to have suffered. I suppose that his ability to survive them is testament to what you say, whilst his bad luck in experiencing them in the first place is what caused me to say what I said.