Originally Posted by
Connedrod
Perhaps its more like you cant afford to maintain your aircraft and you should sell it and leave flying and take up fishing.
I've heard a rumour that in 2000, Lead Balloon and a mate flew to Cooktown to celebrate NOCOG, which was a send up of SOCOG. (That was the Sydney organising committee for the 2000 Olympic games.) En-route, they apparently visited Karumba and went on a half day fishing trip with others. (The fishing was quite easy if one could haul in before the sharks took them.) Sadly, Lead Balloon was upstaged by his mate who caught something massive and then instantly retired from fishing.
I'd suggest that Lead Balloon stick to flying GA as I've heard that he's far more competent at it than fishing..
P.S. I've also heard that Lead Balloon wasn't flying one of those "rubbish" Beechcraft aircraft on that trip.