Essendon Flying School past instructors

[headset]

Just wondering how many instructors Laurie has had??

[john_tullamarine]

Gaunty,. .. .I knew Noel quite well in the late 70s when he operated as Australian Aviation Academy at Essendon Airport ... an email address for him would be appreciated greatly if that were possible ... it would be good to make contact again with Noel after quite a few years.

[Centaurus]

Roy Thorpe - that gentleman of all instructors in my opinion. He is back into flying again - does some work at BCS. Lives at Anglesea.

[headset]

Anyone know whatever happened to the guy teaching seniors at MB in the early 80's. Name was Tony ????.. .. .He had a STOL 185.

[EPIRB]

Headset, that was Tony Roberts. He devised a differential locker activated by air for four wheel drives and went and concentrated on that. It was known as the Roberts Air Locker. I believe that ARB now make them and it is a huge success both here and overseas.

[headset]

That was the man, Tony Roberts. He was a really great APTL tutor. Very clever man, as evidenced by his diff lock....

[inxs]

One of Many Instructors

I was with Laurie from '75-'76 (after doing my CPL and FIR there), I came in straight after after `Faheel' and Robin Pickhaver, so I think I was No. 4 at the time.
Sounds like Laurie still does the right thing and keeps on giving the young blokes a job when nothing else is around. So KXI still lives on.....
Tony Roberts down at the `Caves' at Royal Vic was the absolute best in teaching SCPLs as was Roy Thorpe for the CIR flt training (and a gentleman to boot including his partner in crime then, Terry Fogarty!)

[Ozeflyer]

Tony Roberts

Tony is living on his property in S/W Victoria. He currently flys a Beech 18, C182 Wren and has recently acquired a Beaver in need of a fair bit of TLC.

[Centaurus]

Roy Thorpe gave it away for a while. Now back at BCS helping out at TVSA.

[Sly'n Smiley]

What ever became of Andrew Lamont??