Essendon Flying School past instructors
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Essendon Flying School past instructors
Could anyone out there give me information on what has become of past instructors like, Harry P, Phil C, Vince A, Nick B, ect ect.. .I was once an instructor back there in the late eighties. This is a serious request.
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Slid through Essendon this morning, and almost stopped while trying to work out what looked so different...then I saw it...or didn't...EFS had gone! Not just closed...GONE!!!! Come in Laurie- are you still out there?. .. .Oh yeah...whose claiming the 146's!
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As already noted above.. .. .VA and HP are in Dragonair.. .NB was in Ansett . .PC is in QF. .. .There are a few other ex Essendon guys, both EFS and other schools plus past students also floating around, mainly in Asia and in Virgin. . .. .Laurie is still going, and beleive it or not even now has a website.. .. .<a href="http://www.essendonflyingschool.com" target="_blank">www.essendonflyingschool.com</a>. .. .if you e-mail me I can get you more contact details.. .. [email protected]. .. . <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" />
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re above. .Sorry - I forgot the .au. .. .<a href="http://www.essendonflyingschool.com.au/" target="_blank">http://www.essendonflyingschool.com.au/</a>. .. . <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" />
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G'day Slash,. .. .Did seniors with Noel in the mid '80s. He was associated with Souther Air Services at Moorabbin at that time, he'd also married early 80's.. .. .Last I heard he had developed cancer of some sort.
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Slasher et al. .. .Noel and Mrs Noel are still both well and living happily in Melbourne.. .. .If you want his email address I am sure it can be arranged as I'm sure he would appreciate knowing where his protege are and what they are doing.
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Gaunty, I remember, often, Noel advising us that any relevance in anything we learned when studying for the then SCPL Nav & Flight PLanning ($0.50 cents per exam in them days!!!!)was purely coincidental.. .. .How right he was. . .. .He could work out a rough PNR or CP, for a multi stage flight, in the good 'ole Seagul Mk IV in about 5 minutes flat.. .. .He'd then have us spend about 30 odd minutes, or more, refining it so that we could get the 'correct' answer, which would vary by about 10nm for PNR or a coupla minutes for the CP!. .. .Ah, the good old days! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" />
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Capt Claret. . .. .You actually did some flight planning with Noel?. .. .I remember we just got him to talk about all his crashes in Mustangs and Spittys <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" /> . .. ."arghhh your cp will move a hell of a long way with such as big whizbang up your jacksie". .. .Ombs.
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OB, I'm sure he's told many a warie over the years, the two best ones that spring to mind are causing an F/A to barf all over a radio operator and another about the futile attempt, due to turbulence, of a WAAF trying to use a PRT! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" />