just for nostalgia - VH-NAK

[tail wheel]

Interesting comments re the per hour costs these days. I learnt to fly in 1958 on Tigers and the rates were the eq of $6 solo/ $7.50 dual. At the time I was earning $18 per week.

You were well paid!! 1961 a Chipmunk was £ 4/10/- per hour dual and I earned £ 8/10/- as a lowly 17 year old.

[emeritus]

" You were well paid "

And rightly so. I was a key member of the organisation. It would not have been able to function had I not been there to keep the hangar floor swept,arranged the lunch catering, washed the dishes and kept the facilities in a hygienic state ! Fortunately management were astute enough to realise that I was the ideal candidate to operate their shiny new Cessna 175 and I was therefore able to commence my advancement up the aeronautical ladder.

Emeritus

[smiling monkey]

Originally Posted by The Green Goblin

Hope it was not smiling monkey in the old girl.

Would be poetic if is gave him his first solo flight and he gave her the last

I thought this thread looked familar ... holy thread resurrections batman, that was a long time ago that I made that post. Sad to hear VH-NAK was written off. And no, it wasn't me TGG, who bent it. :-p