Broomhead Brothers
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Broomhead Brothers
Ken & Dick Broomhead will be at the NQ Aero Club, Cairns, for a chat and a beer on Thursday 13th October at 6pm. These lads learnt to fly at the NQ Aero Club in 1963 and both completed their PPL's there. There has been many hours flown in PNG and Aus and two very sucessful airline careers to follow that PPL all those years ago. Dick being a Senior Check B747 Captain with Qantas and Ken having been Chief Pilot of Ansett 747's and then with Singapore Airlines and Tiger, these two fella's have some good stories to tell and a wee bit of advice to pass on as they both face retirement. The bar will be open! 
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How ironic. Darryl Brumby is in TL this weekend. Remember one or both of the above mentioned chaps attending his 65 B'day (or was it his retirement?) in MA many years ago.
Good blokes, great night.
Good blokes, great night.
For those old buggers like me who have known Dick for many a long year, it ought to be one hell of a get together. Pity I'll be away, I might otherwise consider making the trip.
I trust that Dick will have plenty of "the red infuriator"!!
I trust that Dick will have plenty of "the red infuriator"!!
Whilst wishing no disrespect to the Broomhead boys, surely every Aeroclub in Australia has seen some of their past students move on to great careers over the years!
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Is Dick shouting? 
He certainly made a very significant contribution to the PNG liquor trade in PNG over the years!
He certainly made a very significant contribution to the PNG liquor trade in PNG over the years!
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Whilst wishing no disrespect to the Broomhead boys, surely every Aeroclub in Australia has seen some of their past students move on to great careers over the years!
Have a nice day Dick and Ken, would have love to be there but alas cannot.
I've had the pleasure of flying just once with two pilots in my career that I admire. Ken Broomhead & good 'ole Shutty (Arthur Schutt of MB fame), the latter long since left us. Both men although entirely different I felt added to my flying career.
Ken, give yourself a well earned break
Wmk2
Ken, give yourself a well earned break
Wmk2
