Macarthur 'Mac' Job
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Macarthur 'Mac' Job
Sad to report that renowned air safety writer and true gentleman Macarthur 'Mac' Job passed away this afternoon, Wednesday 6 August 2014. Mac had been battling cancer for several years.
I visited him a bit over a week ago and he was quite philosophical about what was to come. He was not in pain or suffering, although feeling very tired.
There is a biography of Mac on the CAHS & Airways Museum website - Airways Museum / Civil Aviation Historical Society
Goodbye Mac - you will be greatly missed!
Mac holding a model of the Southern Cloud, 24 October 2012.
(Photo: Maurice Austin)
I visited him a bit over a week ago and he was quite philosophical about what was to come. He was not in pain or suffering, although feeling very tired.
There is a biography of Mac on the CAHS & Airways Museum website - Airways Museum / Civil Aviation Historical Society
Goodbye Mac - you will be greatly missed!
Mac holding a model of the Southern Cloud, 24 October 2012.
(Photo: Maurice Austin)
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Irreplaceable talent and nobody to fill the void.
Makes all my "crash comics" somehow special and priceless.
farewell mentor.
Makes all my "crash comics" somehow special and priceless.
farewell mentor.
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Damn, what a shame, we will all be the lessor for this mans passing but he will not be forgotten his legacy lives on in us old codgers.:-(
See you on the other side 'Mac'
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See you on the other side 'Mac'
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Absolute travesty and it came far too soon. An intelligent and analytical man who left a positive mark on our industry. With his passing, aviation becomes a poorer place.
R.I.P
R.I.P
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Twas inevitable, as is to us all but nevertheless..
Goodbye Mac Job. You will be missed in Australian Aviation, far far more than you would have ever realised.
They always were, but now even more so!
Goodbye Mac Job. You will be missed in Australian Aviation, far far more than you would have ever realised.
Makes all my "crash comics" somehow special and priceless.
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The passing of another Australian aviation icon to whom many of owe a vote of thanks.
Sad news indeed.
Sad news indeed.
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Never had the pleasure of meeting him; but through his advice in the 'crash comic' he saved my sorry arse and various other body parts, I feel I owe him a great, unpaid debt. Too late now, I regret.
Safe journey, to a guaranteed job in heaven; very few of the angels have a blind clue about airmanship, carby ice, crosswinds, scud running, weather wisdom and all the other extraneous bits and pieces you taught us. Nice to think of Mac Job schooling a bunch of newly winged innocents.
Farewell and thank you.
Safe journey, to a guaranteed job in heaven; very few of the angels have a blind clue about airmanship, carby ice, crosswinds, scud running, weather wisdom and all the other extraneous bits and pieces you taught us. Nice to think of Mac Job schooling a bunch of newly winged innocents.
Farewell and thank you.
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I have read everything of Mac's I could get my hands on. I'm sure his lessons have kept me alive, whether I was aware of the fact, or not. I had the good fortune to shake his hand once, Oz aviation owes him a great deal.
Thanks Mac.
Thanks Mac.
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The man was an absolute gem of a person.
His legacy is a couple of generations of old pilots that can truly say "Thank heavens we listened to him and took notice"
This one hopes that one day the ASD's will be reprinted and distributed to the new bunch of hopefuls before aviation rises up and "smites thee"
Thanks Mac.
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His legacy is a couple of generations of old pilots that can truly say "Thank heavens we listened to him and took notice"
This one hopes that one day the ASD's will be reprinted and distributed to the new bunch of hopefuls before aviation rises up and "smites thee"
Thanks Mac.
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So sad to hear this, i have many fond memories of Mac and had the pleasure of flying with him many times as kid in UUL. A first class gentleman who contributed a great deal to aviation in Australia and air safety world wide.
you will be missed alot.
could someone pm me the funeral details when they are known?
you will be missed alot.
could someone pm me the funeral details when they are known?
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A true gentleman
I had the privilege to know him over these last 5 years and his beloved wife Esma and even built a basic flight simulator for him to practice on.
In his later years he enjoyed a wonderful life in Olinda up on Mt Dandenong and I know many people will miss his wealth of experience and that amazing ability he had to write so descriptively.
I have all his books and he will live with me, via his written word, for the rest of my life.
Thanks Mac for just being you!
In his later years he enjoyed a wonderful life in Olinda up on Mt Dandenong and I know many people will miss his wealth of experience and that amazing ability he had to write so descriptively.
I have all his books and he will live with me, via his written word, for the rest of my life.
Thanks Mac for just being you!