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Old 20th November 2018 | 20:46
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Vale: Larry Pickering

Larry Pickering, Helicopter owner, pilot , journalist, cartoonist, has passed away.
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Old 20th November 2018 | 20:50
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News - Farewell Old Friend - The Pickering Post
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Old 20th November 2018 | 22:14
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When he was learning to fly his helicopter, Larry was issued with a special dispensation to fly it from his Central Coast home to Hoxton Park and return, to be able to attend his lessons. The dispensation was strict - just one route there and back.

The following weekend, his chopper was seen parked in the middle of Wyong racetrack. Larry didn't give a f...........
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Old 21st November 2018 | 20:04
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Mea Culpa - I taught Larry to fly - so it's all my fault
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Old 21st November 2018 | 22:53
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Mea Culpa - I taught Larry to fly - so it's all my fault
Folks,
Another wonderful and very non-PC cartoonist gone.
Tootle pip!!
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Old 22nd November 2018 | 06:32
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I loved his cartoons but in recent years I found his politics to be pretty wild, paranoid and conspiracy-laden.
... a bit like the Anti-PPRuNe site, actually
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Bustards of the Bush.

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Old 22nd November 2018 | 07:57
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From: with the ex-CX pond scum (a zoologist was once head of Flight Ops)
That was Bill Mitchell.
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