Lyn and Dan said I have to put some photos of me on the site. They said that there is no visual evidence that I even flew across the Pacific with them. Barry Matulick said "Now I should know how the Apollo II astronauts would have felt".
Lyn Gray on a previous ferry flight looking out for oncoming aircraft
A suitably worried me, talking to Tom McCrea on the Satellite phone from Christmas Island when we had grease on on windscreen.
Dan McGowan sharing a tail with me at Santa Maria
Something technically wrong with the way the photos and text are jumping about, but you get the picture.
AAn American version of a burn out on the way back from the Mojave Desert
Zamperini airport - Torrance
They gave me the short, narrow runway for landing on my first flight in the Saratoga
Zamperini airport - Torrance
Another view
Park your cars wherever you like. This in the country under attack from terrorists.
In Australia, John Howard sucked the ignorant into believing we needed saving from imminent attack and spent millions $ needlessly, 'saving us'.
The success of his strategy is confirmed by no terrorist attacks involving light aircraft since that time. I don't see Kevin Rudd as having sufficient brains to change it and cut back on the wasteful spending.
In the Melbourne Botanical Gardens we laid elephant repellant pellets and they have been an outstanding success, because since we did that, no one has been trampled to death by an elephant within 50 miles of Melbourne. Santa Maria airport
Hilo airport - Hawaii
Tafuna airport - Pago Pago
Mojave graveyard
Inside a C-130 Hercules, 20 years on.
And more still
And more yet again
And even more
Not from a Mad Max movie
And more yet
Maybe from a Mad Max movie
Pretending I know how to do a Weight and Balance calculation before departure from Zamperini Field, Torrance.
Looks like a handy device for moving the heavier aircraft, now that I am getting older. Have ordered one. 28v rechargeable battery powered tow bar.
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