Next reunion - 27 April 2003 |
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This old aeroplane which is one of 65 of its type operated by the RAAF would certainly have a story or two to tell. She started life with the RAAF back in January 1945, just prior to the end of WW2, and eventually ended up at Air Navigation School at East Sale.
In November 1975 it was re-registered as P2-003 and was given to the PNGDF and flew around PNG until it was finally retired.
Today it still wears the PNGDF colours, and being typically ex-RAAF, has found a very cosy resting place in front of a pub.
There’s probably a few blokes who remember this "balus" - any-one got any stories ?????
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Yours and she who must be obeyed were dining with Dave Muir-McCarey and his delightful wife Sue, when the conversation swung around to the Radschool Association and its rapidly increasing membership.
Yours casually mentioned to DMC that "it was a wonder Kev Stapleton had never bothered to join……" Woooops…..
Seems Kev had given $10 to Dave many many moons ago and asked him to pass it on to us, and you guessed it, the cash went straight into Dave’s sky-rocket, and we never got to see it-until that particular night that is.
A rightly embarrassed DMC had to dip into wife’s hand bag for a blue note, and we’ve now amended our records.
On Dave’s behalf, we apologise to Kev who wouldn’t have received his newsletter for ages and was probably calling us all sorts of terrible names.
Sorry Kev-but it really was Dave’s fault-honest…..
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Shown in the photo which was taken about 12 months ago are Neil and Terry Garland who live in Brisbane.
Terry’s father used to work on the aircraft type when they were based at Lake Macquarie (Rathmines??)near Newcastle (NSW) during WW2.
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| John Harris, Glenda Houston, Terry Houston, Kev Stapleton and Bernadette Stapleton at Saturday night’s (31 March, 2001) reunion dinner. |
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| Lock up your grand-ma……..Wayne Smith and Richard Grieff, below, are on a night out….. |
Even the car park attendants are exclusively female so that a comfortable environment is created for patrons.
The first picture available of this world-first for Australia can be found on page 12.
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