....Gina Rhinehart.
Turbo had become nostalgic. As a little boy he had been taken to the Mangalor Airshows where it wasn't unusual to see 50 Ultralights take off in the first 50 metres of the cross strip and fly down it at six feet and 15 wide, banking on to the main strip (leaving a couple in the paddock beyond).
He was there that day when Pierre Airbus visited the Show.
Not many people know that the conventional control yoke in RPT aircraft was a problem. Airline pilots with fat legs had to retire early because they couldn't achieve steep rates of bank.
Pierre was excited to see these Australian Ultralights in action, and was offered a fly.
Scott Winton, unaware that Pierre, a brilliant Design Engineer, had never actually flown an aircraft, gave him one of his new Jackaroo Side Stick Control aircraft.
"Mon Dieu!" Pierre exclaimed on landing (and not because he had soloed on his first flight), "theese solve the probleem of fat legs, nes ce pas?" and from that time on Airbus aircraft have always had Side Stick Control. For this great invention he sent Scott a selection of French Cheeses and .............