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Kempsey peaked at 7.9metres at midnight, below its forecast peak. The flood waters are now receding in the town centre. 70 yo man drowned near Coffs yesterday. I think the rice and cotton growers would have the water before it got to the Murray.

Fljght Lietenant Witt Wittridge,flew for the RAF during WWII and after was a test pilot . http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/5357560/Flight-Lieutenant-Witt-Wittridge.html

Welcome to TAA. What interest in buses do you have? I am into pre 70s buses from the UK. I have a large collection of EFE/OOC and a couple of Sunstar Routemasters. Dont know if you are farmiliar with these?

G'day Harry. Welcome to TAA.

I see they is also in book form. http://www.penguin.com.au/lookinside/spotlight.cfm?SBN=9780670071838 http://www.holisticpage.com.au/_Michael_Veitch.php I dont know anything about the above sites, just putting up the info on the books/CDs for anyone who is interested. That Michael Veitch! http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2009/2549859.htm

Glad I decided to stay at home.

Don't know how I missed this thread but I took this photo at Boort on 2nd May. The time was 11.34. It looks like Air VietNam to me. Is this the aircraft you saw?(see link below) Also notice the different coloured engines. It would have been flying appx 300 degrees. I dont know which way it flew after this as we were next to some trees but if it flew near to Wangaratta it must have made a drastic change of direction. http://theaussieaviator.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=3186

G'day Nathan. Welcome to the best and friendliest forum on the web. Looking forwards to seeing your photos in the gallery.

Thanks Dave C. Charles William "Bud" Tingwell AM, star of stage,film,TV and a wartime pilot with the RAAF http://www.theage.com.au/national/mr-nice-guy-of-stage-film-and-tv-did-it-all-no-fuss-20090515-b656.html

G'day Beemster and a warm welcome to TAA.

No problem Glenn, I did not make myself very clear. Historical aviation identities are interesting to read about too. I just read about so many of the WWII veterans who are passing away, (and fliers from later conflicts) that I thought it would be a bit of a tribute to them to have a mention on a site such as this so that we can appreciate one last time what they have done for us.

What I was hoping to do here is list people who have recently passed away around the world, who have aviation connections. Many we have never heard of but they have played their part shaping todays aviation and some have fought for our freedom. For instance I imagine most of us have heard of Bristow Helecopters but may not have known about if founder or his involvement in early helicopter flying.

Here is another one. Harold E Fischer Jr, was a Korean War pilot who was tortured by the Chinese. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/us/08fischer.html?ref=obituaries

I don't know if anyone is interested in the recent passing of people who have been connected to aviation? Some were big players in the industry and others were involved in wartime aviation. Here are a few links. Wing Commander Ernest Millington, WC of 227 Squadron(Lancasters) and last surviving member of the wartime House of Commons. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/5304594/Wing-Commander-Ernest-Millington.html Lt Peter Goodfellow. Flew for the Fleet Air Arm from the Ark Royal and witnessed its sinking. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5292328/Lieutenant-Peter-Goodfellow.html Alan Bristow. Pioneered helecptor flying in the Fleet Air Arm and founder of Bristow Helecoptors. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/5245637/Alan-Bristow.html Wing Commander Douggie Oxby, the highest scoring(22 aircraft destroyed) allied nightime navigator of WWII. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/5225866/Wing-Commander-Douggie-Oxby.html

Thanks Robbo. Keep it in mind but with every forecast on Elders the weather is getting worse. Went to Echuca on both terrible days but that is only 40 minutes from here but the Latrobe Valley is a long way if the weather is not good. Will keep an eye on the forecast and my fingers crossed.

Thanks Robbo, I will do a bit more surfing.

Once again it looks like the weather is not going to be kind. I have a couple of contact phone numbers but does anyone know if there is anything on the internet or failing that what the agenda is for the 2 days? The only thing I can find out is that The Roulettes will be performing on the Sunday(worth going just to see them). Robbo where did you get your info from?

Interesting story. I could have told you that no matter how black the clouds are, it NEVER rains in Mildura!!!!!

Great photos Darren. It would be good to see them on the gallery. Did you take any of the Aerostar next to LYM, although it looks well covered up.

Did you notice that Today Tonight translated the control towers dialogue "abeam" into "abang!!!" I heard "Mike Whiskey Juliet" quite alright even though Today Tonight didnt. I have heard many times qualified pilots(in UK and Oz) not understanding instructions from the tower and on other occasions getting the controllers hot under the collar with such things as dangerous taxiing and undecipherable radios which have not been fixed. Anyway its good that this has been brought to our attention as I did not realise the problem was that bad. Good too that it was the first item as I did not have to sit through their nightly fabricated news about prancing with the stars.(Not a fan of Today Tonight as you may have assumed).

Some days its ok other days its slow or I cannot get it to work at all. Last night when I typed in a reg on the search page I was sent to a regulation page. Today its ok again.

G'day Josh, welcome to TAA.

Thats 4. Whose plane is next?

G'day Coop, Thanks for the trip report and photos. Always good to see an Auster, on the ground or flying. [ATTACH]344.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]345.vB[/ATTACH] This one looks the part, saw it at the Auster fly in at Wentworth in 2007. Just joined the AAAA and had excellent access at Echuca, a shame we were blown away by the weather. I am gradually putting my Echuca photos (along with Boort and others) on the gallery. VHKDK [ATTACH]17880[/ATTACH]

G'day OPS and welcome to TAA.