July 7 2006
Boyd Munro was a successful AOPA President and continued his fight against excessive aviation charges on behalf of
the private pilot and aircraft owner after he stepped down from the top job - Boyd finished up spending a small
fortune a few years later in a number of "Fax Brigade" campaigns trying to resolve the problems aviators were having
with the ever-changing flying regulations and an unsympathetic OZ Government
Dick Smith eventually took over this job highlighting bureaucratic indifferences and problems within the
aviation industry - his page Dick Smith Flyer
looks for answers to the declining (private) flying activity and increasing number of professional pilot based
accidents along with a number of airspace design and control issues
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The PA-32 Cherokee Six was repaired and flew successfully for a number of years - last recollection by the News Desk
was that a "Willie-Willie" caught the lightly loaded machine at Roma airport while awaiting a new engine fitment -
it was extensively damaged (again!) - the current serviceability status is unknown
The Pilot of the 'Six spent a number
of years selling light aircraft from the Main Terminal building at Archerfield retiring from the job a few years ago
He's bound not to forget that excessively turbulent day that almost cost him his life when
he tried to land at a private Mt. Cotton airstrip and broke both wing main-spars in the attempt ...he then flew back
to Archerfield with wings "flapping" in the turbulence!
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