A nice photo from Facebook

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John Buckley (brother of Ben) flew a V tail out to Australia from the USA many years ago.

 

Some fairly hairy moments interacting with military control zones and corrupt officials.

 

John has quietened down a bit these days but still runs a fleet of aircraft in his mid-80’s...C182 which he is currently flying himself, 2 x Thorpe’s being rebuilt, 2 x Tecnams online, a C182 currently being converted to a C180 and I think there is another C180 in the shed somewhere, too.

 

Kaz

 

I heard today that Ben has not been well and is apparently now retired.