"Stealth Pilot" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 08:52:02 +0800, "Aubrey Adams"
wrote:


At one point in this project there was a hint that the project would be
completed then made unairworthy and used for ground instruction purposes
only but this was only minor posturing amongst a couple of state
education
bureaucrats jostling for attention or something.

did you know that Midland TAFE in WA once built 2 bushby or mini
mustangs. as a part of an adult (I think) aviation skills workshop
series.
despite all attempts by the guys to buy them, absolve tafe of all
liability, etc the goons in the admin end of things saw to it that
they were dismantled, engines and instruments flogged off then put
through a guillotine.


Of course I was far too diplomatic to say where those posturing bureaucrats
were from, but it seems their infamy precedes them :-)


...so for Dave Bryant, never mind the challenge of building the kit,
getting it intact through the school admin and actually flying for the
school aviation program is a feat worthy of a medal.
Good on you Dave.

Stealth Pilot

While Dave was certainly the focus of things associated with this project
the overall aviation program has an extremely strong team, both within the
school and its community, whose advocacy skills and experience are second to
none. Besides if things did become too tough, which although it was a long
and tedious process it didn't come to this, I'm sure that fact that the
school is in the state Premier's electorate and his kids attended it would
been raised in the appropriate arenas - ok, not everyone has that stick to
wield, but if you have it and it becomes necessary (which again I stress it
didn't) well, why not use it.

Aubrey