"Dave Kearton" wrote (in part):

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Underpowered would be a valid assessment - especially for a manned
aircraft.
The first aircraft crashed in '51, severely injuring the unlucky pilot.

Fred Knudsen. He became CFI at Point Cook in the mid 50s (when I was
on course there) then was running DCA in Brisbane in the early 80s. He
was still flying as an instructor at Coolangatta until a couple of
years ago. I had a lot of respect for him.


Thanks Mike,


The story I heard 30 years ago, was that his back was badly stuffed up.
I'm glad that he had a long and fruitful career.

Since the prang his back was always twisted, and he walked with a limp
- but it didn't seem to affect his flying ability.

--
Mike Mackenzie (AVCOM Services)
Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
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