yes Leigh, It would have been Richard who retired as Air Commodore R Gething and was the GFA Secretary for quite a few years . Richard also established a speed record to Capetown. His wife Mardi flew Spits among other aircraft as a pilot with the Air Transport Wing during WW2. You mention an obit...perhaps I missed seeing it. I wonder what issue it was in. There are others who are much more qualified to give more information on Richard. I stayed with Richard and Mardi on several occasions on their farm at Kangaroo Ground Vic and remember seeing the old Dart there Richard and Mardi were(is in Mardi's case) quite special characters as indeed were many others in GFA at the time. They have a son and daughter living in Melbourne somewhere.. Col Churches could fill in a lot of background on them, and many others if asked. Cheers Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leigh Bunting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Soaring List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 8:23 PM Subject: [Aus-soaring] Poking into the past
> There is an article in the latest Classic Wings magazine about a flight > of three RAF Vickers Wellesley that broke records on a flight to > Australia in 1938. > > One of the pilots was a Flt/Lt R T Gething. > > The article states: > > "The first serious accident occurred on November 28, 1938 when the > engine of L2638 failed shortly after takeoff, at a height of 340 metres, > forcing the Wellesley to land in a field 3 km outside of Windsor. Flt/Lt > Gething made a silent approach, and a hard landing, narrowly missing > Jack Drayton who was ploughing. Drayton was somewhat deaf and did not > notice the aircraft's imminent arrival until his horse bolted ......" > > Can anyone confirm that this is the same R T Gething who was GFA > secretary in the early seventies? I knew he was ex-RAF, but don't know > anything of his military history. Was he a glider pilot during his > service days, or did the Wellesley event, if the same R T Gething, > inspire him to take it up when he came to live in Aus? I seem to recall > he owned the Dart 17 in his gliding days. > > Or if anyone can remember in which AG his obituary was printed, its > probably all in there. You tend to forget a lot of things with advancing > years. Now what's my wife's name again .... > > Cheers, > > Leigh Bunting > Colonel Light Gardens > South Australia > <Open Windows and let the bugs in> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0521-1, 24/05/2005 Tested on: 24/05/2005 10:45:28 PM avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
