AS A RETIRED journo one sometimes feels one writes in a vacuum. But the content in your Kelpie issue (AG 174) was fabulous for me. I used to visit a dear friend and his wife at Theodore (Aussie Towns) when I worked for nearby Taroom Shire Council (nicest six years of my professional life). And your Stinson saga (Stinson crash remembered) rang huge bells.
Some years ago, when working with Wangaratta Regional Development Corporation, I was contacted by a film group asking if we could accommodate their replica Stinson at Wangaratta Airworld Museum? When walking around the Stinson I was always amused to note the two small stationary motors in the engine bay used to drive the two propellers for the departure shots at Archerfield. We looked after the realistic and sturdy Stinson for
