RIP Hank, I knew him through my fathers (Fred Brown) activities at Central Coast & with Robert Hare. Sad news
Phil On 9 July 2014 10:03, Ian Mc Phee <[email protected]> wrote: > Unfortunately Hank Mertens died last night after recently turning 70. Two > weeks ago he flew up to see his friend Robert and Betty Hare at Gold Coast > and they came down to see me and I did think he would be around for a > little longer. He was admitted to hospital 2 days ago. His wife Chris died > about 6 weeks ago. > > Hank started flying at Central Coast GC and I first met Hank when he would > come to Keepit most long weekends with his Mosquito GQD. The entire family > would camp of foreshore and would remember his huge bonfires. Later he was > President of Gliding Federation and then was Aussie rep on IGC or was it > FAI (my memory failure). Then for 7 years he was the board of Air Services > and many of the rules and airspace we now have could have been a lot worse > if Hank was not on the board. > > In recent years he bought a mobile home and has traveled around Australia > with Robert and Betty in their mobile home. Also he did many motorglider > touring trips with Robert in his Ximango to many parts of Australia. > > One interesting trip was meeting up with CASA police for a ramp check at > Charlieville then they flew to Karumba only to find he left his mobile and > flight bag back in terminal > building. All were following them on SPOT as "boys on the run" > > I would expect the funeral mid next week in Sydney. Best ask Robert Hare > 0438218877 for details. > > Ian McPhee > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > -- Phil
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