funny snapshot ...:)

You're right...you should have bought one there and then. I've had three other bikes over the years (Triumph Thunderbird, Norton Atlas and Yamaha TX 750, in that order), but I've been riding a BMW R90/6 since 1976. I have nearly 200,000 miles on it. I put an output shaft bearing into it at 130K and it had a valve job about that time as well. Still has the original clutch and cables. Oh....and last summer I rebuilt the master cylinder and gave him a new exhaust system. Other than that, just tires, batteries, gasoline and oil & filters. I think I owe that bike money.

What a beauty. When I was a baby biologist, I rode a Thunderbird. Great handling bike; a real pooch to kick start right after the winter shut-down. To this day, my right leg is twice as strong as the left one...probably from all that kicking. The only one harder to kick than that one was my Norton Atlas 750. GREAT bike but if I didn't get the compression release set JUST RIGHT, that bad boy would kick back and either rap my leg or throw me over the handle bars. Thanks for the ride down memory lane. You might be interested in some of my bike and car photos. Check it out: http://public.fotki.com/LesTension/entropy/

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Ansett aeroplanes. In front is an Electra four engine turboprop and behind is an F27 Focker Freindship, and a DC3.

This was the main road, somewhere between Sydney and Cairns. Can't remember where.

This was during the drive from Sydney to Cairns, and was the first time I had seen a prickly pear.

Early parachutes were round like this one, and just drifted with the wind. Some had one section (gore).removed and were called " blank gore " canopies. The theory was that airflow through the missing section resulted in horizontal movement of the canopy. It did not work very well, but we thought it did.

This was the standard gear for first jumps in those days. Big boots and helmet, military style "x type" parachute operated by a static line attached to the aeroplane, and a second "reserve" parachute on the front, operated manually if necessary by a central ripcord handle on the top.This was Australian made equipment made by the Dominion parachute Coy in Sydney.

This was a PA32 Piper Cherokee six which I used to fly for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Port Augusta South Australia. It had been flown from America to Australia over about 8000 km of ocean. We flew it for about 200 flying hours after that, and then one day the camshaft broke and it landed amonst the saltbush. The pilot on this day was Oscar Jackson, and Mike green the RFDS doctor was aboard. No-one was injured.

I made my first jump out of this Auster on 30/o7/1960 at Nindoowimba station, near beaudesert.
My logbook comments"low twists-canopy damaged due to thrown line-.Landed amongst trees.

I bought this car in Sydney and drove it all the way to Cairns, where I sold it to a wrecker for about $30-00.

"We got paid to shoot.Don't get much better than that"

The more you analyse that statement, the scarier it is.

just came a cross ur pics [lol]they are very cool
but y wood u want 2 do that for got 2 go
crystal tyndall Bham 15

Great to stumble across your photos Lofty, especially this one of Phill Edwards, Joe Larkin & Brian Brown. Joe is my brother - and I was wondering if you have had any contact from Phill in recent years. Joe, unfortunately was killed in the CONGO 1967.
Way back then, June 1964 was just before the team left for the 7th World Championships. The photos of the camp-out along Nth Terrace when the Beatles came to town bought back memories too.
regards, Sheelagh Phillips (nee Larkin)
///// Hi Sheelagh (Love the name) Had no contact with any of the great guys in the pix after Rusty and I saw them off on the Fairsky (which has recently been cut up on beach near Pakistan)..Suzi Wright later married Brian Brown I believe..great pair of jumpers/folk.Was the worlds best sport to be in then as we made so many life-long contacts as well as the soul searching (jumping) and fun.Our eldest boy/man has done one jump in Oz and one in Canada.None of my hundreds of contacts in sky-diving died in the sport.All in (you guessed it) cars.(One never pulled his rip-cord so we won't blame the sport for that one..Must have wanted out of this life.)..Hope you and your family circle are all fine..We are..(well worn but we've worn well)..My personal pursuit is mainly 4x4 out-bush-ing and associated photography..Sad about Joe..Guess he was'nt in army then as we did'nt have troops there,did we?Hope he enjoyed his time with us all..Best of luck..Regards (Brian) Lofty

Bill was the Chief Instructor of Commando Skydivers at Pakenham,Victoria (Lofty Harris jumped there when stationed at Puckapunyal as a Centurian tank gunner 1963/64).. beleive Bill Kenny also jumped in a 10-man "star" at Labertouche in 2nd Australian Relative Work championships 1973/74..He won a Gold Medal in World Masters Freefall Style Event in the 80s & got a Silver in the 90s

Bill was the Chief Instructor of Commando Skydivers at Pakenham,Victoria (Lofty Harris jumped there when stationed at Puckapunyal as a Centurian tank gunner 1963/64).. beleive Bill Kenny also jumped in a 10-man "star" at Labertouche in 2nd Australian Relative Work championships 1973/74..He won a Gold Medal in World Masters Freefall Style Event in the 80s & got a Silver in the 90s

I was a "Gasoline Cowboy" Centurian tank gunner,they were new members of the 3 RAR parachute club..I was an instructor for Reg Carsburgs "Northern Star School of Parachuting" We trained a whole bunch of them..Great guys to work with..Only injury we had,one of my ex students allegedly got terminated by his ex..And you reckon skydiving's dangerous..

Sully was a soldier in World War 2 and escaped,from a German POW camp into Swirzerland..This was a long,dangerous,cold journey..The Swiss gave him back to the Germans..He was my great jumpmaster on my first plane flite and static line parachute jump.He let us know that,once we climbed out onto the bottom wing of the De-Havilland Domonie,we would'nt be coming back in.."The rock"

Hi Lofty, how you doing/ remember me, Rustys driver?///////Hi Bob..Wow! Thanks to www we all get to meet up again..Great..Meeting Rusty and Lofty Bunworth plus other ex army diggers at Birdsville on Anzac w/e..You would know Lofty B got wounded in 'nam..I am running along ok.We have a store here in Emerald and sell all fun stuff (Engineering products) so keeps us busy week days..Go 4x4ing / camping as often as possible..Hope you are fine Bob..Will say gooday to Rusty for you..Rgs Lofty H