> Greetings all
>
> I've been lurking around this newsgroup for a few weeks now. One of my
> son's is doing a Civil Aviation degree and I thought I'd hang out some
> jet jockeys to work out what the f*** he's talking about and to sound
> knowledgeable sometimes! Mind you, it doesn't seem like aviation is a
> common topic here :-)
>
> I'm curious to know what people in the industry think of Dick Smith's
> meanderings on his website http://www.dicksmithflyer.com.au/ . Certainly
> a
> man with a mission but is he a saviour or a heretic? What do y'all think?
>
> Cheers
>
> Rob

> Greetings all
>
> I've been lurking around this newsgroup for a few weeks now. One of my
> son's is doing a Civil Aviation degree and I thought I'd hang out some jet
> jockeys to work out what the f*** he's talking about and to sound
> knowledgeable sometimes! Mind you, it doesn't seem like aviation is a
> common topic here :-)
>
> I'm curious to know what people in the industry think of Dick Smith's
> meanderings on his website http://www.dicksmithflyer.com.au/ . Certainly a
> man with a mission but is he a saviour or a heretic? What do y'all think?
>
> Cheers
>
> Rob
>
>
>

>> I'm curious to know what people in the industry think of Dick Smith's
>> meanderings on his website http://www.dicksmithflyer.com.au/ .
>> Certainly a man with a mission but is he a saviour or a heretic? What
>> do y'all think?

>
> Troll alert!!

> Who is this guy and what does he have to do with aviation? Why isn't he
> running something like AOPA here? Which is a powerful lobbying
> organization states-side but seems to be a shadow here.
>
> Hope I don't make too many enemies saying that...

> "Michael Hoffmann" wrote:
>

>> Who is this guy and what does he have to do with aviation? Why isn't he
>> running something like AOPA here? Which is a powerful lobbying
>> organization states-side but seems to be a shadow here.

>
> Dick was the Chairman of the CAA from 1990 to 1992 and again of the
> rebadged
> CASA from 1997 to 1999. He was head of AOPA for a period of time but if
> memory serves his time there was plagued with political problems due to
> ongoing conflicts with another character by the name of Boyd Munro
> (www.airsafety.com.au) which caused a rather heated factional split in
> party
> politics. In any case, I doubt there is a person better suited to the
> board
> of AOPA and I would be interested to know if they have made attempts at
> getting him back on board... Brian?
>
> It is true. Aussie AOPA is more a shadow of a shadow of the USA AOPA. AOPA ...

> TACAN wrote:

>> Coop I agree - DSE has not been the same since selling out to ww.
>> I kinda miss the days when he (dick smith) operated out of Red Hill
>> et al - it seemed to be one of our aussie icons that I and others
>> supported in preference to the usa company.
>>
>> There was a time when dse and trash would't be seen dead together -
>> in our little burg both now live together in the one store and both
>> products sold side by side - literally.

>
>
> Hmmmm, I've avoided talking about Dick Smith almost as much as he's
> avoided talking about me.
>

>
> But I don't see any problem with him
> selling radar detectors. I've always thought of them as a 'good thing'.
>