November

 Sunday

28th November, 2021

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Saturday

27th November, 2021

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This article originally published in Peninsula Aero Club Newsletter. January 2021  

( Victoria, Australia ) 

High Flyer

John Ross, at 85 years young

Had the pleasure taking a retired Australian Army Helicopter pilot for a flight recently.
John Ross first flew solo in the Bell 47 (G2) with the Australian Army in 1961.  After a posting to Fort Rucker with the US Army to train as an instructor, John returned as the Senior Flying Instructor-Rotary Wing for Army’s 16 ALA Sqn prior to joining the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) in Melbourne in 1966 as the first rotary wing examiner of airmen and airways surveyor in Australia. 

After investigating a fatal offshore helicopter accident in Bass Strait 1969, John left DCA and spent his career advising aviation operations supporting the offshore oil and gas industry. 

John hasn’t flown a Bell 47 in 50 years but I tell you , he flew my Bell 47 “ Larry the Mighty Bell 47” as if he had flown one just yesterday. Not bad for 85 years young. 

John is the father of PAC member Cameron Ross, who also flew helicopters in the Australian Army (’87 – ’95).   

by Darren Barnfield

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A photo of John's late wife, Helen

Mother of Cameron ( second child ) 

Helen on her wedding day to John

Photo of the immediate Saunderson Family

L to R :  Ron, Helen, Molly, June, Phillip

John and Helen's house in Sale, Victoria

People: Cameron; Bronwyn & Emma, Emma

No Megan ... 

Sheep:  Freezer 4 and Freezer 5  ( maybe ) 

Toowoomba

 Wednesday

24th November, 2021

Drove the Subaru for 2 hours to Toowoomba

to meet Brendan for lunch @ Picnic Point. 

Plus give him an air con unit. 

Tuesday overnight was the wettest November

day in Brisbane for some 40 years, so the weather

itself wasn't particularly great. Hot 'n humid 'n overcast. 

Was good to catch up with me ol' mate ... always too long between drinks. 

 Tuesday

23rd November, 2021

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Choosing Joy 

written by

Henri Nouwen

I am convinced we can choose joy. Every moment we decide to respond to an event or a person with joy instead of sadness. When we truly believe that God is life and only life, then nothing need have the power to draw us into the sad realm of death. To choose joy does not mean to choose happy feelings or an artificial feeling of hilarity. But it does mean the determination to let whatever takes place bring us one step closer to the God of life. 

Maybe this is what is so important about quiet moments of meditation and prayer. They allow me to take a critical look at my moods and to move from victimization to free choice. 

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Sydney

 Thursday

11th November, 2021

Yesterday, in Sydney, Dec went to a Japanese Restaurant

for his first visit ( to that particular venue ). 

He sent me these five (5) photos today. 

Looks so delicious ! 

Remembrance Day

 Rainy Thursday 

11th November, 2021

R E M E M B R A N C E     D A Y 

Ronald

 Wednesday

03rd November, 2021 

Ronald Sydney Howard 

S A U N D E R S O N 

who died on this day in 1972,

 in Sydney, Australia. 

Remembering the Dead: Henri Nouwen

To remember my mother does not mean telling her story over and over again to my friends, nor does it mean pictures on the wall or a stone on her grave; it does not even mean constantly thinking about her. No. It means making her a participant in God’s ongoing work of redemption by allowing her to dispel in me a little more of my darkness and lead me a little closer to the light. In these weeks of mourning she died in me more and more every day, making it impossible for me to cling to her as my mother. Yet by letting her go I did not lose her. Rather, I found that she is closer to me than ever. In and through the Spirit of Christ, she indeed is becoming a part of my very being.

November

 M O N D A Y

01st November, 2021

The very first day of the second last month of this year. 

My horoscope prediction

courtesy of

Oscar Cainer

C A N C E R   

t h e   

C R A B 

To paraphrase a famous saying, 'what does it profit anyone, if they gain the whole world but lose their soul?' Money might not be the root of all evil, but it certainly isn't the be-all and end-all of happiness ... although admittedly, that's a lot easier to say when you have enough of the stuff. Yet, no matter what you think you need, money isn't going to be the answer today. If you set out with the intention of demonstrating love, friendship and trust, you'll find those qualities are reciprocated. And that will bring satisfaction that money can't buy.