In
September 2010 the Darling Downs Soaring Club celebrated its
50th anniversary.
The
Club's website describes the formation of DDSC as follows
...
"In
1959 Max Howland from Kingaroy, in an Australian designed
Kookaburra two seat glider, landed at Oakey Airfield. He got a
tow out and eventually outlanded in Lindsay Richards' paddock.
Lindsay Richards then organised a group of people, including
Dennis McCaffrey, Rex Teakle, Jim Wetherspoon, John Bell and
Peter Walker and formed the Darling Downs Soaring Club in
1960".
The
following link is to a copy (in PDF format) of the speech
delivered by Lindsay Richards at the DDSC 50th Anniversary
Celebrations ...
