Dave Sharples
(ex president
of GFA and
QSA), Mike
Truitt (ex RTO
Ops - QLD),
John Clayton
and Gus Mauch
(ex RTO Ops -
QLD). This
photo was
taken at JC's
last QLD Ops
Panel Meeting
as RTO-Ops QLD
in 2004.
John
Clayton confirms that there has only been eight officers
holding the position of RTO Ops - QLD during the past 50 years
(prior to 1958 all operations matters in Queensland were
administered directly through the Gliding Federation of
Australia in Melbourne).
Max Howland
1958
1963
5 years
Keith Wright
1963
1968
5 years
Gus Mauch
1968
1974
5 years
Jim Warner
1974
1977
3 years
Bill Keys
1977
1990
13 years
John Clayton
1990
2004
14
years
Mike Truitt
2004
2008
4 years
Tony Scarlett
2008
present
The
information listed above was passed to John Clayton from Gus
Mauch and Dennis McCaffrey (in relation to Max Howland and
Keith Wright, the information is from memory and therefore may
not be entirely accurate).