EXCLUSIVE  AUSTRALASIAN  AGENT  FOR

"THE ENGINE FACTORY"

"THE RUSSIAN ROOLETTES"

RED 1,2, 3 AND 4 PHOTOGRAPHED  NEAR NARROMINE N.S.W. BY CRAIG JUSTO

WE PLAY FOLLOW THE LEADER

WE HAVE DOGFIGHTS

NIALL HIGGINS, "RED 1", NIALL ORIGINALLY HAILS FROM IRELAND, HE OWNS AND OPERATES A BUILDING COMPANY IN SYDNEY. HE IS A 3000 HOUR FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO HOLDS  MULTI ENGINE,  FORMATION AND AEROBATIC ENDORSEMENTS. IN HIS SPARE TIME HE LOVES TO FLY HIS TIGER MOTH AND HIS YAK-52. HE JOINS THE RUSSIAN ROOLETTES AS FORMATION LEADER AT AIRSHOWS FROM APRIL 2008.

    RED 1                       "RED HOT & RUSSIAN"

STEVE WRIGHT, "RED 2" STEVE (HE ALSO ANSWERS TO BORIS) HAS EXTENSIVE MILITARY AND CIVIL FLYING EXPERIENCE TOTALLING ABOUT 12500 HOURS. FROM 1976 TO 1980 HE FLEW RAAF CARIBOU TRANSPORTS IN AUSTRALIA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND INDONESIA.  HE THEN SPECIALISED AS A MILITARY FLYING INSTRUCTOR, FLYING MACCHIS AND CT4As WITH THE RAAF AND NORTHROP T-38A TALONS ON EXCHANGE WITH THE USAF.  SINCE 1988 STEVE HAS OPERATED MOST VARIANTS OF BOEING 747s WITH QANTAS AND IS CURRENTLY A CAPTAIN ON THE AIRBUS A330.  

RED 2 

JIM WICKHAM,   "RED 3",WICKO OWNS AND OPERATES A GLAZING COMPANY IN MELBOURNE.  HE  IS AN ACCOMPLISHED BUILDER OF HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT AND MODEL AIRCRAFT.  HE OWNS A THREE QUARTER SCALE MUSTANG AND A NEW YAK 9 THAT HE HAS RECENTLY PURCHASED .   JIM HAS ALSO BEEN A HELICOPTER PILOT FOR MANY YEARS OWNING A ROBINSON R22 WHICH HE AND HIS WIFE JENNY  FLEW AROUND AUSTRALIA. 

RED 3  "YAK ATTACK"

JOHN JACKSON, "RED 4",JACKO  HAS OWNED AND OPERATED A PRAWN TRAWLER FOR MANY YEARS IN THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA BUT HAS RECENTLY DECIDED TO LOOK FOR A NEW CHALLENGE.   HE IS  A VERY ACCOMPLISHED IFR PILOT WHO HAS OPERATED HIS CESSNA 180 FISH SPOTTING IN THE GULF .   JACKO IS A GUY WHO LOVES FLYING HIS YAK AROUND THE PLACE AT ABOUT 160 KNOTS, BECAUSE IN HIS WORDS, HE SPENT 20 YEARS DOING 3 KNOTS IN A TRAWLER SO IT'S ABOUT TIME HE HAD SOME FUN.  WE HAVE CHRISTENED HIM BOMBARDIER 3RD CLASS JACKSON, AFTER A SERIES OF TRIPS WITHIN AUSTRALIA HE FOUND THAT WITH THE CANOPY PARTLY OPEN, THE YAK HAS AN AMAZING ABILITY TO SUCK THINGS OUT OF THE COCKPIT - LIKE MAPS AND CAMERAS  ETC, ETC -  HENCE THE TITLE BOMBARDIER THIRD CLASS JACKSON.          

RED 4    "CRACK-A-YAK"

EGON MAHR,  "RED 5", EGON OR "GRON" AS HE WAS KNOWN IN A FORMER LIFE (IN THE AIR FORCE) IS ONE OF OUR 360 HP NANCHANG DRIVERS.  EGON HAS PROBABLY OWNED THE MOST DIVERSE GROUP OF AIRCRAFT (17 IN ALL) OF JUST ABOUT ANYBODY. HE HAS OWNED EVERYTHING FROM A CESSNA 170 TO A SUKHOI 26 AND HE NOW FLYS WITH US IN EITHER HIS MUCH LOVED NANCHANG CJ-6A-360 "SHANGHAIED" OR HIS 1985 YAK 52. EGON IS AN AIRBUS A330 CAPTAIN WITH QANTAS AND SPENT A LOT OF YEARS IN THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE AS A "CREME DELUXE TRASH HAULER" (VIP FLIGHT) FLYING BAC-111 AND MYSTERES.  HE PROGRESSED FROM THERE TO THE FORWARD AIR CONTROL SQUADRON AT WILLIAMSTOWN NSW FLYING WINJEELS.

RED 5      "SHANGHIED"

PETER TOLLEMACHE, "RED 6", PETE HAS OVER 30,000 HOURS FLYING TIME UNDER HIS BELT, HE HAS JUST RETIRED FROM FLYING 747-400'S AND IS LOOKING FOR A NEW CHALLENGE. PETE JOINS US AS ONE OF ONLY TWO  MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM FLYING  360 HORSEPOWER NANCHANG CJ-6A's "MAIDEN CHINA" . PETE WAS IN THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS FLYING HERCULES TRANSPORTS AND WAS COMMONLY KNOWN AS A "TRASH HAULER". HE WAS ONE OF A SMALL GROUP WHO DID ALL THEIR BASIC AIR FORCE TRAINING IN MACCHI JETS AND NOT IN RADIAL ENGINED WINJEELS.  IN FACT THE NANCHANG IS THE ONLY PISTON ENGINED AIRCRAFT THAT PETE HAS FLOWN.  WE CALL HIM "WONG WEAVER", BUT DON'T ASK WHY !

RED 6      "MAIDEN CHINA"

MARK WILLARD,  "RED 7", MARK IS OUR NEW TEAM MANAGER  HE OWNS AND OPERATES AN AUTO ELECTRICAL & AUTO REPAIR  COMPANY IN MITTAGONG NSW.  HE OWNS  A  YAK 18T ,"SVETLANA", THAT HE HAS RECENTLY PURCHASED AND REFURBISHED.  MARK IS ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE MITTAGONG AERO CLUB AND COMMENTATOR FOR THE RUSSIAN ROOLETTES. HE HAS HAD A LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ORGANISATION OF EVENTS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN AEROBATIC CLUB. HE  IS ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHED BUILDER OF   MODEL AIRCRAFT AND HAS COMPETED IN MANY AUSTRALIAN CAR RALLIES IN A SUBARU WRX.

RED 7

TEAM MANAGER

"SVETLANA"

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