Born: Tamworth, NSW          22nd of September 1949

Married Annie McKie            20 March 1976    

APF Instructor Rating 152    Senior Instructor Rating 112

International Star Crest Recipient 1235    Australian Star Crest Recipient 13    BASCR 12

Honours

Australian Sports Medal     2000

Career

Royal Australian Navy - Shipwright and Diver 1965 - 1970

Sport Parachuting Instructor - Team Captain and coach 1970 - 1979

Commercial Oil Field Diver 1975 – 1978

Construction contractor 1971 – 1984

Company Director 1985 – 2005

Retired 2005 - With wife Annie, now planning to see the rest of the world in between bouts

of aircraft and boat building.

Competition Medals

Gold, RW 4-Way, NSW Relative Work Titles 1971

Gold, RW 4-Way, 2^nd East Coast Meet, Gloucester NSW, April 1971

Gold, RW 10-Way, ‘Gully Cats’, Ist Australian RW Nationals, Labertouche 1973

Gold, RW 4-Way, 4^th East Coast Meet, Gloucester NSW, June 1973

Gold, RW 10-Way, ‘North Stars’, Ken Dobell Memorial Meet, Otay, California October 1973

Gold, RW 4-Way, 'Gaye's Gobblers' 2^nd Australian RW Nationals, Labertouche 1974.

Gold, RW 10-Way, ‘Joint Effort’, Australian Nationals, Kandos, January 1975

Gold, RW 4-Way, ‘Pure Plummet’, Australian Nationals, Kandos, January 1975.

Gold, Open Accuracy, 2^nd N T Championships 1981

Gold, Style, 2^nd N T Championships 1981

Gold, 8-Way, 2^nd N T Championships 1981

Gold, Open Accuracy, NSPC Birthday Boogie, 1981

Gold, 4-Way Sequential RW, Tainan, Republic of China 1982

Silver, RW, First International 10-Way meet Masterton NZ, January 1972

Silver, Accuracy, 4^th East Coast Meet, Gloucester NSW, June 1973

Silver, RW 4-Way, East Coast Meet, Gloucester, April 1974

Silver, RW 10-Way, 'Joint Effort', WPC Warendorf, Germany, September 1975

Silver, RW 8-Way Sequential, 'Gibys' French Nationals, Vichy, France 1976

Silver, RW 4-Way Sequential, Australian Championships, Gloucester, January 1977

Silver, RW 8-Way Sequential, Australian Championships, Gloucester, January 1979

Silver, Open Accuracy, South Queensland Championships 1981

Silver, Night Accuracy, 'Sparke' Night Accuracy Competition,  Toogoolawah 1981

Silver, Open Accuracy, Australian Nationals, Corowa, January 1982

Bronze, Open Accuracy, South Pacific Meet, Matta Matta, NZ 1982

Bronze, Team Accuracy, Lucenec, Czechoslovakia 1982

Other Competitions as a competitor

1st World Cup of Relative Work 'Gully Cats' Aust. Team, Fort Bragg, USA, August 1973

Australian National 10-Way RW Championships, Labertouche, 'Kelly Gang'  January 1974

3rd WPC in RW,  8-Way Team '38 Squadron' Aust. Team, Chateauroux, France 1979

Australian National RW Championships, Corowa, NSW January 1980

Australian National RW Championships, Corowa, NSW, January 1981

Pilot at Competitions

Australian National RW Championships, Corowa, NSW, January 1981

Milestones

8-Man Star - Wilton, NSW.  March 21st 1971 (2nd 8-Way in Australia)

10-Man Star - Wilton, NSW.  April 24th 1971 (1st 10-Way in Australia)

12-Man Star - Wilton, NSW.  April 26th 1971 (1st outside USA)

14-Man Star - Wilton, NSW.  March 19th 1972

International 12-Man Star - Elsinore, USA. September 4th 1972

21-Way Star - Pakenham, Victoria. May 5th 1973

Nude 8-Way Star - Yolo, Ca. USA. August 15th 1973

1000th jump - Wilton, NSW.  April 27th 1975

Highest jump 20,185ft - Gatton, Queensland. 1979

45-Way freefall formation - Corowa, NSW. 1982

Completed construction of a homebuilt Vans RV4 aerobatic aircraft.