Ralph McMillan was lost in the crash of 879. He was a very talented individual and pilot. Those of us who knew and worked with him really appreciated his wit, humour and airmanship.
From:
rugworks@bigpond.com.au
(Wed Nov 9 14:17:02 2005)
I learned to fly with Ralph at Point Cook in 1966. We shared the same instructor, Flight Lieutenant Dave Twyford, who called Ralph "Saltspray".
Ralph and I spent considerable time together composing alternative lyrics to current pop songs. One I remember was "Land Visually" sung to the beatles tune "Act Naturally".
he was a unique character I'll always remember.
The same goes for Michael Desmond Lynch who was also on the course.