I will never forget the day when I was waiting for the ambulance at one of our local hospitals. This was after a friend phoned me to let me know that Ron had a bad accident and is on his way to this hospital. The ambulance arrived with Ron Stirk and my hart nearly stopped when one of the medics got out with a bucket marked "RIGHT ARM". To make a long story short - he fell out during a car accident and hit a fence on the roadside and the only thing we could figure was that it was this fence that amputated his right arm below the elbow.
Let us move back - myself and Ron have been team members of the South African Rally and Precision flying teams for many years. Ron has done what I believe no one else will repeat - to be crowned World Spot Landing Champion not once, but TWICE.
Ron's recovery was difficult but after about a year he got back to flying his C150 again. After being influenced by RV friends and maybe by me as well by taking him up and rolling a few times as well as demonstrating the ease of control, Ron purchased an RV6A (imported from the USA). Another friend Uli made him a clip-on fixture for the RH stick and myself installed brakes on the RH side. This past Friday did his conversion. See the pictures and the RV grin below.
Let us move back - myself and Ron have been team members of the South African Rally and Precision flying teams for many years. Ron has done what I believe no one else will repeat - to be crowned World Spot Landing Champion not once, but TWICE.
Ron's recovery was difficult but after about a year he got back to flying his C150 again. After being influenced by RV friends and maybe by me as well by taking him up and rolling a few times as well as demonstrating the ease of control, Ron purchased an RV6A (imported from the USA). Another friend Uli made him a clip-on fixture for the RH stick and myself installed brakes on the RH side. This past Friday did his conversion. See the pictures and the RV grin below.
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