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Post by ashharker86 on Jan 14, 2023 21:17:50 GMT 12
I'm interested to discover the truth about this individual as some of his tales appear too far fetched to be true It's possible that he might have been related to Sam Cash. He was my father and amazingly, it’s all true  he was a hell of a guy |
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Post by ashharker86 on Jan 14, 2023 21:19:30 GMT 12
Is it possible he wrote under a pseudonym and was known to everyone in aviation by a different name? That's possible Dave, but I'm mystified as much as anything by the tall tales of building aircraft from bits and having them fall apart in the air-and Chinese topdressing aircraft! As madmax said, someone on here would know! He was my father and it’s all true. Crazy I know, but it’s literally all true |
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Post by ashharker86 on Jan 14, 2023 21:20:19 GMT 12
Is it possible he wrote under a pseudonym and was known to everyone in aviation by a different name? No his name was Peter Harker and that’s the name on all of his books. He was my father |
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Post by ashharker86 on Jan 14, 2023 21:21:04 GMT 12
I have not read much in the way of NZ hunting books, only a few of Barry Crump's old 1960s books years ago, but I wonder if it was the style to embellish a few tall stories into the narrative, as Crumpy did? No not embellished, it’s insane but it’s all true. He was my dad |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 14, 2023 21:26:56 GMT 12
Thanks Ash. No offence was meant by my suppositions there, I was just offering ideas as to why most of the people here had not come across his books or him before. But we eventually found more info on him, as you will see in the thread.
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he was a hell of a guy 
