International Flight News
Column 8
Friday November 16, 2007
A 51-YEAR partnership between Qantas and the Lennon family comes to a close tomorrow as Captain Chris Lennon of Forestville reaches 60 and retires. His father, Norman, a wartime bomber pilot awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, joined Qantas in 1956. In 1970 Captain Norm Lennon and Second Officer Chris Lennon were the first father and son to crew together on an international flight. Chris's sister, Marita, says her father was famous for his jokes and Chris was renowned for finding trips that ...