SHANE RUHL

Shane Paul Ruhl was born on 21st of April 1986 in Colac, Victoria. Precious son of Paul and Annette, hero father to Nelly-May (15 yrs) and Letty-Jaye (8 yrs), adored brother and brother-in-law to Stacey and Lincoln, Elisha and Steve, Marli and Kane, cheeky uncle to many, alongside finding a new partner & family to love, Elyssia and her 2 children.

On Sunday the 11th of February 2024 Shane was tragically taken in a Microlight accident in Colac West.

Shane and his father Paul always had a passion for flying and many years ago they decided to take up the hobby and completed all relevant training in flying Microlites. They purchased their own Microlites, but unfortunately didn’t master that final flight.

Shane loved all things Ford.

He was a passionate truck driver for over 16 years and travelled Australia wide for various companies, including: Wheadon’s transport, Lane Transport, Don McKay farm supplies, Heytesbury Stock Feeds, Booth Transport, Balcombe Bulk Haulage and Layanda Transport.

Although Shane didn’t make it to 25 years of service in the truck industry his dream in life was to eventually be an Owner Driver.

His career started when he worked at Wheadon’s transport as a truck tyre fitter, where he always had the urge to test drive each truck after every job and taught himself how to drive a B-Double, this is where Shane’s obsession for truck driving began.

He drove a variety of trucks including Western Star, Freightliner Argosy, International Eagle and Kenworth’s including a T909.

Shane was renowned for his hard work ethics, whilst always taking pride in how his truck looked.

The love from the trucking community shone bright on the day of Shane’s farewell, where an epic 40 truck convoy led the procession along with many Ford vehicles.

The Ruhl Family were overwhelmed with the love and support shown for Shane and appreciated the generosity that all the Companies contributed to making the convoy come together.

Shane’s most recent truck that he drove for Layanda transport, a Kenworth T909 has also had a permanent tribute painted on its back wall “Shane’s Ride Take Pride “along with personalize number plates SRT 909.

Shane enjoyed everything outdoors including annual trips to Bathurst with the boys, crossing the Simpson Desert with his dad Paul.

This years 2024 LAND TRANSPORT TRUCK & UTE show in Colac,

Victoria held a minute silence in Shane’s Honor, along with presenting an award ‘RUHLY’S Take Pride Award’.

Inducted in 2024

PETER SANDS

1951 -2017 RIP

Peter James Sands was born in Mt Hawthorn, Western Australia on 14th August 1951 and was the first child on Hector and Carmel Sands of Northam.

Peter’s father Hector owned and operated Sands Milk Transport in Northam. Peter spent all his time trailing after his father at their milk depot and from age 11, often went on the overnight truck runs in the Eastern Wheatbelt to show their drivers where to go. They used block ice and hessian bags to keep the milk cold.

At age 14, Peter left school to work with his father full-time, picking and loading trucks for the milk runs. At age 18, he was granted an

extraordinary truck licence so he could drive for his fathers

company. He would drive to Perth everyday but Saturday to collect milk, etc, which he then uploaded, picked and reloaded onto carious trucks for their overnight runs. Peter often had to then go out on one of those runs if they were a driver short. He drove D series Fords in those days.

The family business now had younger brothers Kevin and Anthony in the fold and they expanded into general refrigerated freight with their first trip being hanging meat carcasses to Kalgoorlie in May of 1980 in a Volvo G89 with one trailer. This was shortly before the passing of their father Hector.

At this time, Sands Fridge Lines was born and they opened a depot in Forrestfield and they expanded in all directions. To Albany, Esperance, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Eucla and later into the North West of WA. Their fleet of tucks included Western Stars and Kenworths.

They carted many things over the years – rabbit and kangaroo carcasses from the Nullarbor, eggs from the Avon Valley, Proteas, grapes and wine from the South West, milk and newspaper into the Wheatbelt and hanging meat to Kalgoorlie.

In Peters later years, he oversaw Sands Milk Transport operations and was involved in warehousing, loading and scheduling at their

Forrestfield Depot, but loved nothing better than to get into the garden at their depot.

Peter was an unsophisticated typical Aussie truckie of the old school type who loved his workers and was always willing to pitch in and did his share where help was needed. He had a great rapport with staff and customers alike and would bend over backwards to accommodate them.

Peter passed away on 16th March 2017, aged 65 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer and is survived by his widow Lynne, sons Shane and Alexander and two grandchildren.

Inducted in 2024

STEVEN SMITH

1956-2012 RIP

Stephen Smith was born in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, in October 1956. His parents David “Diddy” and Dawn Smith, were pioneering pastoralists at Mount Allan Station. Mt Allan, now known as Yuelamu, is situated 280 km North West of Alice Springs, on the edge of the Tanami Desert.

In 1973, Stephen left school to work as a stockman at Owen Springs cattle station, managed by his aunt and uncle, Carol and Johnny Brumby. In 1976, Stephen became interested in driving graders after a conversation with Dick Finn, who was conducting roadworks between Napperby Creek and Yuendumu. Stephen and his father, Diddy, then contacted Gill Bowman of Pine Hill Station, who was selling a Caterpillar 12E grader for $20,000. After some negotiation, they purchased the grader from Gill for $5,000 and several good horses.

Gill gave Stephen a quick lesson in operating the grader, and Stephen then drove it 80 miles back to Mt Allan. At the time, there were several bushfires in the area, including a corner of Coniston, parts of Napperby, Mt Wedge, and Mt Allan Station. Stephen first used the grader to help extinguish these fires, quickly developing his operating skills by manoeuvring in and out of the flames without burning the grader or himself.

Stephen then became a contractor for the NT Department of Works, grading the Tanami Road between Rabbit Flat and the Western Australian border, then the Hooker Creek Road. It was at Rabbit Flat where the clutch gave out in his old grader. Stephen was incredibly good at problem solving, a necessary skill when working in the bush, he used three lengths of steel pipe to construct a makeshift tripod with a pulley block at the top, allowing him to lift the grader engine out. He then was able to replace the clutch with one that had been air delivered to him from Alice Springs.

In the 1980s, he worked as a subcontractor on the Uluru / Ayers Rock Road, which extends from Yulara to the ring road around the base of Uluru / Ayers Rock. From there, he went on to work on the roads from Yulara to Kata Tjuta / Mount Olga, then grading the roads out past the WA border. He also worked on roads at Kulgera and Kings Canyon, which now form part of the Mereenie Loop Tourist Drive.

When Stephen’s children were born in the early 1990s, he sold his fleet of trucks, plant, and equipment and made a career change, working as a tour guide, most notably for Pat and Norma Brennan of Tailormade Tours. Stephen guided tours and drove buses around Central Australia for over 20 years, including to Uluru and Kata Tjuta on the same roads he had helped construct years earlier.

His warm smile, sense of humour, and concern for others, made him well-loved by colleagues and friends. Always quick with a joke to

brighten someone’s day, he embodied camaraderie and positivity among those around him.

Stephen passed away in November 2012, at his home in Alice Springs NT, aged 56.

Inducted in 2024

JAMES SOUVLIS

James passed away 28th March 2018. RIP

James Souvlis, also known as Chucka, married his wife Debra. Born and growing up in Brisbane he was a talented young NRL footballer playing for Valley Diehards and equally good at cricket, and while being potentially an up-and-coming sporting star his first love was trucks and his expertise at driving them was extraordinary. After getting his licence at 17, he was keen to progress to the bigger vehicles as soon as possible.

He started his driving career with J Cowans carting sugar for the cane farms. The trucks were simply not big enough, so he soon moved to full-length semi-trailers loading potatoes with Redland Bay Transport carting to the Brisbane markets at night. He also worked with W & M Transport in Wynnum for a while. Keen to get more experience and get his long-distance driving life underway, he started with Underbond Transport in 1990. After a successful couple of years with Underbond he moved to K.S Easters. His professionalism and skill enabled him to work for virtually any company he chose. With stints of employment with Roadways,

Lindsay Brothers, Geoff Richards Transport, Clynt Leeson, and JAT Transport it was always about the trucks and the type of vehicles he was driving.

There were a couple of near misses with accidents. He was meant to take his daughter with him on one trip to Townsville. Should she have gone with him she would not be alive today. Another near-death experience was when the front axle snapped on the steer wheels and the prime mover ended up in the table drain with the trailer on top of it.

It seemed as if he could drive anything with wheels. The exception being a drott that he borrowed to clear some trees on his property, which got away from him and he mowed down more than he wanted to. Wherever he went, people would say hello to him by name and he’d have a polite chat. When asked who he was talking to he’d say, “I don’t know”.

While James loved driving, he began to get tired of being away from home and his family. He decided it was time to buy his own truck/bobcat and was digging pools and laying bitumen driveways and landscaping. His business venture was very successful but it was always about the trucks. His final employment was working for McKenzie Haulage carting green waste around southeast QLD.

Jimmy was in the trucking industry for 41 years. Jimmy sadly passed away at home from a heart attack on James Souvlis, also known as Chucka, married his wife Debra. Born and growing up in Brisbane he was a talented young NRL footballer playing for Valley Diehards and equally good at cricket, and while being potentially an up-and-coming sporting star his first love was trucks and his expertise at driving them was extraordinary. After getting his licence at 17, he was keen to progress to the bigger vehicles as soon as possible.

He started his driving career with J Cowans carting sugar for the cane farms. The trucks were simply not big enough, so he soon moved to full-length semi-trailers loading potatoes with Redland Bay Transport carting to the Brisbane markets at night. He also worked with W & M Transport in Wynnum for a while. Keen to get more experience and get his long-distance driving life underway, he started with Underbond Transport in 1990. After a successful couple of years with Underbond he moved to K.S Easters. His professionalism and skill enabled him to work for virtually any company he chose. With stints of employment with Roadways, Lindsay Brothers, Geoff Richards Transport, Clynt Leeson, and JAT Transport it was always about the trucks and the type of vehicles he was driving.

There were a couple of near misses with accidents. He was meant to take his daughter with him on one trip to Townsville. Should she have gone with him she would not be alive today. Another near-death experience was when the front axle snapped on the steer wheels and the prime mover ended up in the table drain with the trailer on top of it.

It seemed as if he could drive anything with wheels. The exception being a drott that he borrowed to clear some trees on his property, which got away from him and he mowed down more than he wanted to. Wherever he went, people would say hello to him by name and he’d have a polite chat. When asked who he was talking to he’d say, “I don’t know”.

While James loved driving, he began to get tired of being away from home and his family. He decided it was time to buy his own truck/bobcat and was digging pools and laying bitumen driveways and landscaping. His business venture was very successful but it was always about the trucks. His final employment was working for McKenzie Haulage carting green waste around southeast QLD.

Jimmy was in the trucking industry for 41 years. Jimmy sadly passed away at home from a heart attack on 28th March 2018. His funeral was very well attended in a celebration of his life.

Inducted in 2024. His funeral was very well attended in a celebration of his life.

Inducted in 2024

MICHAEL SPEARS

Michael Spears, known as Spearsy, is a true territorian, born in Alice Springs on the 3rd of April, 1974. It all started with a little dusty boy on Loves Creek Station, aged 8, falling in love with trucks. Here, watching the cattle trucks of Leon Todd and Tanami Transport come and go, Michael knew that’s what he wanted to do.

It seems the love and dedication that Michael has for trucks and being involved in the transport industry was passed down to Michael from his Pop, the legendary Wally Spears. Wally started and ran his own trucking company, Mt Nancy Transport.

Michael first started driving trucks with Bernie Earthmoving at a young age, having the opportunity to drive a classic Kenworth T900 hauling side tippers, flat tops and drop deck trailers. It is around this time that the trucking bug really started to take hold. One job he is particularly proud of while working for Bernie Earthmoving was taking a triple to the NT/SA border to deliver the large stone signs that now welcome people to the Northern Territory.

Upon leaving Bernie Earthmoving, Michael started with Tanami Transport, driving triple cattle crate for around six years. In this time, he drove truck numbers 7,8 and 5 – a C501, a T950 and a T904 respectively. Strong friendships were formed in his time at Tanami.

Together with hard work, fun, lots of laughter and pranking were all a part of the job.

Michael has many highlights from his time with Tanami. He loved travelling across the Plenty Highway, where the bulldust made for

challenging and eventful trips. Another favourite of his was the trips he did out to Epenarra Station. He especially enjoyed the drive out of there, fully loaded and ready to face a road full of jump-ups, right corners and creek crossings. This always required a high level of skill and concentration.

Michael then moved away from Alice Springs to Warrnambool, Victoria, where he drove for Ryan’s Transport. Here, he delivered general freight locally and into Melbourne. The built-up areas, city streets and traffic were a far cry from the red dirt of the NT. Later, while living in Portland, Victoria, Michael drove for Kalari, carting sand.

Next, there was a move to Adelaide where he landed a position with Exact Contracting, starting in January 2010. He drove a white 904

Kenworth, doing float work. He carted 777 dump trucks, loaders, excavators, scrapers and crushers to all corners of Australia where the business was undertaking jobs. He was briefly tasked with carting sand from Port Clinton to Roxby Downs, although Michael was soon itching to get back to doing what he loves best – pulling the 100-tonne float.

Today, Michael drives a beautiful custom-built 508, which Greg ‘Rhodesy’ Rhodes allocated to him to drive. He feels very privileged and truly valued to have this truck.

Inducted in 2024

DENNIS STEENHOLDT

Dennis ‘Steeny’ Steenholdt started his career in the transport industry in 1964 at the age of 15. He worked for Lambert Leishout, in

Longwarry driving tractors spreading fertilizer.

At the age of 18 he got his truck licence and started working for Follet & Pope in Longwarry picking up farm milk in a J6 Bedford Semi 3 Deck. Two years later he began working for Mansons at Bunyip driving a 150 International delivering groceries. He the progressed to driving a Perkins powered Acco with a bogie trailer carting paper and pine board locally and interstate from Rosedale.

He began his interstate driving to Sydney in a Acco with a 185 V8 Cummins and 1418 Benz.

After marrying and starting a family 4 years later, Dennis started working for the Drouin butter factory driving a bottle truck locally. He progressed to driving a milk tanker. During this time, he also had a part time job carting wood chip for Kelvin Needham spanning over 13 years.

In 1979 started working for Woods & Reeves in Warragul as a workshop hand, he progressed into truck sales under the banner of South Eastern Trucks Warragul selling Volvo and UD trucks. In this same period, he worked part time driving for SAR Kenworth for John Rhodes carting poultry food to Yarrawonga overnight.

In 1988 his career progressed again becoming Business Manager of South Eastern Trucks for a further 12 years.

In 2000 he left his management job and purchased a concrete agitator truck with a 210 V8 Cat working as a owner /driver for Backwoods Readymix at Warragul. He then purchased a second truck a Ford Sterling concrete agitator, he worked both trucks up until semi-retirement in 2017.

At present Dennis aged 74 still works part time driving a Kenworth truck and dog for Blackwood’s Ready-mix. He still is helping a grain farmer during the harvest in Central NSW carting grain for the past 8 years.

Inducted in 2024

LANCE THOMSEN

Lance Thomsen was born in Brisbane on the 8th of February 1974. Lance’s late Grandfather, Raymond Thomsen, was a bus and truck driver. Lance’s late Father, Garry Thomsen, was also a driver, spending most of his life running from Brisbane to Darwin. From before he could walk, if Lance heard that truck start, he HAD to be in it. He was a constant offsider to Garry, even missing most of his first 2 years of schooling, attending a total of 50 days.

His passion showed no signs of subsiding in his teenage years, leaving school at 14 to work in transport industry. On a run back from Darwin, 13-year-old Lance was being a typical teenager, telling family friend, Jimmy Iremonger, how well he could drive.

Jimmy pulled up the truck outside of Mt Isa and told Lance “If you’re so great, you take it through the hills. I’ll meet you at Cloncurry,” leaving Lance to drive the cabover Kenworth with 2 trailers himself. Although Lance made it there in one piece, he certainly learnt a

lesson that day!

Weather has always played a major role in Lance’s life, whether it be changing a tyre in the scorching hot and bull dust, driving near

bushfires, through the hail or trying to get home through floods. In 1998, the road from QLD through to Darwin was cut in numerous places due to extensive rains. With numerous trucks were stuck at Cloncurry, the Police loaded bread, meat and produce into Lance’s vans. The NTFS met Lance at a river in between Cloncurry and Mt Isa, where the goods were then ferried across the river by a waiting SES boat.

Lance has carted everything from fridge vans and general freight to oversized work and tippers. In 2001, with Homelands Transport, Lance spent multiple days at Uluru, unloading and reloading a Chinook helicopter that was sent from Townsville with emergency supplies to send to the flooded communities.

There is not a desert Lance hasn’t worked in and has spent more of his life on remote dirt roads than he has bitumen. G&S Transport has sent him to some of the most remote places imaginable, always at the mercy of obscure directions given by the clients. “Go through gate 17, turn left at the gnarly tree, over the 7th cattle grid, 1 mile past the hole in the fence, you’ll go over 2 sharp hills”. Now in his 19th year with G&S, Lance may be in the running for the title of most time spent driving the Tanami Road.

Although he was on the road doing what he had to do, Lance’s family was always his priority. He hopes they know that everything he has done was to give his wife, Julie, and his children, Katie and Jack, everything they needed.

Inducted in 2024

RAY WELLMAN

Ray Watson Wellman was born on 8th March 1935 in Cobden and is married to Kerrie, they have 5 children.

Often called ‘Punchy’ due to his early boxing days, he left school at 14 and worked on his parents farm. At age 17, he moved to Numurkah and spent a season working on a hay press. At the end of the season, he joined Bobby Eaton, a single truck transport and operator, and completed his apprenticeship. He started driving a K5 International truck on freight runs to Melbourne before the business branched out interstate.

He progressed to a S Model Bedford in which he got his license 6 months later. He remembers it was tough with those underpowered trucks. It took 16 hours to Sydney with numerous breakdowns due to little petrol motors.

A few years later, he joined Gainey and Brown, carting general freight and livestock to Melbourne where he stayed for 10 years. He then joined Kortums Transport, a larger operator in Cobram. He recalls he lost his license for speeding but could still drive as he had a license in NSW.

In 1967, Ray went to the Northern Territory to drive road trains for Buntines Roadways. His was a highlight of his career.

On his return, Ray went back to Cobram where he worked for Fred Lee Transport and later managed it, carting general freight and fruit and vegetables between Melbourne and Sydney.

In 1987, Ray purchased his own truck, a Twin Turbo V8 Mercedes Benz and later a Mercedes freight liner and continued the same line of work.

Ray retired from interstate driving in 2004 and sold his truck after 51 years on the road. He drove local tippers for the next three years.

He now leads a quiet life and often reflects on the many friends he made, most of the no longer around to reminisce with him.

Inducted in 2024

ROBERT WHITEHEAD

Robert ‘Bob’ Frederick Whitehead was born on 13th April 1925 in Willoughby Sydney.

Bob’s early life was spent on the family’s 30 acre poultry farm and his schooling in North Sydney. Later, he and his family moved to the Dellwood Dairy Company at Ferndell Street, South Granville NSW.

Bob was always mechanically minded and would do things like add extra axles with springs from car seats to his billy cart. Bob left home at 15 and started working at a meat preserving company doing maintenance around the plant. A fellow employee suggested Bob’s talents would be better put to use if he joined the RAAF as a mechanic.

Bob married his first wife, Gloria, before enlisting in RAAF in WWII and serving bases around NSW and QLD. He was stationed in Townsville maintaining water trucks, supplying troops involved in the Coral Sea battle.

Back in Sydney after the war, he maintained taxis and then became a mechanic at a service station, where George Sergeant pointed out he wasn’t getting fair treatment and suggested he could do much better if he started his own business maintaining trucks.

Bob set up business at home, the purchased a block in Chester Hill NSW. Gradually, the business grew into body/chassis modificstions and engine repowering work.

Seeing shortcomings of the various tuck suspensions, Bob devised a fully load sharing oscillating front twin steer and rear suspension and thus PermAtrak trailing axle suspension were created.

Working under tents, the factory was eventually established. As time progressed, Bob’s children, Robert Jnr, Velma, Vanna and Georgia all joined the business from an early age.

The turning point for Robert’s business was converting two Commer trucks (4x2) into 8x4 tippers ir Bill Davidson. Bill was so happy, he came back and asked Bob to build a complete truck for his, and so the first RFW truck, using KM Bedford cab, was delivered in April 1969.

RFW built 380 trucks up until July 1994.

He designed transfer cases with aux drives, hot shift PTO, diff cross locks, fire proof cabins etc. from his kitchen table and all were custom hand built.

Sadly, Robert passed away on 16th February 2010 in Bass Hill.

Inducted in 2024

LAWRENCE WILLIAMS

Lawrence ‘Laurie’ Williams was born on 26th October 1965 in Toowoomba QLD. Laurie obtained his truck license at 17 years old and commenced his driving career by driving tow trucks for Merv Small in Redcliffe. Laurie always had his eyes on the future, buying his first truck in 1984, a D Series Ford, with a car trailer. He then went on to start Laurie Williams Car Carrying Company.

This led his to work with RMA Motor Auctions in Redcliffe, who gave him a fantastic start in business. Laurie was very popular for his professionalism and good customer service.

When he sold his business in 2000, he had a fleet on 18 trucks and the sale of the business set him up for the next stage in his life. He intended to retire, however, that only lasted two weeks! Trucking was in his blood and he could not give it up. Laurie went on to do tipper work and bought a position with Auto Care providing dealer delivery of new Isuzu trucks throughout QLD. He is still with Suto Care today.

Laurie has always been a strong advocate of the industry, always taking pride in his work and vehicles. He has participated in many trucking shows and events throughout Australia.

In 2018, he won Truck of the Show with ‘Phat Cat’, at the Western Star Show and Shine. He still owns the 2006 4800 Western Star model today. He bought the Bandag Bullet in 2019, now known as the Bullet Burnout Truck, which does demonstrations throughout the year. It is the fastest diesel powered truck in the world.

The challenged of covid saw Laurie sell some of his truck and trailers and begin his towing business with just one truck. He now has three, used in his two businesses, Anywhere Truck & Machinery Heavy Towing and North QLD Truck & Machinery Movements. He has come full circle back to tow trucks where he started.

He is respected for his loyalty to others and has received loyalty from many businesses in return over the years.

As a young student, he was told by a teacher ‘You’ll never amount to anything looking out a window’. Well, his life has turned out to be very successful, looking at the highway through the window of his truck!

Inducted in 2024

SUZANNE WRIGHT

Suzanne Marie Wright was born in Adelaide on December 5, 1954. She was the first-born girl into a large working class Irish catholic family. Sue was responsible for the care of the family and her brood of siblings in a tiny two-bedroom home in industrial Cavan. As a teenager, in between family duties and school, she also worked at the local BP station to supplement the family income. No doubt, this was where her love for trucks and transport was born.

Sue has dedicated over 50 years to the transport industry and is known today as one of the best parts interpreters in Australia, despite being female in a male-dominated industry. She has been a pioneer for women in the industry and has left some men severely red faced after doubting her.

Sue started in the industry in 1975 for Watts Transport Industries. It did not take long before John Watts recognised Sue’s great potential. Sue was sent to open and run the Sydney office in 1978, while heavily pregnant with her first child, Marcel. On the back of the Sydney office’s success, she was then sent to open and run the Melbourne office in 1981.

In 1985, Sue started her own business, Trail-Truck Spares, in Dandenong. Sue set a new standard as a working mum. Many a truckie would be surprised at the warehouse counter where Sue could be seen providing sage parts advice while rocking Yvette, her second child, in a bassinet on the counter.

It was in 1996 that Sue got her first taste of the NT, supplying AATS Alice Springs all of their BPW parts and componentry. During this time, Sue met and married the love of her life, Max Wright. Sue moved to Kalgoorlie with Max in the late 1990’s where his business, Nickel Seekers, was located. She started working for CJD, opening their Trailer Parts division, when Max became very ill. Sue nursed him for 2 years until he passed in 2001.

Returning to Adelaide in 2002, Sue started and ran OEM Quality from home. Sue would be up and dressed for work at 5am before walking the few steps to her home office for the day. When Sue was questioned on her strict office hours, Sue would say “I don’t want to upset the boss”, which, of course, was her! She relocated the business to Melbourne in 2012. In 2014, she was enticed by Mick Murray to move to Darwin to run the spare parts division of Mick Murray Welding and, later, open and run the Alice Springs business. Mick Murray couldn’t believe he had secured an employee of Sue’s calibre. Her knowledge and memory of part numbers was unmatched, with Mick often commenting that he was surprised Sue didn’t give her children part numbers instead of names!

Sue may not have driven a truck but she was responsible for keeping 1000s of them on the road. She would be available 24/7 at the threat of a Vehicle off Road (VOR). Her attitude toward checking, double-checking and triple checking that the right parts were being sent might have frustrated her colleagues but, as Sue would say, “Imagine you have a VOR and you get sent the wrong effing parts!”

Sue’s dedication to the industry is unsurpassed. Even when she was at the worst in the ICU after a medical scare, Sue was asking for her work laptop. Sue is retiring soon and her dedication, enthusiasm, hard work and wicked sense of humour will be missed. After her family, keeping the transport industry going was her life and passion.

Inducted in 2024