To those who knew Paul...Former racing driver Paul Mander died on Sunday in a glider crash at Bathurst.
He was flying an "experimental jet propelled glider" which according to eye witnesses exploded into flame in mid air. There was little left on the ground.
Paul was a very experienced glider pilot having won two World Championships in Europe. He had a glider crash in November 2015 in the Pilliga Scrub south of Narrabri, and survived.
He started racing in the mid 1960's in a Lotus Super 7. Being a mechanical engineer he was always looking for what Mark Donohue was to later call "The Unfair Advantage".
He raced in the Bathurst 500 on five occasions, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1969. His highest finish was in 1966 finishing 4th against the might of the BMC works team.
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