Includes Index. The author learned to fly as a teenager, then joined the RAAF where he served with 77 Squadron flying Meteor jets against North Korean enemy forces. After Korea, he flew with Qantas in the days of the Constellations, then Malayan Airlines and East-West. His life has been full of close shaves with death and opportunities that came his way by sheer chance: hence the title, "Luck is no accident".