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A LONG FLIGHT
Former Bomber champion Michael Long has been extremely busy since his retirement from AFL football at the end of last season. The dual premiership player not only has taken on a marketing and player development role at the club - he is also continuing his flying lessons. And today, Long will fly his first solo flight in a four-seater ""Warrior"" plane. ""I am looking forward to the flight. I will leave Essendon airport, fly to Point Cook then to Bacchus Marsh, on to Ballarat and home. The flight should take around 80 minutes,"" Long said.
Former Bomber champion Michael Long has been extremely busy since his retirement from AFL football at the end of last season. The dual premiership player not only has taken on a marketing and player development role at the club - he is also continuing his flying lessons. And today, Long will fly his first solo flight in a four-seater ""Warrior"" plane. ""I am looking forward to the flight. I will leave Essendon airport, fly to Point Cook then to Bacchus Marsh, on to Ballarat and home. The flight should take around 80 minutes,"" Long said.
Long trains to be a pilot every Tuesday at Essendon Airport. He has been studying part-time for over two years. The Bomber favourite is extremely passionate about flying and aims to get his commercial pilots licence so he can start his own charter business. ""In time, I plan to do flying tours through the Territory, also fishing tours and art tours through the different communities. The idea came to fly because the old man lives at Tiwi Islands and the only access is to fly or arrive by boat. I find flying relaxing and also very challenging,"" Long said.
After more than 100 years the time has come to sit in judgement - to pour over the pages of this club's remarkable history and come up with the ""Champions of Essendon."" Just who are the 25 best players to play for Essendon Football Club? Starting today you can have your say. You can help create Bomber history by voting for who you think should be the 25 all time great Essendon players. It is a tough call first-up - group one contains four Bomber greats. Mark Thompson, Gavin Wanganeen, Norm McDonald and Sean Wellman battle it out for a position in the top 25. All four have been key contributors for the Bombers over the years - all playing in Essendon premiership sides.
