Tag: Obituaries

Tony Heat during his VASA directorship days

VASA pioneer director and mobile air conditioning industry stalwart Tony Heat, has died in Sydney at the age of 72 after a battle with cancer. For most of his life, Tony operated a one-man mobile air conditioning workshop, trading as Carter-Sewell at Manly Vale on Sydney’s northern beaches. He built a reputation as a gun … Continue reading Vale Tony Heat – VASA pioneer and ‘gun installer’

Bruce Marland Humphreys

An Australian mobile air conditioning pioneer who once claimed his company was the biggest air conditioner of ambulances in the world, Bruce Marland Humphreys, head of the former Melbourne automotive empire of Marlandaire died on 14 January this year. The claim has not only gone unchallenged, but reading Marlandaire’s client list confirms that the company … Continue reading Vale Bruce Marland Humphreys — a true Australian pioneer