It’s been said before, and here it is again: “a great time was had by all”. Indeed it was. The weather smiled upon all those who chose to attend the fly-in; threatened thunderstorms were kind enough to wait until evening before appearing, so we were treated to a beautiful late Autumn day. This year Gatton […]
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Gatton Airpark Fly-in a Great Success
A Funny Thing Happened on the way to Florida
Now here’s something you don’t see every day. Not in Oz, anyhow. Seems a young lady was enroute to Florida from NYC to see her Mum & Dad. (That’s Mom & Dad for any American readers). And then she sees the Space Shuttle Endeavour pop up through the clouds. You can or see her original […]
Flying Tigers, UK Style
Guys, here’s something you don’t see every day … Flying Tigers on skis! Does it make you want to move to someplace cold? Thanks to Martin Hone for the link.
More Natfly, 2011
Just a few photos of the sights around Temora during Natfly. The new Carbon Cub was there; nice aircraft although priced a little higher than your average Jabiru. Still, it brings to mind images of the Alaska wilderness, cold streams with remote sandbanks. Would be nice, wouldn’t it? Or what about the Avocet, from Mike […]
Natfly 2011
Well, it’s taken me awhile to get around to posting about it, (where did I ever get the time to work before I retired?), but here goes. This year’s Natfly was, once again, interesting. Some new aeroplanes I hadn’t seen before and an interesting “Meet the Members” (MTM) session. Gordon Marshall was concerned about the […]
