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 (YGAS) had a radio advisory setup manned (or should it be personned?) by none other than Sandra Johnson, secretary of the YGAS body corporate committee. Sandra advised those entering the CTAF of duty runway, circuit direction, etc. If it was obvious the ‘incoming’ were aware of conditions, she left them to their devices. The result was a safe, orderly flow of traffic into and from the Airpark.
Ground Marshals Col & Phil were successful in getting the arrivals parked quickly and safely.
Total aircraft arrivals were 54, down a little on last year, but, the Old Station Fly-in was on the same day, so not unexpected.
There were several pilots who came from interstate, including Russell Arthur who came all the way from Mangalore, Vic, in his RV4. And he did it in only 4 hours … are you Drifter pilots taking note? Russell won the prize for longest distance travelled to the fly-in.
Martin Hone gives Russell Arthur the Longest Distance Award
Also attending were several gyrocopters from Tamworth. Great to see you here, guys!
Sunday afternoon at the Airpark
As the crowd thinned, and the weather continued to bless us, several of the Airparks’ residents took to the air later in the day; it was just too nice a day to waste on the ground.
If you’re not yet a pilot, and still looking up enviously at those who are, when are you going to give it a blast? Come and join us!
Safe flying ’til next time.
*photos courtesy of Martin Hone
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