I probably owe you all an update which I’ll get to soon.
I have a request though…
Does anyone have any clout or knowledge of the setup at Ballina?
I have a set of weather cameras from Dick Smith waiting to be installed, but nowhere to put them.
The Aero Club said their view is not suitable.
The maintenance mob don’t have internet.
The helicopter have similar issues to the above.
I’ve attempted to contact the airport manager more than half a dozen times and have not received a callback or a response to my emails, so I can only make the assumption that they either are not interested or have other plans, perhaps with the BOM? I can’t tell as they aren’t calling back.
I have also contacted the council HQ to speak with the PA to the GM and haven’t made it past the person that answers the general enquires phone number.
Not being familiar with the airport, can anyone help me out with ideas here, be it another operator, charter mob, or perhaps a building across or down the road a bit or perhaps a caravan park or CFA.
Any leads welcome as we are simply trying to make aviation safer for everyone!