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Old 15th Mar 2009, 09:20
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VH-XXX
 
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Went along today.

The Mustang (Jeff Trappet's) ran off the runway and didn't fly. A replacement was flown in from Point Cook's museum.

The F111 didn't fly because the crosswind was too great.

The Constellation didn't fly - it did a high-speed taxi.

Numerous aircraft modified their displays due to the wind.

Unicom was informing Jetstar traffic inbound to expect crosswinds of 35 knots. Every knot of the wind at Avalon was a crosswind today.

Some interesting approaches and closures over at Avalon East with a number of passing showers and crappy weather over the bay.

Excluding the first Avalon that I never went to, probably a record crowd today. If you left at 3pm, you were up for a 2.5 hour wait to get out of the car park. Trick is to not get there early by car and to leave about 4pm.

$50 adult
$40 concession
$10 car parking (unless you told them you only had credit cards and it was FREE!!!)
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