GA is dead, its just the last few twitches still going...
YSBk is an aircraft ghost town now. and after recently ferring my new aircraft from the soon to be closed Caloundra airport, its obvious to me GA is past the point of no return.
on the 6 hr flight to Wollongong, on a saturday, with perfect weather from the sunshine coast to the Illawarra, i heard less the 10 GA aircraft at any/all airports on the way down, a cherokee departed Kempsey for a local flight, 1 C172 doing circuits at Ballina, 1 Tiger moth doing a scenic at Southport, about 5 total between Caboulture and Redcliff, mostly gliders, one cessna on the V1. and about 2 choppers over the harbour. THATS IT!
apart from the usual RPT traffic, the radio was sadly silent for the entire trip... the flying doesnt get better than the weather last weekend, yet the skies were deserted.
