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Captain Airclues.
Mavis, give the man a coconut !!!
Well done sir.
Wynard Airfield in north west Van Diemans Land or Tasmania.
Bert Hickler used land on a near by golf links. The D. H. Vampire pictured was the first jet aircraft to land in Tasmania at an Air Pagent in 1950.
You have control.
Tacklebury.
Mavis, give the man a coconut !!!
Well done sir.
Wynard Airfield in north west Van Diemans Land or Tasmania.
Bert Hickler used land on a near by golf links. The D. H. Vampire pictured was the first jet aircraft to land in Tasmania at an Air Pagent in 1950.
You have control.
Tacklebury.
"The Western world sleeps", .... but someone in the Orient has been to Beautiful British Columbia.
CYYF, Penticton.
CYYF, Penticton.
Excellent response I42!
Yes, it's one of those places you just dont forget. Gorgeous spot -- and the location of my first ever job in aviation!
You have control sir . . .
grizz
Yes, it's one of those places you just dont forget. Gorgeous spot -- and the location of my first ever job in aviation!
You have control sir . . .
grizz
Thanks, grizz.
As you say, a gorgeous place, as is the whole Okanagan Valley, but then what would you expect when you see towns with names like Summerland and Peachland?
If you will excuse a bit of thread drift, about 15 years ago I was on vacation in a cabin at the other (North) end of Lake Okanagan. One afternoon, I heard the drone of big pistons and rushed out onto the dock to see what I expected would be a water bomber. Instead, what did I see, cruising slowly down the lake at 500'? The CWH Lancaster. She was transiting between Namao and Abbotsford for the airshow. The crew must have night-stopped at Kelowna or Penticton, because I saw her again the next day, heading north.
Now here's an easy one:
As you say, a gorgeous place, as is the whole Okanagan Valley, but then what would you expect when you see towns with names like Summerland and Peachland?
If you will excuse a bit of thread drift, about 15 years ago I was on vacation in a cabin at the other (North) end of Lake Okanagan. One afternoon, I heard the drone of big pistons and rushed out onto the dock to see what I expected would be a water bomber. Instead, what did I see, cruising slowly down the lake at 500'? The CWH Lancaster. She was transiting between Namao and Abbotsford for the airshow. The crew must have night-stopped at Kelowna or Penticton, because I saw her again the next day, heading north.
Now here's an easy one:
TCF,
As goudie has assumed, you are correct. Springbank CYBW.
As goudie has assumed, you are correct. Springbank CYBW.
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