Leopard Moth and Miles Falcon still at Lilydale?
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Great thread bringing back memories of Melbourne's more 'recent' aviation history that is rapidly fading in to the past. I did a lot of weekend flying with my private pilot Dad in those days with milkshake/ coffee stops at Berwick, Tyabb ,Lilydale, Colsstream,,Whittlesea ,Fogarty's field etc. Had a bit to do with people like Schutty ( Dad bought a couple of aeroplanes from him and went on to do several safaris both in Australia and the USA with Arthur. He also did several flights to places like Darwin with him after he moved to the Gold Coast in his final years ) & Bill Campbell-Hicks. ' Uncle Bill' as he was often known as is more associated with Moorabin I guess having been with the Royal VIC and later with his name used for Campbell- Hicks Airways ( later
SAS ,GFS and Oxford etc ). He moved to Berwick towards the end of his flying days and lived in a caravan at the field which my Dad supplied.I loved listening to his stories of the early days and even looking through his old logbooks which I was once able to do. Flying with Wily Post , Ford Tri- Motors in South America, Wellingtons in WW2, Ansons out of Condoblin after the war were some the highlights. And being sent on my first solo by Bill in a Victa at CH Airways!
SAS ,GFS and Oxford etc ). He moved to Berwick towards the end of his flying days and lived in a caravan at the field which my Dad supplied.I loved listening to his stories of the early days and even looking through his old logbooks which I was once able to do. Flying with Wily Post , Ford Tri- Motors in South America, Wellingtons in WW2, Ansons out of Condoblin after the war were some the highlights. And being sent on my first solo by Bill in a Victa at CH Airways!
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Apart from a flight as a passenger with Keith Hatfield in the Leopard Moth ( painted Green and a great old aeroplane! ) and a few hours in TIG a quick check of the logbook revealed a couple of interesting flights with BC-H ex- Berwick in the early 70's . These were a test flight in DH94 Moth Minor AIB and a flight logged as ' dual ' in C37 UZU to an Airshow at West Sale. This old Cessna had a 175 HP Warner Scarab radial from memory and was using so much oill that the flight was planned with a landing at Latrobe Valley both ways to top up the oil. interesting flight in a machine that probably was a bit less than airworthy.
Michael learned to fly at the same time as me - mid seventies, also as a teenager. He hung around the airport a lot and fuelled aircraft, moved them around etc. I have a recollection of him having something to do with a Stitts of some sort then buying a Victa as a restoration projects. He had a career as a paramedic, living in Berwick.
Sorry to hear this. I'd like to pass on my condolences. In recent years Mike had an Auster and was in fairly regular contact with Keith and Elsa.
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Blast from the past
Hi David
I just stumbled on this site yesterday and it was great to find so many entries of Casey and the people etc.
I have been living in the USA for a long time now - Montana and now in Arizona.
I have often wondered what happened to people that used to fly out of Casey and also the pilots and skydivers I was part of.
Would love to hear from you when you get time.
I just stumbled on this site yesterday and it was great to find so many entries of Casey and the people etc.
I have been living in the USA for a long time now - Montana and now in Arizona.
I have often wondered what happened to people that used to fly out of Casey and also the pilots and skydivers I was part of.
Would love to hear from you when you get time.
Casey Reunion
Hi all,
was just talking to a well known former Ag pilot/instructor/engineer who used to work at at Casey. He and some others are in the process of organizing the reunion for later in the year (sept - oct).the location at this stage has not been confirmed. i can confirm that there will Elsa burgers!
To facilitate a date and place that will enable everyone to attend They are looking to get together a list of email contacts of any one who is interested. Its open to people who used to work there, fly there or frequent the place in any other capacity.
If anyone is interested in attending or knows someone who isn't on the internet that used to frequent Casey Airfield and may be interested in attending please PM me your email/contact details and i will pass it on
was just talking to a well known former Ag pilot/instructor/engineer who used to work at at Casey. He and some others are in the process of organizing the reunion for later in the year (sept - oct).the location at this stage has not been confirmed. i can confirm that there will Elsa burgers!
To facilitate a date and place that will enable everyone to attend They are looking to get together a list of email contacts of any one who is interested. Its open to people who used to work there, fly there or frequent the place in any other capacity.
If anyone is interested in attending or knows someone who isn't on the internet that used to frequent Casey Airfield and may be interested in attending please PM me your email/contact details and i will pass it on
