Lord Howe Island
Only been once, for a week in Oct and had a great time and wx. Very beautiful. If you want a challenge, get a guide and climb Mt Gower.
It's the holiday I would most like to repeat.
It's the holiday I would most like to repeat.
We stopped there in March in 2005 when I flew to NZ and back. Awesome place. Cant wait to get back there (when the kids can tread water).
For a family of 4, its one place its actually cheaper to fly GA there, rather than an airline...!
Bevan..
For a family of 4, its one place its actually cheaper to fly GA there, rather than an airline...!
Bevan..
a visit there should be preceded by reading Chichester's SOLO TO SYDNEY
where he recounts his incredible arrival in his Gipsy Moth floatplane having flown from Norfolk Island into deteriorating weather. Then the six months he spent on Lord Howe repairing the plane, as it had sunk in the lagoon on the night of his arrival.
another book worth looking for is by long time Lord Howe post master, Peter Phillipps, in which he gives a history of the islands aerial links and a run down on visiting aircraft over the years
The flying boat days : the early aviation history of Lord Howe Island / by Peter A.R. Phillipps.
here there is an interesting photo of a Sunderland flying 1:10 scale model at Lord Howe Island -
http://www.airwaveyachts.com.au/Aircraft/Index.html
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but for life size you cannot go past the old Ansett Flying Boat Services fleet
(on which Fantome spent a year, apprentice metal-basher)
Beachcomber on the left, and Islander at Lord Howe Island
more here to whet the appetite -
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~telic...g%20boats.html
where he recounts his incredible arrival in his Gipsy Moth floatplane having flown from Norfolk Island into deteriorating weather. Then the six months he spent on Lord Howe repairing the plane, as it had sunk in the lagoon on the night of his arrival.
another book worth looking for is by long time Lord Howe post master, Peter Phillipps, in which he gives a history of the islands aerial links and a run down on visiting aircraft over the years
The flying boat days : the early aviation history of Lord Howe Island / by Peter A.R. Phillipps.
here there is an interesting photo of a Sunderland flying 1:10 scale model at Lord Howe Island -
http://www.airwaveyachts.com.au/Aircraft/Index.html
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but for life size you cannot go past the old Ansett Flying Boat Services fleet
(on which Fantome spent a year, apprentice metal-basher)
Beachcomber on the left, and Islander at Lord Howe Island
more here to whet the appetite -
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~telic...g%20boats.html
Last edited by Fantome; 13th May 2014 at 23:34.
Check the Island website to see what events are on.
They have Windsurfing, Fishing and Golf gatherings each year which pretty well book the place out!
They have Windsurfing, Fishing and Golf gatherings each year which pretty well book the place out!
Lord Howe Island
Do you often cop a belting making an approach there? .... (wish I had a dollar for every "Sigmet for SEV TURB BLW A100 within 50NM Lord Howe" I have seen)
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Do you often cop a belting making an approach there?
I think Mr Hughes speaks from experience.....................
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North East actually BB, but close enough! 
Never seen a South Easterly in action, but believe they can be just as bad!
Never seen a South Easterly in action, but believe they can be just as bad!
