How many aircraft have flown under the Harbour bridge
I was bored in the Gold Coast so took my 14yo son for a fly at the Coolangatta airport A320 sim. only paid for 30min but when they realised I could fly, stayed for 90min and included an under harbour bridge flight. So for the OP, a sim could be a fun adventure for your daughter and give her some hands on flying!
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I believe one person who has flown under the Sydney Harbour Bridge is Sydney businessman Phil Dulhunty. He had told me had done it once but in his own words he has done it half a dozen times.
Phil was one time chairman of the Seaplane Pilots Association and the association's newsletter of 2009 has some recollection
http://www.seaplanes.org.au/Newslett...20-Aug09-f.pdf
Phil is now 91 but for many years has been actively involved in securing and returning a Catalina to the air. He is currently (and still) the Chairman of the Catalina Flying Memorial. They found and purchased one in Portugal, returned it to Australia and now doing the hard bits in funding its restoration to fly again.
About Catalina Flying Memorial
Phil was one time chairman of the Seaplane Pilots Association and the association's newsletter of 2009 has some recollection
http://www.seaplanes.org.au/Newslett...20-Aug09-f.pdf
Phil is now 91 but for many years has been actively involved in securing and returning a Catalina to the air. He is currently (and still) the Chairman of the Catalina Flying Memorial. They found and purchased one in Portugal, returned it to Australia and now doing the hard bits in funding its restoration to fly again.
About Catalina Flying Memorial
Folks,
Then Squadron Leader Peter Issacson flew Lancaster Q for Queenie under the bridge in 1943.
He flew this aircraft from the UK via the US and Canada on a bond raising drive, becoming the first pilot to fly from UK to Australia via the west, surprisingly enough.
As an aside, he arrived in Sydney on his 26th birthday, having completed one tour with 460 RAAF, then another tour with Pathfinder Force. I still have the newspaper cutting from the Sydney Morning Herald for that day, preserved by my late mother.
Tootle pip!!
PS: Orbiting the bridge vertically was not the only cunning stunt Chris Braund got up to in a P-51D. He was, literally, a legend in his own lifetime at East West Airlines, before he moved to North Queensland.
PS2: Flying a cockpit (sorry, Flight Station) full of guests under the bridge was SOPs at one particular airline, needless to say, a B747 fits easily. Flying under the Gladesville bridge is a bit harder, it has a bit of scenery quite close, it is not a straight run up. But a B737 fits just fine.
Then Squadron Leader Peter Issacson flew Lancaster Q for Queenie under the bridge in 1943.
He flew this aircraft from the UK via the US and Canada on a bond raising drive, becoming the first pilot to fly from UK to Australia via the west, surprisingly enough.
As an aside, he arrived in Sydney on his 26th birthday, having completed one tour with 460 RAAF, then another tour with Pathfinder Force. I still have the newspaper cutting from the Sydney Morning Herald for that day, preserved by my late mother.
Tootle pip!!
PS: Orbiting the bridge vertically was not the only cunning stunt Chris Braund got up to in a P-51D. He was, literally, a legend in his own lifetime at East West Airlines, before he moved to North Queensland.
PS2: Flying a cockpit (sorry, Flight Station) full of guests under the bridge was SOPs at one particular airline, needless to say, a B747 fits easily. Flying under the Gladesville bridge is a bit harder, it has a bit of scenery quite close, it is not a straight run up. But a B737 fits just fine.
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Sid Marshall funeral: City fly by saw a few strange formation antics.
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My grandpa was the first and we still have the newspaper clipping!
My grandpa (now deceased) Tom Woolsey flew under the bridge with a buddy in a small rental. I still to this day wish I knew who the other pilot was. I grew up with my grandpa in McAllen and now reside in corpus and every time I drive over I think about that.
Sydney Harbour Bridge Alex, not the miniature one in Corpus Texas....
Good effort for grandpa though!
I know a guy in Sacramento who says he and a buddy flew under the Golden Gate bridge one time, and they just kept going - did not stick around to see what the result was.
Good effort for grandpa though!
I know a guy in Sacramento who says he and a buddy flew under the Golden Gate bridge one time, and they just kept going - did not stick around to see what the result was.
Somewhere I have a few photos, probably of Ascend Charlie , faffing around under the Sydney Harbour bridge a few years back. Scuttlebutt was that the change of Harbour Master resulted in a flying ban under the bridge some 20+ years ago, with him threatening to close all shipping movements should an aircraft be seen under the coat 'anger.
Meanwhile the West Gate Bridge was first flown under when it was within Essendon CTA, rumour has it that the recently departed Ben Buckley may have been in the aircraft? I was the first under the Bolte Bridge, and my AOC Dispensation allowed me to fly under that and the Westgate when conducting filming or photography operations: I always had at least one passenger with a camera to legalise the adventure
Meanwhile the West Gate Bridge was first flown under when it was within Essendon CTA, rumour has it that the recently departed Ben Buckley may have been in the aircraft? I was the first under the Bolte Bridge, and my AOC Dispensation allowed me to fly under that and the Westgate when conducting filming or photography operations: I always had at least one passenger with a camera to legalise the adventure
Henry Goya!
A real character - believe his spouse was a very well respected Sydney girls college principal?
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I have done it, and all I was worried about was somebody dropping something onto my rotor disc.
It was when I was flying for the police, and we were looking for a "floater" off a ferry. Passed under the bridge several times, a weird feeling to have an object over the top of a rotor disc..
It was when I was flying for the police, and we were looking for a "floater" off a ferry. Passed under the bridge several times, a weird feeling to have an object over the top of a rotor disc..
