Wide Bay airshow
 

Hey,
I'm thinking of driving up to Bundaburg next weekend for the airshow, just wondering if anyone has herd if is going to be any good and worth the 5 hours from the coast??
Any recommendations of must see's would also be appreciated
Thanks heaps..

The flying display is usually as good or better than what you'd see at Avalon.

I'll be taking a pristine Queen Air in for static display. Noise alone should be worth it.:E:ok:
Wide Bay Australia International Airshow has the schedule

Hi All,

I have heard Pelair are taking a metro23 to the airshow for static display and Travel Beyond are chartering it to take passengers the out of Brisbane Saturday and Sunday for day trips to the Airshow.

This sounds like a great idea so people can get from Brisbane to Bundy just for a day trip. Has anybody else heard if this is true???

MakeIt:
Is that the one that's been for sale in Aviation Trader for 2 Years ?

Matt- that would be Twin Bo VH-CLO. It was in great condition when i last saw it- just after the engine repair. Anyone know if it was sold?
Would be a shame to see the old girl on the scrapheap.....

Matt- What Mr Milk siad....

This one's been hangered for at least four years and owner has spent a reasonable amount (by aviation standards) to refit. It's a straight tail 65 with the RFDS rego...VH-FDV.
(Hoping to get easier clearances....."No, we are a Queen Air, just a bit short on aircraft so we dragged her out of retirement!":}

Metro run
 

Can confirm that Pelair's Metro 23 will be going to the airshow on both Saturday and Sunday, as people I know are going on it. Would be a good way to get there for the day without the 5-6 hour drive :ooh:
If you are interested give Pelair Brisbane (1800 676838) a call for further information.

The PB's co-pilot just had to drop out at the last minute, so he's got a spare seat (or two, depending on W&B considerations).

Planning to leave before sunrise from YBAF tomorrow, should be a beautiful morning for an early flight! The dust haze is pretty much gone from BN, but will go IFR if need be.

Going mainly to take in trade show/careers fair Friday and the general admission air show Sat, taking a small tent and am pre-registered for the camping, so a second tent should be doable.

Returning Saturday arvo. Any spontaneous takers, PM me or post here. Cost contributions on a (PPL type) share basis according to means (without the testing :}).

Looking forward to a great weekend. :ok:

I don't envy the Pelair lads, an entire plane load of weekend warriors eek

Genuine Bundaberg Ginger beer? ;)

Sounds about right, no spontaneous takers so far, so I'll make my way into the gusty early morning in the next few hours, if anyone needs a lift back, let me know. :ok:

"no spontaneous takers so far"

Maybe your asking price was a bit steep...

Just got back from the show, what a great day.
Heaps of vintage and war birds, and top gear style jet v's v8 super car.
Favorite would have to be the pitts, awsome show..
I recommend going tomorrow if you have the chance.

Also recommend PEOPLE KEEP THEIR HANDS TO THEMSELVES. Sure most will do so and it was probably some old fart who couldn't resist sticking his mitts in but I found one of my mag wires had been unscrewed and left hanging on the Queen Air. The other side was halfway undone as well. :mad::mad::mad: Also due to pax briefing cards being souvineered, we closed the aircraft up halfway through Saturday.
Due to a breakage (unusual for a queen:confused:) we won't be there Sunday.)
Owner spat the dummy when he watched some f.ckwit grab a handfull of ignition leads and give them a good yank to see how secure they were.

Personal thanks to the gumby in the yellow gazelle/skyfox making three calls on every leg who inspected every taxiway and then stopped in the middle of 14 despite being asked not to delay as I turned a 3 mile final after extending d/w to give him room.:ugh:

Certainly a weekend to remember, albeit with some mixed experiences..

The good first: Great static and flying displays, heaps of friendly and knowledgeable people to meet, be it fellow pilots, industry figures, or RA-Aus/CASA officials, good food, long long rows of diverse fly-in aircraft, some superb flying there and back; the sunrise flight there with a 25 knot tailwind and almost 150 knot GS in the Archer was fab, complete with calm winds for the arrival Friday morning at 7.30 :) going back NVFR was even better, not a cloud in the sky, dead calm, thanks to the controllers for clearing me straight over MC and BN :ok: and cheers again to the RFDS pilot who gave me a lift in his vintage Ford on the way back to the airport from the campsite on Sat ;)

The bad:

communication: no-one seemed to know how the camping for fly-in pilots worked, first it was complimentary transfer and camping with tents provided, then it wasn't free, no tent provided, plus ridiculous $25 bucks for what turned out to be a one mile drive up the road.. thanks EUROPCAR for fleecing me $15 additional bucks for a non-existing road closure and dropping me off at the wrong side of the camping ground, ended up walking more than driving:ugh::ugh: won't be renting from you in the near future :=)

tech: the speakers airside in front of the main spectator area weren't switched on before mid day, so most of the commentary of the displays couldn't be heard by a big proportion of those present..

ground safety: additional 'barriers' (really another row of advertising) between the spectator area and the speakers made the space next to the main runway very tight in places for the larger aircraft taxiing, and one taildragger promptly took out one of the stakes trying to maintain forward visibility, damaging the underside of their wing and probably the aileron :yuk: the silly displays were duly removed shortly afterwards, the chat the insurer will no doubt have with the organiser about the sense of these particular contraptions should be interesting :hmm:..

The ugly:

display of much more work to do for the RA-Aus guys re training standards: The Cheetah pilot that came unstuck on the generous and well-maintained grass cross strip after giving up on the bitumen due to excessive cross winds, coming in far too fast (yup, we've all done it, welcome to the club :{) and then foolishly deciding after floating more than half way down the strip not to go around again and watch the speed that time, but to try to push the nose down with the obvious hard impact of the nose wheel and following balloon, only to still ignore the obvious excess energy and to repeat the same violent maneuver until the nosewheel gave up and he buried his prop and came to a rather sudden stop :eek: I watched in horror from the tie-down area and just couldn't believe any licensed (or in this case a confirmed 'certificated' RA-Aus) pilot would push the front wheel onto the ground that hard that many times -- at least three of four hard impacts I could see from where I was.. mate, I hope you didn't hurt yourself and/or any passenger, and please make sure you address the issues that this unfortunate incident has thrown up, not only the speed/energy/handling problems, but also the likely stress/get-her-down-itis involved :\

BTW there was much chatter about the RA-Aus CTA endorsement being only weeks away, anyone have the inside track on that one? Some of the GA figures I spoke to said there was much chatter between airlines going into uncontrolled aerodromes and ASA/CASA about this, and some fervent opposition.. most of the recreational folks seem very confident it'll happen very soon, most of the GA folks equally confident it won't happen anytime soon at all.. :confused:

heard that comment every month now since..... September last year.. casa works fast...

-makeithappencaptain

I was following you in an Archer, when you broadcast that they should find a flying school for the guy in the yellow gazelle we were pissing ourselves for the entire day..:ok:

thought the show was great although the lack of RAAF participation was a disapointment, the solo PC9 was good but..........

Did anyone see the two ww1 display aircraft crosswind takeoff :\ still have my heart in my mouth those two must have large goolies considering that the heavy t28-wirriway-mustang a/c chose to takeoff into wind..........

awesome day though :D

Hey Plankie, was that Cheetah one with a burnt orange colour and black spots?

J

Apparently not Jaba. It was another stumpy looking homemade, the manufacturer if what I read is correct.