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Gallery 2006
| December 2006 Lilydale Summer (Thanks to Steve Hitchen, Dave Middleton) | |||
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| V-tail
Bonanza in front of Winjeel |
Jono
fires up a CT4 |
8
Apostles |
Short
final for Apollo Bay - now sealed |
| November 2006 Red Bull Racing (Thanks to Jo Donnelly, Bruce Baade) | |||
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| Turning
final at Border Village |
C310
coastal at 500ft |
C310
planform |
Spectacular
beaches |
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| Final
for Jandakot 24R |
Perth
waterfront |
Red
Bull racing |
Happy
LFS group |
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| Border
Village bandits - C310 and A36 Bonanza |
Super
scoop at Kalgoorlie |
Overflying
the Super Pit |
Welcome
to Forrest... |
| November 2006 Narracoorte Flyaway (Thanks to Kerrie Gregory ) | |||
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| Flowers
frame vines near Narracoorte |
Theresa
MacDonald & Barry Mock relinquish front seat |
Bloodthirsty
'drop bears' haunt the Narracoorte caves |
Some
of the 30 Lilydale crew at the William MacIntosh Hotel at Narracoorte. |
| September 2006 Birdsville Races (Thanks to Colleen Bedgood, Steve Hitchen, Lee Siddles & Mike Tregear) | |||
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| Crosswind
for RWY 14, YBDV |
Lilydale
Dep CFI Luke confers with passengers |
Did
someone say cans at a pub?? Fancy that! |
Accomodation
is limited to tent, swag or rock - take your pick! |
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Steve
Hitchen and instructor Lee Siddles outside the entrance to the racetrack |
Bin
Laden sent a terrorist team in Bonanza PDS |
Where
the action is in the betting hall |
Corporate
aircraft old & new - Lockeed 12 Junior Electra taxis next to a King
Air 200 |
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| Short
final to Balcanoona, nr Arkaroola in the Flinders Rangs |
Arkaroola's
famous Ridgetop Tour |
Navajo
OYM taxiis out into the sunrise |
Monument
to bloody mindedness at Tibooburra |
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| One
Lilydale aircraft returned via Uluru & William Creek |
Olgas
from the air |
How
a pro pilot hand refuels - get the passengers to do it! |
Lost
a rocket anyone? Some of the items left from Woomera's glory days |
| August 2006 Wings Dinner (Thanks to Paula Legge for the photos) | |||
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| David
Potts received the SkySupply Encouragement award |
GFPT
Award Recipients |
PPL
Award Recipients |
The
LFS women fliers' group |
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| No
less than 5 pilots achieved their Aerobatic Ratings |
The
LFS team of instructors & pilots 2006-2007 |
Peter
Legge presents Dave Atkinson |
Chief
Pilot Hugh Hopkins presents Pete Nelson with his PPL award |
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| Deb
Rawson received the AOPA award |
Russell
Key and friends elaborate on Table 22 |
John
Bridges and friends on Table 15 |
Col
(Ret) Keith Hatfield |
| June 2006 Wagga & Temora Flyway (Thanks to Mark Thorpe, Bevan Anderson, Helen Mock & Paula Legge) | |||
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| Downwind
for Wagga RWY 05 |
No
less than 8 LIlydale aircraft made it |
Rare
Gloster Meteor F8 - Australia's 1st jet fighter |
This
aircraft is painted to represent a Korean War Mig-killer |
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| The
world's only flying Lockeed Hudson bomber was on show |
Rare
CAC-12 Boomerang also took to the air |
Australian-built
Wirraway trainer/spotter |
A
Vietnam-era Cessna T-37B attack jet has spectacular climb performance |
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| Kunming,
China in 1943? No, but this P40E was in real AVG colours |
Deb
Rawson, Lynne & Geoff Acland |
Steve
Daniels, Theresa MacDonald & Vicki Daniels |
No
comment but it was very cold up there! |
| April 2006 Warbirds over Wanaka (Thanks to David Marty, Jeff Knott) | |||
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| Leningrad,
1943? No, Wanaka 2006 |
A
P51D scrambles with a Corsair providing cover |
A
Mk IIA Hurricane which was recovered from Russia |
A
Goodyear-built Corsair Mk 1 with slightly clipped wingtips also flew
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| Kunming,
China in 1943? No, but this P40E was in real AVG colours |
An
I15bis WW2 Russian fighter biplane |
A
P51D guards its prey, a genuine Messerschmit Bf108 |
A
Hawker Hunter attacking Kashmir in 1965? No, but it was hard to photograph!
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| April 2006 NZ Expedition (Thanks to David Marty) | |||
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| Captain
Jeff Knott and 2nd Officer David Marty share a joke |
Lord
Howe island lagoon with the strip in front of the wing |
Short
final to RWY 28 |
NZ
customs were on the ball at KeriKeri to check our plane for bugs and
contraband |
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| Turning
base at Chistchurch RWY 02 |
Short
final for Wanaka RWY 29 - note the crowd |
Cabin
crew Chris Merridew and 2nd Officer Marty |
Sunset
over the Southern Alps - the scenery had to be seen to be believed |
| March 2006 Mustang comes to Lilydale (Thanks to Colleen Toomey, Brad Hurley & MarkThorpe) | |||
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| Smoke
pours from the Packard Merlin V-1650-7 at start-up |
The
OFMC's chief engineer Bernie Heuer was pilot |
Try
taxiing in a straight line with this nose! |
Take-off
is 52in MP and 3000RPM |
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Circling
over the enemy at 280kts but no one came up to play |
Self
portrait at 250kts - Sugarloaf in the background |
Landing
needs full flap and the tail up as long as possible |
Taxiing
back in after another successful mission |
| February 2006 Nav Trial I (Thanks to Mark Waite) | |||
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| Instructor
Lee was in Sierra EDN with Barry Murphy and Mark Waite |
So
who was the red socks fan? |
Self
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Taxi |
| San Francisco (California, USA) by Bonanza (Thanks to Dale Grose) | |||
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| Lilydale
pilot Dale Grose orbited Alcatraz prison in San Francisco |
Flightsim
pilots might recognise San Francisco International... |
On
the right day, the Golden Gate bridge really is! |
Dale's
favourite plane is a 1974 model V35B Bonanza |
| January 2006 Great Ocean Road from Cessna 310 (Thanks to Jo Donnelly) | |||
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| The
'Blue Lake' near Mt Gambier is an ancient volcano |
How
many apostles can you count? |
Racing
by Port Fairy - can you see the airstrip? |
Jo
Donelly in front of 'her' C310 at Mt Gambier |
| Summer 2006 Lilydale Flying (Thanks to Michelle Schiffer) | |||
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| Victa
ECI is back in the air and available for aerobatics |
A
Skycrane helicopter fought bushfires at Kinglake from Lilydale |
Kane
Rose on a Buck's day out |
Barry McArdle was often at Lilydale flying or cleaning planes! |
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