Airport comments for Oceania
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RPM
Difficult to find the airport when it is hazy.
MNG
Not much there.
GTE
Not much to do there, except wish you were somewhere else.
ELC
A pleasant place.
GOV
I was based here for a few months. Was not sorry to leave.
AYQ
The Certified Air-Ground Operator does more harm than good. Better off leaving it just as a CTAF (R).
KTR
Flew a Stearman out of here.
DRW
The Darwin Air Museum is well worth a visit.
ASP
Birthplace of Connellan Airlines.
BNK
Great location.
BRK
Great citrus grown there.
BHQ
The silver city.
ARM
Beware density altitude in summer.
WGA
Birthplace of Kendell Airlines.
DBO
Good spot.
OOL
On the beautiful Gold Coast.
RCM
Some great airshows there in years past.
NTL
Share the airspace with F/A-18's.
TMW
Birthplace of East-West Airlines.
CBR
Too cold in winter, too windy in summer.
SYD
A pity we never get to land into wind!
GOANA Air Safari
We landed here in 2002, during the bush fire season. There were brush fires burning West of the airstrip, and we flew long curving finals to avoid the smoke. We were grounded there for two days, IMC in smoke. Australia is a very interesting country! We used the time to go on a boat tour of the estuary, visit a Koala sanctuary and visit several pubs.
GOANA Air Safari
Landed here in 2002 as part of our GOANA Air Safari trip - then we flew up the coast past Sydney at 500 feet!
This is a very nice tourist stop - lovely beaches, great fish and chip shops too!
GOANA Air Safari
Landed here for fuel in 2002 - I don't think we saw a soul except for our fellow tourists. Pumped our own fuel - Australia does have self-serve, I think it was on the honour system too.
GOANA Air Safari
Flew here with a GOANA air safari trip in 02 - each couple flew their own Cessna 172. Very picturesque little rural Australian town. Spent time walking around the old part of town and had supper on a riverboat - we were told that all towns in Australia are like this :P
Wine Tours
Flew here with a GOANA air safari trip in 02 - each couple flew their own Cessna 172. We were grounded here for 48 hours by a dust storm, and we had to do the wine tasting tour twice!
Where American's Day Begins
Stopped here for fuel once in January 1967, riding in the "way back" end of a DC-8-63. From the very last rows of seats you could see the fuselage flex in turbulence. Seats weren't very comfortable and pretty densely packed, food was ... well, so-so.
Stopped here for again for fuel October 2006, riding in the "way back" end of a 747-400. Can't say that I saw the fuselage flexing, impossible to see very far forward. Seats weren't very comfortable and pretty densely packed, food was ... well, so-so.
Hmmm ... in 39 years things haven't changed much, have they?
Where my plane is hangared.
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🔗 Sun, 29 Jul 2007
— @Ozguy at Borroloola Airport, Australia
A good place to stop for lunch. Fresh Barramundi!