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My first controlled airspace.
I was so nervous nearly missed the approach. Lovely place to have a snack.
PPL passed here
A lovely country side aerodrome. A small club with several aircrafts, and many friendly people. Thanks RNAC
Radio Frequencies
The radio frequencies are wrong
CTAF = 126.7
Area = Melbourne Centre 135.25
YHOX IS CLOSED
Closed and sold for industrial land 2008. So ends the history of a useful WW2 vintage airport. Sad to think that the Commonwealth Government sold all three Sydney GA airports to the same greedy organisation.
Story about midair collision
This is a bit sensationalist, but it suggests that the VFR routes into Bankstown are too restricted for the safe flow of traffic:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,24821548-23349,00.html
First 747 to land at SYD
It was a cold windy rainy day in the early 70's
I had never seen a Jumbo land but it was clear he was landing LONG!
So long he ran off end of runway and nearly got in a fight with airport fuel lines!
I think USA pilot was given a ticket home.
Anyone have any additional info or an old photo from Sydney herald.
PS now live in the land of Boeing namely Seattle.
Nice airport
This airport is not huge but does it's job. It has a very long runway for a regional city.
Not well planned
This airport is not very well planned because of how the terminals are to far apart, and airport is very close to the city which is good and bad.
Bankstown
Too many sausage factory air schools here
I listed Bankstown at my home airport but I could have liste
I live fairly close by, walking down the street to the beach I can see the main runway 34L which is reclaimed on Botany Bay, I drive next to it every morning going to work (actually, in the airport tunnel under the runways) and my job is so close to the airport that the building is shaking when heavies e.g 747 are on very short final on runway 25 - so close you can almost touch the aircraft !
We get to see some interesting aircrafts land there now and then. Indeed there were quite a few of us to watch the A380 land here for the first time almost two years ago.
Careful here - no dead side
The southern side of Camden is dedicated to gliders, so gotta be careful in joining the circuit here - circuit always on the northern side of the field, and there is no dead side to the circuit.
where I have done my first solo flight
I am a student pilot at Schofields Flying Club based there
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.
RCM
Some great airshows there in years past.
NTL
Share the airspace with F/A-18's.
TMW
Birthplace of East-West Airlines.
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!
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 my plane is hangared.
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My first touch and go
🔗 Tue, 07 Jul 2009
— @scobolt at Cessnock Airport, Australia
Never realised how fast this operation takes... a few seconds. No time for chit-chat or welcome drinks.... off and away again.