Crew including new/old owner that flew over the lovely silver bird have first dibs. The P51 has two seats. Will the rain ever stop?
Yeah it was concrete in the old days..Grumpy old Bill Retmock used to refuel me there in the chieftain..Bless his soul…
Gazza flew myself and my wealthy grandmother there in 1968 ,few happy snaps of the landing ! Last time he was to fly a 4 engine aircraft and was sent off to HK for training on a 100hp 100knot trainer "His 1st Solooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
900M from memory JM..Taking off in a fully loaded chieftain you would sit a 10 feet over the water in ground effect for ages while the aircraft was trying to accelerate…Some heart stopping moments going in and out of that place especially with a northerly wind…
C-130 had the same issue at Kwajelin in the Pacific .... would back the aircraft on the runway until the tail was out over the water and then just rotate before the end with a full load of spares for the F111
Far out. Where were you going in a Chieftain from there? Fully loaded they’re scary on a 1200m runway, let alone 900m!
Used to do Norfolk Island, Sydney, Canberra,Brissy,Port and all the north coast strips…Norfolk was the worst as you got there with 30 minutes of gas and if you couldn’t get in you would have to ditch in those Tiger Shark infested waters that the islanders feed the dead cows to…
