andrew1975 Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Hi, my wife and I are having a drive around qld, and in a few weeks will be in cairns cook town area. I'd love to co pilot a plane up to the tip of Australia and back, either an over nighter or long day trip. It's about 400 Knt according to oz runways. We would need a 3 or 4 seater as she wants to come. Just thought I'd post this to see if any north queenlanders with a plane were interested. Seems a shame to drive this far and not see the tip of Australia, and I thought this would be a fun way to do it. I fly a Brumby 610, and I've made some enquiries with a charter company. So anyone interested or any suggestions from experienced pilots? Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew1975 Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 Any advice from qld locals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdarby Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I will message you the number of a pilot in Cairns who does this, he was the guy who taught me how to fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deskpilot Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Why not drive it. Friends of mine just did it and said the roads were in great condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Why not drive it. Friends of mine just did it and said the roads were in great condition. Pilots fly... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deskpilot Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 So why are you driving the rest of the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barefootpilot Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Check out West Wing Aviation they do the mail runs around the tip and will take passengers along for the day. Not sure how much but it goes 6 days a week and to different places each day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 And they have some very nice female type pilots !!...........................................Maj... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben87r Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 check out West Wing Aviation they do the mail runs around the tip and will take passengers along for the day. Not sure how much but it goes 6 days a week and to different places each day. I just looked into it myself, looks like it would be GREAT!! Do they run them from cairns at all?? or do you need to trek it out to Mt Isa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barefootpilot Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 They run 6 days a week from Cairns give the office a call. Saturdays I think give the best views but Wednesday and Friday cover the most distance although 6 hours flight time in the back of a Caravan does get a little overbearing in the wet season heat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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