pylon500 Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 You've heard of 'Flash Mobs' and 'Flash Parties'? Well, today we had a 'Flash Fly In'! Seemed a group of vintage car enthusiasts thought to have a drive up to Old Bar. One of the car owners owns a Tiger Moth at Luskintyre and said "I might meet you there in my Tiger" A couple of his mates heard about it and thought they might follow him. One of the local gyro guys, who flies out to Old Bar regularly mentioned to a mate to come and look at the old cars... One thing led to another, and; 28 aircraft turned up! The wind conditions were starting to pick up buy mid morning, so many of the later arrivals entertained the growing crowd with their encounters with the crosswind/windshear. Oh, and a stack of old cars turned up:cops: Final tally; Gyros, 6 Tigers, 5 Jabirus, 3 Cessnas, 3 Peil Emiraudes 2 And one each of; Stearman, Stinson, Brumby, Giles, Eurofox, Lightwing, Foxbat, Cub and Yak. And not a ferris wheel in sight. Arthur. 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damkia Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 This is exactly what the RA-Aus (or even members of this forum) should be organising through the flood affected areas of Queensland, and fire affected areas of Vic/NSW/Tas/SA, both to support the communities, and to provide a bit of light entertainment to the locals. It wouldn't hurt if the people came with tools and a smile to help out in the clean up either. This would go a long way to improving the general opinion of the RA-Aus/GA movement and more importantly illustrate the importance of having local airfields in an emergency. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deskpilot Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Now tell us about the vintage cars. Did any others arrive to keep the Austin Healey company? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGL Fox Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 What a great idea.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff b Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 The Orange Cavalon Gyro is missing from the photo, so we had 7 gyros. Great effort from everyone! My first visit to Old Bar in the Magni M24. What a great place to fly into. The Kiosk had actually run out of food when we arrived . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Hey I like what you did with the photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGL Fox Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I think he must have used a panarama shot on his camera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet47 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 No he told me today he cropped the sky and the foreground just keeping the vital middle bits. Hope he doesn't build planes the same way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planedriver Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 This is exactly what the RA-Aus (or even members of this forum) should be organising through the flood affected areas of Queensland, and fire affected areas of Vic/NSW/Tas/SA, both to support the communities, and to provide a bit of light entertainment to the locals. It wouldn't hurt if the people came with tools and a smile to help out in the clean up either.This would go a long way to improving the general opinion of the RA-Aus/GA movement and more importantly illustrate the importance of having local airfields in an emergency. What a great turnout:score 010: . I couldn't agree more with the above comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Fan-bloody-tastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Very nice collection of aircraft rgmwa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Isaac Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 On Ya Arthur for posting this. Glad to hear the Ferris Wheel wasn't there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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