Matt Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 G'day everyone. Well this weekend I finally get to go and collect the CT4 from Merimbula after 10 weeks with our LAME....and not looking forward to the invoice:faint: This just happens to coincide with the Albury Airshow, so we're planning on domestic flight to Merimbula on Saturday followed by an afternoon of "post maintenance" and familiarisation flights. We're staying in Merimbula on Saturday night and planning to head to Albury for the airshow on Sunday morning, spend the day at the airshow then head to our new home at Penfield on Sunday afternoon. Is anyone planning on going to the Albury Airshow? Looks like a reasonable line up of aircraft & activities and at this stage the forecast looks pretty good for our entire trip...if you can believe that! Cheers, Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moz Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Unfortunately I can't make it this year as I'm working. However I did get to the last airshow held there and thought it was very well run/organised etc. A very pleasant day out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Matt Do you know if they are allowing any special routes into that controlled space for those that don't normally qualify? I can't find anything on that. Regards Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 Hi Geoff, Haven't seen anything in the way of an AIP SUP and there's nothing on their website about visiting aircraft. Suggest give the tower a ring and ask, I know of a few ultralight aircraft who regularly fly through Albury control zone without transponders - this is mainly due to the poor radar coverage available around Albury and the tower normally use visual reporting for separation. Cheers, Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brentc Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Albury doesn't have radar so a transponder shouldn't be required. Suggest calling tower / organiser to see if they will let you in at a convenient time for them. They will probably give a specific approach point. There are RPT coming in so they will probably just want to make sure that you don't conflict with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaz Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Albury Tower do not have a radar, however they have radar coverage down to about 8,000 feet, under that it visual. Getting in without a transponder would not be a problem but you can always ring the tower first and see if they have any preferred reporting points for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jennyawburn Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Even though Albury doesn't have radar coverage, according to AIP you must still have a transponder in class C airspace. You would have to get an ATC exemption above 4500. Did you guys make it to the airshow? What did you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted April 9, 2008 Author Share Posted April 9, 2008 Hi Jenny, yep we made the airshow and it was a great day...check out the Trip Report thread for our report with contributions from a few others. Cheers, Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flie43 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Hey Matt, We took 2 C182's to Merimbula on Friday and spent a couple of nites at the Lakeside Hotel. Did you stay there, if so we must have crossed paths. Small world Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted April 10, 2008 Author Share Posted April 10, 2008 G'day Terry - it's a very small world, we had dinner and a few drinks at the Lakeside on Saturday night. Cheers, Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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