Blueadventures Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 (edited) Palmyra airfield group celebrated 20 years of Aviation with current and past aircraft owners and pilots who operated from the airfield over the past 20 years and we were also thankful to have the mayor of Mackay Greg Williamson present as he is a talented and current pilot. Good to catchup and make new acquaintances. Well done to those that organised the occasion. Palmyra is at the western edge of Mackay controlled airspace in Queensland and a 700m private sealed strip 18/36 and is home airfield for 10 hangars that share the grounds with the Mackay Drag Race club so a few times a year it is closed and PPR is required for access and there is AvGas available by PPR. Edited July 31, 2022 by Blueadventures 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 When I first spotted the Palmyra name, it brought up memories of its namesake airfield, on a coral atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ..... http://www.airfields-freeman.com/HI/Airfields_W_Pacific.htm#palmyra 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueadventures Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 9 hours ago, onetrack said: When I first spotted the Palmyra name, it brought up memories of its namesake airfield, on a coral atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean ..... http://www.airfields-freeman.com/HI/Airfields_W_Pacific.htm#palmyra Thanks mate I'll print out and hang in my hangar. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NT5224 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Palmyra's a great name. But for me it's always that sand blasted spot out in the scrub in Homs province. Dust storms and toppled columns. And more recently hoodlums with their black flags. Alan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Communications Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 My boss was up there a few weeks ago with a drag weekend 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 I'll bet they don't go in drag. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 19 minutes ago, Kyle Communications said: My boss was up there a few weeks ago with a drag weekend I was there at a drag race meeting a few years ago, and a Savannah was flying backwards and forwards below a house up on the hill to the west, I don't think above 500'. Big crowd at the drag racing, big crowd at the Speedway meeting a couple of weeks before, and somewhere there ther's a big go kart track. Mackay's a good town for motorsport, but that was dwarfed by in invasion of the airport by a joint force of Australian and US military Army nd navy forces - brilliant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueadventures Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Kyle Communications said: My boss was up there a few weeks ago with a drag weekend our strip is the return road and our group of 10 paid 1/2 of the tarmac cost. narrow but fine for landing. https://youtu.be/0fLUu5B4gWI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Narrow all right. Nev 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 I would like to see that Savvy flying backwards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueadventures Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, facthunter said: Narrow all right. Nev And usually more often than not an easterly cross wind and strip 18/36. Heaps our final line up skills well-honed:) Edited August 31, 2022 by Blueadventures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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