Drew

Graham, thanks for the photos. I was really looking forward to attending but unfortunately we are all out of brave pills and the Charlie Bravos kept us at bay.

For those that were in attendance, how would you rate the condition of the strip and the airfield in general? Would you agree with the statement a few posts back about it being "an inexperienced pilot's nightmare"?

It wasn't easy (wrong co-ordinates and all), but thanks to some inspired help from the Devine and the combined effort from the forum, I think we may just have the information we need to decrypt the location of the airfield.

Weather permitting, the good Father Dave and I will be in attendance at the service on Sunday.

See you there (if we find it)...

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According to Aeroclub there is an inaugural fly-in at Canungra "International" Airfield on 29/11/2015. I wouldn't mind attending, however, getting location and airfield information has proved almost more difficult than it's worth. The notice of the event refers you to www.flightscopeaviation.com.au for more information. Ha! Like that helped! Some obscure text then refers you to a facebook page. Ok, so now I have a physical address and off to Google Maps I go...

Well that proved pointless with no strip at that address.

Come on guys, if you would like folks to attend at least provide co-ordinates, maybe add some approach information. I just can't be arsed anymore.

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There is currently a case before the US Court of Appeals in which the petitioner (FlyteNow) is seeking clarification from the FAA on what constitutes a commercial operation and one in which pilots and passengers are united through common cause and costs are merely shared. You can read more about the case here: https://goldwater-media.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/Flytenow_v._FAA_Backgrounder.pdf

A ruling in favour of FlightNow would be a tremendous win for GA. Whether or not that would translate locally is a another matter, of course. We can dream, can't we?

Never nice to see an aircraft get damaged, but at least it appears to have been the best outcome of a bad situation.

We 're looking to take a fly out there tomorrow. Anyone have any idea what we can expect as a turnout tomorrow if the weather plays nice?

Thanks Jason. Also just caught it on the news. Well done to the PIC and glad to see he walked away unhurt.

Apparently Archerfield is closed for an inbound emergency landing. Anyone got more info?

Thanks for the welcome messages, chaps!

I'm based in Brisbane (for now).

Drew.

Hi all

Just landed (literally) in Australia. I'm a PPL and from South Africa. Hopefully will be getting to convert the license once some priorities are taken care of. Looking forward to meeting some of you soon!

Drew ...