I've posted in here once before, but what happened to it, I dunno.
I got my ( Petrol - Powered aircraft )wings at a liitle place in Victoria, called Casey Airfield, just South of Berwick village, about 12 klicks ESE of Dandenong. If you have a look on Google Earth, youcan just about make out where the runway was. . . ( single gravel strip, oriented 12/30) It used to be operated by a company called Groupair, run by a lovely retired Aussie Army Officer named Keith Hatfield ( Lt. Col. Retd. ) It was also the headquarters of the Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia, and there were some lovely old bits of kit kept there. Keith had a Leopard Moth, which he would not let me fly... since I bent his DH82A VH-TIG when I lost it taxying without wingmen in a crosswind, and ended up in a ditch, breaking the prop and shockloading the Gypsy Major. . . . I used to fly in and out of Moorabbin a lot, I see it's still there !!!
Anyway, most people on this forum are probably a lot youngert than me so I won't go on about it !! I'd love to trace an old cropduster pilot and instructor friend of mine though, anyone here heard of David Squirrell ???
Many felicitations from Cannock Chase. . . .
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Hi All,
I've posted in here once before, but what happened to it, I dunno.
I got my ( Petrol - Powered aircraft )wings at a liitle place in Victoria, called Casey Airfield, just South of Berwick village, about 12 klicks ESE of Dandenong. If you have a look on Google Earth, youcan just about make out where the runway was. . . ( single gravel strip, oriented 12/30) It used to be operated by a company called Groupair, run by a lovely retired Aussie Army Officer named Keith Hatfield ( Lt. Col. Retd. ) It was also the headquarters of the Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia, and there were some lovely old bits of kit kept there. Keith had a Leopard Moth, which he would not let me fly... since I bent his DH82A VH-TIG when I lost it taxying without wingmen in a crosswind, and ended up in a ditch, breaking the prop and shockloading the Gypsy Major. . . . I used to fly in and out of Moorabbin a lot, I see it's still there !!!
Anyway, most people on this forum are probably a lot youngert than me so I won't go on about it !! I'd love to trace an old cropduster pilot and instructor friend of mine though, anyone here heard of David Squirrell ???
Phil