Yes, I flew down from Port Pirie yesterday, and home after it finished this afternoon. It was unusual to have both Matt Hall's Red Bull team AND Paul Bennett Airshows on the same program. There is obviously a certain amount of rivalry! The local amateur team, The Silver Sharks, all flying RV's just keeps on getting more polished every performance I have seen. A surprise low(very!) level handling display by an Air Force Posiedon was a feature. The sheer number of spectators (easily 10,000+) was surprising given the Gather Round of AFL in Adelaide was also on this weekend.
Aldinga has always been a top airfield and always busy, being home to about 80 aircraft in all taking in Adelaide Biplanes joyflights, Flying schools, Parachuting, Corporate charter ops, maintenance and a great cafe overlooking the field.
Only one strip was in use yesterday with the unicom operator juggling both left and right hand circuits when I arrived. Same with today's departures after the show. - a very fast moving sequence well handled.
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Yes, I flew down from Port Pirie yesterday, and home after it finished this afternoon. It was unusual to have both Matt Hall's Red Bull team AND Paul Bennett Airshows on the same program. There is obviously a certain amount of rivalry! The local amateur team, The Silver Sharks, all flying RV's just keeps on getting more polished every performance I have seen. A surprise low(very!) level handling display by an Air Force Posiedon was a feature. The sheer number of spectators (easily 10,000+) was surprising given the Gather Round of AFL in Adelaide was also on this weekend.
Aldinga has always been a top airfield and always busy, being home to about 80 aircraft in all taking in Adelaide Biplanes joyflights, Flying schools, Parachuting, Corporate charter ops, maintenance and a great cafe overlooking the field.
Only one strip was in use yesterday with the unicom operator juggling both left and right hand circuits when I arrived. Same with today's departures after the show. - a very fast moving sequence well handled.