Fly Baby 2 and Avondale Airstrip history

[kaz3g]

I just found this http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/asp/pdf/07_0147_ea_nc_appendixk_heritageimpactassessment.pdf

 

and it tells a really great story of some young guys who built their Fly Baby 2 and flew it without any formal training in either construciton or piloting.

 

kaz

 

 

[facthunter]

Changed a lot since I did 2 and a quarter hours of joy flights there in C-172 VH- RNC Sept 27 1964, with my one month old Commercial. licence. Rather nice area out there west of the Lake. Nev

 

 

[Ultralights]

runway to be maintained as part of the cultural lanscape..

 

said the same about Hoxton park a few days before the tore it up.

 

 

[Neil_S]

I just found this http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/asp/pdf/07_0147_ea_nc_appendixk_heritageimpactassessment.pdfand it tells a really great story of some young guys who built their Fly Baby 2 and flew it without any formal training in either construciton or piloting.

 

kaz

Hi Kaz,

 

A really interesting read - I especially like those old photos.....thanks for posting.

 

Cheers,

 

Neil

 

 

[Virago]

I clearly remember reading an article (and photos) in Pix magazine about someone who built a Clancy Skybaby in their backyard shed. I was only a young boy at the time and have been interested in homebuilt aircraft ever since. My Morgan Sierra 100 project is coming along quite nicely and I often think about that Pix article.