Guest drizzt1978 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 What would be the closest strip to Tamworth Town?? Any suggestions?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drizzt1978 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Tamworth Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url] Yea i wikipedia as well, once i saw Qantas, i didnt even look into it, but i believe its all controlled airspace immediately around the town/airport... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drizzt1978 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Thanks Destiny, i will look into it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mad Dave Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Quirindi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 What would be the closest strip to Tamworth Town??Any suggestions?? Check out the strips & gliding club at Lake Keepit which is closest, Gunnedah is 65 kms, Quirindi is a nice strip too. Tamworth is controlled and busy with BAE's training aircraft. RPT's are not so many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbleboy Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 There are a lot of farm strips all around Tamworth. I have flown in and out of Tamworth Airport. No real problems. A mate has a private strip to the west of the airport which he goes between to get fuel. Keepit is a fair distance to Tamworth town. Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbleboy Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Hhhmm...Dexter, you may have a point. I have a PPL so maybe thats why :hittinghead: I need to read up on that. Im not sure of the requirements and if an RAA ticket is enough. Would need radio for sure. We just radio from the ground at my mates air strip and get a clearance. Nothing hard about it. Scotty :Flush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterJ Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Hi drizzt1978, Yup - no PPL no TMW. SkyRanch is 42km by road to the west of TMW and my base. Quirindi is quite a way out of town too but not as far as SkyRanch is. Are you transiting and need fuel - happy to help if I can. Some basic accommodation at SkyRanch also. Cheers HunterJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drizzt1978 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Hey Hunter: I hope to have to go there for business latter in the year. Me and a mate from work thought it might make a nice excuse to take the j230 for a long haul! So I need to land as close as i can, and get transport into Tamworth, Im guessing once im there for the two days i can walk around or taxi, Its a lot more practical to Qantas link and hire a car, but that would be zero fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbleboy Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 10KMS in to town...long walk. Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterJ Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 We have the power to make magic happen! SkyRanch is secure so you can go to town without worrying about the plane. Give me a yell as you get closer to launch date and we will see what can be done to accommodate one of our 'Mexican relo's' By the way - go the Swans. Cheers HunterJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballpoint 246niner Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Can I suggest there was a private field at Somerton we used to glide at which is only 15k's from town,or Lake Keepit Soaring club another 30 k's west. Other than that there's Godfrey's sky ranch as suggested and I recall there's a couple of ag strips as well near nundle SE of Tamworth. Maybe this helps- you could speak to the guys at Tamair for more local advice.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterJ Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 The field at Somerton is now controlled by the model aircraft club and is not really seviceable for 'real' aircraft use. Much harder to get into TMW from Nundle. Godfrey's strip is further to the north east of SkyRanch near Manilla. Cheers HunterJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbleboy Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Where we fly models at Somerton, http://www.tarmac.org.au was never an airstrip. Its the old horse track. In saying that we have been there for over a year and have been visited by ultralights who have landed on our strip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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