Auster Pilots

[Louis Moore]

Not really sure where to post this, so forgive me if it is in the wrong spot. Just thought the Auster owners (or anyone who owns vintage british aircraft thats on here) might be interested in the following sight http://www.ajjcollection.co.uk/ it is a HUGE collection of negatives of aircraft. I contacted them about the J2 I own and they actually had 2 pics of it (attached below, there watermarked for web use but the personal copies I was given for private use a larger res and without the watermark!) which I bought for 13 pound. Fantastic for the history of the aircraft, they seem to have thousands of shots. Not only did I get the pictures but I got a page of hand written notes from the curators father about my J2, it's orginal colour scheme etc... from when the photo's were taken. Well worth the money and if you're interested you might find your old aircraft on there too!

 

 

 

 

[kaz3g]

Very nice resource, Louis. Thank you for sharing it.

 

I hope to get to the annual fly-in next weekend at Scone and will let others know.

 

Anyone heard how the weather has been up that way, please?

 

Kaz

 

 

[IanR]

Raining today !! Hope it dries out by the weekend. We are planning on flying in for the Saturday

 

 

[IanR]

Kaz, had a chat with you on Saturday - didn't make the connection though !! What a nice Auster you have. We were in the C180 VH-MTF

 

Fantastic day, nice place and lots of great people - and plenty of Austers !

 

 

[kaz3g]

Kaz, had a chat with you on Saturday - didn't make the connection though !! What a nice Auster you have. We were in the C180 VH-MTFFantastic day, nice place and lots of great people - and plenty of Austers !

Hi Ian

 

What a fantastic weekend! Great weather, superb location and a wonderful bunch of enthusiasts to boot.

 

If I could afford one, a C180 would be big on my wish list :-)

 

Seriously people, if you are looking for a top spot to fly in to one weekend, the facility at Middlebrook Station (just near Scone, NSW) is something special. The airstrip runs north-south just below the B&B accommodation and you can park 40 aircraft outside it...that's how many we had there this weekend for the Auster fly-in.

 

I flew Coldstream to Temora then Parkes on Thursday with a tail wind, and went onto Scone and Middlebrook Friday morning. I came back Parkes, Yarrawonga, Coldstream today and the predicted southerly didn't get going until around Temora which was a real plus. I averaged just on 100 knots for the whole trip but haven't worked out the fuel cost yet. Middlebrook was the cheapest fuel for the trip at less than $2 per litre!

 

Cheers and thanks for saying hi.

 

Kaz

 

 

[Louis Moore]

Sounds like it was a great trip and really good event. Any photo's Kaz? Wish I was there

 

 

[Tomo]

Kaz, had a chat with you on Saturday - didn't make the connection though !! What a nice Auster you have. We were in the C180 VH-MTF

Gotta love that C180 too!

 

 

[IanR]

Here are some I took - unfortunately didn't get a closeup of Kaz's Auster as there were too many people hanging round when I walked past with the camera - its in some of the distance shots though