Tyabb Toy Run

[Johno]

Peninsula Aero Club in conjunction with AAAA will again host the annual Toy Run and Open Day at Tyabb Airport. You will be able to take a close-up look at some of the Warbird and Antique aircraft that will be at the next Tyabb Air Show "War & Peace" March 11, 2018.

 

All are welcome and entry is by donation of an un-wrapped toy for less privileged children.

 

There will be free BBQ sausage sizzle at 12 noon.

 

Time (1030 to 1430), airport open from 0830 for flying visitors no landing fees.

 

 

 

[Johno]

Just a late update.

 

This Sunday's Tyabb Toy Run/Open Day is the first time both Tyabb based Australian built Mustangs will be seen together.

 

Although A68-199 is the world's youngest Mustang (delivered to the RAAF in June 1951), it is just less than a year since its first flight in 40 years, following an extensive re-build at Tyabb. It was previously operated by Illawarra Flying School as VH-BOZ in the 1960's as a target tow aircraft. It is now registered "VH-URZ" (You are Zulu). The other Tyabb Mustang is Judy Pay's A68-105.

 

A68-199 on its initial flight after rebuild, 16 December 2016.

 

This is a vary rare opportunity to see two Australian Mustangs together, and there will be many interesting other aircraft on display.

 

Just review the poster in previous post for details.

 

 

[facthunter]

BOZ did a "Must do" landing (read "forced") at Rutherford with Eric Greathead flying it while I was there at the field . It regularly overheated due (allegedly) running water rather than glycol mix as coolant to save costs. Target towing is an undignified way for a warbird to earn it's keep but that was the deal back then. She was a pretty rough plane at that time. Glad it's restored. It used to have numerous aborted take offs due an (automatic boost control) failure which I've forgotten the exact details of but it's to do with the Carb/supercharger set up. Nev

 

 

[Johno]

BOZ might have been a pretty rough aircraft back in the 1960s, but I knew Eric Greathead preferred it to the Hawker Sea Fury which he called a beast. Bankstown tended to clear the circuit of students whenever Eric or Brian Wetless were about the take one of the two mustangs up.

 

On probably his first trip to Darwin in BOZ, (or maybe sister Mustang BOY), Eric “discovered” the Darwin stubbie, an 80 oz (2.27 litre) bottle of NT Draught. He transferred spares from one wing gun locker to the other, thus enabling loading of half a dozen of these liquid containers, presumably to comply with carrying the emergency rations one was meant to have on flights over the Designated Remote Areas of Australia.

 

Eric had said these long flights at 200Kt were boring, however when he became “uncertain of his position” (lost) over the vastness of central Australia, it gained his full attention.

 

Resolving this navigational abnormality and landing safely, he discovered the transfer of metal spares into one wing locker has caused the compass to miss-read by close to 30 degrees.

 

 

[Vev]

We should have quite a few of our warbird collection out on Sunday as a bit of a preview for the airshow coming up in March.

 

Jack