Jamestown Airshow

[Orienteer]

I attended my first Flyin yesterday at the Jamestown Airshow. Firstly - Thanks to the Jamestown Flying Group for putting on such a great day! I thnk the thousands that were there absolutely loved it - me especially.

 

I was fairly nervous about flying into this and made sure i was thoroughly prepared. Once we got out of Murray Bridge at 0745 it was such a smooth flight, but as we switched to 126.7 it was apparent of how much traffic we were to encounter. Would i be able to cope? Once we neared the 10nm limit we had 3 aircraft to our left and about 2 to our right. I made the call and kept a watchful eye on the other traffic. In the end joining the circuit was a breeze and we followed a C172 in. Hit the ground with a harder then usual bump and took a long time to roll out. I missed the turn off for the gate and had to back track a bit on the grass, managed to cath up with the follow me bike and he led us to our park. Another C172 pilot who was behind us in the circuit parked next to us and made a comment about how slow i land.... Pity it didn't feel all that slow.

 

The Airshow was mesmerising. It was great to see so many displays and action. The highlights of the day would have to be seeing th boomerang in flight and Chris Sperou's action. What a buzz.

 

The flight out was good fun, though bumpier than the morning. I felt obliged to give way at the hold point for the Yak and the RFDS PC12. Getting back to Murray Bridge felt - for the first time- like i was coming home to my strip. It was a good sight, though my fatigue meant my first attempt at the landing wasn't what i liked so i went around and gave it another shot - perfect. Didn't even notic we touched the ground... What a great way to end the day!

 

Thanks again to Jamestown Flying Group and the entire community up there for putting on such a great day. I must go and attend to my sunburn now..... NOTE: Always pack Sunscreen and a Hat!

 

 

[Tomo]

Great work Orienteer!:thumb_up:

 

A C172 pilot commenting on how slow you land!? those 172's are pretty slow with all flaps out!:confused:

 

 

[Guest basscheffers]

Yup, great show!

 

Had a hard time getting my inbound call in, but joining the circuit was easy enough. Did a close base and touched down moments after the yellow RV7 cleared the runway. Gotta be efficient on days like these!

 

Some bright spark earlier in the day decided that 16 was the right runway and like sheep we all followed in - with a slight tail wind. Rounding out I though I was fast, but a quick peek at my ASI showed that I wasn't fast - the ground was slow! ;-)

 

Parked way out the back, but it was quick enough to leave again at the end of the day.

 

On the way back did a straight in to Port Pirie's 26 and filled up. (24H CC bowser) Then 500ft along the gorgeous coast to Wallaroo. Inland at 1000 to Kadina, Port Wakefield and back to Parafield. In group with some friends in a C172 and R44. Awesome flight, well worth the detour.

 

No points for the RAAF for snubbing yet another SA airshow, though. Yeah I know, Roulettes were in Wagga, but they could have easily opened Jamestown and closed Wagga on the same day. It's what a real display team like the Red Arrows would do. The only branch of the ADF that did show up was the navy! (they brought a dinghy)

 

In all, a good day. Not even sunburnt; 2 hourly applications of SPF 30 and a silly hat did the job!