orchid beach ,jabiru 230 d

[kevinmills1956]

 

• stunningly beautiful runway;middle bit very sticky;practiced 100 short field take off's at Hervey Bay first
   
  

 

 

 

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[Relfy]

Excellent vid Kevin and a really good reference for people flying to and using Orchid Beach Airstrip. I did a precautionary search there in a 170 and it was really quite rough approaching the threshold. I think I was getting some ridge air.

 

Nice landing too!

 

:thumb_up:

 

 

[ndy]

Nice work Kevin, I am local to the area, but am just starting out, orchid beach will be on the list of landing sites for future exploration. Thanks for the video!

 

 

[flie43]

Great Vid Kev. How would it be with 2 up ?

 

 

[kevinmills1956]

This stunningly beautiful landing strip can be challenging to land and take off on. Pilots who recently landed there , advocate only using a 6 cylinder aircraft on a cool day .

 

.It is short ( 678m) and the grass can be " sticky" in the middle section.

 

I practiced 100 short field take offs and landings before landing there with a 6 cylinder Jabiru 230 D.

 

Hervey Bay , Australia is one of the worlds secret top getaways

 

 

[dazza 38]

Nice video Kevin, thank you for sharing

 

 

[shags_j]

what did you use to shoot the vid with Kevin?

 

 

[kevinmills1956]

A Canon HD LEGRIA HF20 video in a stubby holder in a pencil box strapped with velcro to the jabs headset holders ta Kev