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Great Alf , thanks heaps. I will LTV a call Terry

Gidday Guys, I am planning a flight to Gippsland and Thorpdale is closer to where I need to get to than Latrobe Valley. Does any have any details on the strip..who owns it? Dimensions etc. I cannot seem to find it on google earth either. Any help appreciated. Oops aircraft is a C182 Terry

Give Sheldon a call at Merit Aviation. He is based at Moruya but spends a lot of time in outback queensland training and BFR's etc. He is THE man to call 0427 102540 Tell him Terry from Wang said to call

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Thanks for your help Bruce, I think we are all sorted Terry

Gidday guys, We have a flight of J230's flying to Broken Hill on the 6th of June from Wangaratta ( ok, so it is only 2 aircraft ) for the weekend via Mungo Lodge for lunch. Our problem is that all the car hire places are closed in the afternoon. Is there another way of hiring a vehicle or another company that is not one of the majors that maybe worth a try. I travel there yearly for the races but the other halves have decided that we should take them for the long weekend. The only two items left to tick off is the car hire and the weather. Any help would be greatly appreciated Terry

Great comments from all. I have about 400 hrs on my 230 and Camel, I think I fly very similar to you. I like to have the revs down to about 2000 by the end of downwind this then gets the speed close to flap speed by the turn onto base. I then drop 1 stage flaps and revs to 1500 to maintain 65 kts . Mid final, full flap and drop revs a little more. I like to keep a bit of power on as it flattens the approach and over the fence at 60 kts and get close to the runway and try not to land--slowly reducing power and grease it on. Sounds good and 7 out of 10 now are really good with a couple of ordinary ones every now and then. Hang in there as my first 3 months were terrible Terry

Thanks Guys for your help. I got onto the old owner and she told me the current owners of the property have closed the strip. Damn shame. Mansfield is ok Kaz but then a 1.5 hr drive. Found the closest which is now Yeaburn, just West of Yea but a bit of a drive again from Eildon township. Nice little area--all we aviators need is a nice paddock near Alex Terry

Well, the latest is the strip is now closed--bugger, I will have to drive. Although I believe there is an ultralight strip at Eildon--does anyone know of this one ? Terry

Gidday All, I am needing to contact the operators of the strip at Taggerty, Victoria. I flew in there numerous times years ago during my training and now have a daughter working at Alexandra and Eildon and wanted to drop over from Wangaratta. Searched everywhere with no luck Terry

Hi Guys , Terry here from the Wangaratta Aero Club, We are still around as a flying group and have BBQ's on the last Sunday of the month ( except this weekend coming ). Unfortunately after being a flight training organisation for more than 60 years we could not continue the training on CASA's terms due to the cost of employing a full time Chief Pilot/CFI. To preserve the funds built up by previous stalwarts of the club over the last 60 years we decided to stop the losses and halt GA training. Nathan and Sue at Secure air came in and took on training for a period of time and did a great job. But we are back now with a top aerodrome, great aviation area, great club and training rooms, but unfortunately no training. We are more than happy to welcome another GA training school to use our facilities and we are currently trying to find an RAA instructor who would like to impart his knowledge and skills to get the many pilots locally back in the air. We have access to aircraft and the instructor is our only hold up at the moment. Terry

He stepped out and walked to his house. No probs

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Outback, This has to be the best strip I have landed at- manicured grass right up to the strip. Try this link and give the manager a call to get permission and there is an RFS donation required as a landing fee http://ygdo.notams.com/ Terry

Broken Hill is a great spot when the St Pats races are on, we take a few planes there every year. 16th March this year and can probably organise accom if required. You Don't need an asic- well you do but you dont if you know what everyone means.