Earl Pike

Stevron, My comments were not an attack on you,I am sure every organisation has people with limited communication skills, and you encountered such an individual here. Who for some reason at the time was reluctant to engage. Your initial comments reflected on PAA as a community, as did your subsequent comment. However, our website has eperienced an increase in traffic, as has interest in our fly in. Without this thread, I feel that there are any number of people who may not have known about our endeavours. So, all is not lost, and thank you for bringing Porepunkah to the front of aviation discussion. If you get to Porepunkah, ask for me.....

Stevron, You are very quick witted I must admit, so I shan’t engage you in a battle of intellect. We are welcoming at Porepunkah, and have been making efforts to improve the profile of the the facility. We will be conducting a fly in to aid bushfire relief in April, the details are on our website, www.ypok.org.au. Looking forward to seeing you, and any one else there, to assist in the economic recovery of Bright and the surrounding communities,

I fly out of Porpepunka, and am an active member of the Porepunkah Airport Association. Sounds like an unfortunate encounter, perhaps the glider pilot may have been offended by a nonresident telling him how to run the airport.....

Stevron, you mention Porepunka in your opening comments. A quick flight up the Kiewa Valley from Albury. I am a hangar owner at Porepunkah and delighted to say the local council has a strong commitment to the airport. Alpine shire is responsible for Mount Beauty and Porepukah fields, both of which would have to be among the most scenic in Australia. The Shire released more land at the north end of Porepunkah a year or so ago, and I was fortunate enough to secure a lot, 12 x 20 mtrs. Hangar owners lease the land from the council, based on the area of the hangar. During construction of some of the new hangars, a drainage issue was discovered, that could impact on hangar construction. To the Shires credit, drainage of the entire new release has been undertaken, with a sealed taxi-way. At the Shire's expense. New hangars will be required to install sub drainage connected to the master drainage system. The landing fee charged to visiting aircraft, by donation goes directly to airport running costs, as does leasing fees, administered by Porepunkah Airport Association. My hangar lease includes exemption from landing fees, and all my costs are less than half I paid for rental space at Yarrawonga. Anyone looking for a council, sympathetic to aviation, need look no further than Porepunkah and Mount Beauty.

?? Ssshhhh, You might wake it up.

I think it’s dead Jim,

I’m about to throw a fet, lock, you all out. But the you might put me down.

It’s all true I tell ya, I said to the owner “Why the long face”

Only when he is jockeying for position

You are all just trying to stirrup trouble...

The poor owner has been saddled with a huge repair bill

I did not intend this thread to be a race to the finish

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I was in the paint shop, at an airport in regional northern Victoria and saw a Jabiru 230. Apparently, the plane had parked in a paddock overnight and was grazed upon by a horse. The leading edges of the tail and main wings had significant damage down to the glass, through the paint and gel coat. I don’t know the owner, so I haven’t posted photos or named the paint shop. This is the second time I have seen horse damage by horses. When I was training at Lilydale, some years ago, a horse ate the vinyl roof of a rather good Ford LTD. So, beware the curious horse.

Well done Thruster88. A great place to fly. Good friendly airfield community, ranging from hang gliding, paragliding, gliding, micro lights, GA and RA. Close to Wangaratta, Brown Bros. at Milawa, Mount Beauty, Shepparton and a little further to Deniliquin. All active and welcoming flying groups.