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The annual Wings Over Illawarra airshow was held on May 4 2014 and for the first time since 2007, the flying program was nearly blown away. Strong and nearly constant winds hung around the NSW south coast all day and … Continue reading →

Soaring above Cessnock and the surrounding Hunter Valley, doing loops, wing overs, barrel rolls and pulling Gs, is all in a days work for Aerohunter, as they take their customers through exhilarating aerobatic / combat manoeuvres, adventure rides or more … Continue reading →

March 1 and 2 2014 at RAAF Williams, Point Cook, Victoria, Australia, saw the world’s oldest continually operated military air base host a once in life time event – its 100th anniversary which also at same time commemorated the first … Continue reading →

2013/2014 – Sydney New Year Eve firework show was as usual …..spectacular and interesting. With a cloud overcast and windy cold weather somewhat feeling…still over a million people to the harbour….. as usual…. It was very crowded but I was … Continue reading →

I spent a few hours last week driving around northern Sydney photoing lights people had put up on display outside or on top of their homes. Many other people also were out and about photoing the xmas lights. I covered … Continue reading →

2 WARS AND PEACETIME JOYS – THE FLYING CAREER OF LADDIE HINDLEY TRAINING Leigh “Laddie” Hindley grew up in the 1930s in Goulburn, NSW. Finishing school in 1941, Laddie decided to join the Australian Imperial Force. His parents thought the … Continue reading →

DARWIN / NT AVIATION HERITAGE Darwin, capital of the Northern Terrirtory has played an important part in the history of aviation within Australia, with numerous historical events taking place. One of the earliest was in 1919 when a Vickers Vimy … Continue reading →

Located at the Royal Australian Navy base HMAS Albatross about 10km from Nowra, on the NSW south coast, is a multi million dollar heritage museum housing the extensive collection of the Royal Australian Navy aviation operations – the Fleet Air … Continue reading →

With the environment of Australia being degraded more and more each year, people are beginning to realise that it is affecting everyone of us. Destruction of forests, land and water supplies leads eventually to soil erosion and desertification in the … Continue reading →

The November 2013 Temora Warbirds Downunder airshow was the 2nd time this event has been held at the Temora Aviation Museum, Temora airport. It has grown  on the popularity of the last major airshow which was held in 2011. This … Continue reading →