King Island
Our Melbourne Cup weekend fly-away to Hobart ended up being a day trip to King Island due to some hideous weather forecast that would have trapped us in Wynyard for a couple of days. The upside was that the day for crossing to King Island could not have been better! Nineteen people in eight planes had almost perfect conditions for the trip and we had a good feed and got some cheese whilst we were down there. Thanks to Dave Marty for all his work on this. It’s a pity so much of it had to be unstitched at the last minute. Anyway, enjoy Sonya’s pics from the day below.
Russ Grosvenor and David Coillins secure Pioneer 4944 at King Island.
Aireys Inlet from Archer RCR.
Pitch and Hitch about to board RCR for the flight back over Bass Strait.
Dave and Vicki Marty with their Bonanza BIM getting ready to go home.
LFC members mulling around outside the King Island cheese factory.
Cheese!
Coastal with Cape Patton in the foreground and Apollo Bay in the distance.
Cardinal DZP parked with Archers ZZW and RCR at King Island.
Barry Mock’s Jabiru 5122 and Doug and Carmel Fraser’s Pipistrel 8657 on the hard stand.
A couple of pioneers: Steve Daniel’s Pioneer 300 parked next to one of aviation’s great pioneering aeroplanes: a DC3.