I just found a couple of photos from the flight I did on a trike at Narromine in 2001. I took air-to-air photos for a magazine. Oops! It was runway 04 not 29.



Trike to Trike by RobGeraghty, on Flickr


Landing on Runway 04 by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

Wow, I'd love to have a "ride" on one of those!

I always thought Canberra airport incorporated a small RAAF base. I stayed there overnight when I was in the Army in about 1984 I think. We bussed it down from Sydney to do a welcome parade for the ambassador for Iceland at Yarralumla. Things may have changed since then of course.

The C130 flight wasn't too bad considering tight space and the "seats" were pretty much just made of webbing (as in seat belt webbing). There were two planes flying from Richmond to Cobar in January 1985 to fight bush fires ahead of a large road convoy. There was quite a crowd there to welcome us.

It was fun!


Canberra airport as far as I know originally was RAAF base Fairbairn. It was only relatively recently sold to the airport corporation. As far as I'm aware, the RAAF still operates the tower. The RAAF side is still home to the VIP squadron (35 SQN).


Sounds like it was an interesting experience! Thanks for your service.

Yes, RAAF Fairbairn, that's it...

I work near the airport and for some reason I couldn't think of the name Fairbairn straight away.

I was in the Air Force and never once flew on military aircraft and nothing unusual after I got out. Boring commercial jets.

Bummer -- but K J, you're in luck. You'd be more than welcome to make the acquaintance of the folks at EAA Chapter 32 near you. No tellin' what sort of interesting opportunities you'd be invited to sample. No secret handshake; don't need to be a pilot, just simply enjoy airplanes and aviation. Not too late to make up for that lousy USAF experience -- should'a gone Navy!

Same for all of you -- EAA's international.


I'm headed for my local Ch. mtg (in Paris, TN) today when I close this email.


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