This past weekend saw us attend Wings Over Illawarra at Wollongong Airport. The event has grown over the years and this years crowd was estimated at 30,000! I was planning on flying a display at the event but things got a little complicated and the display didn't eventuate. My thanks go to organizer, Arthur Webster, for his efforts in trying to get our display included. We have things well organised now, and I'm confident we can make it work next year.
I took the somewhat unusual step of parking the Rebel out in the public access area. This meant that everyone who entered the event walked past the aircraft and could actually get up close and touch it. When you around a plane like this all the time you take it for granted but the fascination it generated with visitors was incredible!
On the way home, I went in formation with Stu Hutchison who was flying a Cirrus from the Richmond Flying Club. We stopped on the way to visit Richard Wiltshire at Wedderburn, who was test flying his latest ride, a Sabre unlimited aerobatic aircraft.
It was a good day out but it is time to get back into the training for the upcoming competitions!
There are some more pictures in our album:
