TEMORA AIRSHOW
SEPTEMBER 2009
BRANCH MEMBERS TOOK A PLEASANT TRAIN TRIP TO COOTAMUNDRA FOR OUR OVERNIGHT STOPS.
BOB DICKEY HIRED A BUS FOR US TO TRAVEL TO TEMORA AND FOR SIGHTSEEING.
SATURDAY 5TH SEPT
TEMORA WAS A SHORT TRIP AWAY AND WE ARRIVED TO SETTLE INTO OUR PREFERRED POSITION.
SATURDAY
IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE THE ACTIVITY STARTED
1100 HOURS
THE BOOMERANG WAS ONE OF THE FIRST VINTAGE AIRCRAFT TO PERFORM
THE SPITFIRE
THE EVER LOVING SPITFIRE NEVER CEASES TO DRAW TREMENDOUS INTEREST
BEAUTIFUL SOUNDS
A MAGNIFICENT LOW LEVEL DISPLAY
BRANCH MEMBERS
JUNE AND COL BAILEY SEATED FRONT ROW
1200 HOURS
BARRY AND ANN WALES SITTING IN SUNSHINE BUT WITH A COOL BREEZE COMING OFF THE SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS
THE HURRICANE
THE KITTYHAWK, THE WORKHORSE OF THE RAAF WESTERN DESERT AND PACIFIC CAMPAIGNS.
HUDSON BOMBER
AUSTRALIA'S FRONT LINE BOMBER IN 1941
A SITTING DUCK FOR THE JAPANESE ZEROS
THE JETS STARTED TO WARM UP
THE VAMPIRE, METEOR, SABRE AND AN FA 18 WERE YET TO COME
METEOR
VAMPIRE
THE ROAR OF THE JETS BROUGHT SMILES ALL ROUND FROM BOB DICKEY AND ROGER WILLIAMS
LINDSAY AND MAY NICHOLL WERE DELIGHTED
PRE- FLIGHT CHECKS
TAKE OFF
THE ROAR OF THE TAKE OFF THRUST IS STILL ONE OF THE MOST EXHILIRATING SOUNDS YOU CAN IMAGINE
THE FLY BY
THE F-86 SABRE, IN ITS DAY, WAS THE MOST LETHAL
FIGHTER IN THE WORLD - EVEN UP AGAINST THE RUSSIAN MIG. THE COMPARISON IN THE DESIGN TO THE FA 18 IS STAGGERING
THE FLYING DISPLAY BY BOTH AIRCRAFT WAS
BRILLIANT
F-86 RETURNS
THE FIRST PUBLIC EXPOSURE OF THE RESTORED
SABRE WAS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS.
DAYS END
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END.
IT WAS A GREAT DAY WELL WORTH THE TIME TO GO
SATURDAY NIGHT
TOUR GUIDE BOB DICKEY HAD ARRANGED TRANSPORT FROM THE LOCAL SERVICES CLUB TO PICK US UP - AND RETURN - FOR DINNER.
ROGER WILLIAMS & PETER DUFTY
JOHN HANDLEY, DOUG ELLIOT CAME DOWN FROM DUBBO TO JOIN US AND JIM WALKER
RAY ROGERS WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS ENJOYING THE CONVERSATION
ANN & BARRY WALES WITH LYNNE
MAY AND LINDSAY NICOLL
THE SOCIALISING PART OF THE TRIP WAS THE MOST REWARDING FROM A BRANCH POINT OF VIEW.
RAY ROGERS COL & JUNE BAILEY
SUNDAY
BOB DICKEY'S EXPERTISE IN TOURING GAVE US A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT JUNEE FOR A FEW TOURIST SPOTS
RAILWAY MUSEUM
THE OLD SLEEPER CARRIAGES
AND FOR ME A NOSTALGIC RETURN TO THE PAST WHEN I WAS A PMG TELEGRAM BOY.
IN MY SPARE TIME I WOULD SORT MAIL TO BE DISPATCHED BY TRAIN TPO - TRAVELLING POST OFFICE -
WHERE IT WOULD BE FURTHER SORTED BY TOWN.....
THE LICORICE FACTORY
WHILST AT THE LICORICE FACTORY AN ASSEMBLY OF VINTAGE / VETERAN CARS TURNED UP WHICH WERE EAGERLY INSPECTED BY BARRY WALES.
THEY WERE ALL BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED.
ONE CANNOT IMAGINE THE TIME AND MONEY REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE THIS MAGNIFICENT QUALITY
EAGLE EYE BARRY SPIED THIS DIMINUTIVE FIGURE OF NAPOLEAN ON A RENAULT
AS THE VINTAGE CARS DEPARTED SO DID THE VINTAGE NASHOS. OFF TO SYDNEY AFTER THREE VERY EVENTFUL DAYS.
SINCERE THANKS TO THE MEMBERS AND WIVES WHO ATTENDED.
A GREAT SUCCESS MAINLY DUE TO THE EFFORTS AND EXPERTISE OF BOB DICKEY.