Third K6 Arrives at Caboolture

03-Sep-09

Four very long days of driving (Sun/Mon/Tue/Wed), have seen Barry McCarthy and Garrett Russell collect their recently purchased ES-KA6 (VH-GRS) from Leongatha Airfield in Victoria. Having spent around 18 hours on the road from Wagga to Brisbane yesterday, Garrett caught up with his emails this morning (an interesting and creative new terminology for "sleeping in"?) while Barry completed solo the Brisbane to Caboolture leg of the trip. GRS joins Bernard Gonsalves' GSR and Kevin Rodda's GRV to swell South East Queensland's K6 population to five with K6's also located at Boonah and at Warwick. GRS is a living piece of history being the very first K6 manufactured in Australia by Edmund Schneider while GRV was the second. With the K7, and the Arrow already in residence at Caboolture, and a Super Arrow to arrive soon, we almost have sufficient wood and fabric vintage gliders to stage our own Vintage Gliding Rally!         

The proud dad's with their newly adopted daughter at Leongatha before de-rigging ... the happy family threesome has already gained the the affectionate tag of Bazz, Gazz and Kazz! GRS has had only two previous owners in her 48 years  ... the Gliding Club of Victoria and the South Gippsland Gliding Club.  

Barry arriving at Caboolture Airfield after resting at home overnight.

Some innovative on-the-road repairs to the locking mechanism on Speedy's trailer.

GRS's colours are similar to Speedy's Ka6-CR (GSR).

She survived the long road trip without damage.