11Oct13 - A very hot day at the airfield

A very hot day at the Airfield

11-Oct-13

Photos and captions from Nathan Bowtell marking the very welcome return to the flight line at YCAB of both the Pawnee tug VH-SPA and the L-13 Blanik VH-GYK.

Piper PA-25 Pawnee VH-SPA airborne off RWY-30 with glider VH-CQC on tow

Piper PA-25 Pawnee VH-SPA on climb with glider VH-CQC on tow

Piper PA-25 Pawnee VH-SPA on final full stop - pilot Steve Bowtell

Dad on final RWY-30 Piper PA-25 Pawnee VH-SPA

Touchdown on RWY-30 Piper PA-25 Pawnee VH-SPA

Piper PA-25 Pawnee VH-SPA taxis back after landing

Glider VH-CQC (IS-28) on a high final RWY-30

Gliders VH-GQA (IS-30) and VH-GYK (L13 Blanik) on the flight line at RWY-30

Barry McCarthy about to send GYK off on the post-Form2 evaluation flight (with Bernard "Speedy Gonsalves and Bert Persson on board).

[A big thank you to Speedy and Bert for all the work they have done to get YK back on line urgently!]

IS-28 VH-CGC getting towed back to the flight line after landing on RWY-30

Piper PA-25 VH-SPA

CQC getting towed back with GYK and GQY already at the flight line on RWY-30

Piper Pawnee SPA on final to RWY-30 with CQC and GQA underneath at the flight line

L-13 Blanik VH-GYK touches down on RWY