Hi all,

Well it was with a rather auspicious start at the field this morning as you all can probably figure by the previous emails from David and Robert regarding the Barina. 

With no punters in sight, it was also a very slow start. However, with the arrival of pre solo student Jesse Gane, it was considered worthwhile removing the covers from the IS-28 and calling David's Kia into action as a retrieve vehicle.

I fired up the Pie Cart and Tony Esler the tug, 

... and just prior to 10:30 Jesse and Mark Thompson took off for a 22 minute flight amongst the vast amounts of powdered traffic at the field today. 

Upon their return, David Higgs made some modifications to Rod Wilson's instrument panel (see photo) for his check flight which came in just on the 20 minute mark. 

Both flights reported fairly turbulent conditions with little to no lift and with Jesse receiving a phone call to cut his day short, the duty crew decided to call it a day around noon.

Treat for the day was a flight by the P-51 Mustang which took off with 2 POB and made several passes over the top of the field at a great rate of knots. The distinctive roar of the Merlin is always music to the ears and today was no exception. It is truly awesome to witness warbirds flying and it makes you realise how lucky we are at Caboolture to have them there. It's also emphasises the fact about the vast range of aircraft that use YCAB.

Fingers crossed for tomorrow's crew for better conditions and more customers, and please remember that you may need to be prepared to use one of your own vehicles to retrieve. Hopefully nothing further happens to our little taxi this evening !!

Happy landings,

Nick Sheahon
Duty Pilot