Wings Over Illawarra 2010 - Open Day

[Kurt A]

Just a heads up regarding this event, taking place on Sunday 28th February.

Get up close and personal with the entire HARS aircraft fleet and discover the magic of aviation.

The Roulettes, a C130J and an F-18 Hornet will be amongst the flying displays. Temora are sending some aircraft too. The Connie and Catalina will take flight along with a DC3. A DC4 will also feature as a ground display. There'll be vintage cars, trucks and motorbikes on show too.

Gates open at 9:30am, Sunday 28th February 2010.
Admission is $15 per adult,$5 per child, $10 concession and $40 per family.
Parking is available inside the airport grounds at $5 per car.

Proceeds will support the Illawarra Schools for Autistic Children.

http://www.hars.org.au/2009/12/wings-over-illawarra-2010-open-day/

http://yssyforum.net/board/calendar.php?do=getinfo&c=1&day=2010-2-28

[Marty H]

So I am assuming the roulettes wont be at the Point Cook Air Pagent which is on the same day?

[Kurt A]

Hi Marty,

Without going into the politics ;) yes, your assumption is correct!

[Marty H]

No worries you can PM me the 'politics' if you like;)

[Mark D]

Just a heads up regarding this event, taking place on Sunday 28th February.

Anybody else planning to go? I'm pretty definite.

[Matt R]

I'm probably going.. Does anybody have schedule for the flying displays?

[Mark D]

http://www.woi.org.au/
no list sadly.

[Dan Hammond]

hmmm assuming Kurt is correct then this does not make sense. This has been posted on the Roulettes calendar

28 Feb: Wings over Illawara, Albion Park, NSW
http://www.woi.org.au/

28 Feb: Point Cook Air Pageant, Point Cook, VIC
http://www.airforce.gov.au/RAAFMuseum/

I also know someone who spoke to the Museum Staff saying the Roulettes will be at Point Cook. I guess we will just have to see on the day

[Tony G]

There is a C130J-30 scheduled to be there. It looks likely it will have the 50th anniversary markings A97-450.

[Stephen Brown]

I will be going.

[Nigel C]

It is the wife's birthday, but I really do need to introduce my 10 week old son to the concept of airshows.....

[Kieran Wells]

I'm heading down.. Should be a good day providing the weather holds out..

[Stephen Brown]

It is the wife's birthday, but I really do need to introduce my 10 week old son to the concept of airshows.....

and Timmsy...

[Mark D]

The Australian thinks the Roulettes will be at YWOL
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/short-haul/story-e6frg95x-1225834484680
ANTIQUE planes ranging from the Lockheed Constellation to the Tiger Moth will be in the spotlight at Wings Over Illawarra this Sunday at Albion Park, NSW. The show will feature displays by the RAAF Roulettes and other defence force aircraft.

It is the wife's birthday, but I really do need to introduce my 10 week old son to the concept of airshows.....

Sounds most reasonable to me :-)

[patrick woodward]

http://www.illawarraregionalairport.com.au/filedata/pdf/Aircraft%20Attending_For%20Website.pdf

[patrick woodward]

http://www.illawarraregionalairport.com.au/filedata/pdf/Aircraft%20Activities%20Schedule%20-%202010%20-FINAL.pdf

[Nigel C]

As per www.airservicesaustralia.com

C0003/10
AD OPEN DAY RESTRICTIONS
RWY 08/26 NOT AVBL FM 271900 TO 280900
AD CLSD BTN 272300 TO 28000 AND 280300 TO 280430 DUE FLYING DISPLAYS
UNICOM SERVICE AVBL FM 272200 TO 280540 CTAF 127.30
FURTHER INFO AVBL WWW.ILLAWARRAREGIONALAIRPORT.COM.AU
FROM 02 271900 TO 02 280900

[Nigel C]

I can confirm the Roulettes appearance at Wollongong this weekend. They arrived in formation about 30 minutes ago.

[Maikha Ly]

I'm heading tomorrow, really looking forward to it, and can put my 75-300mm lens to the test!

[AdamC]

few aircraft overhead nowra today, harvard and mustang to name a few, also the historical flight huey made a brief appearance.

looking forward to the pictures everyone gets.

Cheers

Adam

[Nigel C]

The Hornet completed its display a short time ago. I thought it was an impressive show, with lots of low level passes, high alpha climbs and good handling manoeuvres.
I haven't been to many air displays in recent years, but I reckon this performance would have satisfied the critics.

[Kieran Wells]

just jumped in2 the car for the trip home. Very impressed by the hole day. All exhbits were great inc 1 by our own danny rizk showing off d-rizk. Hornet display was prob better than the 1 at temora last year. It went u/s when it was about 2 leave. Had gear/hydraulics problems. Il post a link 2 photos when i look at them.

[Grahame Hutchison]

I enjoyed Wings Over Illawarra today, and although the weather was not so great, there were plenty of aircraft on display and in the air. I caught up with some of the Schofields crew who had flown down and saw a number of aircraft for the first time.

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[Grahame Hutchison]

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[Grahame Hutchison]

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[Grahame Hutchison]

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[Grahame Hutchison]

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[Grahame Hutchison]

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[Danny Rizk]

just jumped in2 the car for the trip home. Very impressed by the hole day. All exhbits were great inc 1 by our own danny rizk showing off d-rizk. Hornet display was prob better than the 1 at temora last year. It went u/s when it was about 2 leave. Had gear/hydraulics problems. Il post a link 2 photos when i look at them.

Was nice meeting you Kieran, glad you liked the big model! :)
Did you take any pics of it?

Unfortunetly the hornet once again had some problems prior to departing and after packing up all my models the hornet was still sitting idle at 5.30pm...

[Maikha Ly]

Grahame, absolutely fantastic photos! What lenses do you use just out of curiousity?


I managed to fill a 2GB card full of photos yesterday. The following are just a sample of the lot, and a few is bits of experimentation for me, both incorporating people in a shot as well as other angles of an aircraft. Might post some others when I get home from work tonight.

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[Maikha Ly]

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By all means, please let me know what you all think. Hopefully you'll enjoy them :)


And I wanna take this opportunity to thank all the volunteers on duty yesterday, and to HARS, for making yesterday possible, and fostering the interests of aviation to all generations.

[Robert Zweck]

Grahame,

Excellent shots!

The 3rd photo of the Morava, is that VH-EMV?

The former Ansett-ANA machine

[Grahame Hutchison]

Nice work yourself Maikha, there were some good opportunities to shoot an aircraft on the apron, with another aircraft taking off in the background. It was a real shame that it was overcast for most of the day, particularly when the F-18 was performing.

I was using a Nikon D300 with Nikkor AF-S VR 70-200 1:2.8 G ED and TC-14E 1.4 Teleconverter, and a Nikon D200 with Nikkor AF-S 17-55 1:2.8 G ED. Interestingly enough, I was standing right behind Steve Castle (Head of Service at Nikon Australia) while waiting in the entry queue, we had met previously at Nikon.

I was not sure what to expect from the event, but I must say I was pleasantly surprised, and would definitely go again next year.

[Grahame Hutchison]

Hi Robert, it was VH-EMV, here are the details.

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[Darren Butterworth]

Thanks for Sharing Guys - Great pics.

Maikha - I like your approach to photographing aircraft. my favourites are your third shot of the Connie staircase and the shot from the forward stairs.

Darren

[patrick woodward]

Anyone know if the hornet has left yet?

[damien b]

Great photos guys, thanks for sharing. Maikha, definately like your style to photographing aircraft.

[Nigel C]

Anyone know if the hornet has left yet?

I've not heard it depart.

[Nigel C]

I believe the Hornet may have left about 5 minutes ago.

[patrick woodward]

yes i confirm... almost blew me off the roof in the northern illawarra... did a nice tight orbit of bald hill, im sure the hang glider pilots would have been impressed!!

[Steve C]

Interestingly enough, I was standing right behind Steve Castle (Head of Service at Nikon Australia) while waiting in the entry queue, we had met previously at Nikon.

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Grahame,

Thanks for the promotion, not quite right, Customer Service Supervisor to be exact. Exact job title is Customer Service Executive, actually one level down from the National Customer Service Manager, who looks after both repairs and sales, I look after repairs.

Steve

[Steve C]

BTW,

Here is one of my shots of the Catalina.

Steve

[Craig Murray]

I look after repairs

Steve, I'd love to kick this along and have some fun..... but I won't! It is rewarding to have someone with such an intimate knowledge of one of the major camera brands used for planeography among us.

[Steve C]

Craig,

PM me if you like

Steve

[Grahame Hutchison]

I have now uploaded a full selection of my images from Wings Over Illawarra 2010, and think I have covered most of the display and visiting aircraft.

Go to http://www.16right.com/cpg143/index.php?cat=2

[Dan Hammond]

Thats a great set of photos there Grahame, Thanks for sharing them.

[Steve C]

Another of my Catalina shots.

I actually went there specifically to concentrate on the Catalina and the Connie.

Steve