Greg Wood 3 Report post Posted November 8, 2009 Hi everyone, The City of Perth hosted a special fly in at Langley Park on the city's foreshore yesterday 7th November 2009. The fly-in was in honour of Australia's first lady of aviation the late 'Nancy Bird Walton' & to celebrate the flying achievements of women in aviation. The fly in attracted 15 aircraft (7x military & 8x civil types) 1 glider, and 3 helicopters. Langley Park in the City of Perth, the venue for today's fly-in TVW-7 Perth TV News AS350BA Squirrel VH-TVG City of Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi getting proceedings underway Pilots of the aircraft getting there departure instructions prior to leaving Tiger Moth DH-82A VH-BTP (A17-744) about to touch down on Langley Park Followed in by Tiger Moth VH-CKF Boeing E-75 N1 Stearman VH-YND looking good touching down at Langley! My person favourite on the day:- AT-6D Texan VH-WWA coded 106 'A' and then .... just having a bit of fun! Here's Robbie from Rotormotion :- Oh my... and good ole mate Richard taking a rest between pics! Cheers Richard... Look forward to seeing some more of 'others' work from yesterday & will post some more from the fly - in in the days ahead! Thanks for viewing :- Greg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waiping 12 Report post Posted November 8, 2009 Nice! Just in the middle of the city. Is this a yearly event? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian Lim 0 Report post Posted November 8, 2009 That's one really big park Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MIR 2 Report post Posted November 8, 2009 Is this a yearly event? Nah..the last fly-in was in 2004 but the open space was also used as a temporary airfield for the Red Bull Air Race from 2006-2008. Here's my part.. Christen Eagle II smoky landing.. This one is painted in Japanese Air Force Markings. Boeing Stearman One of them arrived by road..a Glasflugel 206 Hornet glider. It took about 20 minutes to get this glider ready.. The glider's cockpit Thanks for viewing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Min 6 Report post Posted November 9, 2009 First off, Thanks to Greg Wood and MIR for the info of this special occasion. Arrived around 10:30am It was great to see such a spontaneous events. Some from me. Added to my aircraft photo collections. YES! For RC Fans. F15-Eagle FA 18 Hornet Spy Plane? Cheers! Min Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg Wood 3 Report post Posted November 9, 2009 Continuing on from where we left off: Rotormotion R-44 II VH-HVY Rotormotion R-22 Beta VH-RBT Griffin Helicopters Bell 206B III Jetranger VH-JRI Stinson SR-8B Reliant VH-UXL Nord 3202 VH-IWD Boeing E-75 Stearman VH-YDF Boeing E-75 Stearman VH-YND Culp Special VH-ZUZ Thanks for viewing! Greg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted November 9, 2009 Absolutely great set of pictures, guys !!! That Nord is quite similar to the Fokker S-11... Stinson: wish I could own one... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
