We spent the first two weeks of Dec 05 visiting the AirBorne factory at Redhead, New South Wales (just south of Newcastle). This was our first trip "down under." What a great trip. Eleven days spent at the factory and five touring Sydney and New South Wales. For more on this trip check out our article coming soon in EAA's SportPilot Magazine (probably Feb '06).
Below are the best of the pictures we took. To see a full size picture click on the small picture (thumbnail) of interest and a big picture will come up. Click on the little arrows to the left or right of the thumbnails to scroll through the pictures.
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AirBorne Directors: Ricky Duncan, Shane Duncan, Paul Mollison, Russell Duncan, and Rob Hibberd. |
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Beth at Wallsend Airpark -- AirBorne's home strip. |
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Koala at Blackbutt Reserve |
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.jpg "Echo Point, Blues Mountain National Park")
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Echo Point, Blues Mountain National Park |
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.jpg "Three Sisters, Blues Mountain National Park")
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Three Sisters, Blues Mountain National Park |
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Flying along the coast south of Newcastle |
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Flying along the coast south of Newcastle |
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Taking off from Wallsend Airpark |
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Flying along the coast south of Newcastle |
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Beth the photographer captures the photo plane as it passes close overhead |
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Flying along the coast south of Newcastle |
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The photo plane off our right wing. |
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Flying along the coast south of Newcastle |
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Flying along the coast south of Newcastle |
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Flying over Lake Macquarie -- the photo plane is off to our left. |
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Govetts Leap, Blue Mountains National Park |
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.jpg "Landing at Wallsend Airpark.")
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Landing at Wallsend Airpark. |
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Morning mist at Echo Point |
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Flying along the coast south of Newcastle |
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Flying along the coast south of Newcastle |
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Flying along the coast south of Newcastle |
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This is a picture of us flying along the coast south of Newcastle. |
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Flying along the coast south of Newcastle |
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Ocean inlet to Lake Macquarie -- the light blue/green is white sand flowing into the lake. |
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Shane Duncan landing at the Outback test strip -- more like a trail :-( |
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Flying over Lake Macquarie |
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.jpg "XTs being packed for shipment")
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XTs being packed for shipment |
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XT being packed for shipment |
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Beth and Terri in front of Sydney's Opera House |
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Sydney's Opera House from the harbor. |
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Landing at Lake Macquarie's airport -- see the boats in the background :-) |
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Preflighting the aircraft before a photo shoot flight. |
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Three Sisters, Blue Mountain National Park |
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Pacific Ocean off the right wing. |
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Wing assembly and packing. |
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%20(2).jpg "Blue Mountains' Echo Point")
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Blue Mountains' Echo Point |
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%20(2).jpg "Bushwalking Wentworth Falls")
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Bushwalking Wentworth Falls |
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.jpg "Back in the good old US of A")
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Back in the good old US of A |
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.jpg "Three Sisters, Blues Mountain National Park")
.jpg "Landing at Wallsend Airpark.")
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