Monday, May 14, 2007

Last take off from Cooranbong


(Pr Len Barnard, me, John Strong & Kevin Strong, just before take off)!

Since the closure of the Cooranbong Airstrip Dec 05, we have been flying from private property under CASA guidelines of an ALA (Aircraft Landing Area). A developer in our area has told us that he doesn't want aircraft flying over his new development. The local council tells us the he has put a complaint in and the council has said that an airport has been built and operations must cease immediately or face a $110,000 fine. Now you know why we had our last flight from Cooranbong!

We have moved the plane to Cessnock which is a good home for our plane, but it takes about 40 minutes to get thre!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What a poor decision by Avondale College to close the Airport due to so called non profitable area
of education? I have lived here for over 45yrs and i do miss the Saturday Mornings when the Church Missionary planes would leave for their weekend outreach to remote areas and the Sunday Mornings when i could get up and watch the Small Aircraft and Gyro's buzz about all day, it also gave the young kids joy to go up and watch them take off and land and get to chat to the Pilots.It's a shame more Airstrips can't co-exist with small communities like Cooranbong once did.Shame Avondale Shame!