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Airshow 2020 Biggest and Best Ever! Quarterly Magazine of the Peninsula Aero Club
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EDITOR Matt Savage
LAYOUT & DESIGN Mach One Aeromedia
CONTRIBUTORS Ian Johnson Matt Savage
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PAC COMMITTEE PRESIDENT Jack Vevers VICE PRESIDENT Ray Taylor TREASURER Ian Johnson SECRETARY Martin Cartlidge IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Peter Bernardi DIRECTORS Judy Pay Steve Bull Peter Cutting Brian Kohlar Julie Nathan Luke Bramston Michael Brooks Tony Manning Rolfe Summerhayes Stephen Braim
From The President PAGE 3 A Vinculo Terrae PAGE 4 Tyabb Airshow Special PAGE 6 Tyabb Traf�c... PAGE 51 Aiming Higher PAGE 52 Reaching For The Sky PAGE 54
HEAD OF OPERATIONS Gerard Lappin INSTRUCTORS David Bell - Nick Caudwell Barry Tate - Tony Lavery Amy Crevola - Grace Perrin Ethan Slade - Andre Rousseau Divid Porrett - Robbie Lovig OFFICE STAFF Lisa Waugh - Glenda Mitchell Riley Dunshea - Sue Verran Brodey Carlson
Cover - A Boeing C-17 Globemaster III of the Royal Australian Air Force conducting a missed approach at the conclusion of its display at the 2020 Tyabb Airshow. Pic - Matt Savage
From The President Since my last report we have been on a rollercoaster of highs and lows that one could hardly believe possible. The Tyabb Airshow I say this was our best yet, with a record crowd made up of people from all walks of life from locals to internationals. I cannot tell you how proud I am of our team who managed to pull all of this together in only 7 months, and that was after we had cancelled everything and missed the application close off date for the ADF participation. With the help of many people in the background, working day and night, we pulled off the impossible and we gave everyone what they have come to expect from our Airshows. I can’t mention everyone, but I do have to point out that if it wasn’t for Ray and Shirley Taylor we would not have had the 2020 Airshow and cannot thank them enough. When I went and spoke with Ray (after he had just cancelled all of our Airshow bookings) and informed him that we had finally come to a new agreement with the Shire over permits, and that we had to run it on the 8th March, he didn’t flinch (well maybe a little) and said “thank you, let’s do it”. Of course the reason we do this is to be a Force for Good in the community and to give back to local charities on the Peninsula. This year our main beneficiary is Chasing Change, a very deserving organisation, which is a suicide prevention support group that helps people across the Peninsula. We are working our way through the numbers and hope to announce the donations for each of the organisations we support soon. I also need to thank our sponsors, IOR Petroleum, East Link and Paul Bennet Airshows for sticking with us and making the day possible. Thanks to the pilots, aircraft owners and also all of the wonderful volunteers and exhibitors. And thank you to the community for coming out in their thousands to share our planes and airport on a beautiful autumn day. Update on Dealings with the Shire Without warning and without consultation with the 45 or so affected Airport land owners and businesses, on 5th March the Shire applied to the Minister for Planning (Richard Wynne) to change the airport’s current Planning Scheme. The zoning of “Special Use Airfield” will remain but the conditions within that zone are proposed to be changed. The consequences of the submitted new conditions would immediately cause some businesses to close, while others would make the airport operations unviable and would spell the end of all of our jobs, the flying school and the other businesses across the precinct.
Thank you to all who signed our Parliamentary ePetition, which has now been tabled in Parliament. It is the 3rd largest ePetition ever brought to Parliament, an astonishing result when it only ran for just over two weeks. It was delivered to the Minister and is now in his hands to consider the implications and potential damage the Shire will inflict on local jobs and families. It’s time to activate our 10s of thousands of supporters and use our weight to kill off this Planning Scheme Amendment proposal. At the next council election we need to use our substantial vote to ensure we elect Councillors who support jobs, families and our Airport. We will talk more about this over the coming months. Again I ask you to remain respectful at all times. We can object, disagree and lobby but we must be courteous at all times. Vale Peter and Ido As you will all know, Peter Phillips and Ido Segev lost their lives on the 19th of February while on a routine IFR training flight in a midair collision near Mangalore Airport. A lot has been written in honour of Peter and Ido whom we all held in the highest esteem for their professionalism, their infectious enthusiasm and their humanity as good people and Club members. We will forever miss them and we send our sympathies and love to their families. We also pass on our thoughts and sympathies to the families of the other two pilots lost in the other aircraft. Blue skies and tailwinds .. RIP COVID 19 It’s hard to fathom what has occurred around world in such a short period of time, and the impact this is having all around us. As a result of Stay at Home directions set by the Department of Health and the Government of Victoria, PAC is now closed for ALL recreational flying and flight training. Tyabb airport will REMAIN OPEN for all commercial, maintenance and emergency services operations, along with any other operations permitted under the current directions. In the meantime, we are working on developing a series of online training courses and services for our members. Stay safe and we look forward to seeing you in our beautiful skies once these restrictions are lifted.
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A Vinculo Terrae A celebration of two of Tyabb’s favourite aviators.
On Wednesday February 19, 2020, our Head of Operations Pete Phillips, and his student Ido Segev passed away in a tragic mid-air collision near Mangalore airfield. They were flying in Beechcraft Travel Air VH-AEM while on an IFR training flight. Pete learned to fly at the Peninsula Aero Club, and had a long association with them as both a student and also a flight instructor. After moving on from PAC for a number of years, he came back in 2017 to take over as the Head of Operations and Chief Pilot.
After obtaining his Commercial, Ido would become a flying instructor. He would later become part of the team at Combat Flights Melbourne, flying the Nanchang CJ-6 on adventure flights, and also at Tyabb-based Foxbat Australia. He also bought a share in a Pitts Special aerobatic aircraft. Both men were consummate professionals. Both men loved what they did, and were wellrespected by those who shared in their passion for aviation. Sadly both men had their lives taken far too soon in a tragic accident, doing what they loved.
Pete put his all into all aspects of his life. In addition to his love for aviation, he was also a keen outdoorsman, with a love for cycling and teaching kids at his local Lifesaving Club.
Just as sad is the loss of the two pilots from the second aeroplane, for they too were also professional pilots out doing what they loved.
Ido has had a lifelong love for all things aviation. Growing up in his native Israel, he learned to fly remote-controlled aeroplanes from the age of five. He went on to compete at home, and in Europe and the US, before becoming a world RC aerobatic champion.
It is a testament of both Pete’s and Ido’s character that the hangar used for Pete’s memorial was filled to overflowing with people paying their respects, and that seperate ‘Missing Man’ formations were flown for both men at the recent Tyabb Airshow.
However, Ido dreamt of becoming a commercial and aerobatic pilot, so following national service with the IDF, Ido migrated to Australia and set about achieving his goals.
Long may their memories live on,free from the bonds of the Earth. Valé Pete and Ido
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TRIUMPH OVER TRIBULATION Many of aviation’s creatures, great and small, descended upon Tyabb to put on one of the biggest airshows ever held.
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Over 9000 people came through the turnstiles to lend support to the Peninsula Aero Club and their biennial airshow, held on Sunday March 8th. The major benefactor this year was Chasing Change, a local Suicide Prevention Network that works with the community through education campaigns and community events. Other local benefactors included the local CFA brigade and the Mt Eliza Lions Club. An event that normally takes around 14 months to prepare, and show organisers Peninsula Aero Club and Paul Bennet Airshows had been well into the planning stages when, due to political muscle-flexing from local council, the Aero Club had been forced to cancel the show in early August 2019. It would take much lobbying by both the PAC executive team, in addition to a major backlash from the local community, before council finally relented and gave the permits to proceed. The historical significance of the airshow goes back fifty years, when the first event was set up in 1970 to help provide financial assistance to the locally-created ‘Angel of Mercy’, the World’s first helicopter aeromedical service. These airshows were run every two years, and would go on to support many local charities and community groups. While the day dawned fine, a strong crosswind persisted throughout the day and hampered the displays of some aircraft, with the Tiger Moth and Stearman formations grounded. The rare Curtiss Robin and Fairchild Argus displays were also affected. The show was opened with much pomp and ceremony, courtesy of a flypast by Paul Bennet in his Wolf Pitts, an honour guard from the CFA and the Royal Australian Navy, started on their way by the report of a 25-pdr gun. The Royal Australian Air Force made a significant contribution to the show, with a number of displays by operational aircraft such as the Leonardo C-27J Spartan, a six-ship display by the RAAF Roulettes with their recently-acquired Pilatus PC-21 trainers, and several low flypasts followed by a missed approach by a Boeing C17A Globemaster III strategic airlifter. The RAAF Museum also provided their recently-restored Commonwealth CA-18 Mustang for its inaugural public airshow display. This is the only Mustang currently in military service worldwide, and pilot Peter ‘BD’ Clements put on a spirited display. Like a Phoenix reborn, Graham Hosking’s Vought F4U-5N Corsair VH-III flew its first airshow display since a landing accident at Maitland, NSW in 2017, and subsequent rebuild. The Corsair has quite a history behind it (a book could be written on her story in its own right!), having originally served with the US Marine Corps during the Korean War, before joining the Honduran Air Force and later being owned by Walt Disney Studios and the RNZAF.
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Long-time show participants, the Temora Aviation Museum brought down their Spitfire Mk.VIII and indigenous CA-13 Boomerang fighters to display. These aircraft are now owned by the RAAF Museum, though maintained and operated by TAM. The Spitfire was the last Spitfire issued to the RAAF and went straight into storage. It was acquired by the late Colin Pay in the 1970’s and since its restoration in the mid1980’s has been a regular performer on the Australian airshow circuit. The Boomerang has a lot of local significance, as these were built over the other side of Port Phillip Bay at Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation’s Fisherman’s Bend factory. While not as spirited in performance when compared to the likes of the Spitfire or Mustang, the Boomerang saw sterling service in the ground attack and Army CoOperation roles. Accompanying the TAM warbirds was Doug Hamilton, in his Curtiss P-40N Warhawk. This Warhawk is a combat veteran on the South-West Pacific theatre, when on its final mission it successfully shot down a Japanese fighter before it too fell to the guns of another Japanese fighter. In addition to Doug’s P-40, local warbird identity Judy Pay and her rare Merlin-engined P-40F Warhawk (the only original airworthy example in the world today) from the Old Aeroplane Company was also on show. Several other OAC aircraft, including the CAC CA-18 Mustang, a pair of NAA Harvards and T-28 Trojan also made muchly-appreciated contributions to the flying programme. Paul Bennet and his Paul Bennet Airshows team were flying throughout the airshow, with a series of scintillating displays with his Grumman TBM Avenger, and CAC CA-3 Wirraway. The Australian aerobatic champion and Airshow Director also flew a number of high-energy solo displays in his Wolf Pitts Pro biplane, and also formation routines with Sky Aces member Glenn Graham in the Rebel 300. One of the most dynamic displays at the airshow was made by the humble Cessna 152. Gerard Lappin wheeled, rolled and looped his way through the skies over Tyabb in his A152 Aerobat in a show that had even veteran pilots watching with amazement. Several other themed aerial displays flew throughout the day. The RAAF Heritage Trainers, flying no less than four CT-4 Airtrainers, three CA25 Winjeels and a Harvard, flew a precision formation and solo display, along with the Southern Knights aerobatic team in four North American Harvard trainers. Long-time airshow performer and 13-time Australian Aerobatic Champion, South Australian Chris Sperou, also flew a spirited display in his Pitts Super Stinker, including barrel rolls around Warren Stewart’s Sky Blazers Beech Debonair. Matt Henderson’s
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Cessna Birddog put on a Forward Air Control display, and a quartet of Communist Bloc Yak52s and a Nanchang CJ-6 also put on a stellar formation routine. The piece-de-resistance for the warbird displays was an eight-ship balbo flypast featuring the Spitfire, Mustang, Corsair, Trojan, Avenger, Boomerang and both Warhawks. Tyabb has always been home to a number of unique aircraft, and the Rowe Useless Flying Object has to be right up at the top of that list. Designed by aircraft engineer David Rowe, this is the fourth incarnation of his saucer-shaped aeroplane. Aircraft designs like this go back as far as Nazi Germany during World War II, and later in the US when they experimented with the Vought XF5U Flying Flapjack. Helicopters featured on a number of occasions during the show. Darren Barnfield made his airshow debut with a handling display of his Bell Bell 47G ‘Larry’. Jim Wickham also displayed his Robinson R22 helicopter, and Roulette 7 Turned up in style to commentate for the RAAF Roulettes display in the RAAF East Sale AW139 Rescue helo. When aircraft were not flying, they could be inspected close up by the public on the apron. It is not until you stand next to an Avenger on the ground that you realise just how BIG the aircraft is! There were also numerous hangars opened up for inspection, with owners, pilots and ground
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crews answering questions from young and old alike. Several vintage cars and members from local re-enactment groups were also on hand to provide an interactive experience. There were also a number of re-enactment groups on display with an impressive array of uniforms, weapons and vehicles, and a truck-mounted Wright R-3350 engine (liberated from a Douglas A-1 Skyraider) was run throughout the day. Sadly just weeks prior to the airshow two wellknown and respected aviators from Tyabb, Ido Segev and PACs Head of Operations Peter Phillips, lost their lives in a tragic mid-air collision near Mangalore while on a IFR training flight. Their passing was commemorated by a series of Missing Man formations, and by a RC flying display by fellow pilot Craig Baverley. They were both very popular airmen at Tyabb and elsewhere, and will be sorely missed by the aviation community. It is a testament to the strength of character of the show’s organisers, and all who participated in the show, that in a mere 6 months the show went on! It was wonderful to see both the aviation community and also the local community band together for this amazing event. Hopefully, the unwarranted and continued political interference over the operations of Tyabb airfield will be dead and buried completely in time for the 2022 Tyabb Airshow.
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NOTAM Dear Members,
protect you and the staff.
As the Prime Minister said, “it’s �me to get out from under the doona” so let’s re-open PAC.
We need to limit the number of visitors into the recep�on area to 5 people and we ask that you do not enter the Clubhouse or Flight Ops unless it is essen�al, that is, a lesson, a class or on official business.
The relaxa�on of the Victorian Health Direc�ves has now paved the way forward for us to re-open the Flight Opera�ons and recommence lessons and complete AFRs and endorsements. The Chief Health Officer has also made it clear that Flying Training is a permi�ed ac�vity as is private flying within the State. Therefore you can begin to book lessons or flying your own aircra�. We s�ll need to observe Social Distancing and embrace all of the Victorian Heath Direc�ves and best prac�ces to protect each other from the poten�al of spreading COVID 19. To that end, social func�ons will remain suspended and we will not be undertaking joy flights or TIFs. There will be a new normal, which I suspect will be the case un�l there is a COVID vaccine, and you will need to observe PAC’s new procedures for training and hiring and ask that you follow the staff’s instruc�ons. A�ached is a pre-booking ques�onnaire which you need to complete before your lesson or hiring a club aircra�. If you need any help with answering any of the ques�ons please call the office. I also ask you to carry out as may func�on as you can over the phone (bookings etc) to minimise traffic through flight opera�ons to
We will con�nue to keep a close eye on how Australia and Victoria moves towards ge�ng us all back to work and will con�nually review our procedures to protect members and the staff. I want to thank all of the members for their coopera�on over the last couple of months and for their support in following the rules and protec�ng each other. I hope these small steps are just the beginning to ge�ng us back to some normality.
Jack Vevers PAC President
Pre-booking ques�onnaire: h�ps://www.pac.asn.au/wpcontent/uploads/2020/05/ Covid_QA.pdf
TYABB TRAFFIC... New visitors and residents to the Peninsula
A rare treat prior to the airshow was Paul Gliddon’s recently-restored 1939 Percival Proctor I VH-UXS. This rare aircraft is the only example currently flying in Australia, and currently resides at Latrobe Valley Airport in Traralgon. (Matt Savage image)
Another unique aircraft that dropped in to Tyabb recently is the Chaika L65 Seabear, an interesting twin-engined amphibian from Russia. This is the the only Australian example, and is owned by Mike Smith. (Ian Johnson Image)
Aiming Higher Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the closure of the flying school, there has not been many training milestones accomplished since our last issue. Congratulations to the following aviators who have earned qualifications or completed significant milestones in their flying in the past few months.
PRIVATE PILOTS LICENCE (PPL) Mark McIntosh
COMMERCIAL PILOTS LICENCE (PPL) Chris Brown
INSTRUCTOR RATING TRAINING APPROVAL Tony Lavery
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Reaching Fo Tyabb’s aviatrixes are determined to show the world that the sky is not the limit in their desire to fly. While nowadays it is a common sight to see a female aviator at the controls of aeroplanes around the world, they are still quite few in number. In early 1927 Millicent Bryant was the first woman to be issued her Category A (Private) Pilot’s Licence, in Australia, number 71, after learning to fly a de Havilland DH60 Moth at what is now the Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith International Airport at Mascot, near Sydney NSW. The following years would see more Australian women learn to fly, such as Nancy Bird-Walton, Peggy McKillop, Lores Bonney, and Freda Thompson. They would all go on to become pioneers within Australian aviation. At Tyabb’s Peninsula Aero Club, over 10 percent of the Club’s members are women. There are two female flying instructors on staff, in addition to a longstanding member sitting on the Club’s Committee. Judy Pay Growing up in Tyabb, Judy Pay has spent more than four decades in aviation. However, it wasn’t until she had school-aged children that she took the plunge and took her first flying lesson. “I was worried about being airsick, but one day I bit the bullet and went down to the (Peninsula) Aero Club and booked a lesson” Judy explained for the delay. “I did get airsick on my initial flights, but I enjoyed it so much that it did not stop me (from continuing the lessons)”, and she quickly conquered her airsickness. Falling totally in love with aviation, Judy went on to gain her fixed-wing and helicopter licences and numerous other ratings, and aircraft ownership was the logical next step. “My first aeroplane to own was a Cessna 182… which I still have today.” Judy said. Shortly thereafter, she purchased her first antique aeroplane, a de Havilland Tiger Moth, quickly followed by a T-28 Trojan, the first one to be owned in Australia. Judy is known as one of the stalwarts of the Warbirds movement, and owns a number or rare antique and ex-military aircraft. Most of these aircraft, such as an Australian-built Commonwealth CA-18 Mustang, the World’s only genuine Merlinengined Curtiss P-40F, and the Commonwealth CA-32 Kiowa, have connections to Australian aviation. She also owns an aviation maintenance company based at Tyabb called the Old Aeroplane Company, which maintains her own collection as well as many other warbird and privately-owned aircraft around Australia. Judy has been associated with the Club, in addition to numerous aviation associations, since the 1980’s, fulfilling many roles including President, Secretary, and as Treasurer.
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Grace Perrin Grace had her eyes to the skies from an early age. She would come down to the airport and watch aeroplanes buzzing around after moving to a local school, simply because she enjoyed it. She was given the gift of a Trial Introductory Flight at PAC when she was fourteen, and has not looked back since! To help pay for her flying lessons, she would assist with the running of the Club’s Flight Operations office on weekends, and washing aeroplanes. Since then, she has gone on to earn most of the endorsements and ratings one can earn in aviation, Private and Commercial licences, Instrument and Flight Instructor ratings, as well as multiengine, tailwheel and formation and lowlevel endorsements. Grace currently works as a Grade 2 flight instructor with PAC, and has also done a number of aircraft ferrying flights, and also flies Photogrammetry Survey flights around Australia. With around one thousand hours of experience in her logbook, Grace loves the challenge that aviating brings forth, and the constant need to learn new and revise old skills. “I don’t have a long-term goal… but as long as I enjoy what I am doing and continuously learning and progressing… I just want to keep moving forward and do all different types of flying.”
learned all the essential knowledge to become a pilot and, once completing her Commercial licence and Flight Instructor rating years later, Ellie returned to PAC for her first flying job as a flying instructor. Ellie would go on to instruct student and seasoned pilots alike at Tyabb for five years, before moving on to further pursue her career in aviation. Recently, Ellie has been taken on by Virgin Australia Airlines, and is employed as a First Officer on the French-designed ATR-72 regional airliner. One of Ellie’s main role models in aviation is Deborah Lawrie. Lawrie was the first female airline pilot to be hired in Australia. Lawrie had tried unsuccessfully for several years to be hired by Ansett Airlines, in spite of numerous fellow male pilots of similar experience being hired. She would eventually take Ansett to the newlyestablished Victorian Equal Opportunity Board to fight the decision. The Board ruled that Ansett's
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refusal to employ her was illegal. It awarded damages and ordered Ansett to include her in its next pilot training program. Ansett delayed its training intake and appealed to the Supreme Court of Victoria but the appeal was dismissed. Ansett appealed the Supreme Court decision to the High Court of Australia in October 1979, but employed her from 5 November pending the outcome of the case.
Ellie first suffered the bite of the aviation bug at just 13. A student of the nearby Woodleigh School, they had an extra-curricular Aviation Studies class that would require regular visits to Tyabb during the school year. Here she
Eventually, she would win her landmark case and become a Fokker F27 Friendship pilot in early 1980. Since then she has flown for several airlines both here in Australia and in Europe, and all female aviators can thanks
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Lawrie for beating down the path for them to follow on. “She (Lawrie) has done so much for women in aviation in Australia.” said Ellie. Larissa Stephens “I always thought flying would be amazing but I never knew any pilots…” is how Larissa Stephens reflected on her desires to slip the surly bonds. Gifted a Trial Introductory Flight with PAC for her 15th birthday, Larissa was hooked immediately. After making her first solo flight, she decided she wanted to become a commercial pilot. At Tyabb she would earn her PPL and, after earning a scholarship through the RAAF and the Australian Women Pilots Association in 2013, tailwheel, formation and aerobatic endorsements. Following this, she went to nearby Moorabbin to complete her Commercial licence and instructor rating, went on to join the Royal Australia Air Force and, after graduating from the “Plastic Parrot” (the NZ-made CT-4B Airtrainer) and Pilatus PC-9/A, became a pilot on the Lockheed AP-3C Orion. With the recent retirement of the Orion from RAAF service, she has since been posted on to the Orion’s replacement, the Boeing P-8A Poseidon. The Poseidon is based on the iconic 737 airliner, and is capable of flying further, faster, and have more time on-station fulfilling its role as a maritime patrol platform than the AP-3C. Larissa has had the great opportunity to do a lot of flying across the globe, but she has always considered Tyabb to be “home”. “Many club members such as Barry Thomson, Jack Vevers, Mal Mathers, Alan Schwarze, Judy Pay, Peter Bernardi… I would
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consider mentors to this day. PAC members welcomed the awkward teenage Larissa in to their club and took me under their wing.” “I'd like… to get back to instructing and I'd love to do some outback flying in a little aircraft for fun. I find that the real learning happens when you teach others and it’s so satisfying seeing someone success with your help.” Just Do It “Just do it!” is the common theme among these aviatrices, whose knowledge and ability is spread throughout the industry. “I wish I had started when I was younger” Judy stated matter-of-factly when asked. A belief in yourself, plus the desire to work hard and succeed, is all that is needed. Learning to fly at PAC is open to all ages. Student pilots can fly solo from their sixteenth birthday. There are also a number of professional support groups for female aviators, among them the Australian Women’s Pilots Association, the Australian Chapter of Women In Aviation, and the Ninety-Nines. ✈
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Allan Schwarze’s immaculate Boeing B75N1 (N2S-3) Kaydet VH-PUD awaits its next turn to bring joy to pilot and passenger alike.
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