Saturday, October 22, 2011

Langley Park fly-in.

Barry C went to the fly-in and sent a few photos. For the non-Sandgropers, Langley Park is a strip of land along the foreshore in Perth. It was where the Targa West had their prologue, preceded by the VSCC-WA historic sprint which was a dash up the Esplanade and back. When Rally Australia was in WA things kicked off at Langley Park with a night time stage where 2 cars ran at a time over 2 similar courses side by side so to speak. Langley Park was also the site of the very first landing strip in WA and this event commemorates that. Maybe it's an annual event because I recall Ulysses Club members talking about previous ones. Ulysses club people must have an event to ride to every weekend as they grow old disgracefully, they were even up here in Kapunda last week and rode in the Celtic Festival street parade. There is only a short strip of grass for the planes to drop in on so I guess it was only for light planes and ultralights and vintage aircraft that don't need much space to land. Anyway here's some of Barry's pics.
I know a Moth when I see one and a BD5, a Victa, an Auster or a Cessna but I'm not all that clued up on little planes so maybe all you plane spotters can have a crack at identifying them all.

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