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V8Ian
4th August 2013, 01:12 AM
Mustang.

Mustangs at Emu, South Australia 1 of 3.avi - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=q8_xQcfls3A).

Mustangs at Emu, South Australia 2 of 3.avi - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WA1wvAiuj2o).

Mustangs at Emu, South Australia 3 of 3.avi - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Snhrqd5RT-A)

Spitfire.

Spitfire The Pursuit Of A Dream - YouTube

Chops
4th August 2013, 08:44 AM
Awesome stuff,, to get approved rego after the sale must have been devistating for him.

Thanks for posting

Ausfree
4th August 2013, 06:13 PM
Good one Ian.:D I had an interesting day last weekend at Cessnock Airport in the Hunter Valley, I have posted photo's in the Camera Section of the Forum.:D

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/camera-corner/179007-day-cessnock-airport.html

Ausfree
4th August 2013, 07:13 PM
I read in "The Newcastle Herald" yesterday, there would be another airshow of vintage aircraft today,at Rutherford Airport which is near Maitland. I had to work today and it was too late to change shifts!!:BigCry::BigCry:

Ausfree
5th August 2013, 07:55 AM
Here's a clip from the "Newcastle Herald" about yesterdays airshow at Rutherford
I would have loved to have taken piccies of the WW2 era Grunman Avenger torpedo bomber.:D:D

VIDEO, GALLERY: Aero Club turns 85 | Newcastle Herald (http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1682471/video-gallery-aero-club-turns-85/?cs=305)

V8Ian
5th August 2013, 08:11 AM
Thanks for that link Jim, it would have been spectacular to see "in the flesh".

POD
5th August 2013, 09:42 AM
Really enjoyed the Mustang doco, thanks Ian. What a tragic lack of vision from Australian aviation bureaucracy, yet another example of heritage lost.