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Planning my next holiday

Sunday 1 August 2010
USAFlyingBlue Sky Flying Adventures

It’s that time of the year again: holiday season. This year I will go back to the US to fly again. I have joined a tour organized by 2 Dutch pilots; Jeroen van Rossum and Ferdinand de Wit. These guys have been flying in the US for several years and started organizing flying adventures in 2008. I joined the tour in 2008 and really enjoyed it. It’s great to fly in the US. That country is filled with airports and the service provided to pilots is amazing.

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All good things come to an end...

Friday 3 April 2009
AustraliaFlyingAir SafariRed Centre Tour

Today we leave Fraser Island to fly back to our starting point Toowoomba. We will first land at Maroochydore where Marjie and Harold will return their plane to the Maroochy Aero Club. Clare has organized transport for our luggage from there directly to our hotel in Brisbane and Marjie and Harold will fly back with us to Toowoomba. Well that’s the plan….

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Time to leave Longreach; Fraser Island here we come

Tuesday 31 March 2009
AustraliaFlyingBy BoatAir SafariRed Centre Tour

Today we will end up on Fraser Island. But since their’s no usable airport on the island itself, we will fly to Hervey Bay and then go on by boat. This trip will be the longest flight of the whole air safari, so we start early. Weather looks good and we have already fueled the planes when we landed at Longreach. So time to say goodbye to Longreach. And take a last nice snapshot on the ground; look at the tip of the propeller of that plane.

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Boulia to Longreach: second track of the day

Sunday 29 March 2009
AustraliaFlyingAir SafariRed Centre Tour

We are on our way to Longreach after we stopped at Lark Quarry to watch Dinosaur tracks.

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Boulia to Longreach: landing at Lark Quarry

Sunday 29 March 2009
AustraliaFlyingAir SafariRed Centre Tour

Slowly we are leaving the Outback and getting back to the crowded areas. Today we move on to the East, we fly to Longreach with a landing at Lark Quarry. Since there is so much to show and tell, I have split this track up into 3 posts. This is the first one.

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