The 'Introduce yourself' Thread

Welcome to the site. As for caravans on runways I had the delights of being a runway controller at Cranwell and Barkston Heath. Good thing about the job was it kept me away from the tower and all the bullshit jobs that our Flight Sergeant used to dish out!

HI ALL
I think i need to stop the confusion , the caravan i refer to is a holiday home ,just of the approach to RWY 17/35 south to north, at Dyffryn Ardudwy ,but wished it was at the threshold of the RWY , hopefully pictures to come , i have plenty on normal film ,trying to transfer them to diigital format to post ,if successful there is inside shots of the hanger , that housed the hawk, canberra etc ,and the fire section before the change of face ,from 5 to 6 doors to a one complete all over door , was told by a chap from the air cadets ,it might be the new shed for future UAV S : needs confirming
many thanks for the replys

Hi NJR
Its nice to find a website that I am interested in. I am just starting to visit local airfields and reading up on there background. I live and work near to Sandtoft Airfield.
I was intersted in aircraft as a kid and now just starting to pick it up again.

Keep up the good work

Martin

welcome !!

hello,

My name is Mark Pilkington, I'm an aviation enthusiast and "aviation heritage" activist from Australia.

I'm based in Victoria, and grew up in Werribee near historic Point Cook, and spent my teenage years as one of the first civilian volunteers at the then fledgeling RAAF Museum.

I have been involved in aircraft restorations, volunteer aviation museums, and airfield heritage activities since that time.

I have a private long term restoration project to restore a CAC Wackett Trainer to flight, am the current Secretary and webmaster of the Australian Aircraft Restoration Group, operators of the Australian National Aviation Museum, Australia's oldest and largest volunteer aviation museum at Moorabbin, www.aarg.com.au

I was the secretary of the Point Cook Airfield Preservation Action Group from 1998 to 2007, the Action Group was an umbrella lobby group of aviation and heritage groups including the National Trust, who played a significant role in having Point Cook removed from sale and housing redevelopment, and retained in Government ownership.

The Action Group achievements included raising an 11,000 signiture petition to the Federal Parliament (a significant petition size in Australian terms), participation in the Federal Senate Inquiry into the Disposal of Defence land, involvement in the Point Cook Steering Committee and direct negotiations with Federal Ministers in late 2003 to achieve the February 2004 announcement of withdrawal of sale, and retention in Government hands. The Action Group also nominated Point Cook onto the National Heritage Listing in 2004, which was awarded in 2007.

Since that time I have been actively involved in Heritage registrations of Australia's last USAAC Butler Hangar, the Werribee WW2 Satellite Airfield and wooden Teco Hangars and the Heritage listing of the Wartime EATS program airfield at Ballarat (No. 1 WAGS).

I am currently involved with local and state government planning of the 2010 Centenaries of Aviation in Australia which will commemorate the first sustained powered flights by Houdini in March 1910, and the first flight of an Australian designed and built aircraft by Duigan in July 1910, and the lobbying for improved site markers, signage and an Aviation Heritage Trail.

I hope that explains who I am and my interests?

regards

Mark Pilkington

Welcome to AIX

Gday mate!

Hi Mark and great to have you on the forum. The are one or two other of your fellow countrymen on here as well.

I'd be interested to see some photos of the Butler hangar and Teco hangar you mention. Perhaps you could keep us all up to date with the aviation trail as well.

If fact, feel free to post what you like up on the forum - just don't talk about the cricket!!!!!!!

Hi everyone!

My attention was drawn to this site by some of my new colleagues here in Cornwall. I have always been very interested in aviation history (more so than your average 28 yo female, I guess ), and seeing as I intend to stay where I am for some time, I thought I'd give this fascinating site a whirl.

I look forward to exploring it more in due course!

Hello and welcome to the AIX forum.

If you need any help with anything please dont hestitate to ask.

Regards,

HawkEye001