Thursday, 9 November 2017

Airside at Bankstown Airport

Last month when I was in Adelaide attending a conference, a lovely young lady called Ellyse (from one of the manufacturers that also attended) sat next to me on the bus as we were heading out for dinner. We got chatting about a few things and I mentioned I had a passion for aviation, then she said "my dad has a hanger at Bankstown Airport" it was at this point I passed out, so I am not sure what she said after that... Anyway Ellyse said next time you come to Sydney let me know and I will introduce you to my dad. Well I took Ellyse up on her offer and today she introduced me to her dad Steve. We looked around the hanger at the aircraft he was working on and then he fired up an ol' tug and said "jump on we'll go for a drive" We drove in between aircraft, up and down taxiways and up alley ways. I knew Bankstown was a big airport but it blew my mind on how big it really is, and we were only on one side of the airport.
Below are some of the photos I took.



PIPER PA-28-161 VH-TEK (CN 28-7916377)

PIPER PA-28-181 VH-TVP (CN 28-8590049_



BEECHCRAFT B200GT VH-NMW (CN BY-196)

BEECHCRAFT B200 VH-MWH (CN BB-2003)

EX AIR NEW ZEALAND RAYTHEON 1900D'S

RAYTHEON 1900D VH-OYU (CN UE-425)

RAYTHEON 1900D VH-OYZ (CN UE-439)

RAYTHEON 1900D VH-OYY (CN UE-437)


RAYTHEON 1900D VH-OYV (CN UE-428)


ERICSON SIKORSKY S-64E (CN 64017)
NICKNAMED "ELVIS"

CESSNA 510 VH-SQW (CN 510-0294)

CESSNA 550 VH-FYP (CN 550-0152)

CESSNA 650 VH-SPJ (CN 650-0101)

BAe JETSTREAM 3201 A3-SKY (CN 974)

AREO COMMANDER 500S VH-YJC (CN 3176)

EUROCOPTER AS.355N

BRM AERO BRISTELL

CONSOLIDATED PBY 6-A CATALINA VH-CAT (CN 46665)

SUNDERLAND FLYING BOAT


PIPER PA-28-181 VH-KRD (CN 2843050)


RAYTHEON 1900D VH-OYW (CN UE-430)

EUROCOPTER AS.350B2 VH-CZN (CN 4915)

ATR 42-300 VH-TOQ (CN 079)

FAIRCHILD SA227 VH-UZP (CN AC-498)

AIRBUS HELICOPTERS AS 350 B3 VH-UAH (CN 7861)




















I am so grateful to Steve for taking time out of his busy day to show me around and of course to Ellyse for organising it all. THANK YOU

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