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Vintage planes at Lethbridge Airport

Vintage planes at Lethbridge Airport

Lethbridge Airport and the Antonov AN-2 :: Victoria, Australia

Lethbridge Airport
September 05, 2016 by Hans Mast

The plan was to have Fineas fly the two of us along the Great Ocean Road in a plane. Unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate. Fineas is only rated for visual flight rules (VFR) and couldn't fly through the very low ceiling of clouds to reach the coast, which was perfectly clear.

Fineas taxiing the plane after some touch and go landings to familiarize himself with the plane and airport

Fineas taxiing the plane after some touch and go landings to familiarize himself with the plane and airport

So we spent the day at Lethbridge Airport keeping an anxious eye on the sky. We did have a lovely time chatting with a flight instructor and student for much of the day. As an AvGeek, I really did enjoy the day, despite its disappointment.

Vintage bi-plane Lethbridge Airport

Vintage bi-plane Lethbridge Airport

As a bonus, the hangar next door was filled with several beautifully maintained and still quite flyable vintage aircraft, the highlight of which was this Soviet-made Antonov AN-2, the largest bi-plane in the world, I believe:

Antonov AN-2 with very stylish leather couches

Antonov AN-2 with very stylish leather couches

Antonov AN-2

Antonov AN-2

September 05, 2016 /Hans Mast
antonov, lethbridge, lethbridge airport, great ocean road, victoria, australia, a7rII, avgeek, an-2
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