Hiflyer
2010-02-16, 07:22 AM
Gidday all,
Visiting Jandakot Airport just south from Perth, West Australia was this 1944 built Beechcraft D17 Staggerwing, registered NC16S c/n 6687, owned & piloted by Bill 'Biff' Charney.
Bill has recently taken delivery of this immaculant looking machine in New Zealand & is flying it back home to the USA albeit 'anti-clockwise' :-flying into the wind...crazy I know.
A journey taking up to two years to complete. The aircraft has a range of approx 1,300km, so there will be many stops on the way home.
Bill has a website: www.captainbiff.com (http://www.captainbiff.com) which is very interesting, & we wish him well is his journey home safe flying Bill.
Here's a few pictures taken today.
http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq189/quokka/NC16S2.jpg
http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq189/quokka/NC16S3.jpg
Bill arriving at Royal Aero Club (Jandakot) West Australia.
http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq189/quokka/NC16S6.jpg
http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq189/quokka/NC16S5.jpg
Here's Bill ' Biff ' Charney posing with his Beechcraft D17 Staggerwing
http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq189/quokka/NC16S7.jpg
http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq189/quokka/NC16S8.jpg
Classic 3/4 rear shot of the Staggerwing...just beautiful!
Thanks for viewing
Cheers Hiflyer / Downunder
Visiting Jandakot Airport just south from Perth, West Australia was this 1944 built Beechcraft D17 Staggerwing, registered NC16S c/n 6687, owned & piloted by Bill 'Biff' Charney.
Bill has recently taken delivery of this immaculant looking machine in New Zealand & is flying it back home to the USA albeit 'anti-clockwise' :-flying into the wind...crazy I know.
A journey taking up to two years to complete. The aircraft has a range of approx 1,300km, so there will be many stops on the way home.
Bill has a website: www.captainbiff.com (http://www.captainbiff.com) which is very interesting, & we wish him well is his journey home safe flying Bill.
Here's a few pictures taken today.
http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq189/quokka/NC16S2.jpg
http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq189/quokka/NC16S3.jpg
Bill arriving at Royal Aero Club (Jandakot) West Australia.
http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq189/quokka/NC16S6.jpg
http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq189/quokka/NC16S5.jpg
Here's Bill ' Biff ' Charney posing with his Beechcraft D17 Staggerwing
http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq189/quokka/NC16S7.jpg
http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq189/quokka/NC16S8.jpg
Classic 3/4 rear shot of the Staggerwing...just beautiful!
Thanks for viewing
Cheers Hiflyer / Downunder