There and Back dedicated to Aviation, Airmanship and the Craft of Flying - by Owen Zupp & Robert Brus

While the flight ‘There and Back’ has concluded, the journey is just beginning in many ways.

Owen Zupp recently featured in Snap Shot Magazine – Click the image to view the edition.

The target of $10,000 in funds raised by ‘There and Back’ for the RFDS has been achieved! Thank you to everyone who has contributed. As if ‘There and Back’ hadn’t kicked enough goals, this final milestone rounds of the flight with a wonderful sense of completion. The most recent donation was made by someone preferring [...]

Today is my first full day at home since the around Australia flight concluded at Bundaberg last Sunday. It has been a day of ‘administration’ and sending off those vital cheques to the RFDS. We are well within reach of the $10,000 target and the facility to donate to the RFDS will remain open a [...]

I am now home and settled back into a normal routine. Yet a recurring theme from the media and interested folks on the website seems to be “What comes next?” Firstly, I really want to absorb and reflect upon the magnificent journey that I have undertaken in recent weeks. It’s an opportunity to revisit the [...]

I have now been ‘There and Back’ and it feels fantastic! The signs were good from the outset when the Toowoomba skies dawned clear with visibility beyond my eyes’ ability to focus. After eggs on toast with my cousin Bill we headed out to the airfield and readied the Jabiru for the final morning of [...]

From Toowoomba I will fly to Caboolture. Arriving there around 9am, there will be a chance to catch up with friends and say G’day. From there the final leg will have me arrive at Bundaberg around 1:30pm in company with a formation of Jabirus. I can’t wait! Come out and say hello, or at least [...]

The decision to spend the night at Gunnedah proved to be the right one. The morning dawned without a cloud in the sky and the forecast to the north was just as good. The hotel owner, a keen pilot, kindly drove me to the airport where the Jabiru was wearing a coat of water droplets [...]

The decision to stay the night in lovely Gunnedah seems to have been a good one. After a night here with some heavy showers, the day has dawned without a cloud to be seen. The low cloud and rain has also pushed east beyond Toowoomba and the coastline. As I stand here at Gunnedah Airport [...]

With Toowoomba out of reach on Friday, the signs are promising that Saturday will serve up some better weather for the final stage of this sector. On arrival there will be a chance to catch up with family and get ready for the final run go Bundaberg on Sunday. Tonight also marks the conclusion of [...]