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

With ‘two sleeps’ to go until departure, sleep is a treasured item. Today was spent at Jabiru’s facility and my first meeting with the ‘There and Back’ Jabiru J230 in its new scheme. The day was spent familiarising myself with the various small details relating to the aircraft that, if overlooked, could lead to inconvenience [...]

In 1909 and 1910 there was a desperate race to be the first person in Australia to fly in a powered aircraft. The first few flights were made in aeroplanes that had been brought in from overseas, and which only stayed in the air for a few minutes. On 16 July 1910, at Mia Mia [...]