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

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 [...]

One month to go until ‘There and Back’ departs Bundaberg on May 5th! I checked out the aircraft this weekend at Temora’s NATFLY and the Jabiru J230 looks fantastic. More importantly, it ran like a Swiss watch for the flight from Bundaberg. There was also an opportunity to assess the rig for the onboard HD [...]

Well, the Southern Hemisphere summer is upon us and for those flying it means giving a wide berth to those towering Cumulonimbus and the associated storms. This shot of a storm is almost ‘text book’ in shape and was caught just north of Brisbane recently. It serves as a timely reminder of the power of [...]

It’s always great to announce another sponsor coming aboard ‘There and Back’ and on this occasion there are two! Hawker Pacific and David Clark have kindly offered to supply equipment that will make the journey around Australia, both safe and comfortable in the form of a life jacket and noise-cancelling headset. The David Clark headset [...]

Firstly, thanks to all of the well-wishers and supporters that have contacted me in the last 24 hours. The traffic through the website has skyrocketed since the Press Release announcing the selection of the Jabiru was made and based on the feedback, it seems to be a popular choice. You’ll be able to follow the [...]

This week will see the announcement of the aircraft that will take to the skies around Australia in 2010. There has been keen interest from the aviation industry and all of us at ‘There and Back’ are looking forward to announcing this major milestone. Stay tuned. the news is breaking…..

Hi All, Here are some teaser pics from Paul Sadler’s Tuesday photo shoot of Strategic Airlines’s A330-200 from an R44 helicopter at the Gold Coast. Look out for the best pics and a detailed feature article on Strategic Airlines in our Australian Aviation’s October edition. Along with my Air Test of the Diamond DA40XLS. www.australianaviation.com.au

  At some point in my childhood, between converting Mum’s clothes-horse to a P-51 and sitting atop our garage with binoculars, I asked my father a fairly simple question, “What was a Tiger Moth like?” Starry-eyed, I awaited the reply that would define the sheer essence of aviation and the pioneer spirit. “The Tiger?” he [...]

    I was recently asked to review another book and it was my absolute pleasure to do so. Some stories slip through the cracks of history. They are rich on flavour, but perceived as too slight to catch. Fortunately, Pat Studdy-Clift took the time to prevent one such tale from fading into the past. [...]

Seventy years after the first Tiger Moth took flight over English fields from the quaintly named ‘Stag Lane’, cars have parked on the verge of Old South Road to witness a similar scene. As a child sits atop their father’s shoulders, an older gentleman with a straight Air Force back casts a knowing eye. A [...]