Wings of Life- Proudly Supporting the Royal Flying Doctor Service

Day 23: Today the wings of life crew have been invited to spend the day with the Dubbo RFDS for their Educational Centre and Medical Centre Open Day. This will be the official opening of these new facilities and guests such as the Governor of NSW, Mayor of Dubbo, RFDS Patron NSW and many more [...]

Day 21: Everyone was up before dawn for another early start to the day this morning, with the crew preparing the aircraft for departure in the dark whilst waiting for the sun to break on the horizon. Today consisted of two legs. We first departed Ceduna for Port Augusta. Throughout the trip we have been [...]

Day 20: This morning we all got up before the sun did, like so many other mornings on the trip already. We had planned to have an early breakfast, check the weather and set off for Forest as soon as the sun had made its way over the horizon. The goal was to make it [...]

Day 19: Josh got up at 5am and checked the weather but then went straight back to sleep. After another sleep-in and late start waiting for weather, breakfast didn’t happen until 9am at a little café called The Dome…“premo fruit salad and coffee” said Kieran. The plan was to blast off after the low cloud [...]

Day 18: This morning we were greeted with an unusual Boulder Kalgoorlie chill, where the temp for the day reached a high of 10C. A cosy coffee and needed sleep in gave everyone a enjoyable day off in the gold-fields of Western Australia. Before setting off to the airport for maintenance and media commitments we [...]

Today the 10th of July, Day 17 of my trip around Australia my beloved MK26 Spitfire tested the boundaries of our relationship. It was a cool windy morning in Jandakot, Western Australia, but otherwise the weather was ok. I had completed my routine pre-flight inspection and was ready for departure to Kalgoorlie. “Cleared for take-off [...]

Day 15 already! Wow! We all wake up in Karratha International Hotel for the second morning in a row and make our way to Breakfast. Karratha International have given us a really enjoyable stay here and have donated the rooms in full. A huge thanks to the lovely guys and gals here! At breakfast, the [...]

Day 13: The Team wakes up in Broome and splits up for breakfast. The sky is a little thicker and the air is slightly cooler. The town of Broome appears to be late risers, as Maccas and Coles were some of the few shops or cafes open at 0730. The Cherokee crew grabs an apple, [...]