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A bush pilot’s muster BY DE X TER BURKILL
‘ There is a young fellow up Tyagarah way Tim Howes we call him by name, An aviation nut some people would say, Bush piloting being his favourite game, A Storch and a Drifter his claim to fame.’
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IM is actually the driving force behind the Facebook group, Bush Flyers Down Under (BFDU) and convenor of the BFDU River Country Muster 2016
held in April. The event was primarily held for a limited number of group members on a first in - best dressed basis. And what an event it was.
25 / SPORT PILOT
Friday saw eight aircraft venture in to ‘Little Italy’. It’s a bush strip on a 8,000ha property in the mountains between Tenterfield and Casino. Most pilots had a story to tell because