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News ArchivesUPPER Hunter Shire Council have postponed the Warbirds Over Scone, which was scheduled for September 19-20, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Council have not advised if pre-purchased tickets will be refunded, but have said the new date for the airshow will be posted on: Warbirds Over Scone. UPDATE: Council have advised pre-purchased tickets will be […]
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Dear Editor, I have read and listened to the “spin” being generated by the Upper hunter Shire Council in their endeavour to justify their decisions to spend $26million at the Scone Airport. I am very concerned with the decision-making process including the so-called justifications and business rationale on which decisions have been made. I provide […]
NEXT month preliminary work on the Scone airport will begin and at $23.5 million will be the most expensive capital works program ever undertaken by the Upper Hunter Shire Council. At a community meeting at the Scone Aero Club on Friday, Council said they had to make the decision to close the airport permanently or […]
War Birds were deployed by Pay’s Air Service to ANZC services today. In Aberdeen Mat Baker flew a Harvard; in Muswelbrook the Harvard flew and was joined by a Hurricane flown by Paul Bennet; in Scone a Birddog was flown by Alex Pay, a Chipmunk by Eric Cielsar and once again Paul Bennet flew the […]
By Michael Flaherty MORE than 6,000 people attended Warbirds Over Scone on Sunday with what proved to be trying windy conditions for some of the aircraft. On display were military, civil, aerobatic and fire fighting aircraft with four hours of flying displays in the sky above Scone. Paul Bennett of Paul Bennett Air Shows from […]
ON Sunday Ross Pay and his team will take to the skies with Warbirds Over Scone. Ross will have six planes in the sky and have an open hanger on display which also houses two Spitfires currently under restoration. It is a time for aviation enthusiasts to come together and a great promotion for the […]
IT was a sight aviation enthusiasts thought they would never see, so it drew spectators from the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, from throughout Australia and Sconeites got to see it in their own backyard, a Hawker Hurricane and a Spitfire flying together in formation. See gallery of the Flight of the Hurricane […]
THE skies of Scone will be filled with war birds tomorrow as the Flight of the Hurricane attracts other birds of a feather and draws aviation enthusiasts from far and wide. It will be the first public flight of a Hawker Hurricane in Australia since 1944 and part owner of the war plane, John Brooks […]