martinc Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Hi folks, Is there anything special about Evans Head?. Noticed when i was doing a flight from Coffs to Brisbane with Gold last night the FSX default flight planner/map shows restricted boundary airspace around Evans Head, generally i can figure out why an areas restricted. Military/mining/area-51 stuff, but cant see anything around there unless its got a secret gunnery range . If someones got a VTC/VNC for that area handy can they take a look and see what it is in the real world ? TA Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffman Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 There's an Air Weapons / Bombing Range there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinc Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 Ahhh, Thanks for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 The F111's from Amberley use it a lot and from memory it is north of the township. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinc Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 Yeah, I've been looking at it in Google earth and theres a big chunk of empty space north of the town before it turns into what i'm guessing are cane fields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divot Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I've heard a few stories of F-111 and BAe Hawks doing runs down the coast to Evans Head and looking UP through their canopies at some VERY startled hang gliders. So much so that some of them have popped flaps, air brakes, and gear to do a turn around and slow fly by to ensure that the hang glider pilots were not too shaken and that they were still safe. Where I live is near to the coast line (Paradise Point for anyone who knows it), and sometimes at night you can hear the F-111's tear down off the coast, and then later you hear them at high altitude in the west returning to Amberley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinc Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 HMM, just had a funny thought...I was looking at the ERSA for Evans head airfield, noticed they fly ultras and models out of there and i get this mental picture..... "....Ahhh, Evans head range control...this is FA-18 blah blah inbound and active for a firing pass...." "...Ahh, Evans head range control...active target radar has aquired...target is approximately 4 miles out, height 200 feet, speed approximately 40 knots.... " "...Range control, FA-18 blah blah has tone and is preparing to engage......" ".......WHOOSH fizzzzzz" "...Ka-boom" "Evans head range, fA-18 blah blah target neutralised, returning to base....." Meanwhile, some poor kid is standing on the model field at Evans head Apt, control box in one hand, a "what the **** was that" look on his face, as his beautifully built scale model rains down from the sky in about a trillion smoking fragments..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffman Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Martin, you forgot the bit about range control clearing the aircraft into the range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmglads Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 If you're ever in the Evans Head area (we spend about a month down there for Christmas & New Year) - they have a great 3-day fly-in over the Christmas & New Year period. You can take a trip in a Tiger Moth, Pitts Special (with aerobatics for the strong of stomach!) & they even have some "warbirds" there too! Here's link to it: http://www.greateasternflyin.com/ I've promised myself the Pitts Special this coming year (sick bags included!) Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinc Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 MMM, sounds like lots of fun. Love to get a run in a Pitts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwlee Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Toumbaal Plains House Strip, about 20NM S of Evans Head will be in the Gold Freeware fields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandy Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 I read once, while searching info on Evans Head, that an RAAF aircraft crashed in-bound to Evans Head when it was a WWII RAAF Airfield/Airbase. I believe the crew were killed. I do not remember the aircraft type but it may have been a fighter or trainer, more likely a Wirraway or perhaps a foreign built type. Someone may like to follow this lead up for their interest. John G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffman Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Chandy, there were at least five crashes at or around Evans Head in the WWII Era: March 1945, a Mosquito crashed November 1944, two Beaufighters had a mid air over the ocean May 1944, an Avro Anson crashed October 1943, a Lancaster crashed on finals April 1943, a Fairy Battle crashed in swamp south of Evans Head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandy Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Thanks, Geoffman, I didn't know all that happened around the Evans Head area. I have an interest, like a lot of people, in aircraft crashes and mishaps and the reasons for them, both from an historical and air safety/human interaction aspect. Where did you find that info? Regards, John G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffman Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Chandy, from the Evans Head Aviation Museum, they have an online site I beleive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandy Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Roger, that. John G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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