Donnington Airpark

24/11/2024

To all who have joined this page - please note that it is not the main official page for Donnington Airpark. It will be taken off-line very soon. Please join Donnington Airpark Past & Present, Woodstock Wings & Wheels at Donnington Airpark, or "North Queensland Military Muster" to keep up with all our news and events. Thank you.

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03/02/2019

Just in case there was any doubt, the airpark is definitely unserviceable due to the unprecedented rain event and is officially closed for operations until further notice.

10/12/2017

Limited Edition caps - limited quantity! Tell the world where you fly! $5 each or 3 for $10 - see Doris at the house. Available now just in time for Xmas! :-)

19/09/2017

Another of our band of dedicated airshow volunteers has passed on. Brian Strathdee had a massive stroke recently and did not recover. His farewell will be held from 4-30 pm tomorrow, Wednesday 20th September at the Ayr Showgrounds Hall. Dress casual, no flowers by request. Refreshments and sharing of memories afterwards. You may remember Brian for his cheeky humour and laconic attitude in the bar. Usually he'd be out harvesting cane or ploughing fields until dark and would then race up to help out in the bar on the Saturday night. Brian was also responsible for re-aligning the creek at the end of the main runway, in his other guise as an earthmoving contractor. RIP, old mate.

02/01/2017

The unfortunate light aircraft crash reported earlier today at Woodstock (as per the Channel 7 News page) did not happen at Donnington Airpark - it appears to have been at Ace Airfield, which is a different airfield several kilometres away. Our thoughts are with the pilot and passenger who have sustained injuries in this crash.

02/08/2016

Another of our dedicated former airshow volunteers passed away last Friday. Steve Iliff drove up from Brisbane several years in succession to help us with the event. He will be sadly missed. His funeral is at St Andrew's Indooroopilly (Brisbane) at 11 am Wednesday 3rd August with a wake at the Breakfast Creek Hotel afterwards.

18/04/2016

I have created a new "group page" https://www.facebook.com/groups/996075067150739/permalink/996079590483620/?comment_id=996087850482794¬if_t=group_comment¬if_id=1460969201578165 which will allow visitors to post on the Timeline rather than being shunted to the side-panels as happens now with this "business page". Hopefully this group page will lead to more history being posted and a vibrant community also for current users of the airpark. I have added a few people to kick-start the group page - please join the group page and feel free to post your memories, queries or current activities as you see fit. :-)

05/02/2016

Well, it has taken a while but I finally have some content on YouTube! With thanks to friends Martin Lawlor and George Koulakis for their assistance with video conversions and editing, I have today uploaded a little "doco" about the early days of the ultralights at Donnington Airpark. It started life as 8mm footage shot by the Super 8MM Film Club of Townsville, was edited and produced by member Don Pickett, transferred to VHS tape and passed to my parents, then years later I managed to copy that to a DVD format and now finally it is preserved in the digital domain. It is historical (hysterical?) footage showing a typical flying day for the Super Ultralight Aircraft Association of Townsville (SULAA) members and their Skycraft Scout ultralights at what was then a fairly "new" Donnington Airpark (mid to late 1970's). Hope you enjoy it for what it is (certainly won't win any Oscars!) and feel free to share. :-) https://youtu.be/d43-sVc1_uM

This historical (and now possibly hysterical!) footage shows the early days of ultralight flying in the mid to late 1970’s. It follows a typical flying day f...

12/10/2015

Classifieds - aircraft for sale.

12/10/2015

This Aeroprakt Foxbat is now in residence, with the owners offering a variety of flight training and other aerial activities.