Oh I love Catalinas...never been in one but a huge fan...they look fantastic 😊my mother/ aunt recalled them landing on the Swan River in Perth during WW2
I tripped there on the Catalina flying boat in the early Seventies with our scouting group from Melbourne, taking off from Rose Bay in Sydney and landing on The Lagoon there. Nothing but fond memories.......
It's a great island. The last time I was there it was a grass runway and landed in a King Air that was skidding almost off the runway from a cross wind. Broke my arm body surfing at Ned's on the second day. At least I got a nice sponge bath from the nurse at the local hospital.
...always will hold a special place in our hearts! We were there just a few days after HMS Nottingham hit Wolf Rock; and we signed the museum visitor book on the same page as the commanding officer of that vessel.
When I was on radiance of the sea in 2011 coming back from New Zealand we stopped there briefly to transport a sick person ashore, it was a very grey day, the island sort of loomed out of the mist, a very impressive sight.
I have very fond memories of arriving in a flying boat back in 1971. Even then, there was talk of an airport. I found my first love there, too, but back in Sydney, with no driver’s licence and living suburbs apart, it didn’t work.
I found this video unintentionally hilarious. I could never have been a real pilot, for many reasons, and so I consoled myself with being a pretend pilot on Microsoft Flight Simulator. Now I have done literally hundreds of landings of dash-8s on YLHI, and hilariously (well to me), everything in this landing looked so "familiar"! LOL
I wonder which company will take over the Sydney - Lord Howe route when QLink dispose of the last -200 & -300 Dash 8s Unfortunately needs a runway extension for the Dash 400 to be viable, be nice to continue onto Norfolk Is. return to Sydney or Brisbane
Brings back great memories from 1960 when I first went there from Rose Bay (Sydney) on the Ansett Flying Boat (Catalina). Thank you for posting.
Oh I love Catalinas...never been in one but a huge fan...they look fantastic 😊my mother/ aunt recalled them landing on the Swan River in Perth during WW2
@@NaturaBreeze I have a photo of the Catalina at Lord Howe Island, but I don't know how to send it to you.
I remember the same, I was about 5 I think.
I was born a little later, but as a kid I built the Catalina model
I believe it was the Sunderlands that were used by Ansett ..they were renamed Sandringhams ..they were discontinued in 1974
Superbe vidéo, merci 🙏
I tripped there on the Catalina flying boat in the early Seventies with our scouting group from Melbourne, taking off from Rose Bay in Sydney and landing on The Lagoon there. Nothing but fond memories.......
Really great views. Thanks for sharing! 😊
It's a great island. The last time I was there it was a grass runway and landed in a King Air that was skidding almost off the runway from a cross wind. Broke my arm body surfing at Ned's on the second day. At least I got a nice sponge bath from the nurse at the local hospital.
Well..... I guess that counts as a good memory 😂
...always will hold a special place in our hearts! We were there just a few days after HMS Nottingham hit Wolf Rock; and we signed the museum visitor book on the same page as the commanding officer of that vessel.
Spectacular approach to the airport, thanks. 🇦🇺
When I was on radiance of the sea in 2011 coming back from New Zealand we stopped there briefly to transport a sick person ashore, it was a very grey day, the island sort of loomed out of the mist, a very impressive sight.
I remember flying there in a flying boat from Rosebay in early 1960 wonderful island
Wonderful scenery on the approach
I need to visit that island!
I have very fond memories of arriving in a flying boat back in 1971. Even then, there was talk of an airport. I found my first love there, too, but back in Sydney, with no driver’s licence and living suburbs apart, it didn’t work.
Dash-8....the mighty mosquito 😑✊️
Sunderland flying boat Rose Bay to LHI, 1951. I was 12. Captain invited me onto flight deck - WOW!
This is a MUST do…
I found this video unintentionally hilarious. I could never have been a real pilot, for many reasons, and so I consoled myself with being a pretend pilot on Microsoft Flight Simulator. Now I have done literally hundreds of landings of dash-8s on YLHI, and hilariously (well to me), everything in this landing looked so "familiar"! LOL
Do they have a lot of fresh water on the island? I dont remember seeing a reservoir on ground or on mt's?
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Amazing that the plane stays in the air when props are rotating so slowly! Good design😂
They are spinning a lot faster than it looks..its the video speed.
Ha ha, that has something to do with camera capture speed "matching" rotation of propellers...not the first time I've seen this pop up.
That strobing propeller is a little scary LOL .
The byline clearly states "Stunning Lord Howe Island"...
which it sure is... landing" etc. Or maybe you saw that anyway?
“Told in Stone”………….wasn’t that a song by E. L. O. ?
What does one do there? I know it's a wildlife sanctuary.
love to go there but flights by themselves are expensive >
Indeed - I looked for a flight a few months in advance and was quoted 1300AUD return! For that price I could fly to Asia or Fiji etc.
I wonder which company will take over the Sydney - Lord Howe route when QLink dispose of the last -200 & -300 Dash 8s
Unfortunately needs a runway extension for the Dash 400 to be viable, be nice to continue onto Norfolk Is. return to Sydney or Brisbane
The Australian Army constructed the airstrip in the 1970s.
At 2:20, that's a blown volcano.
That place is amazing, indeed!😮 The video going in and out of focus is hard on the eyes, and difficult to watch. Just saying.
It was a Short Sandringham Flying boat, not a Catalina, they were too small.
Where is this island 🏝️?
Hi there! Lord Howe Island is about 700km from Sydney, the flight takes about 2 hours or so.
Belongs to the mighty State of New South Wales!
A environ 600 km à l’Est de Sydney dans la mer de Tasman.
Thank you👏👏👍👍
It's due east of Port Macquarie on the NSW coast.
So about 500kms east, 250kms north of Sydney.
The prop is spinning too slow 😂😂😂😂
Mobile phones have crappy autofocus
Beautiful place ………but now you have to sell a kidney to get there
STUNNING?? What in hell was "stunning" about a normal aircraft landing??