GET PATRONI VH-XBA
is carefully pushed back on to her concrete pads at Longreach on 10
June. Participant and photographer Jeff Richards explains: "To
move the aircraft from the hardstand to the final resting place on
the concrete wheel pads (about 60 metres) it was necessary to use
1" thick ply panels to spread the load. Darryl Pitkin skilfully drove
the tractor and the rest of us were Peter's slaves, walking the ply
panels in the direction of movement in front of the wheels. It was
like moving the stones to build the pyramids, and some of us have
the whip marks." |