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BBQ at Lake Preston

Andrew Pye and Paul Clutterbuck are planning a fly-in bbq to Blair Howe's strip (Lake Preston) on the same day as the casserole evening - 26th April.

This will be a BYO food and drink with a planned arrival time of about 11am on Saturday 26 April.

Andrew and Paul will be on site at 10 am at the SABC clubhouse for morning tea and to brief anyone about the strip (Andrew, Wayne Bone and Paul flew into Blair' s place last weekend and the airstrip is good (and the host/hostess great).

The co-ords for the airstrip are 33.01.32S 115.41.99E. It is on the Eastern edge of a Lake Preston and is about 10km up from the southern end of it. However, we have attached part of an e-mail from Blair with details for your info.

"Dear Paul,

This is a message I sent to a friend of mine over East and it will save me writing it all out again.

The strips go East West about 900 mtrs and North South 570 mtrs. John Chesbrough with a Mooney and Bert Filippi with the Nord have landed here.

The power lines that you see are all underground where it matters. The surface is compacted lime stone.

We have landed one of my 337's on the cross strip so there is plenty of room. There are excavations on the East end but they are pretty obvious. If you must come in from the East I plan to touch down 50 mtrs up from where the road into the pit crosses the strip and you still have 700 mtrs to pull her up.

Don't mind the trees they only look like they are joined at the top.

Regards, Blair Howe"

Please confirm with Andrew or Paul if you are coming