“Aero Club fears for its future.” Central Coast Express Advocate, 5 July 1996.
This article provides a detailed contemporary account of how the 1996 Warnervale Airport restrictions were expected to affect the existing aviation community at Warnervale, particularly the Central Coast Aero Club.
It records that the club had established the original Warnervale airstrip 24 years earlier and was already conducting substantial flying activity from the aerodrome. Club president David Isaac cited an average of about 68 aircraft movements per day, with considerably greater activity possible on busy days.
Of particular historical importance is the article’s description of night flying and flight training as established parts of Warnervale operations. Isaac argued that improvements as ordinary as resurfacing or widening the runway or upgrading its lighting might trigger the legislation’s restrictions, potentially curtailing night training and other existing activities.
The article also records the club’s objection to the consultation process. Isaac stated that despite 24 years of club operations, neither Wyong MP Paul Crittenden nor the Central Coast Airport Action Group had consulted the Central Coast Aero Club or Warnervale Air Pty Ltd before the legislation was introduced.
Together with the accompanying photograph of Warnervale Air chief flight officer Wayne Young and David Isaac, the clipping provides valuable evidence of the organisations and individuals actively operating at Warnervale at the time the restrictions were introduced.
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