When we left for Leigh Creek the sky was blue, a few clouds in the back. This is one of the flying Doctor's planes at the Bourke airport.
Slowly the view dissapeared....
And the soup got thicker and thicker and the sky was hiding. Wind and rain buffeted the plane. It was lifted up and plunged fiercely. One feels very vulnerable to be up there separated only by the thin wall of the plane and all around a wild, opaque sky. After more then an hour we received the message that we could not land in Leigh Creek the wind was to strong. We turned back and arrived safely ....
back at the airport. The sky had taken on this strangely coloured opaque hue and the wind was also very strong.
The next morning everything was covered in a fine red dust. The sky was blue again with a few clouds hovering around. We still could not fly out as the winds were very strong and the weather unpredictable. We played it safe and stayed one more day in Bourke!
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24 comments:
Wow! That was a frightening adventure! Your photos tell the story well. I like that strangely colored opaque sky.
YIKES! I bet someone hd to blow dust out of the engine!
Oh, Wow, indeed! That had to be scary! And, yes, your photos to tell the story well indeed! Did make a mess of the plane, didn't it! Dramatic and fascinating skies -- well, as long as you don't have to fly in them! Have a great weekend!
Sylvia
Titania, you best stay home now! :) Amazing occurrence. I'm pleased to know they got er without a hitch. It is quite dramatic as to how quickly the weather can shift. Happy weekend.
Always two hands full of air beneath your wings. Please have a good Friday.
daily athens
Wow, scary stuff! What a weird storm, but I guess that's normal for the Outback, huh? Glad you made it back safely. Great photos of your experience! My husband takes trips in prop planes every now and then for work and has been caught by our summer thunderstorms before and wisely detoured. I really don't like it.
What an adventure, Titania! I had read about the doctors' planes in school.Somehow one never connects textbook lessons to real life. Now I know better! Have a safe weekend!
Is this Bourke, NSW on the Darling River that you are picturing Titania?
I knew a boy from there who took his Commonwealth Flying Training in Canada during WW2, - a great friend...
Your pictures are fascinating, but it must have been a scary adventure.
Titania, you describe really well the whole interesting transformation of the sky. Very nice sequence of images!
Happy weekend!
Fantastic views. Lovely changing colors of the sky.
That sounds like a scary experience. Glad to know you landed!
Wow, what a scary thing to happen. Glad that you were able to get back to the airport.
Oh my that is stormy weather, the outback can be a wild place.
Wow, it does look a scary ride in that little plane. I'm glad everyone is safe and on the ground. Very dramatic skies and skywatch photos.
My family in Brisbane sent me some photos when you had a big dust. when were your photos taken?
We watch a lot of Aussie TV with the flying doctor.
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That was pretty scary. Glad you landed safely. Great photos.
That must have been pretty scary! One of those things that are far better in photos than in real life!
That's scary enough. Just settle down now and have a good weekend.
Sounds like an adventure I don't want to partake in. But I'm glad I got to see and hear the story.
Hi Titania, this is an interesting post. Must have been scary though.
My son is a pilot flying for the UN in North Africa. He has also had some hair raising experiences up there
Oh, what a scary experience. Your photos tell the story. Luckily it was ok again!
Everything looked so tranquil to begin with. It's one thing looking up at a stormy sky and thinking it looks beautiful, and quite another being up there.
Very interesting post,Titania!Your photos are very good for this post!Have a great weekend!
Greetings from wet and cold Germany!
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