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This morning around 1145 I saw a southbound aircraft off Mona Vale towing a letter advertising banner similar to those seen along the Northern Beaches in the late 60s or early 70s. The aircraft looked lite a tail dragger.
I was driving at the time and could not see what the ad was for, however it brought back memories from Jan 5 1969 (I checked the log book) when I was holding for takeoff in Cessna 150 VH-KPQ at Hoxton Park, waiting for a Cessna to do a low pass to pick up the banner. They used two tall poles on the grass area at Hoxton Park, with a wire between them connected to the banner, which was folded on the ground. A wire and hook trailing from the aircraft would pickup the cross wire between the tops of the poles, and the banner would shoot vertically into the air at a great pace. A couple of passes were needed some times. When they returned they would do a low pass and drop all the banner rig onto the grass. I was just interested to know where they may have done the banner pick for the flight today, probably not Bankstown, Camden maybe ? These were the good old days when Eric Greathead would fly the Mustang and Sea Fury out of the Illawarra Hanger at Bankstown.
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Curtis Aviation at Camden used to do banner towing (and possibly endorsements too???) in the Citabria many years ago when I was learning to fly (as per Adam's post below, maybe it was the Maule? There's been a few beers between then and now!
![]() There is nothing on their website to suggest they still do this type of flying. IIRC, it was former owner Steve Curtis who did the flying on the occasions that I saw them do it. Last edited by Nigel C; 20th December 2008 at 05:19 PM. Reason: Adam might be right........ |
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I've seen Jim dropping off banners, flying along the grass runway at CN, in the Maule every now and then
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I think there is a fair bit of drag with a banner and you probably need a minimum of a Cessna 182 to do it, I couldn't imagine a Cessna 172 being suitable.
There is banner towing around AAMI Stadium here in Adelaide at most matches during the footy season, they use a C182 flying fairly slow and with about 10 degrees flap set. For many years they used a Callair A-9
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