Shark spotted at Skydive the Beach!

Skydive the Beach in Wollongong Australia and their Caravan with the cool paint job takes skydivers to the highest altitudes in all of Australia.  In case you're wondering that's 15,000 feet high!  This company that started out with just two guys and a Cessna 206, now has 10 drop zones all over Australia with more openings planned! 

If you're ever out near their drop zones (especially if you've never gone skydiving) do yourself a favor and be sure to get in the airplane, enjoy the ride up and then.... SHUT UP AND JUMP!

Photo credit Phillip Higgins

Caravan vandalized at Skydive Byron Bay Australia

I don't know about you, but this is the very first airplane that I have ever seen that has been vandalized with spray paint. This incident happened at Tyagarah airport in Byron Bay NSW Australia to a C208 Caravan operated by Skydive Byron Bay.  

Apparently some airport neighbors that don't like the supposed "noise" armed their 9 year old kid with some spray paint and a knife.  I say a knife because the fuel tanks were found to have been punctured as well.  I'm hoping that the local police find the kids and their parents that are responsible for this disgusting act and throw them straight in jail and order them to pay back what it cost to fix it.  Which will be well into the tens of thousands of dollars, which for an uneducated low life family could take a decade or more to pay back.  

I am also hoping that the Caravan owner has since installed cameras and a lot of lighting on and around the ramp and tie down area. Ideally the owner would like the airplane hangared, but that would be a much greater expense.

Seair Pacific Caravans at Hervey Bay Airport Australia

A couple of Seair Pacific Caravans on the ramp at Hervey Bay Airport Australia with a beautiful sunset. 

Seair Pacific was founded in 1985, they are a charter air service company and keep a hub at Gold Coast Airport and fly to 7 destinations including: Redcliffe, Bundaberg Airport, Rockhampton, Maroochydore, Hervey Bay Airport and Lady Elliot Island.  

They offer charter services in Queensland with a fleet of 5 Caravans, 2 Islanders, 1 Beech King Air, 1 Piper Seneca and 1 Cessna 210. Find out more about this company at seairpacific.com.au 

Photo by Nathan Turner