{"id":981,"date":"2012-06-06T13:10:48","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T02:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/?p=981"},"modified":"2014-11-07T08:11:36","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T21:11:36","slug":"vets-day-trip-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/vets-day-trip-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Trip to Albion Park Aircraft Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Catalina2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"989\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/vets-day-trip-to\/catalina-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Catalina2.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SAMSUNG ES28 \/ VLUU ES28&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1338895754&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;COPYRIGHT, 2010&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.011111111111111&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Catalina\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Catalina2.jpg?fit=720%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-989\" title=\"Catalina\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Catalina2-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Catalina2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Catalina2.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Catalina2.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Catalina2.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ConnieCockpit2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"995\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/vets-day-trip-to\/conniecockpit-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ConnieCockpit2.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SAMSUNG ES28 \/ VLUU ES28&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1338898542&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;COPYRIGHT, 2010&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.022222222222222&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ConnieCockpit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ConnieCockpit2.jpg?fit=720%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-995\" title=\"ConnieCockpit\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ConnieCockpit2-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ConnieCockpit2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ConnieCockpit2.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ConnieCockpit2.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/ConnieCockpit2.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0From Peter Bull:<\/p>\n<p>I have received several reports that the poor weather was the only negative to a thoroughly enjoyable day. Those who attended are looking forward to Neil&#8217;s next outing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From Neil Yakalis:<\/p>\n<p>Total of 18 turned up &amp; the day was voted a success despite the windy rain we had to go through to get back to Albion Park station.<\/p>\n<p>From from a very small start a few years ago it appears to be now up\u00a0&amp; running once I handed over advertising to you through the Vets emails.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rob Askew had \u00a0a group photo taken of us all standing on the staircase up to the restored \u201cConnie\u201d. This is the only flying one in the world &amp; took 16,000 hours to restore. It is the museums \u201cpride of the fleet\u201d &amp; was the only aircraft we were allowed to board.<\/p>\n<p>Attending the aircraft museum were:<\/p>\n<p>Neil Yakalis,\u00a0wife Jeanette &amp; son Paul<\/p>\n<p>John &amp; Janet Eades<\/p>\n<p>Dave McIntosh<\/p>\n<p>Ross Beaumont<\/p>\n<p>Robert Askew<\/p>\n<p>Bryan &amp; Jennifer Collath<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Hardiman<\/p>\n<p>Ray Hookway<\/p>\n<p>Ron Lukin<\/p>\n<p>2 of Neil&#8217;s neighbours with their wives &amp;<\/p>\n<p>an ex school mate who is a retired Qantas mechanic<\/p>\n<p>Regards,<\/p>\n<p>Neil Yakalis, 98050749, 0414 228516<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_7447.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1015\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/vets-day-trip-to\/img_7447\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_7447.jpg?fit=1280%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" 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Those who attended are looking forward to Neil&#8217;s next outing. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; From Neil Yakalis: Total of 18 turned up &amp; the day was voted a success despite the windy rain we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-socials"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paMOfU-fP","jetpack-related-posts":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=981"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1003,"href":"https:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions\/1003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.otva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}