Pacific (Gold Coast) Air Show 2026

[Captain Halliday]

Next morning I work to see scattered showers passing through the area.

Not ideal for the type of flying that was planned.

Once again I briefly considered a conservative breakfast but quickly came to my senses and hit the buffet hard!

Omelette, bacon, hash browns, some fruit, a pastry and two coffees.

What could possibly go wrong flying inverted and pulling several G?

 

[Captain Halliday]

When we arrived at OOL things were looking pretty bleak.

The sky looked a lot like the Poseidon taxiing to RWY14… nothing but grey.



Still, I remained hopeful that things might clear up so headed over to check out my ride for the day.





I had been assigned 1A but the seat width and legroom looked tight.

Really tight.



However, I had heard the inflight entertainment was really good, so perhaps it would be worth it.