Pilot Comments On The Closure
We as pilots, will all miss Hoxton Park and many of the memories it leaves in our minds. Some of us have trained as pilots there and some of us visit on weekend, simply for somewhere to fly. What ever you have to say, you can do it here by posting a comment so everyone can see.
August 11th, 2008 at 7:40 am
Melbourne has 4 Airports to service 3.5 Million people …. Brisbane has 12 Airports to service 1.5 Miliion people …. Sydney has / HAD 4 Airports - to service 4.5 MILLION … and our short sighted, irresponsible, unaccountable politicians have let one get sold off & closed … this is a travesty of justice to the populous at large !
It didn’t even matter that Hoxton Park was HERITAGE LISTED ! … ( just goes to show how two faced our politicians are ….. YOU go and buy a Hertiage listed property & then try & tell the government that you are going to “change it” in ANY way & see how far you get !!!
( not to mention the shortage we are now experiencing with professional pilots and air traffic controllers …. that’s what happens when you take away “aviation breeding grounds” - like Hoxton Park Airport … which BTW - was THE busiest non-contrlled airport in the whole of Australia ! )
So COME ALONG on the 19th of October & spend the day talking, watching all things aviation - ( we are expecting a HUGE rollup - so MAKE AN EFFORT to BE THERE ! ) & tell the media ( who we also plan to have there ) exactly what you think about this appalling state of affairs !
August 11th, 2008 at 11:05 am
The loss of Hoxton Park as a GA airport in the Sydney Basin seems very shortsighted. Just as new technologies, like carbon fibre composites, and the rapidly expanding LSA and kitbuilt groups provide a major resurgence to the light aircraft industry for business, private, recreational and training uses in Australia and around the world, heralding a growing need for such facilities, this facility is taken away…… for what just seems like short term gain.
August 11th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
I earned my wings at Hoxton and whilst I now have a hangar/fly out of Bankstown, I still think it is a shame to lose this airfield.
Sydney should have more G.A airfields than Brisbane and Melbourne, but alas we don’t and we all know who is at fault here.
October 15th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Like many others, I learnt to fly at Hoxton Park.
It’s closure is a great shame.
Hoxton Park Aerodrome has taught countless numbers of people to fly, many of whom have gone on to very rewarding careers in aviation.
This is a great loss and very sad day for GA.