Comments on: Pilot Comments On The Closure

By: Paul Thurston

Paul Thurston — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:23:06 +0000

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.

By: Geoff H

Geoff H — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:26:12 +0000

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.

By: Phil Ayrton

Phil Ayrton — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:05:52 +0000

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.

By: Richard John William Harper - alias "Biggus"

Richard John William Harper - alias "Biggus" — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:40:54 +0000

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 !