Yesterday was the last day of flying for Caboolture Gliding Club's IS-28B two seater "Charlie Quebec Charlie". A total of 28 members and guests took final flights in her on the day! Quite appropriately, the honour of taking the last flight was awarded by the CGC Committee to Bert Persson (who purchased her as a wreck from Alice Springs and completely refurbished her for a second life with Caboolture Gliding Club) and Lindsay Mitchell (who has been the backbone of the maintenance team during CQC's life at CGC). It is very frustrating and disappointing that, as a result of paperwork not being in place prior to the manufacturer going out of business, there is no avenue available to extending her 35 year airworthiness life when there are so many examples of much older gliders that can have their airworthiness life extended ad infinitum.
Kevin Rodda [image: Inline image 1]
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