• PHOTO: Inaugural Air Rally winner Max Phillips (left) with MC Dominic Spora. PHOTO:Gilgandra Weekly
A YOUNG pilot from Coonabarabran has taken out the inaugural Arthur Butler Trophy winning the Winging it Down the Castlereagh air rally on Saturday 20 May in his first-ever flying competition.
Nineteen year old Max Phillips self-navigated the route along the Castlereagh River over Binnaway, Mendooran, Gilgandra, Gulargambone and Coonamble before returning to base at the Tooraweenah Aerodrome.
His passenger was a university friend who had never travelled in a light plane . . .
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