Parkes Regional Airport was abuzz with aviation enthusiasts on the weekend as thousands turned up for the premier three-day AirVenture Australia event.
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Though a severe dust storm put the air show events on hold for most of Saturday, with the tents all being evacuated to the clubhouse for a period, the program recommenced between 2pm-3pm.
Conditions were near perfect on Sunday for locals and visitors alike to enjoy all of the aviation action.
Parkes' location was praised as being a big part of the 2019 event's success with amazing 360 degrees of uninterrupted views.
"The aircraft were nice and close, the flying was fantastic and very reasonably close, moderate crowd and a real heap of potential," one attendee said on AirVenture Australia's Facebook page.
The program involved a group of 25 school students from across the Central West and Australia who came together as a team and built a BushCat aircraft from a kit.
The Bushcat Build Team, which included a number of Parkes students, were ecstatic when they witnessed the successful flight of their Bushcat at the event.
See the photo gallery above for some of the action our photographer captured over the weekend.
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