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Sydney Airport COVID-19 slowdown hands hobby pilots bucket list take-off experience – ABC News
As most of the world’s international fleet of jumbo jets remain grounded, private pilots are taking up a unique opportunity to land and take off in tiny planes at Sydney Airport.
Private pilot Mark Keech has flown in and out of Sydney Airport as a passenger many times, but he never thought one day he would do it from the cockpit.
Key points:
- Hobby pilots have been landing and taking off from Sydney Airport during the coronavirus period
- Restrictions on air travel mean commercial jets are barely using the airport’s runways
- Recreational pilot Mark Keech said landing at the airport was a unique opportunity he had to take
That changed rece…
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