“Sheila” introduced to the Wednesday Wanderers.

Hello fellow Petrol Heads,

Now that my 1931 Model A Ford slant window (all metal) 4 door Town Sedan has arrived back on terra firma here in Sydney after a 19 years hiatus in America I welcomed the old girl back to Australia with a visit to the (under construction) Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport.

“Sheila” about to visit our new Western Sydney international Airport.

Along with another 28 enthusiastic Model A Ford Club member we visited the (under construction) Airport, however before we all ventured out to the Airport we all met at the very impressive Kemp’s Creek Bowling Club for lunch (see photo below).

Happy little Vegemite’s waiting for lunch at the Kemp’s Creek Bowlo Club.

Being a retired Trolly-Dolly with 34 years service flying for Qantas International Airways out of Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport I was very keen to see how our Government is about to spend $11 Billion of our hard earn’t tax payer dollars to build the Western Sydney International Airport. 

Our new Airport will be a State-of-the-Art piece of infrastructure, planned and designed with 21st Century thinking.

The new Airport is located 44 kms or 27 miles west of the Sydney CBD. The Airport has been named after Nancy-Bird-Walton, a female aviator pioneer in Australia who trained female pilots in World War ll.

Artist’ impression of the new Airport that is due to open in 2026.

The airport will open initially in 2026 with a single runway and facilities to cater for up to 5 million International and Domestic passengers. By 2031 the Airport will feature a dual-parallel 3,700 mtrs or 2.3 mile runway, 60 mts or 200ft wide system, allowing the Airport to handle approximately 80 million passengers per annum by 2050.

It is fantastic to see that eventually our new Airport is well on the way. Various National Governments have been procrastinating for well over 35 years to bite the bullet and finally make the decision to go ahead with this wonderful initiative to eventually bring another International Airport to Sydney that will take us into the 22nd Century, not before time.

I will be looking forward to my 1st departure flight from Nancy-Bird-Walton International Airport in late 2026, I never thought that I would live long enough to see that day.

Hope that every one is well and looking forward to the future.

Cheers for now from the “Trolly-Dolly”