1/7Former RAAF pilot Pete Marris in a Yak-52 warbird, previously used by Russians to train their military pilots. Pete works full-time for Lifeflight as a rescue helicopter pilot in Bundaberg.
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2/7Former RAAF pilot Pete Marris prepares to take passenger Marly Page, 13, into the air in the Yak-52 warbird plane.
3/7Military and Historic Vehicle Club president Col Feather and Cairns collector David McLean with David's 1942 Jeep GPW.
4/727th Light Horse Regiment Incorporated rider Lester Mengel, 73, with Gabriel and Socks.
5/7Townsville man George Sellen with his 1945 Dodge weapons carrier.
6/7Lucky Keizer with his hand-crafted Merlin motorcycle. Lucky says the built probably took him about 1000 hours in the '80s. "It was 300 hours to make a crankshaft," he said.
7/7Lucky Keizer with his hand-crafted Merlin motorcycle.
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