Kevin Henebery with Piper Aztec VH-EMG outside the Henebery terminal at Caloundra.
(Picture: Kevin Henebery Collection)

 

Piper Aztec VH-EMG in some very distinguished company at Brisbane Eagle Farm in January 1973. The aircraft in the background is Ansett Air Cargo DC-4 VH-INL. (Picture: Mike Madden)

 

Kevin Henebery poses proudly with his new Cessna 210 VH-PQU The Pride of Caloundra. The signwriting was done by Max Clark who also did the signwriting on the hangar.
(Picture: Kevin Henebery Collection)

 

Cessna 210 VH-PQU The Pride of Caloundra outside Hangar 3A at Brisbane Eagle Farm on 22 July 1974. The building, which was the original Ansett Airways hangar, was being dismantled for relocation to Chewing Gum Field at Tallebudgera in the Gold Coast hinterland. (Picture: Ron Cuskelly G044)

 

Cessna 210 VH-PQU The Pride of Caloundra outside the Henebery hangar at Caloundra in January 1976. (Picture: Tony Arbon)

 

Cessna 210 VH-PQU The Pride of Caloundra outside the Henebery hangar at Caloundra on 16 September 1983. (Picture: Tony Arbon)

 

Cessna 172 VH-RPJ was operated briefly by Henebery Aviation before acquiring VH-EIZ. The aircraft is depicted in the markings of Southern Cross Air Services at Wollongong, NSW in September 1976.
(Picture: David Carter via AirHistory.net)

 

Cessna 172 VH-EIZ outside Hangar 3A at Brisbane Eagle Farm on 24 May 1974.
(Picture: Ron Cuskelly F167)

 

Cessna 172 VH-WXA at Caloundra in January 1976. (Picture: Mike Madden)

 

Cessna 172 VH-WXA at Caloundra on 16 September 1983. (Picture: Tony Arbon)

 

Cessna 172 VH-MAI outside the Henebery terminal at Caloundra in November 1984.
(Picture: Mike Madden)

 

Cessna 172 VH-MAI at Archerfield on 8 September 1987. (Picture: William Gray via AirHistory.net)

 

Partenavia P68B VH-IYM outside the Henebery terminal at Caloundra on 7 March 1982.
(Picture: Tony Arbon)

 

Partenavia P68B VH-IYL outside the Henebery terminal at Caloundra on 7 March 1982.
(Picture: Tony Arbon)

 

Partenavia P68B VH-IYL outside the Henebery terminal at Caloundra on 12 March 1986.
(Picture: Tony Arbon)

 

Partenavia P68B VH-IXB inside the Henebery hangar at Caloundra in November 1985.
(Picture: Mike Madden)

 

The Henebery fleet lined up with the airline's staff at Caloundra. The aircraft are (left to right):
Cessna 172 VH-MAI, Cessna 172 VH-WXA, Partenavia P68B VH-IYM, VH-IYL and VH-IXB.
(Picture: Kevin Henebery Collection)

 

HENEBERY TIMETABLES

Henebery Aviation Company Timetable August 1972.
Click on the image to read the timetable.
(Source: Roger McDonald Collection)

 

Henebery Aviation Company Timetable October 1974.
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(Source: Roger McDonald Collection)

 

Henebery Aviation Company Timetable March 1975.
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(Source: Roger McDonald Collection)

 

Henebery Aviation Company Timetable March 1981.
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(Source: Roger McDonald Collection)

 

Henebery Aviation Company Timetable October 1986.
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(Source: Roger McDonald Collection)

 

CALOUNDRA AERODROME
WHEN THERE WAS ONLY HENEBERY

 

This plaque commemorating the opening of Caloundra Air Field is fixed to a rock adjacent to the public amenities building.
(Picture: Ron Cuskelly)

 

This aerial photo of Caloundra Aerodrome was taken on 3 October 1974. The Henebery passenger terminal and hangar are already in place. The lack of houses is noteworthy. (Picture: QAM Archives)

 

The first hangar on Caloundra Aerodrome was erected by Henebery Aviation Company next to their terminal building at right. The Henebery fleet of Cessna 172 VH-EIZ and Aztec VH-EMG are framed by the portals of the new hangar.
(Picture: Henebery Collection)

 

Taken from a Henebery aircraft on final for Runway 23 at Caloundra, the newly completed hangar is at the right of the picture. The Glass House Mountains are visible in the distance. The windsock is approximately where the Queensland Air Museum is located today. (Picture: Henebery Collection)

 

One of the services advertised on the Henebery hangar was "Aerial Photos". What follows is a series of aerial photographs of Caloundra Aerodrome taken from Henebery aircraft. This view is looking to the south down Runway 23 with intersecting Runway 12/30 in the background. The road to the right of and parallel with Runway 23 is today Pathfinder Drive. Caloundra Road is in the foreground. What is particularly noteworthy about these photographs is the total lack of any other development around the aerodrome. (Picture: Henebery Collection)

 

Caloundra Aerodrome looking towards the coast with the threshold of Runway 12 in the foreground.
(Picture: Henebery Collection)

 

Caloundra Aerodrome with Caloundra Road in the bottom right corner.
(Picture: Henebery Collection)

 

A later view of Caloundra Aerodrome looking north with additional hangars being erected along what is now Pathfinder Drive. Caloundra Road is in the top left corner. QAM now occupies much of the area in the bottom left corner.
(Picture: Henebery Collection)

 

For comparison purposes, this view of Caloundra Aerodrome was taken in July 2014. The original Henebery hangar still stands although the roof has taken on the patina of the years!(Picture: Nick Sayer)

 

When Henebery commenced operations from Caloundra, drainage was always a problem. At times aircraft could not leave the runway so passengers were ferried to and from the terminal in cars, which often became bogged! Henebery's first Partenavia was delivered in July 1978 and even then passengers were required to 'walk the plank' to gain access to the terminal after prolonged rain. (Picture: Henebery Collection)

 

PRESS CUTTINGS

Sunshine Coast Weekly Advertiser - 1 August 1973.
(Source: Roger McDonald Collection)

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Brisbane Courier-Mail - 5 December 1974.
(Source: Roger McDonald Collection)

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Sunshine Coast Daily - December 1974.
(Source: Roger McDonald Collection)

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Brisbane Sunday Mail - 12 December 1976.
(Source: Roger McDonald Collection)

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Sunshine Coast Daily - March 1980.
(Source: Roger McDonald Collection)

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Sunshine Coast Daily - April 1980.
(Source: Roger McDonald Collection)

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Sunshine Coast Daily - 18 July 1981.
(Source: Roger McDonald Collection)

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Sunshine Coast Daily - 21 July 1981.
Click on the image to read the advertisement.
(Source: Roger McDonald Collection)

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Sunshine Coast Daily - 25 July 1981.
(Source: Roger McDonald Collection)

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Sunshine Coast Daily - 14 April 1984.
(Source: Roger McDonald Collection)

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Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) magazine - September 1984.
(Source: Roger McDonald Collection)

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Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) magazine - July 1985.
(Source: Roger McDonald Collection)

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