To the north of Bathurst, is a pineapple farm named Perseverance. To the training pilots of the nearby air school, it is more commonly known as Mark's Farm. This farm houses a short grass runway. Student pilots fly here for low level training. They practice procedures and aircraft handling for precautionary and forced landings here. The area is far from any high ground that might pose as a threat to the aircraft operating as low as 300ft above ground.
Occasionally, regional aerobatic teams come here to practice their routines before appearing at major airports nearby. This runway is also home to a Yak-52. The Yak-52 is an aerobatic training aircraft that was primarily used to train Soviet pilots during the Cold War.
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