Fly high with exciting stories of protest and rescue

Published on 24 July 2026

Moorabbin Airport is the second busiest airport in Australia, with 250,000 aircraft movements a year and 1,350 student pilots training at a dozen flight schools. 

So, what were the beginnings of this thriving hub and the interesting stories from its creation and growth. 

We don’t know! So, we’ve called in the expert - former pilot, airport museum volunteer and aircraft enthusiast John Sedunary to spill the beans and you are invited! 

John has been researching the history of Moorabbin Airport, collecting the stories of its inception, community resistance, locals rushing to assist in an emergency and more. 

“There’s also a story about an ex-AirForce pilot’s flight to Moorabbin that didn’t end well,” John told us. 

“I enjoy researching this topic and looking back from the huge general aviation and flight training airport and business park to the early days when all that land was farmland and talk of an airport in the region stirred up passions,” John said. 

John, who trained to fly solo in the 80s, is giving a free public talk as part of our popular Expert Series. He is a regular volunteer at the Australian National Aviation Museum (located at Moorabbin Airport) which houses a wonderful collection of Australian and international aviation artefacts from planes, engines, early airline uniforms, photographs, and books.  

John is sure to entertain and inform. Don’t miss it.  

Ask him about the Tiger Moth. We are reliably informed it’s his all-time favourite plane and he’s happy to say why.

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