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Hello all, welcome to the Flat Chat News site Flat Chat News is a locally owned newspaper, published fortnightly and delivered free of charge to the towns of Narromine, Trangie and Tomingley in the Shire of Narromine and to the towns of Tottenham and Albert. NARROMINE SHIRE The Shire of Narromine is situated 450-kilometres west of Sydney and has a populaton of close to 7,000. The area's main industries are wheat, sheep, cattle, cotton and citrus. AVIATION Narromine itself is famous for a long history in aviation. During the second world war it was a training base (EFTS and 618 Squadron) and at one time its large and well-maintained aerodrome was used as a training base by QANTAS. Narromine is also well known in the gliding community as having some of the best soaring conditions in the world. These conditions attract glider pilots from throughout Australia, USA, Europe and Japan who visit during the main soaring season (September to May) to fly with the commercial or club glding operations at the airfield. The aerodrome also boasts a fine aviation museum whose tours also include an inspection of the famous Wright Flyer replica which was officially launched at Narromine by astronaut Buzz Aldrin at an air show in 2005. THE WRIGHT FLYER IN ACTION 
The Flyer parked at its hangar at the Narromine Aerodrome

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