David Cooke is in his element as he prepares his meticulously maintained vintage aircraft for take-off on a sunny Saturday morning.
He has been a pilot and doctor for more than half a century and, now in his 80s, still flies his own plane to treat regional patients each week.
He also leads a regular aerial formation display with a group of pilots known as the Bobcats, who fly over their home town of Port Macquarie, on the NSW Mid North Coast.
