November 18, 2010
Tuesday 16th November, 2010. Today was an unofficial practice day for the 2010 SA State Comps. Grant Hudson in his LS-4 “IID” flew xxx km at a speed of xx km/hr in ideal conditions, providing climbs to 7500 Ft. Mark Morgan and Rudi Gassmaier also flew, in the Nimbus 4DM and Ron Brock flew his …
November 11, 2010
For the record we set a task of WGC – Peebinga – Lindsay River – WGC for a 300km triangle. There were 7 single seaters flying plus Mudgey instructing in the ASK21. Craig went around at 125kph in the ASG29, Robbo went round at 115 kph in the Nimbus and I think Pete Paine in …
October 18, 2010
The October issue of “Out of the Blue”, the club newsletter, is here (PDF, 105 kB). Diary dates for summer. “Everything Aeronautical”, SA state comp 2010, students’ progress, and more.
July 5, 2010
The past weekend had the makings of being busy – Nigel was to clean out his “old” hangar and move into the new, Dion anticipated a group of friends on motor bikes and our students anticipated flying. The weekemd turned out to be flat out. With Cath Conway instructing on Saturday with Pete Siddal in …
May 29, 2010
The March issue of “Out of the Blue”, the club newsletter, is here (PDF,54 kB). News of students going solo, the club’s Annual General Meeting, and some reminders about safety in ground operations. Coming soon: airspace changes, check-flight weekend, working bee.
May 10, 2010
There was another great weekend at Waikerie. Saturday saw some good flying before the Clubs AGM. Several pilots were “away” for a few hours, under Cu with climbs to around 6000. The highlight of the day however was the first “in-command” flight by Bradley McKay. After a few flights with Bill Mudge – it happened. …
March 16, 2010
Saturday started off with Alto Cu forming to the North with no sign of any ground based Cu. Around midday some beautiful wave clouds formed underneath the Alto Cu as a result of an Easterly wind on the ground and a North Westerly up top causing shear wave. It only took another 1 hour for …
March 15, 2010
Favourable weather was forecast again for Saturday 13th March. On Friday 12th, Mark (Morgan), Ron (Brock) and Allen (Hudson) went flying in good conditions under Cu to the north of Waikerie. During Saturday, the Cu again developed and progressively spread from the north of Waikerie to the west and south, providing good conditions to 6000-7000 Ft – but …
March 7, 2010
The March issue of “Out of the Blue”, the club newsletter, is here (PDF, 145 kB). A brief report on summer operations; dates for working bees and AGM. Thanks Greg!
January 31, 2010
Results Day 7 15M – John BUCHANAN Kingaroy SC ASG 29 time of 3:00:44 at a speed of 108.3 km/h Distance 326.3km Standard – Michael DURRANT Geelong GC LS8t time of 2:58:45 at a speed of 105.1 km/h Distance 315.3 km 18M – Bruce TAYLOR Lake Keepit SC Ventus 2cx time of 3:03:12 at a …
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