The August monthly meeting attracted a large audience as Bevan Anderson, the founder of Avplan flight software, gave an interesting and informative presentation detailing this great pilot aid. Bevan was able to answer even the most intricate questions off the cuff. He gave a sneak preview of some of the new features to expect in…
On the 20th July around 25 members and visitors of Sport Aircraft Club flew and drove to the Monarto Gliding Museum and airstrip to take a look at the history of gliding as preserved by Emilis Prelgauskas the owner of this private collection and museum. It was an interesting visit with six arriving aircraft and a larger number of cars. The museum…
Great news ! – the second wing of the club build Sonex is now complete and the fuselage is well under way. Great to see a consistent build team at Dr Dans and more visitors over the last month. An official workshop visit to the club project is coming up soon. As Steve Biele is still overseas meal…
Hi, Sport Aircraft Club members, New event – all-weather fly or drive Sport Aircraft Club event for Sunday 20th July visiting the Soaring Museum at Monarto details on the calendar. I encourage all members to plan to attend – drive or fly. The Lockleys bowling club announced by letter just before the last club meeting that due to the changing circumstances of their…
This Saturday saw the completion of the left wing with the last rivet going in just before time to pack up. There are quite a few photos on the build page. Great work by everyone has produced an excellent result. The tip, flap and aileron fit perfectly. Chris Moore – President
April has been a busy month with the Naracoorte fly away taking a group of avid flyers to the South East of South Australia where the Naracoorte Aeroclub put on an Angus steak BBQ on arrival. Free time Saturday afternoon allowed members to walk around the town or just sit and chat. Sunday morning we visited the world heritage…
The March annual general meeting saw the 2013 council re-elected. The council meeting on the following week agreed that each of the councillors would continue in the roles from the previous year. By clicking on the contacts tab on the club website photos of the councillors are displayed with their roles, plus from there you can contact each directly…
March the 12th is the AGM for your club and we look forward to as many members attending as possible. As the 2013 council members have all agreed to stand again in 2014 and there has not been any other nominations there will not be any requirement to vote or take nominations on the night. However…
Since my last report a number of events have occurred the most moving being the funeral and send off of long serving and inspiring member Graham Treloar who died suddenly while recovering from heart surgery. David Harris spoke at the December meeting about the Hanweide airshow in Europe which he had just returned from. A talk…
Hi Sport Aircraft Club Members The Sport Aircraft Club annual Christmas dinner was held in November and this year’s event, held at the Edinburgh hotel, was in the same fun tradition as previous years. Thanks to Judith King (and Edward and others behind the scenes) for her effort in organising the event and developing and…
