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Presidents Report – October 2019
Welcome to our new readers who have migrated across from the Geoff Hennig newsletter list. Now that Geoff has retired from all aviation activity he has offered the list to the Sport Aircraft Club to continue on with his good work. We We have incorporated the list into our regular monthly newsletter Plane Paper, so…
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Sonex on its way to New Zealand
The Sonex is now in a container and on its way to the new owner in New Zealand.
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Presidents Report August 2019
I have just returned from a 5 week trip to Africa which I will tell you more about some of the aviation aspects of the trip at a future meeting. I would like to thank secretary, Chris Moore, who looked after the club activities in my absence. On Tuesday our Club Sonex was packed up…
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Richard Young’s Sonex has first flight
Click here to see the video on the first flights page.
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Chris Moore’s Lancair has first flight
Click here to see the photos on the First Flights Page
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Presidents Report May 2019
Last month we had the club fly away weekend to Swan Hill. I flew there with my wife, Dominie, and in addition we had six other aircraft and a total of fourteen participants. I was very encouraged to see such a good turnout. Aircraft arrived individually from three different airports on the Saturday afternoon. Apart…
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Presidents Report April 2019
Last month we had our Club AGM at the Public Schools Club. The encumbent Council members agreed to stand again and were duly elected. In addition we had Barry Windle nominated and he too has joined the club council making a total of seven members. At the council meeting following the AGM the council agreed…
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Presidents Report March 2019
Greetings from New Zealand. Dominie and I are currently touring New Zealand visiting friends and tapping into the Kiwi aviation scene wherever possible. We arrived in Wellington 2 weeks ago just in time to attend the Wings over Wairarappa (WOW) Airshow at Hood aerodrome, Masterson, about 90 minutes drive northeast of Wellington. The weekend weather…
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Assorted Hardware – Free, Yes Free! (+postage)
Ian Shaughnessy has saved a collection of hardware (nuts, bolts, rivets, clamps etc.) from being thrown out and would like to give them away to builders who need them. Give away. Plus postage. Still unpacking boxes, so he may have what you want. Click here to Email Ian to see if he has the ones…
