The relaxing of COVID19 requirements saw an improvement in the turnout for last month’s club meeting where 20 attended. Hopefully everyone will continue to do the right thing so we don’t repeat the debacle happening in Victoria. Regarding club meetings, we are now having our meals as well as the formal meeting in the Dalton…
It seems as if we have weathered the worst of COVID-19 and can look forward to our lives getting back to some sort of “normal”. It remains to be seen what our new normal will look like. Just this week pubs and restaurants are reopening with conditions applied, and as a result I am able…
What an interesting month it has been in isolation. Hopefully you have embraced it positively and used the extra time at home to catch up on those tasks you were always putting off. It might be gardening, cleaning or home maintenance but equally it could be servicing and washing your aircraft. I do hope the…
SACSA PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS Let’s have a look at the club activities for the last 12 months. The Sport Aircraft Club has now been around for some 40 years now, with current members Don Fraser, Henry Schultz, Ted and Judith King having been members since the early days. We appreciate the legacy you have given us….
How the world has changed in just 3 weeks since our last club meeting. Limitations imposed on our daily lives to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 has changed literally everything we previously took for granted. The experts are still unsure how long this whole process will take to return to normal but in the…
Last meeting we enjoyed a very interesting and enthusiastic speaker in antique aircraft owner Tim Brownridge. Tim owns a DH82 Tiger Moth and a Stinson SR9E Reliant. After the talk Tim invited me to fly with him in his Stinson a few days later, which I very quickly accepted. The following are my personal observations…
Having left the teens behind and entering a new decade we look forward to meeting again with friends and enjoying some exciting club events planned for this year. Our regular monthly meetings resume on February 12th at the Feathers Hotel. Dinner beforehand can be ordered in the usual way through the club website. Our speaker…
Fifty seven Club members and their guests enjoyed a fun filled evening at the Feathers Hotel, Burnside for our annual Christmas dinner and awards night on 22nd November. I was encouraged by the turnout in the end. Ten days earlier we had only 33 registered but a quick ring around by council members bolstered the…
Commencing January 2020 All applicants must commit to 2 years full membership of the club. Applicants must apply to the Club council in writing outlining reasons for the application. Up to $2000 annually available to be used for up to 2 successful applicants. $1000 each. Successful applicants must remain an SACSA member while the scholarship…
On October 20th we celebrated a significant aviation centenary in South Australia. One hundred years ago Adelaide born brothers Sir Ross and Keith Smith successfully flew the first flight from England to Australia in under 30 days. To recognise that amazing achievement a formation of 5 vintage aircraft departed Aldinga airfield, tracked up the coast…
