Presidents Report

Not a lot for me to report this month as I have spent a significant chunk of it escaping to the warmer climate of Far North Queensland. Therefore I will need to rely on the input of others. Last weekend … Read More

As winter descends upon us the opportunity to commit aviation becomes less frequent as we have to wait it out during the passages of cold fronts with their attendant wind and rain. Coupled with having both my Chipmunk and RV7A … Read More

The forecast bad weather did not eventuate for the club BBQ last month. Apart from a bit of windiness it remained dry and sunny and quite pleasant, especially in the lee of the club house, out of the wind. The … Read More

Having returned form the club fly away on Friday I brought  an unwanted guest home with me in the form of COVID, so I will keep this letter brief. The fly away was enjoyable but not without some weather challenges … Read More

Our first Bunnings BBQ fundraiser for the year turned out to be our biggest one yet. Extra sausages had to be purchased on the day and drinks sold out completely, yielding a profit of $968 for the club. It was … Read More

With the easing of hospitality restrictions we are now able to resume monthly club meetings in a more normal fashion from this month. We will still need to continue to register on the club website to keep track of numbers … Read More

Greetings for the New Year. It has been an inauspicious start with the Omicron variant elevating new infections to all-time highs and people scrambling to get a booster shot. Just about everyone now knows someone who has Covid and many … Read More

We enjoyed an interesting talk last month from Peter Ingman, an aviation historian who has written several books. His talk was based on his latest release, “A History of RAAF Bases in SA”. Aside from making use of existing airfields … Read More

Members enjoyed a wonderful September club meeting that for the first time was a “sellout”, with 50 in attendance, the maximum allowed under current COVID rules. We had a report from Greg Tabe about the outback Queensland fly away in … Read More

The COVID scourge continues interstate and whilst we in SA are not in lockdown the fallout continues to affect event planning. The Jamestown and Tocumwal airshows have been deferred to next April. The Avalon airshow for 2021, already twice deferred, … Read More