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…
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…
I hope you have all had relaxing holidays and an enjoyable start to the new year. Our last club event for 2018 was the Flyin BBQ at Murray Bridge on December 16th. We had 30+ persons roll up along with several aircraft including Greg Tabe’s brand new Bristel, looking very sharp in it’s yellow, black…
Forty five members and their guests enjoyed a fun filled Christmas dinner at the Public Schools club on November 23rd. The venue was very nicely decorated in the Christmas spirit with a superb 3 course dinner prepared by our chef Michael Crossley. There were raffle prizes galore with an almost 1 in 3 chance of…
As part of the 50 year anniversary of P3 operations in the Royal Australian Air Force, a formation flight of 4 P3 aircraft will take place over Adelaide on Friday 30 November. The aircraft will depart Edinburgh at midday, tracking southbound via the coast to Marino Lighthouse then to Adelaide Oval, Regency Park shopping centre,…
Hi All, Last meeting I mentioned that there was a new movie being released called “First Man”, the life story of astronaut, Neil Armstrong. It has received very good reviews as given below: First Man (M) A small step , a giant leap, and a mighty film, 141 minutes. The epic story of the eight…
Greetings from Wales. My wife and I are currently touring UK and we have spent the last week in South Wales. Lovely coastal scenery and some marvelous Norman Castles around the Pembrokeshire district. You may not know that during WW2 Pembroke Dock housed the largest flying boat base in the world ,with many RAF Short…
INVITATION Fly-in / Drive-in at Clare Valley Aerodrome Fran & John Birrell would like you to help John celebrate his milestone birthday. If possible, please bring your aircraft or collectable car for a combined display. Sausage sizzle, tea and coffee provided. The Clare Valley Flying Group will provide bar service as well. No reply needed,…
Oshkosh, the biggest aviation spectacle on earth has just concluded and by all accounts, one of the best ever. Some aviation folk from Adelaide attended this year so I am hopeful we will get a first hand report at next week’s club meeting. Closer to home we had 20+ attendees to Richard Young’s Sonex workshop…
A quieter time of year aviationwise but there are still some lovely flying days to be found between the cold front activity passing through SA. Indeed it is a perfect time of year to consider flying north to the outback or Queensland. The summer rains have now flowed down to Lake Eyre and it now…
