Christmas dinner at the Edinburgh Hotel on Friday the 6th of November turned out to be a lively affair. The evening started out with club members and their guests being fitted with Captain’s epaulettes follow by the big screen displaying a Lancair panel (Morrie Hoy’s in fact) combined with the sound of a Reno version…
The last weekend in October the Sterling North Aero Club (just South of Port Augusta) hosted the Sport Aircraft Club weekend fly in. Aircraft began arriving from 10:00 am- not sure who arrived first. Altogether 19 members and 10 aircraft. Sterling Club put on a fine barbeque in the new club room and members chatted…
September heralded the Narromine Ausfly where Brian Degenhardt took out top honours of “Grand Champion” with his homebuilt RV7A. Brian’s airplane is all metal and fitted with a glass cockpit and digital engine control. At the October monthly meeting Steve Nelson gave a most interesting presentation about the recent Reno Air Race. During the presentation Steve…
During August a workshop visit was held to see Morrie Hoy’s just completed Lancair 360 aircraft. The event was well attended by club members and friends. The airplane is an example of a builder who has spent many hours and amazing attention to detail to produce an exciting new aircraft. At the September club meeting Ted…
The August monthly meeting was well attended by members who were given a great insight into non destructive testing of aircraft components by Mark Wigley. Mark’s presentation included a vast hands on display of many of the instruments used to find cracks and flaws in metal and composite components. Sue Ball presented an interesting report from…
To All SA RA-Aus Members By now most of you will have received notification that i was successful in my endeavour to become the RA-Aus Board Member Representative for South Australia. This is thanks to the Members that took the time to vote. I am under no illusion that i will not face challenges with…
