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 out of the air with maintenance issues recently, my personal flying has been severely curtailed….
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 local flying club was using the opportunity to teach student pilots crosswind circuits on the…
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 which are possible on the east coast at any time of year. There were some…
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 good to see 3 first time volunteers helping out. My thanks to all who helped…
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 attending but once arriving at West Adelaide Football Club meals will be ordered off the…
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 of us are resorting to voluntary self-isolation to keep safe. Many public venues, including our…
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 like Parafield, the RAAF established large training bases at Mallala, Pt Pirie and Mt Gambier…
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 July. Four aircraft and eight people were involved. Some amazing scenery to see and some…
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, has now been cancelled and will not be seen again until February 2023. Other NSW…
A very wet July combined with COVID lockdowns across much of the country have conspired to stymie most efforts to commit aviation recently. Therefore, there is not a lot to report this month. The club fly away to outback Queensland did take place with 4 aircraft, albeit with weather delays and rerouting to avoid NSW….
