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….
Due to Covid restrictions this event has been postponed to a future date See original Calendar entry for location details Email Graham Vickridge-Smith for details about possible future dates.
On Saturday 22nd May the club held a BBQ at the Windsock Lounge at Murray Bridge Airfield. A perfect day weather-wise which attracted some two dozen participants but more importantly 6 aircraft flew in. John Siebert arrived in his RV4, Greg Robertson in his Nynja and Peter Bakker in his Sonex, still looking brand new…
For those of you keeping an eye on the media it would be hard not to notice last week’s celebrations of the RAAF Centenary. There have been several events already this year and more to come throughout this year but the main celebration occurred in Canberra on March 31st under clear blue skies. There was…
Our first club meeting for 2021 at the Public Schools Club enjoyed a very good turnout with over 40 members and guests present. A minor change to our normal PSC format from now on is to remain in the dining room for the main meeting after the meal finishes. This is to avoid the club…
The holidays are over and I do hope everyone had an enjoyable break. Not being able to do any overseas travel for some time, nor for the foreseeable future, I decided to splash out on another aircraft instead. I am now the proud owner of a 1952 model ex RAF, DHC-1 Chipmunk. I spent considerable…
Last week saw our Christmas Dinner event held at the Public Schools club. It almost didn’t happen, being a victim of the hastily called 6 day COVID lockdown. Having officially cancelled the event, it was then reinstated 48 hours later when the lockdown was shortened.I would like to thank the 43 attendees who committed to…
After a crazy 48hours we are now advised that COVID restrictions will be relaxed from midnight tomorrow. The Public Schools Club advise that they can now host our Christmas event on Wednesday 25th November as planned. The only changes are: limit of 50 people, which we will not exceed, and patrons must be seated when…
As you are all aware now, the SA Government took the unprecedented step of locking down the entire state until at least midnight next Tuesday. They have also made provision for a further 8 days of lesser restrictions following that. Regarding our planned Club Christmas Dinner next Wednesday, whilst technically possible, I don’t believe it…
