Palmer Wind Farm Newsletter No 1

It is with regret that we report the passing of Kevin Sedgman on the 24th of March. Kevin had a long association with aviation, but particularly with gliding and home built aircraft. Amongst his many activities, he helped build the Adelaide Soaring Club (initially the Gliding and Soaring Club of South Australia) from its inception,…

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…

FYI – This email was recently sent out by the SAAA following the cancellation of Ausfly 2014 Dear Members The Ausfly event is financially underwritten by the Sport Aircraft Association of Australia, but we could not manage to put on the event without the generous support of a number of other associations & businesses. Airshow…

Mr Gerhard Waibel, Glider design engineer, will speak on the developmental steps from wooden gliders to today’s high tech composite aircraft and will focus on the leading technology aspect of glider design, including the CONCORDIA. Gerhard had a long career with Alexander Schleicher with many very successful competition designs well known to glider pilots. Tuesday…

Dinner bookings and cancellations in the future will only be via the website. You need to be logged in the SAC website to make a booking. If you don’t already have an account, you can create one with your first booking (see below). Bookings will close at 12 midday on the Monday before the monthly…