Our president Steve Nelson is away overseas visiting interesting aviation places and shows in the UK and Europe and I am sure he will have much to show and tell when he arrives back for next months meeting.

Mark Biele gave an extremely interesting talk last club meeting about flying in the Australian Air Force and his secondment to the USA flying F22’s and F18’s in Canada and the middle East. The meeting and talk was well attended with a near capacity crowd. It seems to me that we now have a small but true insight into the current trends, the aircraft, and the men and women that we will rely on for continued protection of our country.

Coming up this month is a workshop visit to my place on Sunday the 13th of August from 2pm to 4pm to see a gradually being completed Lancair O-200 everyone is welcome.

On Tuesday the 29th of August from 5:30pm to 7:30pm your president Steve Nelson has arranged for club members to visit the new flying doctor facilities at Adelaide Airport. Each year your club makes a donation to help the RFDS keep flying and carrying out its important work- here is your chance to see what happens new aircraft and how donations are used to keep the service running.

For next weeks meeting we have Richard Geytenbeek speaking on “Thermals and other lift sources and the recreational pilot”. Promises to be yet another interesting talk relevant to what we do. Remember visitors are welcome -please be ready to introduce them at the start of the meeting.  Meals are still just $20 for 2 courses for club members. Visitors and non financial club members pay $25. All meals to be booked by emailing Steve Biele by the day before the meeting.

Chris Moore   Secretary (Acting President)

“That’s the thing about flying: You could talk to someone for hours and never even know his name, share your deepest secrets and then never see them again.”      – Jennifer E. Smith, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight