December 16, 2009
Our newest trainee tug pilot On Sunday 13th December at Waikerie our newest trainee tug pilot was seen familiarising himself with the cockpit of the tug, all strapped in and ready to go, only one problem he cannot reach the starter switch, or the pedals and a few other minor things…. He was Hamish Robinson …
November 9, 2009
The 31st of October looked pretty promising, with a trough bringing good Cu conditions to Waikerie. Of course, as usual the Cu were everywhere but near the airfield, which was in a blue hole about 10km radius. As the day looked to be a good one I loaded the LS4 with 4 tubs of water …
September 6, 2009
Saturday 5th September provided for another great days gliding at Waikerie. Following the completion of the annual Form 2 of the AS K21, and with Greg Jackson crewing the Tug, the ’21 was test-flown by Craig Vinall and John Hudson, before John had an hour or so in it solo. The conditions started with weak …
July 27, 2009
Saturday 25th July presented with a cold northerly breeze. The gliders were prepared with several pilots eager to fly. Bill Mudge was the rostered Instructor and John Hudson in the Tug and runway 26 the elected runway. Slowly the temperatire increased – 16 degrees and 400 Ft, 17 degrees and 5000 Ft. After a delay …
June 22, 2009
On Sunday morning (14 June 2009) the appearance of Allen on his quad bike, with the ASW20 in tow, brought members armed with cameras from various parts of the complex to form a procession to the 02 gravel take off point. The previous evening he had said that, if we were interested, he would give …
November 11, 2008
Not a bad weekend! Not “huge” but pleasant. Anyone who wanted to fly was able to do it. On Saturday, Peter Paine took first launch, testing the LS-7 after its annual maintenance. It went well enough to stay up for 46 minutes. Jim Townsend and Lockie Willing came up to try gliding. It was Lockie’s …
October 28, 2008
Everything Aeronautical was staged at Waikerie during the weekend 25th and 26th October – unfortunately with a weather forecast which did not excite a lot of people – 39 degrees and strong northerly winds. Fortunately the weather was not as severe as forecast, either in terms of temperature or wind strength. The Sport Aircraft Club …
October 19, 2008
21 launches. Lots of passenger rides for Craig’s friends in the K21 and the Duo. Training for John Ridge and Michael Conway in the K21. Peter Paine went to Blanchetown, Burra and Wanbi (I think). Cloudbase was better than 11,000′ and there was a big troughline over Waikerie. Mark Newton flew the Libelle from Stonefield …
September 7, 2008
Sunday (31 August 2008) was certainly a great day both for the club and me personally. After the long wait, delays and frustration of shipping, I finally got the chance to fly my new glider. Nerves prior to the ground roll became calm as soon as the controls took effect and I realized that it …
September 7, 2008
Yesterday, Sunday 31 August 2008 saw two “new” sailplanes in the sky at Waikerie, the Club’s AS K21 – VH-WKI – and Craig’s new AS G29 – VH-VNL (the rego almost says Vinall doesn’t it). While the weather wasn’t the best – a strong westerly wind straight down runway 26 and a cloud base of …
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Waikerie, 5330
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Waikerie,5330
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