December General Meeting

The club will hold its monthly general meeting at the club rooms on Saturday 11th December at 7.30pm Any apologies and items of business should be directed to the Secretary, Steve Schneider by phone to 0427 315 845.

Club Officials for 2010/2011

President - Arnold Niewand (0429 857 275)
Vice-President - Michael Hogan (0409 028 895)
Secretary - Steve Schneider (0427 315 845)
Treasurer - Wayne Jackson (0419 570 928)
Committee - Phil Colquhoun (03 5389 1812)
Committee - Michael Sudholz (0417 585 747)
Committee - Mark Griffin (0427 887 311)

Successful Come'n'try Day

The come and try day held on Sunday 24th October was a great success. Twenty five people took up the opportunity to have a short introductory flight in a glider. Each person who flew paid $20 to cover the cost of GFA Introductory membership. the club covered the cost of the aerotow behind the Jabiru 230 and the flight in the Twin Astir. The first flight took off about 11.30am and the last was flown just before 6pm. Each launch was to 1000 feet and last between 8 and 9 minutes.

There was a wide mixture of people who took up the opportunity to have a flight in a glider. A number had expressed interest in returning for a longer introductory flight.

A busy day was had by all. The glider flying was shared by Peter Kelly, Max Hedt and Peter Wiessenfeld . The Jabiru was flown by the two Peter's and Sel Ellis. A number of club members helped with the ground operations and flight briefings for the would be glider pilots.

Gliding Fly and Try Day

The Gliding Fly and Try day set for Sunday 5th September was postponed due to inclement weather. Unfortunately the weather forecast for Sunday 12th September wasn't any better and it was again postponed. But the rains held off and a number of people came out to the airport anyway and had a try and fly in the Twin Astir even though it wasn't the official fly and try day. Those that did take up the opportunity came back as many do with great big smiles on their dials. Up to 3.00pm we had about 6 people go up in the Twin.

The official fly and try day will now be held in October on the Sunday following the fly-in being organized by the Horsham Aero Club for the 16th and 17th October. This will give the opportunity to distribute information about the Fly and Try day during the fly-in

So the new date for the Glider Try and Fly Day is Sunday 24th October

Lightning takes to sky

Sel Ellis took to the air on Saturday 11th September for the initial flight in his Lightning kit built aircraft. Apart from a minor glitch or two that are being ironed out as I type the first flight went very well and the owner/builder can be very proud of his work. As they become available we will include some photos of VH-ELZ as they become available.

Horsham Flying Club Annual Dinner

You and your guests are invited to attend the Horsham Flying Club Annual Dinner

Date & Time: Saturday 7th August 2010, 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start
Venue: The Jade Lantern Restaurant, 49b Roberts Avenue, Horsham
Food style & Cost: Chinese banquet at $27 per head

If you wish to attend please RSVP by one of the two following methods as soon as possible

1. Write you name and the number attending on the sheet in the clubrooms or
2. Contact Michael Sudholz on 0417 585 747 or Mark Griffin on 0427 887 311

Glider Maintenance Working Bee

The annual inspections on our gliders are now being carried out at the club. Members who have time to spare to assist the clubs ground engineers should come out to the club on Saturday 7th August from 1.00pm.

New Members

We have two new members joining the club. Ziggy Kusiak who is a glider pilot and Anthony Kelly who is a RAA student. Please make both Ziggy and Anthony welcome when you meet them for the first time.

Horsham Week 2011 Website

There is now a web site set up just for the Horsham Week gliding competition to find it point your internet browser to: www.horshamweek.org.au

Off to Temora

Five planes and ten crew depart for Temora tomorrow to attend the
flying day at the Temora Aviation Museum on Saturday. The first stop
on Friday is Narrandera to overnight prior to flying into Temora on
Saturday morning. The highlight of the flying day will be a pair of CAC
Boomerangs flying together. So more reports as the weekend progresses.