Christmas Dinner 2015

A most pleasant evening was had by some 25 members and friends at the club rooms on Saturday night. Although the weather was hot and the A/C barely coping a great evening was had by all present. The traditional roast was put together by Lorelle. Once again Michael Sudholz provided the lamb. 

A short club meeting was held beforehand and all business settled within 18 minutes. 

50th Anniversary of Horsham Week Competition

In February 2016 we will be celebrating the 50th occasion of the Horsham Week competition which has been run every year since 1966 without a break.

In the mid-1960's the competing glider types included Ka6, Olympia, ES59 Arrow, ES60 Boomerang,  Bocian and Kookaburra.  Many of the pilots are still around the gliding movement today - Alan Patching, Ian Cohn, Gary Sunderland, David Pietsch, Haydn Dunn, Tony Tabart, Keith Nolan and Max Hedt.  And some of these stalwarts are still flying !

For 2016 the Horsham Week organisers are planning to recreate some of the atmosphere of those years by offering the opportunity for the gliders, their owners and former pilots/crews to join in the celebrations.

First we are adding a vintage class to the competition with suitable tasks to demonstrate the capabilities of those early gliders and offer pilots some fun flying in the open skies and summer soaring of the Wimmera region.

Secondly we will be inviting all owners to bring their vintage gliders and join in the celebrations with local flying and static displays.  Also an opportunity to show today's 'hot shots with their hot ships' how flying was done without GPS, flight computers and mobile phones.

The Victorian Soaring Association have promised financial support for the event and the Australian Museum Group is assisting us to identify gliders, competitors and crews.  
We look forward to inviting you all to our celebrations once we have completed the initial planning.

Find us on Facebook

The club now has a Facebook page 

which tells some of the story of the club 

over the past 50 years.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Horsham-Flying-Club/519485094775327

VSA State Competition

The VSA State Competition is now to be run in conjunction with the 49th Horsham Week Competition.

Cold start kit installed on J230

A short message from PW about the installation of a cold start kit on the J230.

Hi

The J230 now has the cold start kit fitted which appears to work well.

Always check that the mags and master are off when you do the DI and are checking the compressions.

Like GA aircraft assume the prop is live, if the mags are faulty it may well be, we don't want  any surprises.

Regards PW

J230 back in the air

The Jabiru J230 is back in the air and once again available for glider towing, general use and flight training.

Contact Peter Weissenfeld on firther information about availability.

Another 50th Anniversary Dinner reminder

  50th Anniversary Dinner  

Saturday 31st August 2013.

6.30 for 7.00pm

White Hart Hotel 

Firebrace Street, Horsham

RSVP by  24 August 2013

Members both past and present along with their families and our many friends are encouraged to register there attendance by contacting Michael Hogan on 0409 028 895 

or by email to horshamflyingclub@gmail.com

Current members in particular are requested to let Michael
know if you will be attending or not as soon as possible.

Thank you to those 29 guests who have indicated they will be attending

PW away in Darwin

Peter Weissenfeld is away enjoying a short break in Darwin for the next week or so. So Peter is not available for Instructing. PW is contactable by his normal mobile number is your looking to arrange instruction for when he get back. His number is 0419 137 129.

Jabiru J230 Unregistered

The club's J230, Jabiru 5109, is registered for "Air Work" which is not acceptable to CASA for RAA
aircraft. RAA have obtained a 12 month exemption to sort this out so we can re register. The aircraft is currently grounded until payment has been made. (The J120 is not affected by this issue.)

Also, Peter Weissenfeld advises that RAA not only require a record of landings, but also fuel on board at take off. We are changing from our current flight record book to using monthly flight sheets which will be in ring binder folders.

Finally, all members be be reminded to check the Maintenance Record Form for defects and oil change hours of both Jabiru aircraft.

The process of getting the J230 back in the air is well in hand and should be completed within the next week.
In the meantime the J120 Jabiru is available for hire and flight.

New Date for 50th Anniversary Dinner

The new and final date for the anniversary dinner will be:

Saturday 31st August 2013

The venue is yet to be decided.

At the May club meeting the executive of the club responded to a request from a number of members to reconsider the date set for the 50th anniversary dinner that had been set for Saturday 14th September 2013.

It has been decided that the dinner be brought back to the last Saturday in August. This will keep the dinner and associated celebration within the Month that the club began operations 50 years ago in 1963.