Vintage Gliders

As part of the 50^th celebrations we have a number of owners who are bringing their wooden gliders which are indicative of the types flown in the early events. Several Ka6 gliders will be there and at least one will be competing. A reminder of the cross country challenges in the days without GPS, mobile phones and much lower glide performances.

Celebration Dinner - Saturday 6th February

The Club is hosting a dinner in the hanger on the evening of Saturday 6^th February to celebrate the 50^th Anniversary. The 2-course dinner is $ 35 including two drink vouchers (beer, wine or soft drink). Come along and share your memories of past competitions.

Happy New Year and best wishes to you all

Planning for this year's 50^th Horsham Week is well in hand with adequate tugs available and entries starting to roll in.

Event Fees
Fees have not been increased and will be :

• Entry Fee $ 100 which includes the $ 50 facility fee from the Horsham Club.
• Aerotows $ 50 and relights $ 30.

Tugs
We have two Pawnees from Bacchus Marsh, Jim Barton's Callair, Mike Cleaver's Scout as well as a EuroFox from Bendigo GC and Horsham's Jabiru. Tug master is Selwyn Ellis, Horsham Club.

Rotating Beacons
A reminder that all vehicles must operate a flashing hazard beacon when on the airfield.
Note that some of the older and cheaper mechanical rotating lights can seriously interfere with hand held VHF radios as you are towing out. There is now a range of solid state LED lights available which do not cause interference and can be obtained on eBay for under $ 40. Try key words such as 80 LED Car Truck flash Warning light Beacon Strobe Light Emergency Light Amber.

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