Warbirds Downunder

This event organized by the Temora Aviation Museum November 19, 2011 will be an airshow featuring a collection of warbird aircraft and current serving military aircraft. The Temora Aviation Museum, Temora Shire Council and the Temora Aeroclub are implementing arrival, departure and parking procedures for all visiting aircraft.

As a club member, if you wish to help the club in any way for this event, please email Peter Franke, our secretary at temoraaeroclub@gmail.com

Weather Station

An Automatic Weather Station at the aerodrome has begun transmitting on 134.45MHz. The broadcast range should be 30 nautical miles.

Temora Aero Club Christmas Party

The Christmas party will be held at the club rooms on Saturday 10^th December 6:00pm. A sign up sheet is on the kitchen table or email the club at temoraaeroclub@gmail.com See you there!

Update -  Temora Aero Club Events

These past few weeks have been busy ones for the Temora Aero Club. The Antique Aircraft Association of Australia and Auster Rally at the beginning of October brought a fleet of planes to the airfield and enjoyed the club activities. The weather prevented some from flying in but from all reports, members took away good memories of Temora and the club’s hospitality

On the  28^th-31^st of October the NSW Aerobatic Championships will be held on the field. This group has been coming to the Temora Aero Club for the past few years delighting members of the community with their judged displays.

At the end of November and beginning of December the NSW State Gliding Championships will be held at Temora. This event affords many club members and community people to view gliding in all aspects: preparation for the day’s flying, launching by the Pawnee and local soaring as gliders seek thermals to begin tasks set for the day.

A reminder to aero club members and friends that each Wednesday morning at 10:00am, the club rooms are open for a cuppa and weather permitting, an excuse to explore the skies!  We also have a social get together on Friday evenings around 5:30-6:00pm for a drink at the club’s bar. All are welcome!

Hi,

It has been a while since my last update, but we have been achieving great results over the past 12 months, with congratulations to the following pilots:

Scott Taubman achieved his passenger endorsement and is well on the way to his PPL with training undertaken in Moruya with Graeme White, while Jim Haines of Werribee and Shane Barker of Gerringong also achieved an RA-Aus conversion. Fergus McGee achieved his RA-Aus pilot certificate along with a GFPT from Moorabin, while Gabrielle Shardlow from Cootamundra achieved her pilot certificate. Local Temora resident Clare Flakelar, Emma Turner from Junee, Ross Howard of Cootamundra, Richard Taubman from Murringo, Adrian Lucas from Griffith and Robbie Ford from Barmedman achieved first solo. Wing Commander Jim Lewis achieved his RA-Aus conversion along with local Temora resident Clarke Flakelar who also achieved her pilot certificate, while Doug Hamilton, Spitfire and Hudson pilot for the Temora Aviation Museum also achieved his instructor rating. Local resident Clin Ashton-Martin also achieved his RA-Aus conversion recently and enjoyed flying in our latest aircraft, the mighty Eurofox!  Local airpark resident Robyn Otley also achieved her cross country endorsement and has been tearing up the skies ever since.

New students include: Barry Keir from Quandialla, Robbie Ford from Barmedman, Adrian Lucas from Griffith, Richard Taubman from Murringo, Brian Monaghan and Fergus McGee from West Wyalong, David Schwabe, Jim Burford and George Scarfe from Canberra and  Matt Warren from Young.

It was also my privilege to renew RA-Aus CEO Steve Tizzard’s instructor rating and for Mick Poole and Lee Ungermann to choose my Tecnam for Lee’s instructor renewal, along with welcoming Lutheran Pastor Mathew Ker to the area with a check ride.

All in all, a very busy year and with the arrival of the Eurofox, pilots have been coming from all over to try out the Gazelle on steroids!

Safe flying,

Jill

Hi All,

We will be offering a Human Factors training course again on Saturday May 21st at Hangar 23 Temora Flight Training. Any RA-Aus pilots who haven’t undertaken this training will need this course before their next BFR, along with any new students.  Brad Lochrin, ambo from Boorowa and Ra-Aus pilot, will once again be presenting this interesting and thought provoking course, and all are welcome to attend.

As in the past $35 covers the course coffee breaks and lunch. Bring your logbook and any note taking material you need.

Book now with Jill on 0412 409171 or training@temoraflighttraining.com

A great Christmas Party this year with club room overflowing.  Thanks to Jan Wright for taking some photos.

link to photo album http://picasaweb.google.com/temoraaeroclub

Hi all,

We are running our last Human Factors Course for the year on Saturday December 11th at the Temora Flight Training hangar. As previously run, the course will start at 9.00am with coffee and lunch break and probably finish at 2.00pm. Cost is $35 including lunch, please bring your logbook to the course, along with any note taking materials you might need.

Don’t forget, if your RA-Aus BFR is due soon, you need this Human Factors Course to achieve a BFR as the cut off date was September this year.

To book call Jill on 0412 409 171 or email training@temoraflighttraining.com

An excellent roll up for the AV Safety Seminar with 29 people coming from Temora, Cootamundra, Leeton and Canberra! Teraya and Albert from CASA, reviewed changes in procedure at non towered aerodromes and Pilot Maintenance. A shared meal at the conclusion allowed  time for participants to renew friendships with others  and to speak further with the presenters.

Saturday, 2^nd October, Mal and his wife prepare the club’s Tecnam for an excursion to Broken Hill for the long weekend. That afternoon the Westmans were sitting out front of their home in the Aviation Estate when Geoff stops outside and notifies them that Mal has landed at Menindee after experiencing sudden rough engine running about 10 mile North of this airstrip. After much thought, Paul and Joan Westman load up their “minibago” with tools and a bit of food and head out to Menindee, via Hillston and Ivanhoe arriving after midnight. The next morning, Sunday, Mal and Kay meet us from Broken Hill in their rental car, after hitch hiking to Broken Hill the previous evening. After a careful visual inspection of the engine, no obvious problem could be detected except for a compression problem in the left piston. Mal and Kay left to continue their holiday and the Westmans continued to check out the problem that could be with the hydraulic lifter. The decision was made that we just had to return to Temora.  About 20 K back out on the road to Ivanhoe, we decided to turn around and take the engine out. Checked with Geoff and he concurred that that was the best option.

On Monday the engine was packed on a pallet and trucked to Bert Flood in Lilydale, Victoria. All looked smooth running so that we could get it back for the next weekend. Not to be!! Wally, who works on Rotax Engines, was delayed by a problem which put him in hospital! Thursday arrived and it looked like he was going to be back on deck on Friday. To shorten this story – Westmans packed up again, took off for Lilydale Thursday evening, picked up the completed engine Friday around 1:00pm and headed back up to Menindee. The problem: a broken valve spring! never seen before by Wally who has worked on  Rotax Engines for many years.

Robert Maslin, who was back from his holiday in Perth and “Curly” flew out in Rob’s plane Saturday morning and Curly flew back the club Tecnam after the engine was back in place. A beautiful flight back for Robert and Curly and a long one on the road for the Westmans.

All is well, now!

On the 28th March, 2011, the 90^th Royal Australian Air Force Rally will arrive at Temora on day one of a rally that will take them to three original early training school sites.  Members of the Temora Aero Club Committee have been meeting with representatives from Point Cook, the Temora Council and Rod Luke who is the main organiser of this important event.  More that 50 aircraft will arrive during Monday and will lunch at the club house.  A Special dinner will take place at the museum that evening and then the group will depart through the day on Tuesday after having breakfast at the club.

The Temora Council has been involved in publicity and invitations to school groups to come to the airfield and be part of this special occasion and the aero club will provide meals.

More information about this rally will appear through the following months.

Sunday, September 26^th, 2010 was a perfect day for the Club’s Open Day!

The rain had ceased, the sun was out and the wind nil.  At around 9:00am some residents of the Aviation Estate started to bring their planes down to the parking area outside the club house and pegged them down for the day. By 11:00am inbound planes started to arrive from other aero clubs. By the end of the day we had planes that had come from a number of clubs in the area: Tumut, Wagga, Moruya and Sydney.

A BBQ at midday set the scene for visitors and club members to gather around and catch up with fellow aviators and happenings at other clubs.

We had a good line up with a variety of planes on display from Sal and Justin’s Luscombe to Sam Richard’s RV.  There was a bit of competition between the two on who could get the best “shine”.  Sal’s recent gift to Justin of a super duper polisher helped them “win”! What a shine!!!

A very Successful Day!!