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South Island Trip - November 2010
RNZAC Regionals - November 2010
Club Competitions - October 2010
Warbirds Open Day - September 2010
South Island Trip - November 2010
by Emma Sinnott
With weeks of planning, the 27th November finally came and we set off for what can now be described as a fantastic trip with 8/8’s of blue sky for most of the trip. The morning of the 27th Nicola, Scott and Greg climbed into JRA and Tim, Emma and a lot of baggage climbed into JAZ for a days flying that ended up in Nelson. We stopped at New Plymouth, Stratford, Wanganui and Paraparaumu before crossing the Strait and over the Marlborough Sounds before finally arriving at Nelson for the night.
The second days flying took us from Nelson into Kaikoura, where we did a bit of whale watching before heading onto Christchurch. We took off from Christchurch after a spot of lunch and headed to Alexandra before finally landing at Queenstown for the night.
The third day was a short trip over to Wanaka and to the museum before heading back to Queenstown for another night.
The fourth day we made it to Omaka from Queenstown via Kaikoura for a fuel fill up on the way.
The fifth day was across the Strait and into Wellington for the night.
The sixth day was back up the west coast via Palmerston North and New Plymouth before finally landing at Ardmore, the end of a memorable trip.
RNZAC Regionals - November 2010
The regional competitions were held up in Kaipara Flats on the 6th November. Those who got through the club competitions competed against the Northern Region to go on and compete in the National Competitions in West Melton for a week in February 2011.
Wings Dinner - October 2010
Our yearly Wings Dinner was held on the 16th November. The achievers for the year were named along with the winners of the recent club competitions. The guest speaker was Bryan Wyness who is a retired Air New Zealand Captain with over 11000 of flying experience, including commands on the Douglas DC8, DC10, Boeing 767 and 747-400. His flying career spans some 39 years, and has included managerial roles such as check and training, Flight Standards Manager, Fleet Captain and Vice President Flight Operations/Chief Pilot of Air New Zealand. Bryan has also held appointments with the International Advisory Committee of the Flight Safety Foundation, and the Independent Aviation Advisory panel. He is currently a member of the Board of the New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission, and Chairman of the New Zealand Division of the Guild of Air Pilots and Navigators. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society also. Bryan is a director of the New Zealand Safety Management Systems team, and consults to a range of clients in the areas of safety management systems, fatigue management, risk management, major incident investigation, Flight Operations Audits and various technical projects.
Club Competitions - October 2010
The club competitions were held at Ardmore on the 3rd of October . It turned out to be an enjoyable day with gorgeous weather for all with a few clearing the fence and others going straight through it! We got some amazing landings on the day with many landing in the 40-50 points region which surprised the instructors more than they let on! Beer and a BBQ followed the competitions along with stories of who had the worst landing, who scared the instructors more and speculation on who won what. Congratulations to all who entered and good luck as they head to the regional competitions in Kaipara Flats on the 6th November.
Warbirds Open Day - September 2010
Warbirds held their open day on the 19th September to commemorate the Battle Of Britain. There were some fantastic air displays with the Spitfire, Kittyhawk, Chipmunks, Trojan, Harvard’s, Airtrainer, Extra 300 and our Grumman’s gracing us with their presence. We also got to see the Venom do a high speed taxi down the runway.