Sunday, October 30, 2011

Ron and Colin go flying

Ron (above) and Colin (below) both enjoyed flying with Eddie in the EuroFox this morning

Friday, October 28, 2011

Aljoscha - Last day celebrating 350 k flight

Aljoscha (above) receiving his Solo certificates from Eddie

Aljoscha gives the thumbs up after landing yesterday


Aljoscha celebrating a fantastic flight of 350kms achieved yesterday in LS4 a IIE

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Congratulations Aljoscha 15yrs old - 300kms

Petr our tow pilot (above) with Rolf discussing Petr's check flight today

Aljoscha (above) with Jake -proudly downloading his logger after flying his first 300kms. Fantastic effort!!

Melinda (above) enjoyed her first experience soaring in GVY this afternoon

Chris, Terry, Aljoscha, Stephan and Rolf (above) chatting after their flights today - top height above 10,000 feet

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Happy Birthday Ralph!!

Nothing like a "chip off the old block!" Aljoscha (above) a natural pilot just like his Dad Stephan enjoys an instructional flight in the EuroFox with Eddie

It was so lovely to see Daffi & Ralph yesterday. Daffi made the most delicious coffee cake in honour of birthday boy Ralph. Happy birthday Ralph!!

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Welcome Petr

Jim (above) had an enjoyable air experience flight with Rolf in GVY this afternoon

Father & son Stephan & Aljoscha have been making the most of the good soaring conditions flying in KYO and IIE - Cloud base 9000 feet


A warm welcome to Petr (above) who flew in to Melbourne early this morning. A big thank you to Johannes for meeting Petr and putting him on the train to Tocumwal.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

EuroFox taildragger training




From the top -Colin, Michael and James flew up from Hamilton for a 2 day taildragger course in the EuroFox

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Congratulations Aljoscha - Solo

Proud dad Stephan (above) and instructor Rolf (below) pictured with Aljoscha after his first solo this morning. Fantastic effort!!


David (above) took to the skies in IIE while Aljoscha (below) enjoyed his second solo flight of over two hours in GVY. Stephan headed off in KYO so it was great to see father and son soaring in their respective gliders.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Welcome Stephan & Aljoscha

A warm welcome to Stephan & Aljoscha who arrived from Germany late yesterday. Today they have been busy having check flights with Rolf

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Boys weekend

The crew; Jake, Rolf & Ed with Brett, Peter and Alan after their glider flights this afternoon

Brett, Peter and Alan give the thumbs up

David, Mark and Michael pictured just prior to David launching with Rolf in GVY

Mark (above) had a great first time soaring experience with Rolf in GVY

Friday, October 14, 2011

Warming up - 26 degrees at 1500hrs

Lovely to see Paula (above) who made the most of her stay in the Holiday Park enjoying a flight with Eddie

Adrian (above) sported a huge grin after completing his RAA and taildragger conversion earlier in the week

Paul (above) hopes to be back sooner rather than later to commence his cross country training

Graham (above) had a great time flying this morning in the EuroFox





Friday, October 7, 2011

Congratulations Paul - Solo

Jamie (above) is enjoying his instruction in the EuroFox with Eddie

Congratulations to Paul (above & below) who achieved his first solo today in the EuroFox - fantastic effort!!


Oh yes life can be a bugger at times - just another day in Paradise. Paul, Eddie, Vasant and Bernadette (above) enjoying the good life at SportAviation!!

Monday, October 3, 2011

Welcome Vasant

Lovely to see Ed's brother Dan and cousin Tess who called in today

Ed above with Jake has been busy with annual inspections this past week or so

Welcome back to Vasant (above) who enjoyed soaring for over 4 hours this afternoon in IIE. Cloud base of 6000'