Sunday, March 31, 2013

Happy Easter!

 Lovely to see Ian and Joy (above) who flew in on Friday.

 Mark (above) in LN has enjoyed some local gliding over the past few days.

 Dale (above) had a fantastic first time gliding experience with Eddie in the Janus C-Turbo.

Hello Laurel - Tim (above) with Glenda and Graham is behaving himself and has once again cooked a mean roast pork in the camp oven.

 Earlier in the week we were delighted to have a visit from Tocumwal Pre-School. Eddie kept both children and adults entertained!

Vasant (above) with Ed tried out the EuroFox yesterday.

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Glenice enjoying retirement!


 Glenice (above) and (below) loved her retirement gift from Finley High School - a flight in the EuroFox with Eddie.

 Dolf (above) took to the skies late this morning.

 Kon (above) with Eddie and Lothar enjoyed some local flying in HDK this afternoon.

 David (above) gave the thumbs up after a terrific flight in the EuroFox.

 Jake took brother Dale (above) for a local flight.

Kel (above) was all smiles after a lesson with Eddie in the Nose Wheel.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

"Orange Knights" ride into town

 The " Orange Knights" -Kyle, Shane, Joanne, Younes and John (above) are all State Emergency Service volunteers. They rode up to Tocumwal from Melbourne for lunch with the local S.E.S. group.

 John (above) went for a local flight with Eddie in the EuroFox. Younes (below in the royal blue) was a past gliding student of Eddie's when they were both young men!

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Mike's video

  Eddie and Stu (above) arrive back  after picking up Rozzie from Albury Airport today.

 Frank (above) enjoyed a birthday flight with Eddie in the Janus C-Turbo.
 Terry (above) and David (below) put in some good soaring earlier in the week.


Great to see Rhys (above) who called in for a chat with Ed.

Here is the link to Mike's video 
 



Monday, March 11, 2013

Absolutely glorious weather!!

 Mark (above) mixed it with the big guns on the OLC with high scores over the past few days.

 Tim (above) picked a great weekend to come up to Toc with some excellent flights in the Pik 20D.

 Gron (above) gave the thumbs up after flying his first solo in the Twin Astir.

 Ray (above)  - Gorgeous vintage car, vintage glider and one handsome looking ..................pilot.

 Terry (above) trying to talk some sense into Eddie.

Congratulations to Chris (above) who had a first on the OLC yesterday with a 640km FAI triangle. Cumulus was up to 10,000 feet cloud base. Chris tried to follow the cloud streets not circling except for a low point on the first leg that worked nicely.




Sunday, March 3, 2013

Congratulations Mitch and Jamie!

 Farewell to Kari (above at the Golf Club) and (below with Dieter) getting JJ ready to put in the trailer. Kari had a great time in Tocumwal and enjoyed some excellent flights in JJ. See you next season Kari. No more Eskimo Pies in the freezer!!


 Congratulations to Mitch (above) with Eddie who has completed his first solo glider flight - fantastic effort!!
 Congratulations also to Jamie (above) with Eddie and (below) with Jo in the EuroFox Nosewheel. Jamie achieved his passenger rating earlier in the week - Terrific!

 Johanna and Lena (below) discovered Tocumwal from above soaring in UIZ with Rolf.

 Shane (below) had a fantastic first time gliding experience with Eddie in UIZ this afternoon.