Farewell Fran & Sergio

Zach and Terry prepare to head off to Bendigo in the Janus

Chris (above) enjoyed a two hour flight in CH

Farewell to Fran & Sergio (above with Ingo) who head home tomorrow. Fran has had a marvellous time gliding with Ingo in the Blanik over the past few days.
Temperature at 1500hrs 25 degrees

Pleasant day

Marinus (above) has travelled from Melbourne for instruction in the EuroFox with Eddie

Fran (above with Ingo and Sergio) had another great days flying with Ingo in the Blanik

Jake called in to say hello and ever helpful manouvered the Janus into the hangar

Jake, Terry, Eddie Shaun, Nev and Zach at the end of the days flying with all the gliders put to bed.

Ralph enjoyed a local flight today in IIE and Mark also enjoyed his flight in LN before he heads home to Bendigo tomorrow. Thanks for a great week Mark!!

Temperature at 1500hrs a pleasant 26.3 degrees.

Go gliding!!

Kel gives Terry a hand in readiness for launching

Stephan and Michael (above) both had excellent flights in blue conditions yesterday. Stephan flew 584km in his LS4 while Michael flew 512kms in UE

Mark in the PW5 also had a great flight yesterday clocking up 326km

Terry, Stephan, Mark and Ralph hope to put in some good flying this afternoon while Fran and Ingo are yet to launch in the Blanik

Plenty of flying

Paul (above) continued his Nav training with Eddie early this morning

Ingo & Fran had a great time in the Blanik this afternoon

Andrew took to the skies in GVY

Dave enjoyed soaring in HDK

From yesterday a terrific photo of Grant in the Cirrus courtesy of Zach.

Michael has not long landed in UE while Stephan in KYO and Mark in LN are on their way home

Will & Ashley try gliding

The Bendigo contingent -Ralph, Mark and Phil (above) all enjoyed a good days flying.

Will (above and below) had a great first experience of gliding today in the Janus

Ashley also gave the thumbs up after his flight in the Janus
this afternoon

Michael (above with Zach) flew over 400 kms in UE while Stephan in KYO once again flew over 500kms - fantastic effort!! Bob (also originally from Bendigo) enjoyed his flight in HD and Grant in the Cirrus certainly blew a few cobwebs out. Francis experienced gliding in the Janus with Terry. A big thanks to Phil (from Bendigo) for a great job towing and Terry, Ralph and Zach for your terrific help.

Stephan flies 515kms in difficult conditions

Zach was kept busy today with check flights and instruction

Steve (above) took to the skies mid afternoon then partner Rondelle joined him for another flight. He hopes to be back soon for more of the same.

Welcome to Mark from Bendigo (above with Ralph) who has joined us for a few days flying

Fran (above with partner Sergio) was well prepared with Zinc cream in place for her flights with Zach today.

Stephan (above) had a great flight once again in KYO. Stephan flew 515kms in
difficult conditions - fast down -slow up!!

Welcome Stephan and Fran

Eddie & Zach were all smiles after another great day at SportAviation

Welcome to Stephan (above with Ralph) who flew 222kms today in difficult conditions.
Fran has also joined us for a few days and is looking forward to getting back into gliding.

Happy birthday Brian

Brian (above with Eddie) received a great birthday present with a flight in GVY this afternoon.


Keith (above) had a fabulous flight with Zac soaring over the Murray river and was even able to spot his campsite.

Farewell and good luck to Mal who had a terrific day yesterday in CW with a flight of well over 300kms. Ralph and Terry also flew and are back again today in IIE and PC respectively. A big welcome to Michael who has just arrived and is looking forward to some good flying over the next few weeks.
Late news -Terry has not long landed with a fantastic flight of 619kms.

Weather improving!!

Zach and Terry above with Andrew enjoyed soaring in GVY this afternoon

Mal (above) along with Terry and Ralph (below) as well as Bob all made the most of the conditions today enjoying good flights.

Temperature at 1500hrs 33.2 degrees

Hot dusty days followed by cooling rain

Grant, Tim and Chris discussing the merits of the Janus CT

The past few days has seen the temperature soar into the 40's. Yesterday was hot, windy & dusty with limited visibility however; this morning we woke to lovely rain falling softly on the tin roof. Zach has had to contend with the hot conditions (as well as jet lag) since arriving from Canada last Saturday. He has coped extremely well and is doing a great job working with Eddie. Temperature at 1500hrs a mild 22 degrees.