Sunday, April 28, 2013

Denis and Norm take to the skies!

 Denis (above) really enjoyed his birthday gift of a glider fight.

 Lovely to see James and Tony (above) who flew in for a cuppa on their way home.

 Norm (above) and (below) discovered Tocumwal from the skies yesterday afternoon, gliding with Eddie in the Janus C-Turbo.


Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Peter & Cheryl go flying

 Peter (above) with Eddie has had an enjoyable few days flying the EuroFox.

 Cheryl (above) and (below) had a great first instructional flight with Eddie.


 Farewell to Pete and Cheryl (above) who head home early tomorrow. Look forward to seeing you both again one day!

Lovely to see Cam (above) who called in today for a chat with Eddie.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Glorious Autumn weather!

 Eddie & Jake (above) after a trip to Swan Hill  in the EuroFox nose wheel.

 Jake (above) doing the housework!

 Rolf (above) sharing a joke with Ed .

Max (above) had a great air experience flight with Eddie in the Janus C-Turbo.

Weather has been simply glorious with temperatures in the 20s.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Aunty Beat goes flying!

 Aunty Beat (above) with Eddie had an "amazing" flight over the district this morning in the EuroFox.

 Eddie and Aunty Beat taxiing for the runway (above) and (below) all smiles after landing.


 Chris (above) and (below) putting his glider to bed after some very good flights over Easter.


 Richard (above) kept tow pilot Jake very happy over the Easter break.

 Ashely (above) enjoyed a short flight with Eddie.

A bird in the hand...................keeps the swallows out of the hangar!

Monday, April 1, 2013

Soakin' up the serenity!

 Great to see Raymond, Toni, Nicholas and Maria (above) who called in for a cuppa this afternoon.

 Vasant and Bernadette enjoyed some local flying this morning in the nose wheel.

 Nicole and Richard (above) soakin' up the serenity in the caravan park. 

 Hang on a minute Nicole (above) - just a little bit of adjusting before we take off.

 Budding RAA pilots Glenda (above) and Ashely (below) had instruction with Eddie in the EuroFox.

 Nathan (below) honed his skills in the tail dragger with Ed.


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.