Easter coming fast!!

Sadly, lifetime pilot and good friend Ray Waller passed away last week. Fond memories of Ray our ours to treasure. A true gentleman who made the world a better place.

 

 Rob (above) has been taking advantage of the good weather riding his motorbike over for instruction in the EuroFox.

 Nicholas (above) with his enthusiastic ground crew had a fantastic first time gliding experience in the twin astir.

Ah the serenity!! Brenda & Brian (above) are all set up for a few weeks camping in the caravan park.

Looks like Easter is coming around fast!!

Mild weather!!

 Golfers, Geoff, Bob and Theo (above) experienced gliding for the first time earlier in the week.

Verdict -Terrific!!

 Great to see Glenda and Graham who called in for the weekend.

 Chris (above) with the lovely Beth completed his biannual flight review.

Tow pilot James (above) has had a busy summer!

Weather a lot milder now with thermals through to about 7000ft.

UE at sunset

 Harry (above) and John & Chris (below) all experienced terrific flights with Eddie in UIZ.

 Rob (above) is continuing instruction with Eddie in the EuroFox nose wheel.

 Kevin & Geoff (above) enjoyed their first glider flights so much that they returned for another soaring experience.

 A great photo of UE at sunset taken by Richard.

 Golf was put on hold when Derek (above) took to the skies in the Twin Astir.

Cumulus (above) forming from the stubble fire.

Labour Day long weekend

 Mark (above) enjoyed his first instructional flight in the EuroFox with Eddie this morning and (below) experienced gliding also for the first time this afternoon. Terrific!!

 Richard and Nicole (above) have had a pleasant few days at SportAviation.

 John (above) preparing to launch in YZT.

 Wayne, Paula, Tim and Laurel (above) enjoying a bit of down time over the weekend.

 Wayne (above) has had some good flights in the Pik 20D.

 Kay and Benne (above)  experienced gliding for the first time. Verdict -fantastic!!

Rolf (above) picked a lovely afternoon to go for a flight in the Twin Astir.

Time is Marching On!

 Farewell to Shinji, Shiro and Soichi (above and below) with Eddie taking down the Japanese flag.

We hope to see you all in 2016!!

 Bill (above) uploading his flight to the OLC.

 John, pictured above with his lovely wife had a fabulous air experience flight with Rolf in UIZ.

 Judi (above) enjoyed her birthday gift soaring with Eddie in the Twin Astir.

 Terrific to see Rod (above) who has had the best of both worlds during his stay -gliding and flying with Ed in the EuroFox.

 Scott (above) had a great first time flight with Eddie in the Nose Wheel.

 Eddie and Tim (above) checking out the weather.

Lachlan (above) had a good flight with Ed- flying home from Horsham. 

Temperature today at 1500hrs 29 degrees. March already - will be Easter before we know it! Time goes fast when you're having fun!!

Intense trough

 Farewell to Tsuneo and Tai (above) who have headed home to Japan. Both enjoyed their flying at SportAviation. See you next season!

 Tsuneo (above) in IIE.

 Welcome to Soichi (above) with Eddie checking out IIE.

Graham  flew his Twin Commanche PBH (above) in for a visit over the weekend.

 Congratulations to Shinji (above) who has flown his first declared 300km - Terrific!!

Shiro (below) has continued to have some good flights in KYO. 

We have had an intense trough that has been in the area for about 6 weeks making the conditions unpredictable.

Congratulations Shiro!

 Jenny (above) with partner Dennis and (below) with Ed and Rolf enjoyed a taste of gliding.

 Welcome to Tsuneo, Shiro and Shinji (above) with Taichi.

 Shiro and Shinji (above) in the briefing room.

 Tsuneo (above) with Eddie and Taichi preparing to fly with Terry in the Janus C-Turbo.

 Lovely to see Graham (above) with Terry.

 A nice shot of YZT (above).

Congratulations to Shiro (above) who flew his first 500kms in KYO -Fantastic effort!!

Temperature rising

 Farewell to Stephan (above) who has had a terrific fortnight of soaring in KYO.

 Farewell also to the "Golden" couple Lis and Bjorn (above) and (below) with Eddie taking down the Norwegian flag.

 Welcome to Taichi (above) and (below). Taichi has already had some good flights in IIE.

 John (above) and Lothar (below) getting ready to launch this morning.

Mark (above) has enjoyed a long weekend of soaring in SH.

Temperature is rising with the maximum at 1500hrs -39 degrees.