An excellent article on ABC's 666 website featuring Canberra's ATC staff.

http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2013/06/14/3782105.htm?site=canberra

Just a reminder that we have an upcoming Pilot Night.  Speaker is Steve Young , RAAF Test Pilot.

The venue is the Majura Theatre, 11 Lancaster Place, Majura Park.

The time: 6 for 6.30 (pm) on Wednesday 15^th May. All welcome. Please come along and enjoy an interesting presentation in the lovely venue.

We usually dine out after the presentation and this evening will be no exception. Dining venue to be announced but we expect it to be close to Majura Park. Please let one of the social committee know if you are interested in dining.

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Dear Members

 My primary duty on the new(ish) Board is to produce the Newsletter.   Some of you have noted the distinct lack of Newsletters since I took up those duties.   That would be my fault.  

My apologies.

VH-RRJ, (a Piper Warrior) once a familiar sight on the grass at Canberra has returned and is now On-Line with the Aero Club. RRJ can be booked via the E-Allocator (follow the links as you do with other aircraft bookings). At $200ph tacho she's great value.

Hirers must have at least 3 take offs and landing in last 90 days. First time hirers must undergo an aircraft familiarisation session with the aircraft manager (or other person nominated by CAC) which may involve a familiarisation flight. Refer to Terms and Conditions under Aircraft/Documents above. Safe flying!

The recent club fly-away to lake Mungo was a great adventure for all who participated. 5 aircraft (plus 1 ring-in motor bike from Swan Hill) with 13 intrepid aviators and passengers ventured into the Australian outback over the weekend of 1st March 2013. The very strong easterlies made it a relatively quick flight to Mungo (north of Mildura), after a refueling stop for most at Griffith or Hay.

The Mungo strip is located just metres from the modern 4 1/2 star cabins. Catering at Mungo Lodge was excellent with very reasonably priced wine list, especially considering the remoteness of the area and the captive nature of the audience.

Aviation Colleagues

Having recently become a member of the Committee, I'm keen to contribute in whatever ways I reasonably can.

My ideas for contributing to the Club include:

- organising a visit to the Australian Rescue Coordination Centre (ever wonder why it's important to submit a SARTIME, and what happens if you don't cancel it?)

- showing how to change a spark plug or an inner tube (ever wonder what you should do if the magneto check doesn't work or the tyre's flat in the middle of nowhere?)

Local comedian Paddy Hornby is donating his services and performing for us at our Xmas party on 24 November (see the pdf notice below). Paddy is heavily involved in COMEDYACT and next years Comedy Festival. 

The inaugural Canberra Comedy Festival (CCF) will run from 19 to 23 March 2013.  The CCF team are currently in the process of finalising the list of international, national and local acts who will provide the Capital with its funniest week ever.  Keep a watch on festival website for more details: http://www.canberracomedyfestival.com.au

In the meantime, if you want to see great live comedy around town go to the COMEDYACT website at www.comedyact.com.au.  Subscribe to the mailing list while you are there and purchase your tickets for gigs online.

Last year a few members of the Club decided to form a syndicate to purchase a late model aircraft in the US.

Tom Flynn, who put the syndicate together, said: 'After lots of discussion we settled on a Cessna 182T because it has good range and excellent payload.  We found a good aircraft in Illinois which was within our budget and met our criteria.  We got a US LAME to inspect it. There were no problems with the aircraft so we bought it in early April.'

The syndicate decided to have the aircraft partially disassembled and shipped to Australia.  Tom said:  ‘We found it was a bit less expensive to ship compared to ferrying.  We contracted the company in Kansas which holds the Cessna contract for the export of all shipped Cessnas.  They did an excellent job disassembling, packing and shipping.  We were very pleased with their work.'