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January meeting was Buddy Day, where club members took buddies up flying. We had five pilots and their aircraft each flying two or so sorties during the afternoon.

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The club held a BBQ for its August 2009 meeting. Weather wise it was a poor day and there was not much flying. However, Rob W took prospective new member David W up for a flight in the Jabiru.

David W is a member of the West Beach Aviation Group and has a general all-round interest in aviation. Hopefully, we see you as a member soon David.

Aldinga Aero Club operated and Angel Flight to Warrnambool on 29 June 2009. The mission was to fly over and collect a passenger and return to Adelaide.

PILOT: Ted Goodfellow

AAC/VIDEO: David Hales

AIRCRAFT: VH-RNR (Baron)

PASSENGER: Janette

The opportunity was taken to record a substantial amount of video for a club record of the flight. Below are some stills taken on this mission.

Warrnambool

8,000 ft

Cloud Below

Coorong & Goolwa

The club video will be made available on our web site as soon as we attain the rights to the sound track.

The June meeting was a great success with close to 30 in attendance. Several aircraft arrived including Cessnas, Jabirous, Foxbat & two Sports Stars.

Stephen McGuiness arrived in an unusual way by Kayak via Onkaparinga River. Of course the Kayak joined the flight line

In all, a great day was had by everyone.

See the next issue of Go Round.

Carrier landing simulation.  (Contact Sean Leyden) Briefing 1000 hours.

BYO Barbeque. Approx 12-1230 hours.  

Anyone with an interest in aviation is welcome.

The support of the Aldinga Aero Club has assisted Angel Flight by transporting many of our patients and their families from all parts of South Australia (and even Victoria) for medical treatment in Adelaide hospitals.

This has been made possible by South Australian company, ElectraNet Pty Ltd, who has provided sponsorship funds to the Aldinga Aero Club to be used to help defray the costs associated with fuel used on flights performed by volunteer pilots from the Club.

Currently, Angel Flight assists our volunteer pilots by paying for all fuel used during the course of an Angel flight. This cost is currently in the vicinity of $40,000 per month.

The assistance of Aldinga Aero Club and ElectraNet has provided an invaluable benefit to Angel Flight by being able to utilise those funds to the benefit of the South Australian community.

The Club and its pilots have now flown many times to rural and regional areas of South Australia, making life just that little bit easier for people with sick family members to receive the medical treatment they so desperately need.

Angel Flight is proud to be associated with the pilots of Aldinga Aero Club, who are at the forefront of providing assistance to Angel Flight so we can make a difference to the people of Australia.

…Angel Flight

The Aldinga Aero Club & Angel Flight.

Electranet will be sponsoring Angel Flight, based out of the Aldinga Aero Club for the third year in a row. This was announced at a major function held at the Aero Club - the Leukaemia Foundation Charity Family Day.

This year the club will be holding several special events. Some are specifically for Aldinga Aero Club Members and others for charity.

• Sat May 30: Film Night for Members
• Sun Sep 13: Dawn Patrol. Briefing 0600
• Sun Nov 8: National Fun Flight Charity Day. Starlight Foundation & Camp Quality

Previus events this year included “Come fly with me. Family Day, Joyflights for Leukaemia foundation” back in March.

Today we begin the new Aldinga Aero Club Blog. We hope to keep you in the loop with latest information regarding the club and what it is doing.