Latest News by Ritz on November 6 2006

Sorry to all readers who have no connection to Sportavia in Australia. It must be boring to read this “stuff” but you can just skip it if you wish.
Yesterday I visited my first meeting as a member from the Murray Border Flying Club. They have 2 sections since a while one for power flying and one for gliding, but we are ONE club.
Great news after all the domestic items, as we heard that the club has a tow plane; a Maule has been bought by Tim and Bracy Cooke . It needs a hundred hourly and a tow hook and it will be ready to go.Great effort from Tim and Bracy and Geoff the president of the club.They all got a huge applause and the meeting ended on “a high”.
The club gets new members all the time. Yesterday 10 new were accepted!!!It is only 35 dollars to be a member from the club.So join in when you want to see gliding back in Toc again.!!!!!

At 2 the skies looked really great. The morning started with high nice clouds in the W. and E. just after 10 and also over the field.Up N. they disdappeaerd again. With 29 dgr. it is just fabulous weather and we hope to have gliders quick in the air now.It is weird to have great gliding weather and to see NO gliders up high. The one and only we saw , was the duo discus who after some training left behind the Scout to the Hunter Valley 2 days ago.

Ingo and Judy visit a gliding camp at Mount Beauty and will be back soon. Ingo is as you might know , the new CFI from the club.
There will be even better news soon!!!!! I will keep you updated.

We will say good bye tonight to Nathan, who leaves to go back to his partner Sue and to live in Cooma.
Nathan has been working SO hard. He deserves to be mentioned as a more then valuable staff member over the last couple of years he has been at Sportavia.Good luck Nathan and safe flying. He did after hanggliding, ultra light flying and gliding while being in Toc.A fabulous guy!!!!

Will keep in touch, Cheers Ritz