The August Namadgi Sports Flyers Club management committee meeting was held at the Calwell Club on 07 Aug 2023 starting at 7:30pm. At the ...
AVANZ #197
Posted on behalf of Allan Laycock.:
Plenty of old-timer or vintage plans and an interesting article on using scale RC models to investigate ...
Updated MAAA MOPs For Urgent Comment
The MAAA via the ACTAA has distributed draft of updated MOPS for urgent comment. The MOPs are “MOP015 Heavy Models “and “MOP030 ...
Remote ID Is A Thing In Australia?
The Federal Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts has released a discussion paper on ...
Helifield New Flying Times
The helifield is now trialing new flying times for Saturdays 10.00 to 13.00. John asks for only electric helis though.
John is also contacting ...
Old Timers
I mean the people not the aircraft. Hee hee.
CASA No-Fly Zones for 22-25 May Cancelled
NEW COMBO LOCK
A new combination lock has been fitted to the site shed door. The combination is the same as the padlocks. You may need to press the clear ...
Weatherstation Now Online For Flyers At Tharwa Field
The weatherstation that Don has been working on for Tharwa Field is now back online. In Don’s words:
I am pleased to report that I have ...
Geoff’s Planes For Sale
I have attached photos of the planes that Geoff has for sale. There are 4 Great Planes Extras and a Great Planes Ultra Sport. All of these ...
Weather Station removed for upgrade
The Weather Station has been removed for an anemometer upgrade. The current low-tech reed switch anemometer is proving to be inaccurate in winds above 25kph. It will be replaced with a pulse-type anemometer, which should be more accurate. Moving the temperature and humidity sensors outside is also planned. On the plus-side, the communications link works well and the mobile phone data usage is much lower than expected.
How To Check The Weather For Tharwa Field
At some time I guess we’ve all experienced the difference between what the weather is like at our home and what it is like when we get ...