(A note: This blog has largely been superseded by the weekly newsletter one. All events can be found there)

ATC flip day round 2

Saturday the 20th October is International Day of the Air Traffic Controller.
To celebrate this day, CTFC will be hosting an ATC flip day.
(If you recall, the last one was rained out earlier this year...the weather WILL be perfect this time!)

The idea is to take the controllers and assistants flying from 12-2, and then braai/party after.

If you can help in anyway, be it flying or braai-ing or anything in between, please let me know.
(email: garethpinnock@gmail.com)

PIA welcomed to CTFC --> 16 June

On Saturday the 16 June Christian Marais, Alexia Michaelides, Rafi Weiner and Gareth Pinnock flew up to George to collect the newest addition to the fleet - Tomahawk PIA.
Christian and Rafi flew back in Christian's 210, while Alexia and Gareth had the honour of been the first in CTFC to fly PIA.


The first sight of PIA, in a hangar at FAGG















Pouring over our new plane
















The team at FAGG (left to right) Gareth, Alexia, Christian and Rafi















Home, sweet home. PIA on CTFC's apron.

ATC/Met Flip Day 10 June

Chantal van Steijn from ATNS, and Gareth Pinnock from CTFC got together to organise a "flip day" for ATNS and met office staff. The idea was for pilots fro mFACT,FAFK and FASH to meet at CTFC and to take them on a flight to show them "the other side", and then to do some socialising round a braai.

The planning was perfect, except for the weather. Our weekend fell in the middle of about 40 days and 40 nights of rain.

But the social went well, and the flying has been postponed to a later date!

Some of the aircraft the met at CTFC's apron






























































Some cold ATNS people
















And some more cold ATNS

















Where most of the day was spent!

ATC/ MET flip day 10 June at CTFC

A while back, a number of Cape Town aviators met at CTFC to take our local ATC's for a flip (for many, their first time in a "little" plane).

This year, we would like to invite them into the skies again, and we will be extending the invitation to the Met office and ATNS (thereby ensuring good weather and no orbits!)

If you would like to volunteer to donate and fly some flying time, or be involved in any way, please pm me.

The idea so far is to get planes from Cape Town and the local airfields, do a flip, and then have a good old fashioned braai followed by bar talk. Braai to commence around 12!

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Social 11 May

There will be a party at the club on Friday the 11 May. Christian and Alexia will be starting off behind the bar, and the fires will be blazing outside.

Snacks will be available, and if you want to use the flames, feel free to bring your meat!
There will also be awards handed out, so we are all looking forward to congratulating our students.

See you all on Friday

Club social 11 May

The Flying Club will be having a braai and general "get together" on the 11 May. Feel free to bring your family or friends.

Join others at the club and talk shop and see all the new faces. The bar will obviously be open, and the fires will be roaring.

See you all there!

FAWC night Circuits --> G Pinnock

Unfortunatly, after all Linda Hodgkinson's planning, the weather Australiarized us (as in "shattered all our plans"). So for the umpteenth time, the circuits had to be cancelled at the last minute.

Not to be outdone, we managed to hold Peter Erasmus hostage and we flew our circuits at Cape Town. By the time that last plane had returned, Krassimere had the braai going and the food cooking.

So even though the venue was changed, a good evening involving flying was had (except by Linda's Weather Fairy, which was laughing too hard).

As an aside, Linda has apparantly offered her services as a rain maker to the UN. Hopefully the next event happens at our destination rather than the alternate! :)

Braai master Krassimere and his wife, and Linda

Cricket....thats all I'm going to say

Some of the pilots behind the natural habitat (aka bar)

Night Circuits At FAWC 14 April --> Linda Hodgkinson

Things are on track for our planned flight to Nadini and then on to FAWC on 14 April. Many of the aircraft have already been booked but if you hurry you may be lucky enough to get one. If you have missed out, let Linda know if you would like to share a flight. If you were one of the lucky ones to get a plane and have a spare seat, also let Linda know and she will put you in contact with one another.

Details regarding the catering arrangements (the plan is for everyone to bring their own, but there will be economies of scale we can avail ourselves of, I’m sure) will be discussed closer to the time as will the time and place for the pilot briefing before departure.

For those who missed last week’s newsletter, here is the airfield info again:

Airfield info according to Airfields Directory:

FAWC: S33 40 E019 25.00

Runway: 15/33 1600m.

Remember to stay on the dam side of the airfield at all times, i.e. right hand circuit if 15 is in use – pilot briefing to take place before the event.

Fuel: to be confirmed closer to the time

Landing fees: waived (thanks Dick Henry)

Nadini: S33 27 39.6 E019 51 30.0

Runway: 11/29 1600m gravel. Extra care should be taken with the a/c during run-up – also to be discussed at pilot briefing.

Fuel: no

Landing fees: none

You are also welcome to bring the family up by car and spend the day with us if you don’t want to fly.

SEE YOU THERE!

Contact: Linda Hodgkinson for more information