Author name: Geoff Eather

From Brian Cavenagh

Hi,  I thought the membership could benefit from seeing this pic. The local news up here announced that the weather radar would likely show false rain bands due to the RAAF conducting training off the Qld coast. The rain shown is metallic chaff released to defend a aircraft from heat seeking missiles.   It blows around […]

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From Brian Cavenagh

Hi,  I thought the membership could benefit from seeing this pic. The local news up here announced that the weather radar would likely show false rain bands due to the RAAF conducting training off the Qld coast. The rain shown is metallic chaff released to defend a aircraft from heat seeking missiles.   It blows around

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Scone Flyin 8th August

Scone Airport is the perfect location to meet halfway and reconnect general aviation in country NSW. Fill up a plane and bring your mates with the perfect excuse for a great day out! Fly-in from 10am with BBQ Lunch from 12pm RSVP here: https://forms.gle/9uuujXmQRYhBk5G17 (1 RSVP per plane) **This event will follow all applicable COVID

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Werner’s RV-12 update

Starting with Werner’s RV-12 news in February, progress to get the Little White plane flying has been made. WKU now waits in Hangar 8, right opposite the club house entrance. Several engine run-ups were done successfully, with the brakes getting a check. One cylinder was not retracting correctly and you could hear it ‘working’ all

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YCNK upgrade

Great news about the funding for the upgrade of YCNK.  I wonder what the chances of a E/W runway are (Buckley’s probably…)? It is good that things will be improved – just hope it won’t become too popular! I hope that, in due course, the Club will be given some idea of what we can

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