TEFC - RAA

Our Karl wins GYFTS Scholarship

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:11:00 +1000

For the first time since the inception of the GYFTS scholarship, a young Territory pilot at the Top End Flying Club has been awarded one of the annual scholarships. Karl Staben who has not only been learning to fly at the Top End Flying Club is also often seen helping out around the club at working bees and is a very deserving recipient of this scholarship.

The 'Giving Young People Flight Training Support' [GYFTS] fund was launched at NATFLY 2008. The intention is to provide scholarships to deserving and capable young flyers that enable them to continue their flight training http://www.raa.asn.au/students/gyfts.html.

Congratulations to Karl and to Phil. Young student pilots are our future and instructors and chief flying instructors nurture that future.

Karl Staben - GYFTS Scholarship Recipient

Video Conferencing - free and cuts down on costs

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:36:00 +1000

I wrote an article over on my blog about Acrobat.com the other day and recommend that those on the board of RA-Aus read it and establish an account. It is free and we can trial its use for meetings (admittedly only three people at a time) but those who can and are willing will be able to see how this works better than a normal phone conversation.

http://www.xsymetrix.com.au/share/index.cfm/2010/3/21/Acrobatcom-free-video-conferencing-using-Adobe-Connect

I have established a room and I am very happy with the video quality for a service that is hosted out of North America.

Natfly this Easter

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:09:00 +1000

Don't forget that NatFly is on again this Easter, but in a different location. Temora. Check out what is going to be happening by visiting http://www.auf.asn.au/natfly/index-natfly.html as well as http://www.aviationmuseum.com.au/ and http://www.temora.nsw.gov.au/ .

I googled for videos from YouTube and sadly there is not much to report on. I did discover a picasa album http://picasaweb.google.com/Pylon500/UltralightsIVeFlown#slideshow/5200936642641628882 which will present as a slideshow of a wide range of early ultralights flown in Australia.

For those who are going to NatFly 2010 - take some footage, tag it as natfly, raa, 2010, temora and upload it to YouTube. Then with a combined effort we could present a single web page with videos and words telling a story of Natfly for those of us who can't make it.

CASA's presentation on Sport Aviation

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:21:00 +1000

A couple of weeks ago I attended the board meeting for RA-Aus in Canberra. This meeting saw our new CEO Robbie Costmeyer involved in the board meeting. Most of what can be published will come through the magazine, but there are a couple of items that are worth sharing here.

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