ON THE WING | AUGUST 2011 | VOLUME 1, ISSUE 8
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FLIGHT TRAINING

We all know that we do several categories of flight training here, ie, Recreational (Ultralight), and General Aviation (both Private Pilot’s Licence and right through to Commercial for those who want a great career in the aviation industry. 

We also now go to Kalgoorlie once a fortnight on the weekend to give those out there the opportunity to learn to fly.  We send an instructor and a plane (ultralight category) off to Kalgoorlie and so far this is working really well.  It’s a remote area and the population there also deserve to experience the varied opportunities many of us take for granted.  These remote areas are very well suited for light aircraft travel due to the distances between towns, and a RA-Aus (Recreational Aviation Australia) licence is very achievable and cost effective.

Please ask us about the flight training right for you.

STAFF NEWS

We have some new additions to our staff line up. 

Welcome to Evan O’Connell, who is a new flight instructor here. Evan was mainly kept busy with whale watching flights and passenger scenics before moving here from New Zealand.  We will now teach him how to be an Aussie.

We also welcome Neil Jenke, who comes to us from England.  Neil is a ground instructor and will be instructing all things to do with flight theory.  He is here with his lovely new wife Mina.

Shannon McKeon has also just returned after surgery, your new nose looks beautiful Shannon.  Another instructor, David Giret, now divides his time between flying planes and riding his new motorbike.

The rest of us stay out of their way.

Weather Stats

Lowest min  -  1.3o  Thurs 4 Aug
Highest min  -  15.4o  Sun 21 Aug
Lowest max  -  15.8o  Wed 3 Aug
Highest max  -  22.1o  Sun 21 Aug and Mon 29 Aug
Wettest day  -  47.4mm  Mon 22 Aug
Total August rainfall was 112.8mm
Windiest day  -  31 kmh  Sun 14 Aug
Strongest windgust  -  78 kmh recorded at 13:06 on Mon 15 Aug
Sunrise end August, around 06:05

Sunset  end August, around 18:25Info for Bunbury from www.bom.gov.au 

Really...

Overheard on an American Airlines flight into Amarillo, Texas, on a particularly windy and bumpy day.  During the final approach the Captain was really having to fight it.  After an extremely hard landing, the Flight Attendant came on the PA and announced, “Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Amarillo.  Please remain in your seats with your seatbelts fastened while the Captain taxis what’s left of our airplane to the gate!”

1. You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck.
2. Helicopters can't fly; they're just so ugly the earth repels them.
3. If all you can see out of the window is ground that's going round and round and all you can hear is commotion coming from the passenger compartment, things are not at all as they should be.
4. In the ongoing battle between objects made of aluminum going hundreds of miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per hour, the ground has yet to lose.
5. Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgment.
6. It's always a good idea to keep the pointy end going forward as much as possible.
7. Keep looking around. There's always something you've missed.
8. Remember, gravity is not just a good idea. It's the law. And it's not subject to repeal.
9. The three most useless things to a pilot are the altitude above you, runway behind you, and a tenth of a second ago

Bunbury Airport
PO Box 1230
Bunbury, WA 6231

Phone:  08 9725 4145

Fax:  08 9725 7724

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