Southern Aviation, home of the Bunbury Flying School
December 2011 News
ON THE WING | DECVEMBER 2011 | VOLUME 1, ISSUE 12
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NEW YEAR, NEW BEGINNINGS
2012 could be the year for you! A new year, new possibilities, new dreams and ambitions. We all have them, and if we look we also have the opportunity to do something about them.
Many of us dream of being able to fly, whether it’s the call of the International Jets, showing tourists the wonders of Australia with charter flights over some of the best landscapes in the world, fighting fires with the Scouts and Water Bombers, crop dusting, or Corporate Jet flying.
These are just some of the flying jobs involving a Commercial and ATPL Pilot’s Licences. You don’t have to go this far….you can get your Private Pilot’s Licence or your Recreational Pilot’s Certificate, and fly just for the pure pleasure of it, taking friends with you in a fraction of the time it takes by road. We have never hit a kangaroo in the sky yet.
We have students aged between 14 and 75 learning to fly. Learning to fly is affordable and very rewarding.
We have much to offer, please phone us on 97254145, or call in and visit us. We are located at the Bunbury Airport, in the big red sheds as you come in through the airport gate.
Book a no-obligation trial flight now to see how good it is.
EMERGENCY SERVICES
Water bombers, Fire spotters, Flying doctor service, Police pilots, Search and Rescue…. Where would we be without these wonderful and dedicated pilots (men and women) who have gone through all the rigorous hundreds, even thousands of hours of training to provide these services to protect us. The conditions they fly in are quite often dangerous and challenging, and they do it all because we need them.
The flight training these people do is way beyond the basic pilot training. The skills and experience required take time (and finances) and many more exams, and those pilots are always honing their skills just to make sure they remain the best they can be.
Emergency Services might not be the most glamorous of aviation careers, but we would be lost without them.
WELCOME TO TASH
We would like to welcome Tash, our newest instructor, to our ranks! We are very proud to add her to our little family here and her pleasant bubbly personality and knowledge and expertise of flying makes her a joy to have around.
Message from Tash:
“Hi all, I’m Tash, a new instructor on the Bunbury team. I’m originally from little old NZ, but have spent a little over 3 years in Australia; 2 years on the Sunshine Coast (where the sun did not shine!) and a year and a half in the Wheatbelt here in WA. So on my days off you’ll find me at the beach! I enjoy being outdoors and all things sporting. I look forward to meeting you all, so please say hi if you see me around”.
IT DOES MAKE SENSE...
A lecturer at a university is giving a pre-exam lecture on time management. On his desk is a bag of sand, a bag of pebbles, some big rocks and bucket. He asks for a volunteer to put all three grades of stone into the bucket, and a keen student duly steps up to carry out the task, starting with the sand, then the pebbles, then the rocks, which do not all fit in the bucket.
"The is an analogy of poor time management," trills the lecturer, "If you'd have put the rocks in first, then the pebbles, then the sand, all three would have fit. This is much like time management, in that by completing your biggest tasks first, you leave room to complete your medium tasks, then your smaller ones. By completing your smallest tasks first you spend so much time on them you leave yourself unable to complete either medium of large tasks satisfactorily. Let me show you.."
And the lecturer re-fills the bucket, big rocks first, then pebbles, then sand, shaking the bucket between each so that everything fits.
"But Sir," says one student, slouched at the back of the theatre, "You've forgotten one thing.."
At which the student approaches the bucket, produces a can of lager, opens it and pours into the bucket. "No matter how busy you are," quips the student with a smile, "There's always time for a quick beer."
Weather Stats
Lowest Minimum = 10.5oC Wednesday 21st
Highest Minimum = 22.1oC Monday 12th
Lowest Maximum = 21.9oC Friday 30th
Highest Maximum = 37.0oC Wednesday 28th
Wettest Day 16.4mm on Tuesday 13th
Total monthly rainfall = 26.6mm
Windiest day was Tuesday 13th
All details obtained from www.bom.gov.au
Bunbury Airport
PO Box 1230
Bunbury, WA 6231
Phone: 08 9725 4145
Fax: 08 9725 7724
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