Deacon’s Blog

Managing Partial Power Loss Following Alex Trevett's excellent presentation on Managing Partial Power Loss on Tue 3 March, the link below is to the Australian Transport Safety Board report to which Alex referred.  Well worth a read, even if you attended the...

CAA Licence Rules Are Changing The CAA Licence Rules are changing on 1st October 2025.  Details can be found here Please address any questions to Deacon!

RY Differences RY and GA have significantly different avionics fits so Steve T has kindly developed a short list of the differences to help pilots manage flying both aircraft.  A copy of the list is at the link and also at the front of RY's Document Folder and the POH...

OUTBRIEF IN AC DOCS FOLDER There are now copies of the Outbrief and Inbrief in each ac document folder for use when you landaway

IER Training Material The button below will link to an IER page that has on it a video showing how to use the new 100 litre extinguisher and a brief on the Fire Buggy and a slide presentation of basic Fire Training.  All flying Club members should be familiar with...

Astral Aviation Consulting is contracted by the CAA to deliver the Safety Awareness campaign to the General Aviation community on their behalf. As part of this work, we host free online GA Safety Workshops on topics such as RT, PFLs, weather, human factors and...

Fire Training, Sat 29th March A 90litre fire extinguisher is fitted to the Fire Buggy and stand alone examples are located on the fuelling apron. These are shortly to be replaced by a new 100 litre model. A training session has been arranged by the Station for...

Dear Member, As we return to flying after a poor winter a refresher on TEM might be useful. The aim is to consider potential threats and errors for your flight and mitigate against them. The earlier you can do this, the better. For example, having a look on Windy/Met...