Club Calendar available for order..

Thanks to the stalwart efforts of some Club members, a 2011 Calendar is now available for pre-order from the Club Line Crew. Priced at just $30 (taxes included) the calendar features recent aerial views of Kingston that will delight friends and relatives. Pre-payment will ensure delivery by mid December, making this an ideal Christmas present. Perhaps you have business associates who would like to have aerial pictures on display each month..

A sample calendar is available for review at the Club. Do have a look when you're next there.

Fall Colours...

Despite some very unpleasant weather recently, opportunities have arisen to get up and enjoy the Fall colours locally. The two pictures were taken in early October.

AGM reports a bumper year...

Saturday saw the Club's Annual General Meeting held out at the Airport. Attendance was fairly good, but it was a great flying day and absentees may well have been taking advantage of that fact. Reports revealed that 2009, due to the extraordinary efforts of our Board and Club staff was a really good year for us. That said, challenges remain and we all have a part to play in promoting the remarkable services we offer and the opportunities we can extend to many more people. Let's make 2010 an even better year...

Ice Pilots ONT - or the Fly-Out Lunch in Lindsey (CNF4)

It was Avery's suggestion last week that members fly out for a meal in Lindsey - and he got a pretty good take-up on it. Four aircraft (GPOO, GNEU, GTBD, FEAN) and 9 aircrew made the trip, which was good fun, in excellent, but frigid conditions. The food at the airport restaurant, as you can see, was well worth the effort. Add a 20 knot headwind into the equation and you'll see on the accompanying video (click here) that the outbound journey was quite a bit slower than the one made homeward.

Great fun - and a template for future Winter outings... Suggestions for the next destination, anyone ?

Oshkosh Countdown underway... 218 days to go..

In case there's anyone out there who hasn't heard yet, there are several Club members heading for the Experimental Aircraft Association's Airventure in Oshkosh next Summer. I guess the initiative came from Avery, who attended in 2009. He inspired Mike and James to make the decision to fly in for the 2010 event. Then, Darren and Ken indicated interest, and when Dave heard about the trip, he signed up too. The more the merrier. There are side trips planned, perhaps, to Sporty's Pilot Shop and the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. These would be made either on the way to, or the on the way home from, the main event. Keep an eye on the blog for more news.

By the way, highlights of Airventure in 2010 will include the 75th anniversary of the DC-3 or Dakota, with a mass attendance of these remarkable aircraft, and a similar celebration of the Piper Cherokee, which clocks up 50 years as one of the World's most popular aircraft designs.

Club Newsletter (DRAFT) up for consideration..

An initiative to produce an occasional newsletter for the Club has resulted in the posting of a mock-up on the Club website in time for the annual Aviation Dinner this coming Saturday. Everyone's encouraged to have a look and let us have comments (on this weblog will do fine..)

We'd be particularly interested to know if there are areas of interest you'd like to see addressed in a newsletter. For example; aviation book reviews, articles about aircraft types, local aviation history and so on. The choice is yours...