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 ?

Time to spare, go by air - FALSE...

No names will be mentioned, but one of our members put the lie to the old saw about 'time to spare..' this week. Having spent nearly three frustrating hours waiting for VIA to show up with a delayed train, he called the Club and said, "do you have an aircraft free..? "

And the result, a much quicker trip to Toronto with just the same convenience as rail services provide - delivery right downtown, but on time and after a much more pleasurable experience.

Hats off to the Club for making this possible - and kudos to the enterprising member who came up with the idea...

Perhaps it will catch on...

if you want a hint about who the member was, check out this video - beautifully shot and edited by Sushee...