November 2007
12 pilots, gusty winds below 1500',
beautifully smooth above
Blind Circuit
1st George Northey (100), 2nd Rod Davison (88), 3rd David Mitchell (84)
Instrument Clim to 3000'
1st Rod Davison (100), 2nd George
Northey (96) 3rd Bruce Dunlop (93)
Forced Landing from 2500'
1st Bruce Dunlop (83), 2nd Rod Davison (50),
3rd Mark Whatson (48)
Overall
1st Bruce Dunlop (234), 2nd Rod Davison (228), 3rd George Northey (186)
October 2007
8 pilots, tricky conditions, windy and turbulent
Forced Landing
1st Mike Coulter (58), 2nd Lyndal Coote (55)
Steep Turns
1st Rod Farley & Mike Coulter (80), 2nd George Northey (75), 3rd Bruce Dunlop & Ray Lind (70)
Instrument Climb to 3000'
1st George Northey (100), 2nd Rod Farley (98), 3rd Mike Coulter (97)
Overall
1st Mike Coulter (215), 2nd Lyndal Coote (194), 3rd Rod Farley (178)
September 2007
1400rpm Stuck Throttle
1st Mike Coulter (50), 2nd George Northey, Lyndal Coote, Bruce Dunlop (40), 3rd Ray Lind (30)
Instrument Climb to 3000'
1st George Northey & Jack Terp (98), 2nd Mike Coulter (96), 3rd Adam Booker (94)
Forced Landing from 2500'
1st Mike Coulter (78), 2nd Bill Coote (63), 3rd George Northey (67)
Overall
1st Mike Coulter (214), 2nd George Northey (195), 3rd Bruce Dunlop (172)
August 2007
Sunny day, light southeasterly, 10 pilots
Blind Circuit
1st George Northey (78), 2nd Adam Booker (77), 3rd Mike Coulter (74)
1500' Instrument Climb
1st Geroge Northey/ Rod Farley/ Mike Coulter
(81), 2nd Bruce Dunlop (77), 3rd Barry Williams (76)
1500' Forced Landing
1st Bruce Dunlop (152), 2nd Adam Booker (107), 3rd Mike Coulter (98)
Overall
1st Bruce Dunlop (255), 2nd Adam Booker (249), 3rd Mike Coulter (243)
July 2007
Cold windy clear day, 13 pilots
Instrument Climb to 3000'
Ist Mike Coulter (100), 2nd Rod
Davison (97),3rd Jack Terp (96)
Steep Turns
1st Rod Farley (80), 2nd Mike
Coulter (75), 3rd Ray Lind, Bruce Dunlop, Barry Williams, Bob Small,
Rod Davidon (70)
Forced Landing from 2500'
1st Jack Terp (87), 2nd Barry
Williams (85),
3rd Mike Coulter (72)
Overall
1st Jack Terp (248), 2nd Barry
Williams (246), 3rd Mike Coulter (237)
June GA Competition
Cold windy day, 10 pilots
Instrument Climb to 2000'
1st Mike Coulter (81), 2nd Adam
Booker (76), 3rd Rod Farley & Lundal Coote (75)
Forced Landing from 1500'
1st Mike Coulter (90), 2nd Rod
Farley (66), 3rd Bruce Dunlop (44)
500' Circuit with Spot Landing
1st Mike Coulter (100), 2nd Ray
Lind (85), 3rd Bruce Dunlop
Overall
1st Mike coulter (271), 2nd Rod
Farley (216), 3rd Bruce Dunlop (208)
May 2007 Tri-Club
at Taree
The competition sequence was one blind circuit with a spot landing
over a fence followed by a normal circuit with a flapless spot landing.
Air points were awarded at 50% if pilots failed to land in a box,
hence the low scores for many. It was very tricky!
Winner
Royal Newcastle
Highest Individual Score
Rod Davison (164)
HDFC Results
Rod Davison (164); George Northey (147); Gregg Faulkner (141); Bruce
Dunlop (117); Mark Whatson (86); Mike Copulter (36.5); Lyndal Coote
(32.5); Dave Mitchell (30); Bill Coote (28.5)
May 2007
GA Competition
11 pilots competing of the Vern Polley Trophy and prize money of
$100, $60 and $40 respectively
Blind Circuit with Glide Landing
from 1000'
1st Rod Davison (132), 2nd Adam
Booker (96), 3rd (Barry Willimas (88)
Normal Circuit with Flapless
Landing into Box
1st George Northey (132), 2nd Adam Booker (123), 3rd Mark Whatson (116)
Overall
1st Rod Davison (238), 2nd Adam
Booker (209), 3rd Barry Williams (188)
Fly n Spy 2007
1st Rod Davison & team in FPT (45/65)
2nd George Northey & Richard O'Neill
in the Foxbat (42/65)
3rd David Cooke & team in a Beach Bonanza
(42/65)
April 2007
GA Competition
12 pilots
1000' Blind
Circuit with Spot Landing
1st Ray Lind (118), 2nd Lyndal
Coote (108). 3rd George Northey & Bruce Dunlop
(102)
Instrument
Climb to 2000'
1st Rod Farley & Mike Coulter (81), 2nd Bruce Dunlop (78), 3rd Jack Terp & George Northey
(77)
Forced Landing
from 1500'
1st Bill Coote & Ray Lind (90), 2nd Bruce Dunlop (87), 3rd George Northey (83)
Overall
1st Ray Lind (270), 2nd Bruce
Dunlop (257), 3rd George Northey (252), 4th Lyndal Coote (250)
March 2007 Competition
10 pilots, Bill and
Lyndal Coote arrived by Jodel from Taree and had an anxious moment
on departure from YPMQ due to a right foot on the brake making it
difficult to maintain runway heading with the left rudder. BNL became
airborne at 50knts in a nose high attitude. Bill managed to recover
and the return flight to Taree was uneventful.
1400 rpm Stuck
Throttle Spot Landing
1st Bruce Dunlop (50), 2nd Mark Whatson (40), 3rd Bill Coote (30)
Instrument
Climb
1st George Northey & Rod Farley (81), 2nd Rod Davison (78), 3rd Mike Coulter (77)
Forced Landing
from 1500'
1st Ray Lind (100), 2nd Bill Coote
(82), 3rd Mike Coulter (80)
Overall
1st Bruce Dunlop (205), 2nd Ray
Lind (174), 3rd Rod Davison (168) 4th Bill Coote (166)
February 2007 GA Competition
at Gloucester
A very tight river
bash along the Avon River from Stratford to the Gloucester Airfield
1st George Northey (80), 2nd Adam
Booker, Bruce Dunlop & Rod Davison (60), 3rd Mike Coulter & Mark Whatson (50)
500' Spot Landing
1st Mike Coulter (70), 2nd Mark
Whatson (60), 3rd George Northey (55)
Overall
1st George Northey (135), 2nd Mike Coulter (120), 3rd Bruce Dunlop, Rod Davison
& Mark Whatson (110)
January 2007
GA Competition
The January competition
included an instruments climb to 3000’ followed by steep turns to
consolidate co-ordinated flying skills and a forced landing with
simulated flap failure. 9 pilots flew on the day which was very
gusty at times and extremely warm. Our thanks to the ground judges
who had to stand out in the sweltering conditions.
Instrument Climb to 3000’
1st George Northey (96), 2nd Adam
Booker (94), 3rd Bruce Dunlop & Rod Farley
(90)
Steep Turns
at 2500’
This exercise became rather tricky at the end as we lost our vacuum
pump and had no attitude indicate to show an exact 45º turn
1st Jon Maguire (80), 2nd George
Northey & Rod Farley (70), 3rd David Mitchell
& Bruce Dunlop (60)
Forced Landing
from 2500’ (In gusty conditions only 4 pilots scored a box)
1st Adam Booker (97), 2nd David
Mitchell (72), 3rd Mark Whatson (59)
Overall
1st Adam Booker (241), 2nd David
Mitchell (217), 3rd Rod Farley (213)
December January
Steve O'Connor Memorial Naviagation Trial
1st Adam
Booker, 2nd Rod Davison, 3rd Mike Coulter, 4th Bill Coote
November 2006 Competition
10 pilots, a hot and muggy
day with patchy low cloud
Instrument Climb
to 3000'
1st Jack Terp (100), 2nd Rod Farley
(98), 3rd Bruce Dunlop (97)
Forced Landing with
Altimeter Covered
1st Mike Coulter (87), 2nd Rod Davison
(82), 3rd Jack Terp (53)
500' Circuit with
Spot Landing
1st Rod Davidon (100), 2nd Bruce Dunlop
(90), 3rd Adam Booker (80)
Overall
1st Rod Davidon (258), 2nd Mike Coulter
(216), 3rd Jack Terp (208)
October
2006 Competition
Our October
competition was held at Kempsey, hosted by the warm hearted Kempsey pilots
and their partners. The weather was very suspect but seemed clear enough
to the west of the coast so we decided to go ahead. FPT was flown up with
4 pilots, Bruce Dunlop and Mark Whatson hired VH-YHX, and other pilots
drove. Though we had intermittent showers all day the flying continued
without any problems.
After breakfast
and coffee with the Kempsey pilots we started our competition with a very
exacting “River Bash”. Pilots were required to follow the sharp twists
and turns of the Macleay River for about 5 miles west, maintaining exactly
600’, keeping the aircraft coordinated at all times and staying in the
centre of the river. It was very challenging and exciting, especially
keeping the aircraft over the centre of a river that was very narrow with
sharp turns in sections.
River
Bash
1st Rod Davison (90), 2nd Bruce Dunlop,
Jon Maguire, David Mitchell and Rod Farley (70), 3rd Mike Coulter, George Northey and Barry Williams (60)
Forced
Landing from 1500’
Only 2 pilots hit a box due to the cross winds and tailwind component
at times
1st Jon Maguire (96, obviously campervan life enhances
Jon’s flying), 2nd Rod Davison (87)
Overall
1st Rod Davison (167 after handicaps), 2nd Jon Maguire (166), 3rd Bruce Dunlop, Rod Farley &
Dave Mitchell (70)
September 2006
Competition
Another beautiful day with
8 pilots and some new challenges - an instrument climb followed by 4 steep
turns and a flapless "forced landing"
Instrument Climb
to 3000'
1st Bruce Dunlop & Jack Terp (93), 2nd Adam Booker (88), 3rd Barry Williams (83)
Steep Turns
1st Jack Terp (80), 2nd Adam Booker
(65), 3rd Bruce Dunlop & Barry Williams (60)
Forced Landing
1st Bruce Dunlop (76), 2nd Jack Terp
(71), 3rd Bill Coote (61)
Overall
1st Jack Terp (244), 2nd Bruce Dunlop
(229), 3rd Bill Coote (181)
August 2006
Competition
A beautiful CAVOK day with
9 pilots
Instrument Climb
to 3000'
1st Bruce Bunlop (100), 2nd Lyndal Coote
& Jack Terp (93), 3rd Mike Coulter (92)
Forced Landing from
2500'
1st Harry Bellott (65), 2nd Bill Coote
(60), 3rd Mark Whatson (58)
500' Circuit with
Spot Landing
1st Bruce Dunlop (95), 2nd (Mike Coulter
(70), 3rd Harry Bellott (65)
Overall
1st Bill Coote (212), 2nd Harry Bellott
(205), 3rd Jack Terp (203)
July 2006 Competition
Our July
competition introduced a new routine, a controlled flight along the Hastings
River with points deducted against coordinated flight, altitude and accuracy.
This new routine was to prepare us for the Tri-Club competition on July
21st, which will include a controlled flight along a section of the Hunter
River. 11 pilots competed with added challenges for the last four because
of loss of flaps.
Blind
Circuit with Spot Landing
1st Rod Davison (132), 2nd Mike Coulter
(128), 3rd Dave Mitchell (88)
Controlled
Flight
1st Bruce Dunlop (100), 2nd Adam Booker,
George Northey & Mike Coulter (90), 3rd Bill Coote,
Rod Davison & Jack Terp (80)
Spot
Landing
1st George Northey (100), 2nd Adam Booker
(95), 3rd Bruce Dunlop (85)
Overall
1st Mike Coulter (288), 2nd George Northey
(274), 3rd Bruce Dunlop (261)
June
2006 Fly 'N' Spy
Twelve teams were presented with 33 challenging questions
plus questions within questions for a possible maximum score of 61 (not
including bonus points issued at the judges' discretion for brilliance
beyond the call of duty)
1st Bruce Dunlop and Mark Whatson (44) 2nd Adam
Booker & Gregg Faulkner (42) 3rd Rod Davison, Marcus,
Jimi and Annika Ludriks (40)
June 2006 Competition
Only 7 pilots competed before starter torubles shut the
day down.
Overall
1st Adam Booker (169), 2nd Jack Terp (127), 3rd Harry Bellott (93)
Instrument Climb
to 2000'
1st Lyndal Coote & Jack Terp (77), 2nd Mark Whatson (76), 3rd Adam
Booker & Bruce Dunlop (74)
Flapless Forced Landing
from 1500'
1st Adam Booker (65) - no other pilots landed in a box
1400 Revs Stuck Throttle
1st Jack Terp (50), 2nd Adam Booker (40), 3rd Bruce Dunlop & Harry
Bellott (30)
May 2006 Competition
10 pilots
Overall
1st Ray Lind (248), 2nd Bruce Dunlop (238), 3rd Jon Maguire (188)
Instrument Climb
to 1500'
1st Jon Maguire & Ray Lind (81), 2nd Rod Farley (78), 3rd Adam Booker
(76)
Forced Landing from
1500'
1st Ray Lind (87), 2nd Dave Mitchell (75), 3rd Bruce Dunlop (73)
500' Circuit with
spot landing
1st Bruce Dunlop, Ray Lind & Rod Farley (90), 2nd Harry Bellott &
Adam Booker (85), 3rd Jack Terp (50)
April 2006 Competition
(Vern Polley Comp)
9 pilots
Overall
1st Rod Davison (202), 2nd Ray Lind (194), 3rd Jack Terp (148)
Blind Circuit Glide
1st Rod Davison (86), 2nd Barry Williams (82), 3rd Bill Coote (74)
Flapless Circuit
with Spot Landing
1st Ray Lind (130), 2nd Rod Davison (116). 3rd Jack terp (96)
March 2006 Competition
12 pilots
Overall
1st Col West (158), 2nd Rod Davison (157), 3rd Bruce Dunlop (156)
Instrument
Climb (Attitude Indicator covered)
1st Mike Coulter & Rod Davison (100), 2nd Ray Lind (94), 3rd Barry
Williams (93)
Forced Landing (Altimeter covered)
1st Ray Lind (67), 2nd Rod Davison & Mike Coulter (57), 3rd Lyndal
Coote (56)
Circuit
Glide from 1000' downwind
1st Barry Williams & Mark Whatson (40), 2nd Bruce Dunlop (30), 3rd
George Northey (20)
February 2006 Competition
10 pilots
Overall
1st Barry Williams (2221), 2nd Jack Terp (214), 3rd Gregg Faulkner (188)
Instrument
Climb to 2000'
1st Barry Williams (81), 2nd Jack Terp (77), 3rd Bruce Dunlop & Ray
Lind (74)
Flapless
Forced Landing from 1500'
1st Jack Terp (87), 2nd Gregg Faulkner (72), 3rd Bruce Dunlop (61)
Flapless
Spot Landing
1st Barry Williams & George Northey (95), 2nd Ray Lind (70), 3rd Bruce
Dunlop and Jack Terp (50)
January
2006 Competition
13 pilots
Overall:
1st Mike Coulter (209), 2nd Ray Lind (189),3rd Mark Whatson (136)
Force Landing
1st Ray Lind (90), 2nd Mike Coulter (87), 3rd Bruce Dunlop (61)
Instrument Climb
1st Mike Coulter (62), 2nd Ray Lind (59), 3rd David Mitchell (57)
1400rpm stuck throttle
1st Ray Lind & Mike Coulter (50), 2nd Mark Whatson & David Mitchell
(40), 3rd Barry Williams (20)
December
2005 Navigation Trial
Our December
Navigation Trials were flown over two weekends during December. We had
a record nine pilots compete in this short, but at the same time very
busy workload, three-leg navigation exercise. The nav trials are always
enjoyed by our pilots and quite often a few drops of sweat and sometimes
tears emerge during the heat of the exercise.
The scores for our top Navex
exponents were very close with only six points separating the first four
pilots.
1st Bruce Dunlop (267),
2nd Rod Davison (266), 3rd Jack Terp & Adam Booker (261)
All nine pilots flew in a
very professional and businesslike manaer with quite a deal of preparation
done behind the scene. Several other pilots were going to fly in early
January 2006 but unfortunately heavy rain and low cloud saw the end of
that very quickly.
November
2005 Competition
10 pilots
Instrument
Climb
Equal 1st (81) George Northey, Rod Davison, Mike Coulter, 2nd (72) Jon Maguire,
3rd (70) Barry Williams
Blind
Circuit with 1000' Glide
1st (122) Rod Davison, 2nd (94) George
Northey, 3rd (76) Barry Williams
Forced
Landing from 1500'
1st (100) Rod Davison, 2nd (70) Mike
Coulter, 3rd (56) Jon Maguire
Overall
1st (293) Rod Davison, 2nd (223) Mike
Coulter, 3rd (175) Jon Maguire
October 2005
Competition
Instrument
Climb
1st Rod Davison (62), 2nd George Northey
(58), 3rd Adam Booker (57)
Forced
Landing - 1500'
1st Bruce Dunlop (90), 2nd George Northey
(87), 3rd Jon Maguire (62)
Spot
Landing from 500'
1st Bruce Dunlop (100), 2nd Rod Davison
(85), 3rd George Northey (80)
Overall
1st Bruce Dunlop (232), 2nd George Northey
(215), 3rd Jon Maguire (124)
September
2005 Competition
A gusty day
with 12 pilots competing
Instrument
Climb
1st Adam Booker (98), 2nd George Northey
(97), 3rd Ray Lind (95)
Forced
Landing
1st Adam Booker & Rod Davison (97), 2nd Jon Maguire (76), 3rd George Northey (72)
Spot
Landing from 500'
1st Lyndal Coote & George Northey (95), 2nd Rod Davison (80), 3rd Bruce Dumlop (50)
Overall
1st Adam Booker (265), 2nd George Northey
(264), 3rd Rod Davison (250)
August
2005 Competition
12 pilots
Instrument
Climb
1st Neil Files (59), 2nd George Northey
& Rod Davison (58), 3rd Jack Terp (54)
Forced
Landing from 1500'
1st Neil Files (96), 2nd Rod Davison
(90), 3rd Jon Maguire (75)
Spot
Landing from 1400rpm stuck throttle
1st Neil Files, David Mitchell, Jon Maguire, Bruce Dunlop,
Rod Davison (30)
Overall
1st Neil Files (185), 2nd Rod Davison
(158), 3rd David Mitchell (153)
July
2005
9 pilots,
perfect conditions
Instrument
Climb
1st Barry Williams(98), 2nd George Northey
(96), 3rd Bruce Dunlop (89)
Forced
Landing
1st Adam Booker (92), 2nd Barry Williams
(91), 3rd George Northey (89)
Spot
Landing
1st Bruce Dumlop (90), 2nd Adam Booker
(80), 3rd Mike Coulter (75)
Overall
1st George Northey (250), 2nd Adam Booker
(237), 3rd Barry Williams (219)
June
2005, Vern Polley Trophy Competition
8 pilots
on a day of uncertain weather, competition flown from the right hand seat
Blind
Circuit
1st Mike Coulter (70), 2nd Rod Davison (68),
3rd Bruce Dunlop (62)
1000'
Spot Landing
1st Rod Davison (130), 2nd Bruce Dunlop (124), 3rd Mike Coulter (112)
Overall
1st Bruce Dunlop (186, $100), 2nd Mike Coulter (18, $60), 3rd Rod Davidon
(178, $40)
May 2005 Tri-Club
and Monthly Comp
We hosted 8 pilots from Taree
and 3 from Newcastle on a day of sunshine and moderate wind. Hastings
held on to the trophy with a 195.7 average followed by Taree with 180.9
and Royal Newcastle with 141.6. Next year's event will be at Royal Newcastle.
May 2005
Blind Circuit, 1000' glide
1st Jon Maguire (134), 2nd Adam Booker
()114), 3rd Mark Whatson (110)
Flapless
1st Rod Davison (44) , 2nd Jon Maguire
(140), 3rd Graham Bell (138)
Overall
1st Jon Maguire (274), 2nd Adam Booker
(238), 3rd George Northey (223)
April 2005 Fly & Spy
Another great event won by David and Liz
Cooke
April 2005
12 pilots fly on a clear warm day. We tried quite a different competition
this month in an endeavour to try out a new scoring system and shhets
to be used for the Tri-Club in May. We had a blind (non-instrument) circuit
to be completedf with a straight in glide from 1000’. The second sequences
was a normal circuit to be flown with complete accuracy and a flapless
landing.
Blind Circuit
1st Rod Davison (112), 2nd George Vaughan
(66), 3rd George Northey (59)
Flapless Circuit
1st George Northey (138), 2nd Bruce
Dunlop (124), 3rd Rod Davison (112)
Overall
1st Rod Davison (214), 2nd George Northey
(197), 3rd Bruce Dunlop (186)
March 2005 Competition &
Round 1 NSW Interclub
11 pilots
Interclub Results
Instrument Climb
1st Graham Bell (100), 2nd George Northey
& Mark Whatson (100, on a countback)
3rd Bruce Dunlop (90)
Spot Landing
3rd Bruce Dunlop (90)
Flour Bomb
3rd Barry Williams (66)
Aces
2nd Rod Davison
Club Results
1st Barry Williams (266), 2nd Bruce Dunlop (227), 3rd Rod Davison
(214)
January 2005
10 competitors in a compeition delayed twice
because of wethaer and radio problems
1500' Forced Landing
1st Ray Lind 96, 2nd Barry Williams
& Rod Davison 80, 3rd Jack Terp 556
Instrument Climb to 1500'
1st Rod Davison 60, 2nd Mike Coulter
58, 3rd Rod Farley & Barry Williams 56
Sport Landing
1st Rod Davison, Adam Booker, Neil Files & Barry
Williams 85
Overall
1st Rod Davison 225, 2nd Barry Williams
221, 3rd Ray Lind 202
December 2004
Navigation Trial
12 competitors
1st Rod Davison (276), 2nd Mike Coulter
(262), 3rd Rod Farley (256)
November 2004
None
October 2004 Competition
14 pilots, calm conditions, overcast with cloud
at 2,500'
1400 Rev Stuck Throttle with Spot
Landing
1st Lyndal Coote (50), 2nd George Northey
& Rod Davison (40), 3rd Col West & Bruce Dunlop
(30)
Instrument Climb
1st George Northey, Col West & Rod Davison (62), 2nd Barry Williams & Neil Files (58), 3rd
Forced Landing
1st George Northey (92), 2nd Rod Davison
(87), 3rd Bruce Dunlop (83)
Overall
1st Rod Davison (179), 2nd George Northey (174), 3rd Bruce Dunlop (157)
September 2004 Competition
9 pilots, winds so changeable that we changed
ends twice
Blind Circuit with spot Landing
1st George Northey (140), 2nd Mark Whatson (102), 3rd Rod Davison
(98)
1500' Forced Landing
1st Neil Files (86), 2nd Jon Maguire
(74), 3rd George Northey (47)
Instrument Climb
1st Neil Files & George Northey (62), 2nd Dave Mitchell & Rod Davison (58), 3rd Bruce
Dunlop (55)
Overall
1st George Northey (239), 2nd Neil Files
(216), 3rd Jon Maguire (184)
August 2004 Competition
11 pilots, many flying with
a tailwind until we changed ends
Forced Landing
1st Lyndal Coote (42), 2nd Harry Bellott
(36), 3rd Neil Files (35)
Spot Landing
1st Jon Maguire (83), 2nd Barry Williams
& Col West (80), 3rd George Northey (75)
Instrument Climb
1st George Northey (96), 2nd Col West
(93), 3rd Dave Mitchell (92)
Overall
1st Col West (207), 2nd Lyndal Coote (197), 3rd George Northey
& Barry Williams (171)
July 2004 Competition
10 pilots, an extremely calm
day on which the Heading Indicator failed and three new junior members
joined the group for some backseat flying
Stuck Throttle 1400rpm with Spot
Landing:
1st George Northey (40), 2nd Neil Files
(30), 3rd Rod Davison & Harry Bellett (20)
1500' Glide with Spot Landing
1st Barry Williams (79), 2nd Mark Whatson
(62), 3rd Neil Files (61)
500' Spot Landing
1st Jack Terp & Neil Files (85), 2nd George Northey (80), 3rd Rod Davison & Barry Williams
(75)
Overall
1st Neil Files (176), 2nd George Northey
(161), 3rd Barry Williams (154)
July 2004 NSW Inter-Club at
Condobolin
Seven Hastings pilots attended
this meet, flying from Port Macquarie on the Friday in perfect conditions
in FPT, CIX and AJN and returning Sunday at low level across the mountains
under cloud (at least, the VFRs were under cloud!) Six clubs plus four
pilots identified as sundry took part - a total of 38 individuals on the
day.
Saturday was a glorious day so there was
no excuse for the fairly ordinary performances from Hastings. Of the Hastings
pilots, Mike Coulter (now an APE) got closest to the target for the flour
bomb followed Bruce Dunlop whose bomb landed on the fly of the ground
judge's tent in the process. Most others were no where within kooee!
Lyndal Coote and Mark Whatson achieved their
best ever results for the instrument climb.
Hastings Results
500' Circuit with
Spot Landing
Rod Davison 95, George Northey 85,
Mike Coulter 73, Mark Whatson 62
Forced Landing
3rd George Northey 85, Mark
Whatson 50, Lyndal Coote 46
Instrument Climb
Rod Davison 97, Mike Coulter
95, Lyndal Coote 92, Mark Whatson 91
Flour Bomb
Mike Coulter 75, 3rd Bruce Dunlop , Mark Whatson 27
Overall:
George Northey (258), Rod Davison (247), Mike
Coulter (243), Mark Whatson (230)
June 2004
Our June flying competition greeted us with some very gusty and cold conditions. Our cincere thanks
go to the ground judges who had to sit out in the elements all day putting
up with the high wind chill factor. It was quite a relief to get out of
the cold and into the aircraft to compete despite the “bucking bronco”
feel in the air. Due to the very strong winds only one pilot managed to
hit a scoring box in the Forced Landing event.
Forced Landing (2500’)
1st Rod Farley (72) (well judged)
Spot Landing (500’)
1st Dave Mitchell (85), 2nd Rod Davison
& Rod Farley (80), 3rd Bruce Dunlop (75)
Instrument Climb
1st Rod Davison (96), 2nd Bruce Dunlop
(94), 3rd Jon Maguire (93)
Overall on a very exciting
and extremely challenging day
1st Rod Farley (243), 2nd Dave Mitchell
& Rod Davison (166), 3rd Bruce Dunlop (159)
Our next flying comp will be on Sunday 18th
July. Until then safe flying.
May 2004
Our May flying competition was allied with the Tri-Club competition
between Newcastle, Taree and Hastings. The weather was perfect and the
competition expertly run by the Taree Club. It was a very “laid
back” flying day with only two spot landing circuits flown for each
competitor – one normal circuit followed by a flapless approach.
The flying from all pilots was of a very high standard but our Hastings
pilots managed to top score and bring home the Tri-Club Trophy.
1st Hastings 90.82 (averaged points), 2nd Newcastle 86.75, 3rd Taree 86.63
Our best performing pilots on the day were
1st Graham Bell (174), 2nd George Northey
(165), 3rd Dave Mitchell (133)
April
2004
Our
April competition incorporated the Vern Polley prize of $200. Our most
grateful thanks goes to our intrepid patron for the generous award each
year. We also wish Vern all the best with his ongoing health problems
and nothing would please us more than to see him in the cockpit of our
plane, enjoying himself and telling jokes.We had 12 pilots compete in
April to try to be the winner and to enhance their flying skills. The
weather was spectacular as usual – calm and sunny. Events were:
Forced
Landing from 1500’
1st Mike Coulter (92) 2nd Barry Williams
(83) 3rd Bruce Dunlop (68)
Blind Circuit (no instrument sequence)
1st Rod Davison (70) 2nd Bruce Dunlop
(68) 3rd Mark Whatson (64)
Straight-In Glide from 1000’ (Always a very testing
event)
1st George Northey (40) 2nd Peter Pritchard
(30) 3rd Bruce Dunlop (20)
Instrument Climb
1st Rod Farley (79) 2nd Rod Davison,
George Northey & Mike Coulter (75)
Overall On a very busy day,
once all scores were tallied and checked, the winners were:
1st Mike Coulter (226) $100 prize from Vern, 2nd Bruce Dunlop (214) $60, 3rd Barry Williams 2(01) $40
We also welcomed Peter Pritchard to our comps for the first time
April was a big time for
money prizes. The Fly and Spy competition, organised
expertly by Rod Davison and Mike Coulter, also attracted money awards.
Over the 12 flights that were made on the day, the winners were:
1st Rod Farley $400, 2nd George Northey
$200, 3rd Hans Westphal $100, 4th Bill
& Lyndal Coote kudos only, no mone
March 2004
8 pilots competed
in a 1400rpm stuck throttle circuit, a 1500ft instrument climb and a forced
landing
| 1400rpm
stuck throttle |
Forced
Landing |
| 1st |
George
Northey
|
40
|
1st
|
Bruce
Dunlop
|
95 |
| 2nd |
Lyndal
Coote |
30 |
2nd |
Dave Mitchell |
90 |
| 3rd |
Rod Farley,
Bill Coote, Jon Maguire |
20 |
3rd |
Rod Farley |
62 |
| Instrument
Climb |
Overall |
1st
|
Barry Williams |
81 |
1st
|
Bruce Dunlop
|
163 |
| 2nd |
Jon Maguire |
74 |
2nd |
Dave Mitchell |
162 |
| 3rd |
George
Northey, Rod Farley |
73 |
3rd |
Rod Farley
|
155 |
February 2004
11 pilots
eventually competed on the last Sunday of the month after two false starts,
one because the clouds were at 300 feet, the second because the starter
motor on FPT gave out.
| Forced
Landing from 2500 feet |
Spot
Landing |
| 1st |
Jack
Terp
|
91
|
1st
|
Rod
Davison
|
95 |
| 2nd |
Barry Williams |
87 |
2nd |
Barry Williams |
90 |
| 3rd |
Col West |
82 |
3rd |
John Maguire |
85 |
| Instrument
Climb |
Overall |
1st
|
Col West |
100 |
1st
|
Rod Davison
|
269 |
| 2nd |
George Northey/ Rod Davison |
96 |
2nd |
Barry Williams |
267 |
| 3rd |
Barry Williams/ Jack Terp |
90 |
3rd |
Neil Files |
239 |
2003 Year End
Now that
the rounds of food, parties and celebrations have finished once again,
we can settle into 2004 and look forward to another exciting, fulfilling
and safe year of flying. Congratulations to the excellent pilots that
made our competitions and, indeed, our club so strong in the flying field.
The 2003 results announced at the annual presentation dinner included
the following skilful and dedicated pilots.
- CFPT Certificate – Lisa
Maier
- Wings – Andrew Miedecke
- Command Rating – Michael
Flood
- CPL – Michael Flood
- Night VFR – Mike Coulter
- Forced Landing Trophy
for 2003 – Mike Coulter
- Inaugural Vern Polley
Trophy for overall competition winner – Mike Coulter
- Pilot of the Year – Rod
Farley
Until next time, safe flying to everyone
Kempsey December
03
Nine club
members joined the Kempsey club for the annual get together and flying
comp. Rod Davison, Rod Farley, Jack Terp and Mike Coulter flew across
in FPT and George Northery and Jon Maguire brought VUH. Col West and the
Cootes drove. The sequence was flour bomb, balloon burst and spot landing
in very hot conditions, followed by a sausage sizzle and general chit
chat. Rod Farley and Mike Coulter managed to burst the balloon, George
broke the streamer and the rest of the team had trouble finding the ballooon
let alone chasing it!
1st Mike Coulter, 2nd Col West and Jon Maguire, 3rd George Northey
November Interclub,
Wagga
10 pilots went from Port
Macquarie
APE 2003: 1st Rod Davison
Best Club Forced Landing 2003: 2nd HDFC
Best Club 2003: 1st HDFC
Best Pilot 2003: 1st Mike Coulter, 6th Graham Bell, 7th
George Northey, 8th Jack Terp, 10th Bruce Dunlop
| Forced
Landing |
Spot
Landing |
1st
2nd
4th |
Bruce
Dunlop
Graham Bell
Jack Terp |
90
90
80 |
1st
2nd
7th |
Jack
Terp
Mike Coulter
Lyndal Coote |
100
100
80 |
| Instrument
Climb |
Overall
on an exciting & eventful day's flying |
1st
2nd
5th |
George Northey
Jack Terp
Bruce Dunlop |
100
97
94 |
1st
2nd
3rd |
Neil Files
Col West
Mike Coulter |
243
233
218 |
November Club
Comp
9 pilots, very challenging
and changeable conditions with, at some stages, even a tailwind to confuse
the situation for some of our pilots
Forced
Landing from 2500'
Only 5 pilots managed to get in the scoring boxes |
Stuck
throttle at 1400rpm
Only 3 pilots made it into the boxes |
1st
2nd
3rd |
Ray Lind
Jack Terp
Mark Whatson |
100
82
68 |
1st
2nd
3rd |
Bruce Dunlop
George Northey
Michael Flood |
30
20
10 |
| Instrument
Climb |
Overall
on an a day when we finished quite early for a change |
1st
equal |
George Northey
Mike Coulter
Ray Lind |
100
100
90 |
1st
2nd
3rd |
Ray Lind
Michael Flood
Jack Terp |
190
172
164 |
October Club
Comp
10 pilots, quite windy conditions,
luckily mostly a headwind, but it still proved to be rather testing. In
the forced landing only four pilots managed to get into the scoring boxes.
Results were:
Forced Landing: 1st Mike Coulter (83), 2nd Mark Whatson (67), 3rd Jon
Maguire (63)
Spot Landing: 1st Rod Davison / Neil Files (85), 2nd Mike Coulter (80)
Blind Circuit: 1st Mike Coulter (80), 2nd Rod Davison (76), 3rd Neil Files
(73)
Overall: 1st Mike Coulter (233), 2nd Mark Whatson (186), 3rd Bruce Dunlop
(166)
Forced
Landing from 2500'
|
Spot
Landing from 500' |
1st
2nd
3rd |
Mike Coulter
Mark Whatson
Jon Maguire |
83
67
63 |
1st
1st
2nd |
Rod Davison
Neil Files
Mike Coulter |
85
85
80 |
| Blind
Circuit |
Overall |
1st
2nd
3rd |
Mike Coulter
Rod Davison
Neil Files |
80
76
73 |
1st
2nd
3rd |
Mike Coulter
Mark Whatson
Bruce Dunlop |
233
186
166 |
|
