Hi everyone, this is the regular Thursday posting to let you know what is coming up in the near future.
This week.
Incident reporting
You all know it is extremely important that we report all incidents as quickly as possible so that the CFI can note and take action accordingly. To make it even easier to record an incident we have added a form to the website under the members tab so that you can quickly record an incident when you get home or if the office is closed. Please do make sure you record any incident either using paper or email or via this new web service.
Junior opportunity
A quick heads up for any Juniors who want a career as an aviation “fixer”. A fantastic opportunity to build their CV…
Maddog Composites situated in Brisbane are looking for a Junior to work on a 6-12 month contract in their glider repair facility near Brisbane, QLD.
If anyone is interested can they email steve.pozerskis@gmail.com<mailto:steve.pozerskis@gmail.com>
Whats app flying group
This is now working well, and for those who have forgotten the detail I am reproducing the instructions below :-
“The idea is that it will be another way for us to let you know quickly about flying prospects coming up in the very near future, and for you to find out prospects the night before you set out. This is in addition to & will complement the blog. We anticipate that the No 1 may use it the night before (and even from first light on the day maybe!), to say perhaps, “brilliant/busy day, come early”; “low cloud base to begin with, hangar doors will open at …”, “rain predicted all day, don’t bother”, so that (time-poor) members and the duty team may make the best use of their day. If, for you, the Mynd is as much a social club as a flying club (and there are many), then this will probably be of little interest, but as it develops we hope that this may be a useful service for members juggling many demands on their time, to help ensure that their visits to the club are as productive as possible.
If members of our flying community would like to join, obviously you need to have WhatsApp installed on your mobile phone.
For us to add you to the group you need to be in one of the Administrators’ contact lists, so please text “MGC Group request” plus your first and last name (and membership number if known …don’t worry if you don’t know it just say so!) to Rob Shepherd on 07709352826 or to Sarah Platt on 07754070357.
Rob or Sarah will store the contact and add you to the group. By requesting access, you give your consent for MGC to use your name & mobile data for this purpose only. You may withdraw your consent at any time by removing yourself from the group, and also by requesting Rob/myself to remove you from the list of contacts.
All group members should create a (recognisable) photo of themselves in the WhatsApp Settings, together with their name in the About field (where it probably says “I’m using WhatsApp”), so that we can all associate names and faces with the telephone numbers. Also in Settings>Account>Privacy, make sure “Profile Photo” and “About” are set to “Everyone”.
We are also considering setting up other secure Whatsapp groups, for example for Instructors and for Winch Drivers and so on. If these are of interest, please let me know so that we can liaise with CFI & Chair, & if there’s sufficient interest then we will set this up too.
Mark Sanders (XC Lead) and Sarah Platt (Marketing & Membership)”
The Juniors are coming!
Feb 3rd and 4th weekend. We will be hosting the juniors again. It is always a great pleasure to do this so please make them welcome.
Your team this weekend is:
Saturday: Guy Hartland, Nigel Lassetter, Geoff Dailey
Sunday: Alasdair Lewis, Charles Carter, Geoff Dailey, Glyn MacArthur
Forthcoming events
Winter talks
Denise has worked out a superb schedule for this winter’s lectures. They all start at 18:00 and if we have a speaker then we do ask for a small donation on the night to cover their expenses. Book the date, have a few flights, enjoy the talk then have a superb evening meal.
January 27 – Euroglide. Julian Fack and Diana King have very kindly offered to talk to us about Euroglide. This is a unique and fascinating event and I urge you to come along and be inspired. Please note that this talk will start at 17:45
Feb 10
Pilot Aware. Electronic conspicuity.
This topic is becoming more and more important and Roger Ellis has very kindly volunteered to explain all about it at a Winter lecture on the 10th This is going to be good, Roger is a commercial pilot and an expert on all aspects of the topic and the rules and regulations as well as how it works. He will cover:-
Why GA and gliders might be forced to have transponders. History and function of different transponders. How the Pilot Aware (PAW) transponder works (with practical demonstration)
March 10 – Hugh Browning the BGA safety wizard. Please ensure that this is in your diary. For those of you who haven’t heard Hugh speak before it is essential listening and for those that have heard him before, even more so. This is the perfect start to our season, we want to keep safe and Hugh’s analysis and insight will help us do that.