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Items for sale
To add an advert, please follow the link at the bottom of the page. All transactions are directly with the seller – not the SAC. Caveat Emptor!
Other Airfield Fly-In’s
The LAA tour has been postponed until 2022. The club hopes to hold some form of fly-in / BBQ / social on the 29th May.
Shares Offered
Super Cub Group
This is from Trystan Holtbrook:
‘As Mark Farquhar is leaving the group, we have space for a pilot.
We’d like an experienced flyer with a sense of mechanical sympathy who would be using the aircraft occasionally – rather than a hour builder. Taildragger experience good but not essential as we have a great instructor on hand.’
As this is a private matter unconnected with the SAC, any member interested should email Trystan on holtbrook@gmail.com
New EuroFOX 912 ULS shares offered
Shares available:
New EuroFOX 912 ULS kit to be assembled at Strathallan School, Forgandenny, Perth. There is an opportunity to be involved from the outset in this Build-a-Plane project. Shares are available for £7500.
Contact: alisdair@aerospacekinross.com m: 07825 698613
Service and Interest
Services and Maintenance
BMAA Inspector Alan Gilruth – BMAA Permits and aircraft maintenance.
Gyro-copter Maintenance – Kevin Whitehead @ Alba Airsports
Club Equipment
The SAC have both Flexwing and Fixed wing Aircraft available for self hire. Contact Kevin Whitehead or Elaine at the SAC Office
NOTAMS
Notams - from Wallace Shackleton
No one wants to be caught out by flying somewhere where one shouldn’t be, that’s why we check the NOTAMs before we fly….we do, don’t we?
While doing some studying for the ROCC exam, I came across an interesting snippet, which to be fair my instructor did tell me but it is nice to find it out for myself.
When you log onto the NATS web site, that log in is registered, so in the event of the poo hitting the propeller, so when grown-ups who ask the serious questions ask “Did you check the NOTAMs?”
You say “yes” but they say “no you didn’t log onto the official site that day.”
To quote from the NATS NOTAM, General page…
“Why do I have to register?
…in the unlikely event of an incident, registration helps to prove to investigators that flight planning activity has taken place….”
Although graphically easier to understand third party web sites are not the official ones and to be honest, would you really trust your life/license to a third party website?
The trouble is with the NATS web site is you get too much irrelevant information, so here’s a good tip for sorting out the wheat from the chaff. You can tailor the aerodromes to suit yourself.
Log onto the NATS web site http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com
Select NOTAM from the top navigation bar, then either Existing Users or Login now
After logging in.
Look on the left hand margin for “Point Brief (UK FIR/UIR Only)”
Select this and enter EGPT in the origin box and set the radius box (for example) to 50 miles
Make sure that IFR/VFR is checked in the Flight Rules box
then enter EGPT EGPN EGPJ and EGQL (Perth, Dundee, Fife and Leuchars) into the Aerodromes box and then select submit
Now Back to the left hand margin and select Briefing Handbook (Saved Briefings) and then select the most recent briefing, so starting out you will only have one. It should have a P for Point Briefing in the type box then select Use and then Submit and all the NOTAMs within the radius selected will be shown, effectively sorting out the wheat from the chaff.
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News Items
Charity Flight to Support the SCAA
We are light aircraft pilots Robert Stalker G-CCND (RV9A) and Thomas Lorimer Bristell (G-PIPZ) we are doing a charity flight (AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE) around coastal Britain starting W/C 17th May 2021 we have various sponsors, the mission will be fully paid for by Tommy and myself however we were hoping that you kind aviators would allow our landings free of charge as a gesture of good will, we would be purchasing fuel where required so we would be putting something back into the airfield we visit.
All sponsor and any money we collect will be going directly to the wonderful AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE.
Please support this initiative – all donations gratefully received : LINK to Sponsor Page
All aspects of our flight will be published by the LAA we are trying to encourage fellow pilots to take to the sky again after a dismal year, hopefully you can accommodate our landing request, it would be much appreciated and we would make sure the respective accomodating airfields are included in any media blogs etc.
Thank you in anticipation.
Robert Stalker
Tommy Lorimer
Forfar and Kirrimuir
Visits to these fields have been banned by the owners for the immediate future, due to complaints from neighbours relating to noise. Negotiations are currently in hand to resolve this issue, but in the meantime please avoid these locations.
Perth SOP
ACS have updated the airport Standard Operating Procedure. This is therefore a good time to remind yourself of it’s content as it does get reviewed occasionally. An updated copy is in the download section of the SAC website.
Safetycom
Just a reminder that Safetycom frequency is now 135.480 kHz
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