Welcome to a bumper Avalon Airshow edition of SportPilot. Since the first Airshow happened back in the nineties we’ve been involved in displays or communications at the event. This year we will be there again, working and enjoying the show. Our office is 5nm from Avalon, so when the big jets roar in we hear and feel them arriving and leaving. It’s an exciting time. If you can get there, don’t miss it. There are a lot of good airshows about (we help run some) but Avalon combines a great aerial show with the biggest ground display in Oz. RAAus will have a display at this year’s event and I encourage you to come and visit us and chat to staff who will be on hand and very glad to see you. If you spot any of the SportPilot team there, don’t hesitate to come and say hello.
I know we bang on about safety a lot, but the recent spate of air accidents both in Australia and overseas is making us all aware of the risks in aviation. In the next few issues, we will be focusing on topics like airmanship, safe flying practices and what to do in the event of an accident. We will be including important information that might just save your life, so I think it’s worth investing a few minutes in reading the articles. And as always, we would love to hear your thoughts on what we can all do to make flying safer.
May you have blue skies and a tailwind and I hope to see many of you at Avalon.
