Cotswold Aero Club

This section of our website is our news archive. Items in this section will be kept on the website for around 2 years before being consigned to the 'archive box'.

Jan 09. Congratulations to Roly Robinson on achieving his First Solo in a Robinson 22 helicopter - a long held ambition.

A slightly belated report on an outing last October may found at the link below

                      Cotswold Aero Club visit to London.pdf

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Our Christmas 'Open House' held on Sunday 21st December attracted  some 50 members along to the Clubhouse during the day. A grand buffet spread was prepared by Paul and Hilary Haigh with additional contributions from other members of the Social Committee and a wonderful fruit punch concocted by Richard and Pat King. A convivial time was had by all.

Our Christmas Raffle was drawn on Sunday 21st. Listed below are the lucky winners.

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Congratulations to Jamie Townes, winner of the Michael Grayburn Scholarship from The Guild of Air Pilots and Navigators, on completion of his PPL on 27th September.
See www.gapan.org for more information on scholarships.

G-OMNI goes north

At the end of August Bob and Lesley Hart accompanied by Phil Mathews reached the most northerly airport in the UK. Click the link to read all about it

Wanderings of a Flying Instructor.pdf

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C of A test flight completed successfully on 29th August. We now wait for the C of A to be issued. It's now on strength and proving very popular!

Saturday 6th September, 20:00 hrs.

The Aviation play 'Club Class' by Harry Denford touched down at the club Hangar.

Some 75 members and guests enjoyed a hilarious look at airline life - 'We were treated to smiling trolley dollies, smarmy pilots, neanderthal baggage handlers and officious checkin staff'. Drinks and nibbles were included in the ticket price, so just like the real world cabin staff had to be on the look out for intoxicated passengers. Luckily none found!!.                                                                         

Many came in fancy dress - pilots, cabin crew, holidaymakers...... - this certainly added to the atmosphere.   See www.myspace.com/clubclass_theatre for more info.

Below: - Members of the audience dressed for the occasion

The Cast of Club Class at the end of the performance

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Also on his travels, your CFI spent a day with the RAF recently. Click on the link to find out what happened.

                                                    Chasing Bears.pdf

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Our intrepid aviators Richard Crosby and Graham Watson have been on their summer travels again. Click on the link to read about their trip to Ibiza

                                                         IBAR 2008 report.pdf

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Our Summer Solstice party on 21st June was not blessed with the best of weather, in fact plenty of liquid sunshine! However our hangar was transformed into a concert venue and some 50+ members and guest enjoyed a grand barbecue and musical entertainment from Eos featuring beautiful strong vocal harmonies and fine musicianship making Eos Music truly memorable. Eos are Jan Bayliss (guitar & vocals) Jan Vaisey (guitar & vocals) Ian Harvey (guitar & mandolin)

                         Contented Barbecue Goers                                     EOS in action