Tauranga Aero Club

Circuits & Landings

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:57:04 +0000

Great to see everyone at the first comp for the season.

Results were STUDENTS: 1st Todd Mclean 144, 2nd Carl Newman 155, 3rd Daniel Firth 144, 4th Gregory Gernigant 141, 5th Brandon Lawson 138, 6th Sam Godfrey 136, 7th Ross Goodwin 125, 8th Elizabeth Finlayson 95

PPLS: 1st= Roy Edwards/ Wayne Jenner 196, 3rd = Dave/ Daniel Campbell 186 , 5th Wayne Cutforth 169 , 6th Grant Webb 162 , 7th Russell Borman 117, 8th Steve Carr 116, 9th Jim Smylie 114, 10th Dave Tipper 95

CPLS: 1st Andrew Thompson 182, 2nd Lisa Lilburn 172, 3rd Shane Anderson 165, 4th Jameslee Stewart 164, 5th Gary Parata 149

PRIVATE OWNERS: 1st= Shane Anderson (BKA) / Phill Hooker (SON) 185, 2nd Dave Campbell (BKA)180, 3rd Dave Campbell (EQZ) 180, 4th Shane Anderson 153 (EQZ) , 5th Wayne Jenner (EQZ) 127, 6th Jim Smylie (WBF) 117, 7th Steve Carr (EQZ) 82

Trip to the Powdrells

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:28:00 +0000

After several previous attempts being cancelled due to weather finally a fantastic blue sky day with a fresh southerly being the only minor hitch greeted us as we assembled at the club. We had a good turn out of over 10 planes including the Harvard and Tigermoth. The planes all set off mid morning for the powdrells and an awesome day was had by all including a BBQ, some tennis, and we were also treated to an aerobatic display by Nick Rowe in the Rv. Thanks to John, Jenny, Richard ,and Rose for a very fun day we appreciate the effort put in to host us , this day was an example of how much fun recreational flying can be and shows we need more days like this in our calendar.

April Newsletter

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 03:12:09 +0000

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2010 MICO RALLY A great day!

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:18:51 +0000

14 Planes joined a near perfect sky for TAC’s annual Mico Rally. Great days flying, lunch at Te Kowhai and back across the Waikato through the Waihi gap. Congrats to the winners Ike, Aidan and the team with the first ever perfect score!. 2nd Dave and Daniel Campbell in the Cub and 3rd Ross McAinch and Andrew Thompson in the RV.

Aero Comps Still Running

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:01:29 +0000

There’s still time to enter the Aerobatic and Streamer Cutting Comps. If you’re feeling the need for an adrenaline hit then give Airdiscovery a call.

Dave Campbell cutting the streamer. Apparently what looks like graceful moves from the ground is actually experienced as serious buffeting accompanied by the stall siren!

2010 Air Safari comes to TAC

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:09:55 +0000

After a shortened Day 3 due to closing in weather, 65 aircraft and 163 crew descended upon TAC for the night. After securing the planes the bar was opened and the pilots and crew settled in for the night. A great presentation from John Martin capped off the evening and next day after a hot breakfast laid on by the club they were all away on route to Taupo. Awesome to see the yellow leader jerseys being worn by our own team of Dave and Daniel Campbell and Shane Anderson, an outstanding job for Day 2!

Latest TAC Newsletter March 2010

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:07:55 +0000

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Well done Team!

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:22:49 +0000

Fantastic results from the FlyingNZ Nationals at Hastings this last weekend

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:05:55 +0000

Wigram Cup (club team event)

1st (John Brunskill, Lyndal Huxford, Daniel Campbell and Daniel Firth)
Daniel Campbell and Lyndal Huxford both 1st in their events

North Shore Trophy (for the aero club with the most points overall)

Basic Aerobatic trophy: David Campbell

Primary Aerobatic cup: Trish Stephens

Forced Landing trophy: John BrunskillJunior Navigation trophy: Paul Taylor

Formation 3’s John Brunskill, Shane Anderson and David Campbell

We also picked up 2 x 2nd places and 5 x 3rd places

Then because the Australian champions were here this year a team was selected from the winners of NZ champs to fly against them and our Formation 3 team and John Brunskill who had won the Forced Landing were in the team. The New Zealand Team won by a margin of 3 to 1. So consequently we won the Wings Trans Tasman cup as well.

Great day at club circuit comps

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:21:02 +0000

Last Sunday we had the Open Circuits and landings , the weather was fantastic and a strong field of 26 contested the competition. Results were as follows

1st Dave Campbell Private Owners 1st Dave Campbell
2nd Andrew Thompson 2nd Shane Anderson
3rd John Brunskill 3rd Dick Hansen
4th Aidan Campbell
5th Wayne Jenner
6th Daniel Campbell
7th Shane Anderson
8th Shane Robinson