Tilmouth Well - A Success!

The road trip to Tilmouth well went off without a hitch over the Easter long weekend, here is a brief overview:

The club made its way up the Tanami and flew both Friday afternoon and Saturday, after a visit to the Salt Lakes just south of the roadhouse. Friday night's camp fire with a wine under the stars wasn't too bad either! Saturday was a great day for flying with thermals to nearly 6000 feet, and Ed having a flight of nearly 1.5 hrs. There was a barbeque in the evening, with visit from Chris Connellan (a local station owner and aviation icon in the region). We de-rigged DL Saturday, but did one more flight Sunday in the single-seater (ZL) before we packed up and drove back. Tilmouth is great, beautiful lawn, swimming pool, the units are great, restaurant excellent, you can buy anything you need in the shop. It's all very well laid out. The airstrip is about 1000m long will give a 1000 feet launch with the Twin (Rob got 1600 ft with the single Astir!). 

The only disappointment was that the weather wasn't good enough to fly any gliders back to Bond Springs! (More pictures to come!)

Looking forward to the next expedition! 

Tilmouth Well

Plans for the Easter long weekend have been finalised, and the club will be taking all the gear for a change of scenery up at Tilmouth Well.

The trailers have been loaded and we will be heading up the Tanami Road on Friday the 22nd and operating from the airstrip behind the road house until Monday the 25th. All are welcome to come out and join the fun at any time across the weekend. The weather looks great and some good flying is expected.

Tilmouth Well on Napperby Station is located some 200kms from Alice Springs up the Tanami Road, which is sealed all the way to the road house. Accommodation and meals are available, but book ahead to be sure.

Up-coming events

The Easter long weekend is not far away and this year its a long one! That means it is prime time for more then a few days of gliding in the perfect Central Australian conditions!

The club has decided to take this opportunity and run operations over the Easter weekend Sat 23rd - Tues 26th, at either Bond Springs (per usual) or a yet to be determined location (if logistics prove viable). Stay tuned for more details!

In the mean time, we will be out at Bond Springs this weekend (April 16th) from 10am as always.

...Also, don't forget to find us on Facebook:
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Clubhouse work

Last weekend saw the beginnings of the restoration of our existing club house. This building has seldom been used in the past few years, but we are now pushing to again return it to its former glory.

Gliding Saturday 9th April

Gliding is happening this weekend as usual. The new Astir Twin (GDL) and the IS28 (OKR) will be on standby for flights.

There will also be a small amount of work to be done around the old club rooms to begin its restoration.

See you in the sky!

ASGC is online!

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