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Who Are We
The Airtourer Association is a group of enthusiasts for the Australian designed Airtourer Aircraft. A related but separate organisation is the Airtourer Co-operative which owns the intellectual property of the Airtourer design and is responsible for ongoing airworthiness. The Airtourer Co-operative has the support of the Airtourer Association and is included in the web site. Please explore our site and share our enthusiasm for a great little aeroplane.
Convention 2020
The Airtourer Association Convention for 2020 got underway on Friday 20th March in spite of increasing restrictions due to the Covid-19 virus. Updates on the activities will be posted here over the weekend, the following photos are from Friday at Parkes Aerodrome.
The Arrivals
The Airtourers, (and a couple of ring-ins), safely tied down as the setting sun throws a long shadow of the photographer.
The weather is very different from our last, unplanned, visit a year ago when five Airtourers diverted into Parkes on their way to Orange due to thunderstorms.
2019 Events Survey
Did you know that apart from the Association Committee we also have an Events Committee?
This is a group of members who organise the events held during the year which is actually the main purpose of the Association as distinct from the Co-Op. Currently there are four members of this group being Mike Fisher, John Day, Gerry Pels and Andrew Clement. Until recently Neils Jensen was also part of group and now would be an appropriate time to thank him for many years of time and effort putting together some great trips away and particularly the innumerable times he took on the possibly less than desirable task of driving the bus that ferried us all to and from airports, meals and even a lap of Mt Panorama. A big thanks from all of the Membership.
DDZ's Excellent Lake Eyre Adventure
Jane & Andy Morris (VH-DDZ)
At the AGM at Orange, DDZ was painted grey in what looked like a military low visibility scheme. However, this was only the primer and subsequently all the panels and control surfaces removed and prepared for the final painting. Some 5 weeks later the job was completed and DDZ returned to home base. The timing was ideal as we were then invited to participate in a trip to Lake Eyre to see it holding water. Four aircraft and 11 people participated, an RV6, C182, DDZ and a Cherokee 180.
Flight of the (not so Grey Nomads)
Andrew & Sharon Clement (VH-KGR)
When Mum & Dad elected to swap their annual grey nomad pilgrimage in their caravan for a house on the edge of Woodgate Beach (QLD), the invitation was extended for us to fly up in a kero burner to spend a week with them.
Not when you have a perfectly good Avgas burner in the Hangar!!
