{"id":918,"date":"2014-10-08T02:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/?p=918"},"modified":"2014-10-08T02:00:07","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T15:00:07","slug":"clare-valley-aerodrome-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/?p=918","title":{"rendered":"Clare Valley Aerodrome Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Long-time Foxbat owner and instructor Dave Wilson is based at Clare Valley<\/p><\/div>\n

In these days of (seemingly) ever-closing airfields, it’s great to hear of a new one opening – in this case just 14 kilometres to the north of Clare, in South Australia.<\/p>\n

The airfield is the result of a 5-year (and probably longer) effort by the Clare Valley Flying Group<\/a>, led\u00a0by founding president Adrian Smith, to build an airfield ‘to connect Clare with Australia’. The main runway is 1200 metres, with a 600 metre cross strip and caters for a variety of different aviation activities, from crop spraying to charter, recreational to vintage.<\/p>\n

The official opening day is on 1 November 2014.\u00a0Why not fly in during the day and enjoy a very special dinner in the evening. If you are going, the Clare Valley Flying Group requests you pre-book your arrival and dinner ticket here: Official Clare Valley Aerodrome Opening<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The official opening ceremony will be\u00a0performed around 2-3 pm by father and son pilots Peter &\u00a0Richard Champion de Crespigny<\/a> – if Richard’s\u00a0name sounds familiar, he\u00a0was flight captain on the ill-fated Airbus A380\u00a0Qantas flight QF32 which blew out an engine departing from Singapore airport. Although there were 5 qualified pilots and instructors on the flight, Richard was the captain responsible for getting the plane safely back on the ground – which as we all know, he successfully achieved.<\/p>\n

I won’t be able to make the day myself, as it coincides with a very special date of my own – my 25th wedding anniversary – and I’ll be away in Queensland celebrating. But if you can get there – please go. It’s not often we get the chance to celebrate the opening of a new aerodrome!<\/p>\n

There’s a very nice YouTube video about the aerodrome here: Clare Valley Aerodrome<\/a><\/p>\n

PS – Rob Hatswell, responsible for Foxbat sales in South Australia will be there on 1 November – look for the ‘Foxbat Australia’ teardrop flags and go and say hello!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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