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SCHOFIELDS FLYING CLUB LIMITED
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60 Birch Street, Bankstown Airport POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 200, Georges Hall, NSW 2198 AUSTRALIA FAX: +61 2 9707 1045 PHONE: +61 2 9709 8488 EMAIL: mail@schofields-flying-club.com.au |
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Sport and competition flying
FIVE GOOD REASONS TO COMPETE EVERY MONTH
Schofields Flying Club runs monthly competitions for pilots and student pilots with Flying Membership. The competitions are relaxed and friendly, but scores are recorded and awards presented at the end of each year. Once a year there is the opportunity to compete as a member of the Schofields team in the interclub competition. If you would like to join in the fun see the Information for new competitors below.1. Stay safe - practising non routine procedures regularly 2. Stay confident - knowing you've recently practised a forced landing 3. Stay current - always having three takeoffs and landings up your sleeve. (If you're not current, for a small charge, you can add an extra circuit to the sequence.) 4. Stay social - meeting and staying in touch with other members new and old 5. Stay on track - volunteering to ferry the aircraft to/from Warnervale, at private hire rates, with an instructor on board. No currency? No problem! Latest competition report Bankstown - 15 January 2012: Though rain threatened play, ten competitors got into the air. Unfortunately for Richard Ure, weather did intervene preventing him from completing his sequence. Air-judges were John Latinovic in SFM, Joseph Pilo in SFK and George Raby in FTU. Competing on the day were John Anderson, Steve Antunovic, Allan Bligh, Phillip Brammer, Cameron Crawford, Theo Gianotis, Ray Hand, Christopher Osborne, Guy Radnidge and Richard Ure. Congratulations to Guy Radnidge who won the day, with 185 out of a possible 230 points, as well as winning both the Glide Approach and Blind Circuit events. In second place with 180 points was Christopher Osborne and an in third place Ray Hand with 161. Check the Calendar for competition dates for 2012. For previous reports see the Past competitions page. Information for new competitors During the course of the year the club holds a series of competitions, most at Warnervale Airport near Wyong, but some at Bankstown. Competitions are held monthly on Sundays and advertised by email to all club members. The email invites members to contact the club and book a time slot for their competition flight. The competitions challenge pilots and student pilots alike to maintain and improve proficiency in the non routine flying skills learnt in Private Pilot Licence (PPL) training. Skills like forced landings, instrument flying, steep turns and more. A complete list of current competition sequences is provided below. Competitions are conducted in a Piper Warrior. For student pilots doing initial training in the Cessna 152, it's a great introduction to the aircraft in which they will probably complete their PPL. The price of participation is based on approximately thirty minutes flying at solo rates. Calendar for 2012 
INSTRUMENT CLIMB: After takeoff, the instrument hood goes on at 400 feet. Climb to 2500 feet to be over the downwind threshold after following the pattern described in the Instrument climb diagram (12kB pdf).
Competition organisers
FORCED LANDING: Carry out a glide approach from 2500 feet, complete your forced landing checks and touch down between scoring markers. No score if you land short! Peter Cunningham  John Hook  David Jaffray SPOT LANDING: This event perfects your short field landing technique. All landings, even in the forced landing event, are scored as spot landings. Scores are allocated as indicated in the Spot landing diagram (49kb pdf). STEEP TURN UNDER THE HOOD: There are points for keeping the ball centred and having the bank angle, height and roll out heading correct. A 60 degree turn will take all of seventeen seconds to complete 360 degrees. This is a sequence that doesn't necessarily favour the instrument pilot! SPIRAL RECOVERY UNDER THE HOOD: This event will brush up your ability to recover from unusual attitudes even flying on instruments. This is sequence that doesn't necessarily favour the instrument pilot either! BLIND CIRCUIT: Competitors fly a circuit with all the flight instruments covered, usually by something hi-tech like a tea towel. Only the instructor/airjudge is allowed to peek. Points are awarded for accuracy of speed and height, and the 'quality' of the landing. LOW-LEVEL CIRCUIT: Simulating a landing under low cloud, competitors fly the circuit at a height of 500 feet. Points are scored for the quality of the circuit, approach and landing. PRECAUTIONARY SEARCH AND LANDING: This event may be combined with a Low-level circuit and includes a low-pass runway inspection at 50 feet AGL. FLYING FROM THE RIGHT HAND SEAT: While not an event as such, from time to time it is thrown into to the mix to add to the excitement of other events. Fly from the other seat. See how the instructor feels! Competition sequences Competitions are a sequence of events. Current sequences are listed below. For full details of each event see Competition events.
The competition is run by Schofields organisers from the clubhouse of the Central Coast Aero Club. Organisers will help you ready a score sheet. You'll fly with an instructor who acts as Airjudge and rates your performance based on the score sheet criteria. The instructor will take care of all the radio work so you can concentrate on the flying. If you are unsure of a sequence the instructor will guide you through. From start up to shut down, competition flights are approximately thirty minutes in duration. Most stay for a while to exchange tall tales and true. For $1 in the kitty, you can make yourself tea or coffee in the clubhouse kitchen. There is also a cold drinks vending machine. There are no shops nearby so it's best to bring your own lunch or snacks. Competitions at Bankstown When the competition is held at Bankstown it's an early morning breakfast competition (from first light) because the tower likes us to be out of the air by 8.30 am. It's also known as a Brekkie Comp because it's followed by a hot breakfast at the Schofields clubhouse. Given the shorter time frame and popularity of this competition, there are usually three aircraft operating so that everyone gets to fly. The competition is based near the NP Aviation Hangar, accessed via Tower Road, Bankstown Airport. In the air, the competition runs in the same way as the Warnervale competition. |
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