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As a clubmember, you have the
opportunity to share your interest
with other like-minded hobbyists
who will gladly share their knowledge
and experience with you.”
“You can progress at your own pace,
choosing to remain a leisurely
flyer or join in various levels of
competition, ranging frompylon
racing to aerial combat, pattern
flying and aerobatics. And there’s no
need to be concerned if you aren’t
an expert after your first training
lessons, as you will be covered under
the Club’s public liability insurance if
anything were to happen.”
Holdfast’s training programs extend
well beyond their flying fields,
withmodellers going into the local
community to share their passion for
flying with school students.
Holdfast Club has established
an annual visit to students from
Blackwood High School’s Autism
Intervention Group. This has been
an extremely rewarding endeavour,
promoting friendship in the
community between the club and
the high school through the LIFT
program.
“It’s not just about teaching students
to fly planes, it’smore about creating
an experience for them, building
that friendship between us and the
students,” said Kingsley.
“At the end of the 2016 school year,
students and teachers were able
to interact and learn fromskilled
modellers as well as being treated
to a fantastic flying display by
Ashley West, Horst Dahms and David
Whitten.”
To spread your wings and learn to fly,
the Club’s LIFT program runs from
10am-12.30pmon Sundays (weather
permitting).
To take part, you simply need
to come to the field, fill out an
application form (so you are covered
by insurance) and you’re ready to fly.
The programallows you to take part
in three free training sessions and
beyond that, you can still use club
models and equipment but need to
pay themembership fee.
Kingsley encourages anyone
interested in the sport to come along
and give it a go. You never know
whether there’s an ace pilot inside
you ready to take to the skies.
Click here
for details of our Low
cost Integrated Flight Training
(LIFT) programandmembership
information.