29 October 2016: Article © David Eyre; Photos © Jonathan Williams

The Super Light Aircraft Club of WA (Inc) held a fly-in at Bindoon Airfield on Saturday 29 October 2016, to celebrate purchasing the airfield.

Despite the rain showers and winds, a number of aircraft attended, including VH-registered aircraft, ultralights (RAAus registered), and gyrocopters (ASRA-registered). Powered parachutes could not fly due to the winds being too strong.

For a full list of aircraft participating and the schedule of events, please see below the photos.

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Superlight Aircraft Club of WA Inc

Superlight Aircraft Club of WA Inc has been operating from the Bindoon abandoned airfield for over 20 years with a variety of aircraft types.

In June 2016, the club purchased the Bindoon Airfield. As the airfield is located within a military restricted airspace zone, RAAF Pearce controls the airspace during the week, so operations are limited to weekends. However, this generally suits most of the pilots, who work during the week to help fund their flying.

The club is dedicated to promoting safe and affordable flying for sport and recreational pilots and welcomes people interested in recreational and sport flying to contact them and join. The club also supports ultralight and gyrocopter flight training, and can put you in contact with instructors.

Aircraft list

Registration	Type	MSN	Owner
19-1362	Country Air Space Walker I	SW1-705DUL		ex 10-1362
19-3715	Zenair CH701 STOL	7-4126
19-4097	Spectrum Fisher Mk.1	023
19-5097	Zenair CH601HDS Zodiac	6-3619
19-5192	Australian LightWing GA-55	W165		ex 28-1861, VH-REB
19-6900/’69’	Fisher Celebrity	1		Painted to represent a Boeing Stearman. Built in 1997, ex N69GM, imported from the USA in 2014.
24-4965	Jabiru J-160C	142	Topfun Aviation
24-4967	Jabiru J-160C	145
24-5058	Jabiru J-160C	158
24-5210	Aeronca 7AC Champion	7AC-885		Built in 1946, ex VH-RCM, N82257, NC82257.
24-5282	Evektor EV-97 SportStar	20060508		Built in 2006, ex VH-CDR. Based in Bunbury.
24-6268/43-26268	Taylorcraft L-2M Grasshopper (DCO-65)	L6268		Built in 1943 for the US Army Air Force as a Taylorcraft L-2M Grasshopper, converted and sold for civil use in 1957 as a civilian Taylorcraft DCO-65, registered N75891, NC75891. Imported to Australia in 2014. Painted in US Army Air Force markings.
24-7404	Jabiru J-160D	288	Topfun Aviation
24-8245	Aeroprakt A-22LS Foxbat	A22LS-150
24-8625	Jabiru J-170D	361
25-0060	Thruster Gemini	086-108		Withdrawn from use 8 Jan 2005
55-3658	Australian LightWing GR-912	130		ex VH-JAS
G-133	AMAX Eagle TT gyrocopter			An Australian autogyro that was designed and produced by Amax Engineering of Donvale, Victoria, introduced in the 1990s, and supplied as a kit for amateur construction.
G-182	? gyrocopter
G-0267	ELA Aviacion ELA-08 gyrocopter			Spanish designed and built gyrocopter
G-6016	? gyrocopter
VH-AJK	Vans RV-6	21429	Adriaan J L Wessels	Flying Circuits
VH-BVH	Cessna 170B	25948	Benjamin R B Sharpe	Built in 1953, ex VH-BVE, VH-SVD, N1804C.
VH-CUX	Stolp SA-300 Starduster Too	389	Jack J Donsen	Built in 1984, ex N321DC, N19SR. Aerobatic Display
VH-DXN	Whisper Motor Glider	WA03001	Murray J Dixon, Cairns, QLD	Two-seat kit aircraft produced by Whisper Aircraft of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Major assemblies are completed at the factory with assembly intended to be completed by the owner. It is powered by a four-cylinder Limbach L2000 aero engine. This was the first demonstrator, built in 2003, ex ZS-GXW.
VH-OCH	Vans RV-7	73779	Carl Hanson, Geraldton, WA	‘Oscar’
VH-OIM	Thorp T-18CW Tiger	1100	Stuart D Anderson	Built in 1989, ex N34ST.

• 0800 – 0900 Members and visiting aircraft placed on display line.
• 0800 – 1200 Member and non-member aircraft and visitors arrivals.
• 0800 – 1230 Trial Flights or air experience flights available to visitors at $120 per hour (Provided by Topfun Aviation).
• 1200 – 1300 Lunch. Meet and greet other aviators.1300 – 1345  RAAus Hangar Talk – R-LOC ( 2 x free RAAus annual memberships awarded to 2 RAAus participants)
• 1345 – 1400 Competition Briefing
• 1400 – 1700 Competitions. Maximum 2 aircraft were permitted in the circuit. Aircraft were classed by type / performance. Less than 55kts cruise downwind and above 55kts downwind.  Gyrocopters in separate class. Each aircraft was tasked to fly 2 same time duration circuits.  Circuits were at 500 or 1000 feet above ground level, depending on class.  Second landing was a spot landing and short field. Aircraft started with 100 points and had points deducted for time differences between circuits; distances away from landing spot; poor landing style or for excessive length of landings.
• 1400 – dusk  Visiting aircraft depart.