News
Wednesday 4th December - Christmas Curry Night
Our December social event will be a curry at the fabulous Nepalese restaurant / pub, The Plough in Grateley, meeting at 1830.
Please note that unlike our normal social evenings this will not be a free event.
Get in touch asap to book a place!
Postponed until 2025 - Talk by Rob Tierney
In the spring of 2025 Rob Tierney will present a talk about how he ‘liberated’ a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter from the Argentinians after the Falklands conflict. This talk was due to take place in November but had to be postponed.
Sunday 6th October 2024 - Winter Flying and Carb Icing
Nick presented a talk on winter flying and carburettor icing.
Whilst not the most exciting topic, this was a timely reminder that although winter flying can be great fun and the views out of the window are different (especially when there’s snow on the ground) winter flying does bring extra risks that need to be properly managed.
Tuesday 1st October 2024 - Night Rating
We are now taking bookings for night rating training or refresher training for night flying.
Thruxton allows night flying training from 1st November to 31st January, Mondays to Thursdays, from 30 minutes after sunset to 19:00 GMT.
We have just completed our first night rating course. Book yours now!
Sunday 2nd September 2024 - Safety at The Farnborough International Airshow Talk
Richard Pillans, Flight Director at The Farnborough International Airshow, gave a very interesting and informative talk about the difficulties of maintaining the traditions of the airshow to comply with ever demanding safety requirements in a more risk adverse society compared to the one when the airshow was first created.
Sunday 4th August 2024 - Opening day BBQ
Kurusha Flying School & Club launched with a BBQ and drinks social event inviting pilots, students and anyone interested in learning to fly to come and meet us.
We were blessed with perfect weather and a good turn out with around 30 people attending.
A free raffle for Pooleys equipment was also thrown in.