Our third annual Autumn Scale Rally was the most successful so far, with over thirty pilots and more than forty aircraft entered. We had visitors from as far as Melbourne, Sydney and Lithgow and the local area.

Flying was conduced in ideal weather conditions, with no wind on either day. This is a no competition event, so pilots can enjoy their flying without any pressure. The only competition over the weekend was the selection of the aircraft to be awarded the “Pilots Choice Award‟. All pilots entered vote for the aircraft they like the best.

This years award want to John Gottschalk, from Melbourne for his Fokker DV1. Johns name will now be added to the Trophy displayed in the Club House. 

Highlight of the rally was the flight by Gary Sunderland of the Voisin biplane. Gary built the model to commemorate the first controlled, powered flight in Australia. This flight took place at Diggers Rest Victoria in 1910. The pilot of the aircraft was the world famous escape artist Harry Houdini.

There is a lot of information and photos of the Voisin and Houdini‟s flight on the internet, just type in Voisin and select a subject.

1st Place

Wayne Harrison

Tiger Moth

2nd Place

Jack Williams

Lockheed Altair

3rd Place

Barry Kilpatrick / Rob Sargent

Stinson Reliant

Pilots Choice Award

Jack Williams

Lockheed Altair

1st to 3rd place was selected by 3 judges and the pilots choice was selected by a vote of entered pilots.