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Springs airfield (FASI) is a registered airfield which is leased from the local municipality and the East Rand Gliding Centre shares the facility with a number of operations including a micro-lite club, an ultra-lite club,autogyro club, EEA, flying schools and private operators.
It lies at 5340 ft MSL and has a runway 1100m long which is tarred. The orientation is 03/21. A grass cross runway exists on a 14/32 orientation.
Parallel to the main runway is an addition grass runway which is used for microlite and autogyro operations and is designated 04/22.
Joining procedures are for microlites (Weight shifting type) – 6300 ft MSL over airfield and for all other aircraft 6800 ft MSL.
All circuits are to the West or North of the airfield for noise abatement purposes.
Runways 03, 04 and 14 are to be flow Left Hand circuits. Runways 21, 22 and 32 Right Hand circuits. Circuit height is 6000 ft MSL.
Springs airfield is uncontrolled and traffic in the vicinity uses the radio frequency 122,4 MHz for TIBA and circuit calls.
Facilities at Springs include a fuel bay for AVGAS. The club shares a number of hangars and refreshments are available from local facilities.
Centre Fleet
The club makes extensive use of Scheibe Falke motor gliders for both ab-initio and solo flying. These aircraft have proven themselves over the years as being cheap to operate, docile in handling and robust enough to cope with the riggers of student pilots.
In addition access is available to high performance Whisper motor gliders for advanced and cross country training and a single seater RF4D for solo advanced flying.
Our Instructors
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Gary Whitecross
Chief Flying Instructor
Born 1957, Started flying in 1974 at Witwatersrand Gliding Trust at Baragwanth, got his PPL in 1980 and progressed onto Commercial flying multi engine aircraft, Microlights, Helicopters and many other aviation disciplines. Retired from commercial flying in 1999 and concentrated on sport aviation. Currently a Senior Instructor under SSSA and Tandem Instructor (Paragliding) under SAHPA, Gary is an avid competition Gliding pilot currently the Guateng Regional Club Class Champion.
Total Flight Time: 5000 hours
Grade of Instructor: Grade A - Testing Instructor
Ratings:
Touring Motor Glider - Grade A Testing Instructor.
Winch Launch - Full Instructor.
Aerotow - Full Instructor.
email: - gary@xnet.co.za
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Sean Selkon
Sean is an active commercial pilot on corporate aircraft as well as a ground school lecturer for various training organisarions.. He has been flying for over 25 years and is also a rated test pilot.
Total Flight time: 2700 hours
Grade of Instructor: Grade A - Testing Instructor
Ratings:
Touring Motor Glider
Website: www.intercitycharters.com
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Barry Turner Snr.
Barry Snr. is a glider pilot through and through. Barry started gliding in the old Rhodesia. He has a vast knowledge of both pure gliders and motor gliders. Barry is also a certified maintenance engineer for both gliders and LSA aircraft. He also holds a private pilot licence.
Total Flight Time: 2500 hours
Grade of Instructor: Grade B - Full Instructor
Ratings:
Touring Motor Glider - Full Instructor
Winch Launch - Full Instructor
Aerotow - Full Instructor
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Barry Turner Jnr
Barry Jnr. is a relatively new pilot in the aviation game. He has grown up with aircraft and followed in his fathers footsteps.
Total Flight Time: Unknown hours
Grade of Instructor: Grade C - Assistant Instructor
Ratings:
Touring Motor Glider - Assistant Instructor
Winch Launch - Glider Pilot
Aerotow - Glider Pilot
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Alan Susman
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Total Flight Time: 0 hours
Grade of Instructor: Grade C - Assistant Instructor
Ratings:
Touring Motor Glider - Assistant Instructor
Winch Launch - Full Instructor
Aerotow - Full Instructor
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Trevor Perkel
Trevor held a PPL (Private Pilot Licence), but found it too expensive to maintain. He became a TMG pilot and is now working his way up the instructor ladder. He is an enthusiastic member of the instructor team.
Total instruction Time: +250 hours
Grade of Instructor: Full Category instructor
Ratings:
Touring Motor Glider - Full Category Instructor Grade B
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Deon Van Zyl
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