On 28/03/2011, at 4:19 PM, Adam Woolley wrote:

> On the way home from JG this year, I stopped into Stonefield to have a look  
> around.  I saw the beginnings of the new German operation starting up out 
> there.  Does anyone have any more information on this?  Looks like Tiger wont 
> be opening a base in BNE for a while, and keen to check out more soaring 
> options around the ADL area that’ll be able to cater for a launch any day of 
> the week!

Fly Down Under.

It's a German crowd who have been operating in South Africa
for about ten years, but are relocating due to the escalating risk
that their customers might be accidentally machine-gunned.

They hire wintered gliders from Europeans, stack them into shipping
containers destined for the Southern hemisphere, then hire them
out to a different group of Germans.

They've imported a Skylaunch winch, they've built a hangar big
enough for 30 gliders on the ground floor and another 30 that can
be winched on slings into the rafters.  It's like a friggin' cathedral
inside, a lot bigger than it looks from the air.

They'll start operating out of Stonefield next spring.  They'll be 
offering package deals consisting of flights to and from Adelaide,
accommodation in the Barossa Valley, and daily transfers to/from
the airfield.

  - mark

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