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6
Mar
Runway Upgrade Complete
Runway Upgrade Complete March 2020 Major resurfacing work has been completed on the 10/28 runway and taxiways. This is a major construction job and should be a wonderful improvement to the field. More than 200mm of cement stabilised roadbase was laid over the old surface, and this will go a long way towards making the 10/28 runway able to beRead more
2
Mar
OzRunways Presentation
OzRunways Presentation February 2020 Late February the club was fortunate to have Andrew from OzRunways give a presentation about the new version 8 edition of the program. It was a great presentation and standing room only with our friends from the Southport flying club also coming in to hear all of the latest and greatest about the OzRunways program. AfterRead more
28
Feb
Raining Again
It's raining again ! The title pretty much says everything. Lots of rain recently has unfortunately seen a lot of flooding not only of our airport but also around the district. Floodwaters entered our clubrooms and made a mess on three separate occasions. The club is very appreciative of members who came to assist in cleaning up the mess. Ultimately,Read more
9
May
Heck Field Flight Training
Gold Coast Sports Flying Training Empowering Recreational Aviators 1638 Stapylton-Jacobs Well Road Norwell QLD 4208 Phone: 0468 442 732 Email: training@gcsfc.org.au Gold Sport Flying Club now has on-site Flight Training ! Do you want to learn to fly and perhaps achieve your dream of becoming a pilot ? With Gold Coast Sports Flying Training, in conjunction with the GoldRead more
22
Dec
2018 GCSFC Christmas Party
Gold Sport Flying Club 2018 Christmas Party A great time was had with all attendees. Lot's of great food, great wine and great company along with lot's of flying stories.
10
Oct
Club Aircraft now available for Hire.
Gold Coast Sports Flying Club now has an Aircraft for Hire ! No aircraft? No problem. Errol Van Rensburg has put one of his beautiful Sling aircraft on-line with the GCSFC. The Sling is now available exclusively to GCSFC ordinary members at a very reasonable rate of $145 per hour wet. (Yes including fuel!) For more details and bookingsRead more
13
Aug
GCSFC location for Dora the Explorer Movie
It was our great pleasure to host the cast and crew of Dora the Explorer movie recently at the Gold Coast Sports Flying Club (GCSFC) for 3 full-on days of filming. This is not the first movie filmed at our airfield with other notable productions being San Andres featuring the ‘Rock’ a couple of years ago. Club members who personally
16
Jun
Heck Field Weather Webcams
GCSFC Weather Webcams are now live and operational The GCSFC now has two weather outlook cameras operational 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. The cameras are viewable through the following link on our website. https://www.gcsfc.org.au/webcam/ One camera looks to the west-south-west towards the great dividing range (just to the south of say, Boonah), this is the direction aRead more
14
May
2018 Open Day
Perfect weather, lots of aircraft and good crowds from the local area made out of 2018 open day the huge success. Thank you to all of the pilots who donated their time and aircraft to offer free flight experiences to our local visitors. More than 250 people were taken flying on the day, many for the first time ever inRead more
10
May
2018 Aviation Open Day Invitation
Gold Coast Sports Flying Club invites you to our open day on Saturday May 12 – 9am to 2pm at Heck Field. Free Entry Hot Food & Cold Drinks Joy Rides You’re invited to our friendly flying club to see what we are all about. On display will be everything from biplanes to seaplanes, old aircraft and new aircraft. Have
