Celebrating Last Month's Milestones & Gearing Up for What's Ahead!

✨ Congratulations ✨

🎉 A big congratulations to Helen Bull on achieving her first solo flight! 🎉

After putting in the hard work and dedication, Helen has finally soared solo, and we couldn’t be more thrilled! ✈️

This is such an incredible milestone and a reflection of your determination and skill. We can’t wait to see where your flying journey takes you next, Helen! 🏆

Here’s to many more flights and achievements in the sky! 👏👏

Join us at Avalon ✈️

If you’re planning on attending, be sure to come find us and say hello! We’d love to catch up with fellow aviation enthusiasts. ✈️

We've Gone Paperless with GOBOKO!

We’re excited to report that our new online flight logging system has been working great! 🎉

If you haven’t had the chance to use the system yet, don’t worry! We’ve made it simple and efficient. Please check out the link below for instructions on how to get started.

This system has already made flight logging smoother for everyone, and we’re confident it will continue to make life easier for all our members.

Thanks for embracing this change with us! ✈️

Managing Your Goboko Balance

To help you better understand how your Goboko balance works, we've put together a post explaining the system and how to ensure your balance stays up to date. Goboko shows your available prepaid balance, but it may not always reflect recent charges like exam fees, landing fees, or merchandise. For the most accurate picture of your account, refer to your statement.

We provide instructions on how to manually add funds to Goboko to keep your balance accurate and ensure smooth transactions. Head to the link below for full details and tips on how to manage your account more effectively.

Upcoming Fly-Away's with Bendigo Flying Club

Wentworth AUSFLY 2025

14 March 2025 at 8:00 am – 15 March 2025 at 5:00 pm|Wentworth

Holbrook Easter Fly-in 2025

19 April 2025 at 8:00 am – 20 April 2025 at 8:00 pm|Holbrook

Bendigo Flying Competition

Organised by RVAC & Bendigo Flying Club

Flying Competition Bendigo - 2025

6 April 2025, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm|East Bendigo

Mark your calendars for the Bendigo Flying Competition, happening Sunday, April 6th, from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM at Bendigo Airport. Whether you bring your own aircraft or hire one, this is your chance to showcase your skills in a range of challenges, including a quiz, simulator exercises, spot landings, circuit precision, and forced landings.

Bendigo Flying Club is offering an hour of instructor hire for free for anyone who has purchased a ticket. This is a great opportunity to hone your skills with an instructor before the big day.

If you want to get involved but do not want to participate, please reach out to see how you can help make this a memorable event.

Save the Date!

Pilot Proficiency Program

11th - 13th of April

Saturday ground school free to APAS members with Tony Smith

Dual Flying at 100/hour in your aircraft

APAS Website

Great support for the HEMS 3

On Sat 8th Feb, a group of #avgeeks from BFC had the pleasure of a guided tour of the HEMS Facility at BXG.

MICA Paramedic Steve, Chief Pilot Sam & Aircrewman Chris gave us a warm welcome & dedicated 2 hours of their time to show us around their facilities as well as their Air Ambulance VH-YXJ, a 2015 Augusta AW139 aircraft powered by 2 Pratt & Whittney engines.

This 6+ tonne beast of an aircraft is a virtual flying hospital with everything onboard for all major trauma related medical care, as well as search & rescue capabilities.

It burns around 400kgs of fuel an hour & has approximately 2.5hrs of endurance, meaning they can go anywhere within Victoria when needed.

We all had a fantastic time, took many photos, as well as had many questions answered. They also shared many stories of different places, incidents and accidents they go to on a regular basis.

It shed a whole new light on what one of our neighbouring aviators get up to in what is without a doubt a vital part of Ambulance Victoria's operations. We're lucky to have such a facility here in Central Victoria!