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Speaker 1: And then, of course, we've got the All Blacks that continue the greatest rivalry tour of South Africa, although something that's drawn a bit of attention away from the result itself out of Cape Town yesterday was the flyover before kickoff. Those two planes that came so close to the roof of the stadium. Lyle Williams is the president of our Ashburton Aero Club. Morning to you.
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Speaker 2: G'day, how are you going?
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Speaker 1: Good. Magnificent to watch, wasn't it?
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Speaker 2: Oh, it was pretty impressive. I didn't really sort of believe what I saw, actually, to be fair. Yeah, a lot of people sort of thought it was a bit of AI, but no, it was the real deal, yeah.
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Speaker 1: Too low?
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Speaker 2: Oh, well, you wouldn't get away with that here, that's for sure. It'll be interesting to see whether it actually happens at the next game, because I noticed they did it in the first game. That's right. Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what happens there.
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Speaker 1: You'll need binoculars to spot them at the third, maybe, after a bit of knuckle wrapping. But no, the airline seems to think they've got all the approvals. How does it work here? I live out by the showgrounds, and one of the things I love is that I'm so close to our airport here. And oftentimes it feels like, you know, you're about to land on the roof of a house. How low are you allowed to go here?
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Speaker 2: Well, it depends. Over cities, it's 1,000 feet above ground level. And then over, you know, when you're not over urban areas, it's 500 feet. But if you're at the showgrounds, I mean, you could be on the approach to one of the runways out there, probably Runway 24. So, yeah, so, yeah, I mean, that's what they did in Cape Town. That's, yeah, I mean, it's drawn a lot of attention because it was pretty out there. Yeah, that's for sure.
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Speaker 1: If we wanted to stage something at the showgrounds for the next Hammers home game, we maybe wouldn't be able to get as low.
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Speaker 2: No. I think last year we might have been approached, and I think we didn't. It's hardly worth it because you need your binoculars.
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Speaker 1: I'll need to witness it overseas. Hey, you're a bit of a star at the moment. You were on TV last week. What's going on? Exciting times at the Euroclub?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we've got a lot going on out there at the moment. We've got new aircraft out, the new training aircraft, and we've got the Jim Hickey night coming up on the 17th of October as well. So, yeah, we're just trying to raise money for local students at the local host schools for flying scholarships. So, yeah, it's pretty positive times at the moment. So, yeah, we're just trying to promote our club out there and get it a bit more known. So, yeah.
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Speaker 1: How big is the club, Lyle? How many budding aviators do we have here in Ashburton?
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Speaker 2: Well, we've got just a bit over 100 members out there, and we've got 20 students that are looking to fly as are present. It changes all the time as they come in and come out, but generally around 20 students is where we're sitting at at the moment.
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Speaker 1: And how does it work? Do you own a couple of planes that people can fly in?
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Speaker 2: Well, the club have got.
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Speaker 2: Own one aircraft, which is a four-seater aircraft. Some people train in it. And it's mainly for the club members if they wanted to do flyaways, you know, take their family away. And the training aircraft is leased off a company. So, yeah, so... I mean, they're quite expensive, so the club doesn't have the funds to be able to purchase it, so... Yeah, but hopefully in the future they might be able to purchase some aircraft, more aircraft in the future, yeah.
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Speaker 1: Not the cheapest hobby to have, I imagine, but what a neat skill to be able to acquire, and it's something that we're very lucky to have on offer here in Mid Canterbury. This dinner with Jim Hickey, who's a former TV weatherman, but he's a keen aviator. I know that he tries to get to Woolbirds over Wanaka as often as he can, and he was there. That was sort of the genesis for this whole thing. Was it Peter Mack or one of our locals that bumped into him down there and said, hey, will you come and do a dinner for us?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I actually managed to get his phone number back, um uh through the through the back door and i rang him and and said that you know would he be interested and he said that he was going to be at the wanaka air show and so he said to track him down and so unfortunately he was in the vip tent and uh so it was a bit of a bit of a mission trying to get him trying to get in there and pulling him out but um one of our local uh One of our committee members managed to get in and get him out, and we just told him what we were up to, and he was just on board, and he's been very generous in donating his time to come down. Wow. Yes, he's very passionate about aviation, and he's got a bit of a connection with Ashburton because his father was a Spitfire pilot in World War II. True.
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Speaker 1: And Ashburton was a training ground for.
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Speaker 2: That, eh? Yeah. Yeah, so his father did his training in Ashburton, so yeah, it's got a bit of a few roots from that there, so yeah. Neat.
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Speaker 1: No doubt many tall tales to be had from Jim Hickey. This dinner is Saturday the 17th of October. Ticket's just 90 bucks. That includes a two-course meal, and you can find all the details on Humanitix or by searching the Mid Canterbury Aero Club on Facebook. Cheers, Lyle. Look forward to seeing it all come together at
Speaker 1: And then, of course, we've got the All Blacks that continue the greatest rivalry tour of South Africa, although something that's drawn a bit of attention away from the result itself out of Cape Town yesterday was the flyover before kickoff. Those two planes that came so close to the roof of the stadium. Lyle Williams is the president of our Ashburton Aero Club. Morning to you.
00:00:24
Speaker 2: G'day, how are you going?
00:00:25
Speaker 1: Good. Magnificent to watch, wasn't it?
00:00:27
Speaker 2: Oh, it was pretty impressive. I didn't really sort of believe what I saw, actually, to be fair. Yeah, a lot of people sort of thought it was a bit of AI, but no, it was the real deal, yeah.
00:00:37
Speaker 1: Too low?
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Speaker 2: Oh, well, you wouldn't get away with that here, that's for sure. It'll be interesting to see whether it actually happens at the next game, because I noticed they did it in the first game. That's right. Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what happens there.
00:00:51
Speaker 1: You'll need binoculars to spot them at the third, maybe, after a bit of knuckle wrapping. But no, the airline seems to think they've got all the approvals. How does it work here? I live out by the showgrounds, and one of the things I love is that I'm so close to our airport here. And oftentimes it feels like, you know, you're about to land on the roof of a house. How low are you allowed to go here?
00:01:14
Speaker 2: Well, it depends. Over cities, it's 1,000 feet above ground level. And then over, you know, when you're not over urban areas, it's 500 feet. But if you're at the showgrounds, I mean, you could be on the approach to one of the runways out there, probably Runway 24. So, yeah, so, yeah, I mean, that's what they did in Cape Town. That's, yeah, I mean, it's drawn a lot of attention because it was pretty out there. Yeah, that's for sure.
00:01:47
Speaker 1: If we wanted to stage something at the showgrounds for the next Hammers home game, we maybe wouldn't be able to get as low.
00:01:54
Speaker 2: No. I think last year we might have been approached, and I think we didn't. It's hardly worth it because you need your binoculars.
00:02:07
Speaker 1: I'll need to witness it overseas. Hey, you're a bit of a star at the moment. You were on TV last week. What's going on? Exciting times at the Euroclub?
00:02:16
Speaker 2: Yeah, we've got a lot going on out there at the moment. We've got new aircraft out, the new training aircraft, and we've got the Jim Hickey night coming up on the 17th of October as well. So, yeah, we're just trying to raise money for local students at the local host schools for flying scholarships. So, yeah, it's pretty positive times at the moment. So, yeah, we're just trying to promote our club out there and get it a bit more known. So, yeah.
00:02:45
Speaker 1: How big is the club, Lyle? How many budding aviators do we have here in Ashburton?
00:02:49
Speaker 2: Well, we've got just a bit over 100 members out there, and we've got 20 students that are looking to fly as are present. It changes all the time as they come in and come out, but generally around 20 students is where we're sitting at at the moment.
00:03:07
Speaker 1: And how does it work? Do you own a couple of planes that people can fly in?
00:03:12
Speaker 2: Well, the club have got.
00:03:15
Speaker 2: Own one aircraft, which is a four-seater aircraft. Some people train in it. And it's mainly for the club members if they wanted to do flyaways, you know, take their family away. And the training aircraft is leased off a company. So, yeah, so... I mean, they're quite expensive, so the club doesn't have the funds to be able to purchase it, so... Yeah, but hopefully in the future they might be able to purchase some aircraft, more aircraft in the future, yeah.
00:03:50
Speaker 1: Not the cheapest hobby to have, I imagine, but what a neat skill to be able to acquire, and it's something that we're very lucky to have on offer here in Mid Canterbury. This dinner with Jim Hickey, who's a former TV weatherman, but he's a keen aviator. I know that he tries to get to Woolbirds over Wanaka as often as he can, and he was there. That was sort of the genesis for this whole thing. Was it Peter Mack or one of our locals that bumped into him down there and said, hey, will you come and do a dinner for us?
00:04:21
Speaker 2: Yeah, I actually managed to get his phone number back, um uh through the through the back door and i rang him and and said that you know would he be interested and he said that he was going to be at the wanaka air show and so he said to track him down and so unfortunately he was in the vip tent and uh so it was a bit of a bit of a mission trying to get him trying to get in there and pulling him out but um one of our local uh One of our committee members managed to get in and get him out, and we just told him what we were up to, and he was just on board, and he's been very generous in donating his time to come down. Wow. Yes, he's very passionate about aviation, and he's got a bit of a connection with Ashburton because his father was a Spitfire pilot in World War II. True.
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Speaker 1: And Ashburton was a training ground for.
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Speaker 2: That, eh? Yeah. Yeah, so his father did his training in Ashburton, so yeah, it's got a bit of a few roots from that there, so yeah. Neat.
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Speaker 1: No doubt many tall tales to be had from Jim Hickey. This dinner is Saturday the 17th of October. Ticket's just 90 bucks. That includes a two-course meal, and you can find all the details on Humanitix or by searching the Mid Canterbury Aero Club on Facebook. Cheers, Lyle. Look forward to seeing it all come together at
