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Mag award puts aero club top of the nation
Five-year plan for neutrality
PENINSULA Aero Club, Tyabb, has been named Aero Club of the Year. This comes through aviation magazine, Australian Flying, acting for the Royal Aeronautical Society, Australian Division. “Of all the clubs in the country, Peninsula Aero Club’s submission won,” president Peter Bernardi said. The award was presented by Captain David Jacobson, a former commercial airline pilot with 24,000 flying hours’ experience. It recognises the club’s outstanding support, facilities and training to the general aviation community, as well as its high standards of safety in operations, while creating an environment that fosters participation in aviation. The award also acknowledges the efforts of club members and the committee as being valuable members of the general aviation community. “It is a fantastic achievement for the aero club,” Mr Bernardi said. The November/December edition of Australian Flying award reads: “Peninsula Aero Club is not only a vibrant club for visitors and aviators, but also the body that administers Mornington Peninsula Airport at Tyabb in Victoria. “With around 530 members, PAC provides facilities for social gatherings, maintenance organisations, warbird collectors, Air Ambulance, Victoria Police Air Wing, Royal Flying Doctor Service and firebombing operations. “PAC is also actively involved in encouraging secondary school students to explore flying careers through the Student Flight Training
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire has made a commitment to be carbon neutral and has been working with the community to develop the best approach to achieving this outcome, the mayor Cr Bev Colomb says. A draft carbon neutral policy, action plan and the supporting business cases, are available for community feedback. Cr Colomb said carbon neutrality was a forward-thinking approach to long-term environmental improvement. “In August, council endorsed the preferred option in achieving carbon neutrality within five years,” she said. “This approach includes actions to significantly reduce emissions, such as upgrading public street lighting to LED lights, installing solar panels on shire buildings and implementing best-practice energy efficiency in shire buildings.” Cr Colomb said the draft policy reflected this preferred approach and set out principles the shire would exercise when developing policies, strategies or implementing projects that impact on its greenhouse gas emissions profile. “The draft policy will ensure the shire continues to monitor greenhouse gas emissions and makes informed, best-value decisions to support emission reduction,” she said. The draft policy, action plan and the supporting business cases are on public exhibition until Monday 7 December. To provide feedback email carbonneutral@mornpen.vic.gov.au To view the policy and for further information visit mornpen.vic.gov.au/ Draft_Carbon_Neutral_Policy
Here’s to you: Peninsula Aero Club president Peter Bernardi accepts the Aero Club of the Year award from Captain David Jacobson watched by Royal Aeronautical Society chairman Murray Stimsom.
program. “Members are also very active in Angel Flight and the club is one of the major supporters of FunFlight.” Mr Bernardi said club management’s view was that Tyabb airport is “an integral part of the Tyabb community”. The aero club will host the Christmas Toy Run with the Antique
Aeroplane Association of Australia on Saturday 28 November. “Our Tyabb community is invited to join us,” Mr Bernardi said. “It’s our way of giving something back. “We’ll have aircraft on display, some fantastic heavy metal going through its paces in the sky and, afterwards, on display near the clubhouse. “There will be a free sausage sizzle
lunch and club members will be out and about with their planes.” Visitors can take unwrapped gifts for Food for All, which has been working across the Mornington Peninsula for the past 24 years. Toys are needed for children aged 8-14. Lego or similar are always popular. Tyabb Air Show will be held on the long weekend, Sunday 13 March.
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