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Who's looking after your club's website?

The member who built it moved on. It still says "Sunday mornings" and an email address. And the people who'd love to learn to fly can't tell when anyone's at the field.

Flying Clubhouse gives your club a site that's kept up for you, free, and brings new pilots out to the field on the mornings you fly.

See RAAID's new site Claim your club's site

Free for clubs. No ads. Built by a club member.

RAAIDModel flying at Haigslea, near Ipswich

Come and see us fly. Have you flown before?

I'm new to flying I've flown before

We fly Wednesdays from 7:30 am and Sundays from 8 am.

WhatsApp · RAAID Thanks Sam, you're booked in to visit RAAID on Sunday. Ray will message you soon with directions to the field.

Sound familiar?

What we hear from committees, and what it costs the club.

"Nobody knows how to change the site." The fees, the flying days and the committee are out of date, and the person with the password left years ago.
"They turned up on the wrong day." A keen newcomer drives out to a locked gate and an empty field, and doesn't try again.
"We need younger members." People still want to fly. They just look on their phone first, and an old page doesn't tell them they're welcome.
"Our emails are all over the internet." The president's and secretary's own addresses are on the page, and the spam comes with them.

From "I'd like to try that" to standing at your flight line

Your site asks newcomers three easy questions, then the club messages them. You know who's coming before Sunday, so someone's there with the trainer and the buddy box.

  1. 1 "Have you flown before?" New to flying, or flown before. That's the whole first page.
  2. 2 Pick a flying morning Only the days your club flies, over the next two weeks.
  3. 3 Name, mobile, email A message from the club arrives straight away. Directions to the field follow, and your address never goes on the internet.
  4. Your committee sees Sam is coming Sunday New to flying, no plane yet, bringing a grandson.

Built in

The live wind at your field, on your site

Members check the wind before they load the car. Your site shows the wind at your strip from the weather stations nearest it, the favoured runway and a 4-day forecast, from rcairfieldweather.com.

It's the same wind display RAAID already has on its site.

From a member

If you got my email, your club's site is already built.

I'm Nic. I fly with RAAID at Haigslea, near Ipswich. Our site hadn't been touched in years, so I rebuilt it. Now new pilots can see when we fly, and tell us which morning they're coming.

I've done the same for your club, from what's on your current site: your flying days, your field, your committee, your forms and by-laws, plus the live wind at your strip. Have a look. If you'd like to use it, it's yours, and I'll keep it up for you. If not, I understand, and no hard feelings.

Nic, RAAID member

Your club's own look

Your name, logo, photos and colours. Three examples: a powered club, a slope soaring club and a country club.

RAAIDElectric and nitro, a big grass strip at Haigslea
A powered club, with its real content Everything from raaid.com.au, brought over. See it →
Tallowood RidgeGliders on the ridge, when the wind's right
A slope soaring club "Is the ridge working?" leads the page.
Wattle CreekScale and vintage on a farm strip, fly-in and BBQ
A country club The monthly fly-in out the front.

What your club gets

A site that works on phones, at a Flying Clubhouse address, or your own.
Your flying days and your field, with directions sent only to people who book.
Visitor bookings for your flying mornings, with a message to each visitor straight away.
A page for your committee: who's coming, and what they told us.
Live wind at your field, and the forecast.
Your forms and by-laws, so no personal emails on the page.
Kept up for you. Send a message with a change.
Free. No ads, no catch.

Questions committees ask

Why is it free? What's the catch?

There isn't one. I fly too, and every club I know needs new members. Flying Clubhouse is made by Mocra, who build sites and booking for small businesses, and clubs get it free.

Do we have to move our web address?

No. Your site can live at a Flying Clubhouse address. If you have your own address, we'll help whoever looks after it point it to the new site, when you're ready.

Who changes things when the fees or the committee change?

Send us a message and it's done.

Who gets the visitors' details?

Your club, and only your club. They're for meeting visitors and sending your membership form. We never sell them or message them about anything else.

What if we don't want it?

Then reply "no thanks" and we'll take it down. Your current site isn't touched.

Claim your club's site

Tell us which club, and we'll message you the link to your site. If we haven't built it yet, we will.

Committee member or just a keen one? Either is fine. We'll check with your committee before anything goes live.

  1. Which club, and your part in it
  2. When you'd like to see it
  3. Who to send it to
Claim your club's site

We'll message you soon with the link. Free, nothing to pay.