Weekly Winglets - little tipbits from the week that was (31)...
well - more like a trailing edge really...... I have had enough of aeroplanes after disappearing to China for 2 days and Singapore for 1 last week! The Wednesdayers drew the long straw being the only...
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2012 Preseason Briefing
Hi All Glider Pilots, Reminder notice to make sure you come along to the: 2012 Preseason Briefing Yes there will be a soaring season sometime soon!? 10.00am Saturday 8th September 2012, with repeat of...
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More Wave in the weekend, & InReach GPS Tracking
The high cloud moving in, an ominous sign of the weather to come Another interesting weekend of weather, with a slightly patchy easterly wave on Saturday. The wind turned quite northerly towards 5000',...
View ArticleHow to use your National parachute video
Here's a great video about how to use your National parachute - from http://soaringcafe.com/2012/08/national-parachutes-video/ View here on youtube...
View ArticleWeekly Winglets - little tipbits from the week that was (33)...
Welcome all, and thanks to Tim for filling in with news while I took leave! The week that was ……… Another wet Wednesday – followed by an eventually cancelled Saturday – just about situation normal this...
View ArticleWeekly Winglets - little tipbits from the week that was (34)...
Well - what a difference a week makes! 3 out of 3 flying days ..... that’s a turnup for the books - and great to see so many out to take advantage of it. Iggy submitted his Wednesday cameo as follows:...
View ArticleExtra Winglet week 34!!!
Will Kamp has just submitted a time lapse video of Saturday Aug 25 2012 ground ops - thanks Will - the changing skyscape and light levels are very cool....
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Wednesday 29th Sep 12
Well - The wave did not materialise as predicted. The thermal activity was stronger than anticipated and this combined with slack winds and a change of wind direction above 5000' resulted in a thermal...
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Upcoming 2012 Contests & Courses
A note about the upcoming contests and XCountry course. Now is the time to be booking time off work, organising gliders, sorting accomodation! Here are the upcoming events: Central Plateau contest @...
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My apologies for falling off the horse – back up and running – it’s a pity Uniform Lima can’t get re-hinged that quickly! Iggy filed this for Wednesday 19/09. Tuesday was a good thermal day. Light...
View ArticleWeekly Winglets - little tipbits from the week that was (39)...
As I sit looking out at a rainy dreary Auckland Monday morning, I think how lucky we were to get a weekends flying! Not great but flying!! Not so on Wednesday though – the day was cancelled. Saturday...
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Jeepers – it’s been a bit hectic again/still! Wednesday 3/10 and Saturday 6/10 were canned but Sunday 7th had some action finally. Captain Brown in command of the day for his inaugural turn on the...
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Taupo contest underway with some difficult flying but lovely scenery
Hi all, I've had a few people ask how the contest is going. The scores and daily updates from our scorer/contest director are available online here:http://www.soaringspot.com/cpnz2012/ So far we've had...
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More pics from Taupo
A good day yesterday, some of the best weather we've had, although the first turnpoint had it's tricky moments being in a lot of blue. Getting started was again tricky, with broken thermals thanks to...
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Not So Weekly Winglet #241
Not So Weekly Winglet #261I will try & keep this brief tonight.We have been quite active since I last wrote.The winch has continued to get plenty of use by the club and by ATC cadets. We have...
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Fly Fast Course 2013 Starts
Sorry another update :) luck you!We've started the fly fast course at Matamata, and we're off with a bang. Well, more of a gentle miander up north through the sea breezes as they attacked from all...
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Wave day at the regionals
The regionals is underway, and we've had some interesting flying. A real mix of weather. Thermals earlier in the week, thunderstorms yesterday, easterly wave today, it's been madness.Due to the crazy...
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Not So Weekly Winglet #261
So it seems I have been awol for some time. It’s been a frantic period since I was last here.A brief run down of my own flying for the last couple of months.I entered the Northern Regional Competition...
View ArticleNot So Weekly Winglet #147
Summer So Far:It’s worth commenting more on the Nationals as there really was a lot going on over the two weeks. So many people did so much to make the competition a success. Paul Castle did a sterling...
View ArticleThermaling Training Session
As part of the ongoing training for our pilots Julian has asked me to run a session on Thermaling. Apart from teaching the ability to safely land out, this is the most important skill to develop if you...
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