News
Register for Conference & AGM
The annual conference and AGM will be held at the James Cook Hotel, Wellington, on the weekend of 8-9 June.
Graham White wins Central Districts 2013
Graham White wins Central Districts 2013, Checkout the results on http://www.soaringspot.com/cds_2013/
Mt Cook Alpine Salmon National Gliding Championships 2013 - Results
Omarama Multiclass Nationals ended 12th January 2013 - two weeks of exceptional racing and general excitement in a very well organised effort many thanks to Ralph Henderson and team.
Tim Bromhead WINS Day 4 in the Tasman Trophy
Piako's Tim Bromhead is representing NZ for the Tasman Trophy contest in the Australian multi-class Nationals at Benalla, Victoria. Here's his latest report:
You may not be insured?
Beware if you are towing someone elses glider. If you ding it in any way you probably wont be covered by your cars third party insurance.
Might pay for the owners to agree with you before you hookup that it is their responsibility for any damage.
Certainly is the case with AA Insurance.
Airways steps back from Matamata AIrspace
Airways had proposed to "steal" a bunch more airspace in the South Waikato dropping the controlled zone lower limit.
North Island Regionals 2012 - Results
Matamata / Northern Regionals started on on the 24th November
Scores here
Grand Prix qualifier Australia
Our Brett Hunter has started well at Lake Keepit! Here's his narritive for Day 1:
New Queenstown airspace
The controlled airspace around Queenstown has been siginificantly modified with effect 15 November 2012, just in time for the South Island Regional Gliding Championships.
Proposed airspace changes around Wellington & Paraparaumu
Airways is proposing airspace changes around Wellington and Paraparaumu that could affect gliding - details here.
Club development, recruiting and keeping members
Proceedings from the European Gliding Union workshop 2012, edited by Robert Danewid.
MOAP amended 12 August 2012
There have been some minor amendments to the GNZ Manual of Approved Procedures.
GNZ Annual Symposium & AGM - register now!
The Gliding New Zealand Annual Symposium and AGM will be held at the James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor, Wellington, on the weekend of 9-10 June 2012.
Safety in Mountain Flying
The French National Gliding Centre (CNVV) has produced an excellent booklet on gliding safely in the mountains.