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New Zealand National Gliding Championships

Matamata Aerodrome, New Zealand,   February 4, 2008 – February 15, 2008

Day 2

 

Day 2 sees an end to the best summer weather we have had in living memory (it used to be like this when I was a boy), some blame Roy who is the best contest director this country has ever seen except that whenever Roy arrives so does the bad weather. In this case it was the remnants of cyclone Gene which brought strong SE winds and totally blue skys that were unflyable until mid afternoon. We cancelled the Sports (aka PW) class and set a short task for the rest. It was a very fun day, ripped apart thermals in 35 knot winds but the cores were very strong and base was around 5,000 ft AGL so almost everyone got around.

The evening meal that Jan prepared was the best deal going, $8-00, you must be kidding!

 

Written on February 6, 2008 at 5:36 AM.

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