18yr old flies 1000k

[Ventus_a]

On Saturday Alex McCaw flew a 1000k task in blue wave at Omarama, NZ

A fantastic effort from the young man.


http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/140467/alex-touches-down-plenty-caw-about

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0tC2L0T1AizSR4gpNn6iRoEcyeNI5AD 86

Colin

[Craig[_2_]]

On Dec 14, 11:01*am, Ventus_a >
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> On Saturday Alex McCaw flew a 1000k task in blue wave at Omarama, NZ
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> A fantastic effort from the young man. *
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> http://tinyurl.com/26dv3r9
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> http://tinyurl.com/29dw2bm
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> Colin
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> Ventus_a

Being so young, he may be the only one to have ever done 1000k without
using a pee bag! Congrats Alex.
Craig

[kd6veb]

Hi Gang
I am at Omarama for a week flying a LS6. This is youth training week
here where various clubs converge here to promote soaring. The results
of some of the youngsters including Alex have been outstanding and I
am sure in the environment of Terry Delore and other world class
pilots these youngster are going to show us oldies a thing or two. The
only concern I have is that it appears to be a male only group of
youngsters.
Dave

On Dec 14, 11:01*am, Ventus_a >
wrote:
> On Saturday Alex McCaw flew a 1000k task in blue wave at Omarama, NZ
>
> A fantastic effort from the young man. *
>
> http://tinyurl.com/26dv3r9
>
> http://tinyurl.com/29dw2bm
>
> Colin
>
> --
> Ventus_a

[Tony[_5_]]

awesome!

[Mike the Strike]

On Dec 14, 12:59*pm, Tony > wrote:
> awesome!

I'd give him a medal for flying 11 hours without peeing!

Mike

[Ventus_a]

[QUOTE=kd6veb;757717]Hi Gang
I am at Omarama for a week flying a LS6. This is youth training week
here where various clubs converge here to promote soaring. The results
of some of the youngsters including Alex have been outstanding and I
am sure in the environment of Terry Delore and other world class
pilots these youngster are going to show us oldies a thing or two. The
only concern I have is that it appears to be a male only group of
youngsters.
Dave


Not sure about the make up of the course but Terry Delore's daughter is one of the organisers and the various Youth Glide efforts around New Zealand have a mix of both young men and women.

Colin

[Luke Roberts[_2_]]

Congratulations Alex. A superb achievement.

Luke Roberts


At 06:28 15 December 2010, Ventus_a wrote:
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>kd6veb;757717 Wrote:
>> Hi Gang
>> I am at Omarama for a week flying a LS6. This is youth training week
>> here where various clubs converge here to promote soaring. The results
>> of some of the youngsters including Alex have been outstanding and I
>> am sure in the environment of Terry Delore and other world class
>> pilots these youngster are going to show us oldies a thing or two. The
>> only concern I have is that it appears to be a male only group of
>> youngsters.
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> Not sure about the make up of the course but Terry Delore's daughter
i
>> one of the organisers and the various Youth Glide efforts around Ne
>> Zealand have a mix of both young men and women.
>>
>> Coli
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[Ian Kennedy]

Gliders are boys toys, always have been, always will be.
As for other things, if sheep could drive.....
:}
"Ventus_a" > wrote in message
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> kd6veb;757717 Wrote:
>> Hi Gang
>> I am at Omarama for a week flying a LS6. This is youth training week
>> here where various clubs converge here to promote soaring. The results
>> of some of the youngsters including Alex have been outstanding and I
>> am sure in the environment of Terry Delore and other world class
>> pilots these youngster are going to show us oldies a thing or two. The
>> only concern I have is that it appears to be a male only group of
>> youngsters.
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> Not sure about the make up of the course but Terry Delore's daughter is
>> one of the organisers and the various Youth Glide efforts around New
>> Zealand have a mix of both young men and women.
>>
>> Colin
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> Ventus_a

[Russell Thorne]

A radio interview with Alex McCaw after his 1000km flight

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/20101213