KevinFinke
June 15th 12, 04:14 PM
"Mountain Flying in Omarama NZ; Convergences, Wave and the
Atmospheric Engine. Or if you understand how your local mountain
soaring really works you can fly anywhere on the Planet, including
Antarctica!"
Gavin Wills Bio
Total time: 10,000 + hrs
Gliding 6,000 + hrs since 1957 (then aged 9). Gavin was born into a
soaring family and grew up flying in the mountains.
A successful racing pilot he won the US National Sports Class
Championships in 2005. He is also the task setter for National and
International races at Omarama.
Gavin is the founder, owner and director of GlideOmarama and Gavin
Wills Mountain Soaring School. He holds a US Commercial Gliding
license, NZ Gliding Instructors Rating, and is an Executive Director
of Gliding New Zealand.
http://www.glideomarama.com/home
Gavin Wills will be passing through the Seattle Area next week and has
graciously offered to share his knowledge on Mountain Soaring with
local area pilots. His presentation will begin at 7:30 and will also
include a fairly lengthy Q & A session afterwords.
Prior to the talk, we will have a 15 minute social.
Should be a good evening!!
And for those who can't make it, he is also planning on swinging
through Ephrata during his visit sometime around the 21st or so of
July. So we will likely have an encore presentation then.
-Kevin Finke
Atmospheric Engine. Or if you understand how your local mountain
soaring really works you can fly anywhere on the Planet, including
Antarctica!"
Gavin Wills Bio
Total time: 10,000 + hrs
Gliding 6,000 + hrs since 1957 (then aged 9). Gavin was born into a
soaring family and grew up flying in the mountains.
A successful racing pilot he won the US National Sports Class
Championships in 2005. He is also the task setter for National and
International races at Omarama.
Gavin is the founder, owner and director of GlideOmarama and Gavin
Wills Mountain Soaring School. He holds a US Commercial Gliding
license, NZ Gliding Instructors Rating, and is an Executive Director
of Gliding New Zealand.
http://www.glideomarama.com/home
Gavin Wills will be passing through the Seattle Area next week and has
graciously offered to share his knowledge on Mountain Soaring with
local area pilots. His presentation will begin at 7:30 and will also
include a fairly lengthy Q & A session afterwords.
Prior to the talk, we will have a 15 minute social.
Should be a good evening!!
And for those who can't make it, he is also planning on swinging
through Ephrata during his visit sometime around the 21st or so of
July. So we will likely have an encore presentation then.
-Kevin Finke