Rabid enthusiast
March 17th 06, 10:47 PM
Our club recently did a gliding promotion in support of the "Big Day
Up" national gliding day in New Zealand.
We managed to do 155 "trial" flights with 4 twins & 2 180hp towplanes
in a little over 10.5 hours.
That included one hour wih only one tow plane as the other "broke" and
we had to organise a backup"
Yep it is a club record
We think a New Zealand Record
Anyone alse in the world done better than this.
Flights were aero tows to 1500ft done on a fully controlled regional
airport. So we had to fit in on a parallel runway to arriving and
departing commercial commuter stuff!! The airport recorded its highest
movement count in its history that day with 800 movements.
Up" national gliding day in New Zealand.
We managed to do 155 "trial" flights with 4 twins & 2 180hp towplanes
in a little over 10.5 hours.
That included one hour wih only one tow plane as the other "broke" and
we had to organise a backup"
Yep it is a club record
We think a New Zealand Record
Anyone alse in the world done better than this.
Flights were aero tows to 1500ft done on a fully controlled regional
airport. So we had to fit in on a parallel runway to arriving and
departing commercial commuter stuff!! The airport recorded its highest
movement count in its history that day with 800 movements.