Wellington Wairarapa Gliding Club
latest news + events
flight following
bookings and rosters
upcoming club events
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AGM - Sat 5 October 2024. Starts at 4:30 pm. Royal Hotel, Featherston.
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Kane Trophy (bomb drop and spot landing) – Sat 26 October 2024, all day.
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Open Day at the Club - Sat 2 November 2024. All welcome!
National and international events are on the Gliding NZ Events Calendar.
summer crew
We do fly all year round, on weekends and public holidays, subject to fine weather and dry ground. Each summer we welcome guest instructors and winch drivers from the northern hemisphere. They provide us with the opportunity for mid-week flying, and allow us to offer excellent week-long training courses. This year we have confirmed that Andrew, Gen and Les – all from the UK – will stay to fly, instruct and operate the winch. Ian Willows and Lars Hestehave will both be returning.
Andrew James
Gen Francis
Les Connolly
Lars Hestehave
Ian Willows
site maintenance
Recently a bunch of “willing workers” were clearing weed from the creek to lower the water level and stave off water on the runway. But the river banks were too high for our small digger to reach into the creek. So we made a giant pitchfork, plunged it into the weed mass from a canoe, and dragged it upstream using a small winch. Slow but successful. And no-one fell in the creek that day!