LOG BOOK “CONCRETE SWANS” An interesting side to the Youth Camp was the large collection of Grob aircraft on the Omarama airfield. Variants of Grob training and single seat gliders, were supplied by Glide Omarama, and the Omarama, Canterbury, South Canterbury and Southland Gliding Clubs. The two single seaters belong to Youth Glide Omarama and Youth Glide Canterbury. For the trainspotters among you, can you name the model of all the Grob gliders in this photo?
Answers p8. Also on the airfield but not in the photo was GUB, a Speed Astir IIB. We couldn’t contact the owner for permission to add it to the line up.
YOUTH GLIDE MEMBERS DO WELL AT POWER FLYING Five Youth Glide Members attended the Walsh Memorial Flying School in Matamata this January. Three of them, Toby, Alex and Nicholas were returning students while Jonathon and Joshua were there for the first time. Both Jonathon and Joshua went solo during the camp. All the guys were excellent ambassadors for the sport of gliding and were presented with awards at the end of the camp. They had all previously attended the Youth Development Soaring Camp earlier in the season. They have done an awful lot of flying this summer.
L-R Canterbury Youth Glide Members Toby Read, Alex McCaw, Nicholas Oakley, Jonathon Wardman, Auckland Gliding Club member Joshua Chevin.
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