National News
Helen Georgeson
The SoaringNZ article about Helen has just been published on the FAI web site http://www.fai.org/igc-news/37561-helen-georgeson Read More…
Top achievers honoured
(Presented to the NZGA by Bill Angus, one of the original pioneers in aviation in New Zealand, the Angus Rose Bowl is awarded in recognition of outstanding services to the sport of gliding in this country.) Read More…
Register for Conference & AGM
The annual conference and AGM will be held at the James Cook Hotel, Wellington, on the weekend of 8-9 June. Read More…
Mt Cook Alpine Salmon National Gliding Championships 2013 – Results
Omarama Multiclass Nationals ended 12th January 2013 – two weeks of exceptional racing and general excitement in a very well organised effort many thanks to Ralph Henderson and team. Read More…
Tim Bromhead WINS Day 4 in the Tasman Trophy
Piako’s Tim Bromhead is representing NZ for the Tasman Trophy contest in the Australian multi-class Nationals at Benalla, Victoria. Here’s his latest report: Read More…
You may not be insured?
Beware if you are towing someone elses glider. If you ding it in any way you probably wont be covered by your cars third party insurance.
Might pay for the owners to agree with you before you hookup that it is their responsibility for any damage.
Certainly is the case with AA Insurance.
Airways steps back from Matamata AIrspace
Airways had proposed to “steal” a bunch more airspace in the South Waikato dropping the controlled zone lower limit. Read More…
North Island Regionals 2012 – Results
Matamata / Northern Regionals started on on the 24th November
Scores here Read More…
Grand Prix qualifier Australia
Our Brett Hunter has started well at Lake Keepit! Here’s his narritive for Day 1: Read More…
New Queenstown airspace
The controlled airspace around Queenstown has been siginificantly modified with effect 15 November 2012, just in time for the South Island Regional Gliding Championships. Read More…
Proposed airspace changes around Wellington & Paraparaumu
Airways is proposing airspace changes around Wellington and Paraparaumu that could affect gliding – details here. Read More…
Club development, recruiting and keeping members
Proceedings from the European Gliding Union workshop 2012, edited by Robert Danewid. Read More…
MOAP amended 12 August 2012
There have been some minor amendments to the GNZ Manual of Approved Procedures. Read More…
GNZ Annual Symposium & AGM – register now!
The Gliding New Zealand Annual Symposium and AGM will be held at the James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor, Wellington, on the weekend of 9-10 June 2012. Read More…
Safety in Mountain Flying
The French National Gliding Centre (CNVV) has produced an excellent booklet on gliding safely in the mountains. Read More…
Northern Regionals Results
Northern Regionals at Matamata have finished , check results here
So you wanted pictures? Try here and scroll thru Read More…
Youth Glide New Zealand formed
Youth Glide New Zealand has been constituted as a GNZ committee to promote the formation and management of Youth Glide groups within New Zealand gliding clubs, and to generally represent the interests of glider pilots under the age of 25 years. Read More…
Manual of Approved Procedures updated
The MOAP has been revised with effect 29 October 2011 – details here Read More…
Pilot Rankings 2011
Get ready for the new season and see if you can improve your ranking Pilot Rankings 2011 Read More…
New Advisory Circulars
Have you recently joined the ranks of private owners? If so, you need to read this new Advisory Circular
Owner/Operator Responsibility for Glider Maintenance to learn about your new-found obligations. Read More…
AGM and the winners were.
At the AGM, the awards were presented by Bob Henderson, President of FAI Gliding. Read More…
Kaimai SPEED Challenge
Feeling a bit bored , a bit jaded? Looking for a challenge over the comming months? Read More…
GNZ Annual General Meeting – register now!
The Gliding New Zealand Annual General Meeting will be held at the James Cook Grand Chancellor hotel, Wellington, on the weekend of 11-12 June 2011. Read More…
Sports Class Nationals
Unfortunately the weather was not kind to the Sports Class Nationals held in Waipukarau. Due to limited contest days it was not a declarable contest. Read More…
CENTRAL REGION RESULTS 2011
The results from Waipukarau Central Region and Sports Class Nationals(No Sports Class entries) RESULTS Read More…
Mandatory FLARM update – 1 March!!
FLARM units worldwide need to have a firmware update by 1 March 2011.
After this date, all FLARM devices that have not been updated will be IN-OPERABLE!! Read More…
Does any Kiwi glider pilot fancy an exchange stay in Rieti? Read on!
Angela Sheard (past IGC Secretary) writes: Read More…
New address for membership stuff
CLUBS PLEASE NOTE! The ADMIN 05 Membership Registration form has been simplified and the address for posting it is now: Read More…
Classifieds Culled
Classifieds over 12 months old or no longer relevant have been deleted. Read More…
South Island Regionals results
South Island Regionals finished with four contest days – pity they weren’t held the week before, which was much better for soaring! Results here Read More…
Matamata Instructors Course 8 – 10th October
Matamata Instructors Course is very soon, 8 – 10th of October Read More…
Selling your glider? Avoid this scam.
Apparently there is a scammer currently targetting the sellers of aircraft, including gliders. Read More…
MOAP amended
The GNZ Manual of Approved Procedures has been amended. Download the new version here. List of the main changes here. Read More…
Learn how to score gliding competitions
Taupo Gliding Club is to hold a training course for prospective scorers at the TGC Clubhouse Read More…
Central Plateau Soaring Competition – invitation & entry form
Enter before 1 October for the ‘Early Bird’ rate and go in the draw for a mystery prize! Read More…
FAI World Gliding Championships, Hungary
Szeged in Hungary is host to the FAI World Gliding Championships for the 15m, 18m and Open classes. Read More…
Matamata Cross Country Course & Task Week – book now!
The Matamata Soaring Centre will be running a Cross Country Course again this year. It is tailored to pilots that have done at least their 5 hours and hopefully their Silver Badge. These courses are run to not only help the student pilots but to help the clubs give them the instruction required to get them flying cross country confidently and safely. Read More…
Date change for Tauranga Aerobatics Competition
Tauranga gliding club has for many years been a centre of activity with Aerobatic addicts Brian Chesterman and Adrian Cable. A power aerobatic champion is now our CFI, Mark Arundel. Read More…
FAI World Gliding Championships, Slovakia
30 June – official practice starts
4 July – first contest day
17 July – last contest day Read More…
Cooper and Court, two great NZ gliding pioneers pass on
Older members of Gliding New Zealand, those active in the early 60s, will well remember John. He was a leading force in the exploration of the Kaimai wave and led a team of Ross Reid, Tony Fowke, Noel Johnson, John Roake and others in opening up the area to high altitude soaring. Read More…
Georgeson Trust Scholarship applications now open for Juniors!
One of the objects of the Gliding New Zealand Dick Georgeson Trust is to promote the teaching of the use of New Zealand Westerly waves to registered pilot members of Gliding New Zealand with less than 100 solo hours in command of a sailplane. Read More…
Pilot survey results – INTERESTING!
Results of the IGC Online Pilot Survey, conducted Feb-March 2009 here Read More…
Advisory Circular on radio procedures – NEW!
How to use glider radios and transponders, plus the exams you need to pass. Read More…
Manual of Approved Procedures Amended
The GNZ Manual of Approved Procedures (MOAP) has been amended. Get the latest version and a list of the main changes here. Read More…
Sailplanes collect data in wave – Discovery News
See Discovery News item here http://news.discovery.com/earth/sailplanes-mountain-waves.html Read More…
Terry Delore sets new world distance record of 2501km
Yesterday Terry Delore & John Kokshoorn broke the world distance record (using up to three turn points) by over 80km. Read More…
Racing Rule Changes for 2009 – 2010
Explanation of Significant Rule & Handicap Changes for 2009-2010 Read More…
New application procedure for Sporting Licence
Flying New Zealand (RNZAC) has introduced a new online application procedure for the FAI Sporting Licence. Read More…
New FAI Badge Claim Form
A new simplified 2-page FAI badge claim form has replaced the old 5-page form. Read More…
GNZ First Competition Award
The Sailplane Racing Committee has created a new award designed to encourage early cross-country pilots to fly in competitions – read about it here Read More…
New Sporting Code effective 1 October
The FAI Sporting Code Section 3 – Gliding has been amended with effect 1 October 2009. Photographic evidence and direct observation from the ground for position evidence is no longer acceptable. There are other subtle changes too. The associated Annex C, Official Observer and Pilot Guide, has also been amended. Both documents may be downloaded from http://www.fai.org/gliding/sporting_code Read More…
Airspace Usage Tracker now online
By logging your airspace usage (both positive and negative experiences) Gliding New Zealand will be able to get a better understanding of airspace usage throughout New Zealand. Read More…
Sad News – gliding ‘Great’ passes on
I am very sorry to report the sad news that Ray Lynskey died early Wednesday morning 19 August 2009, after a battle with cancer. Read More…
George Wills & Markus Lewandowski win the French Two Seater National Championships
George Wills & Markus Lewandowski have won the French Two Seater national championships. Read More…
George & Lewi in the French 20m Nationals
We had a bit of luck yesterday 415km task with the last turn point in a completely dead basin of air. After battling low level with the paragliders for about an hour we managed to scrape about 150m height and glide out the valley (plenty of paddocks to land in on the way) Read More…
Matamata Soaring Centre Competition 2009 Results
Results from the 2009 Matamata Soaring Centre Competition Read More…
MOAP Amended
The Manual of Approved Procedures has been amended with effect 23 August 2008. Read More…
President’s Update: Airspace
AIRSPACE REVIEW – UPDATE Read More…