April 2007

Southern Summer Soaring—The Ecstasy of Span
John and Jill McCaw were in Omarama for the New Zealand National Multi-Class Gliding Championship and captured some of the action.

Malcolm Walls
January marked an auspicious milestone for one New Zealand pilot when Malcolm Walls—a familiar part of the gliding scene at Omarama—flew his 15,000th glider tow. Jill McCaw reports.

Heli-Expo 2007
To describe Heli-Expo as an “interesting” event is like describing the Hoover Dam as the bit of concrete at the end of Lake Mead. Aviation expos really do not get any more interesting than this. Rob Neil reports.

A Higher Education
An Unofficial Guide to Getting Your Pilot’s Licence, Part XI—The Flight Test.
The final part in Callum Macpherson’s entertaining and informative series on the realities of gaining a private pilot’s licence.

The New Zealand Helicopter Museum
The preservation of aviation history relies on a surprisingly small number of individuals and groups, and one man’s dedication to preserving an often overlooked part of New Zealand’s aviation history has resulted in a fascinating museum, as Rob Neil discovered.

Aarhus University Raid
Paul Sortehaug describes the epic tale of outstanding flying skill and courage in which men of RAF No.2 Group successfully attacked the Gestapo Headquarters in Aarhus in Denmark in late 1944.

Microlight Article
Microlight. To many people, the word conjures up visions of flimsily built harbingers of certain death. Think what you may, this genre is the biggest thing in aviation. Tony Beaumont looks at the burgeoning microlight phenomenon.