Raglan Harbour At the AGM on Friday night, several of us thought that the forecast looked promising for the following day and decided Pukemore was a good option.

The morning’s forecast seemed to differ a little from the previous evening, with more of an easterly wind swinging to the northeast as the day went on. Pukemore was still our target. A quick check of the site record showed Russell Read had flown 61Km on 06.02.99 - about time we updated that one, I thought.

Attached copy of Financial Statements to September 2008.

A copy will be available for review at AGM 7th November.

Members will be asked to ratify these.

Although in draft format, we anticipate the final statement will be the same therefore we will present these to avoid having to hold a Special General Meeting at another time just to ratify accounts.

 regards

Leslie Graham

AHGPC Treasurer

To be held at 6.30 pm, 7th Nov, The Loft, 4 Sir Peter Blake Parade, Bayswater, Northshore.

How do you know it’s the start of the season? It’s AGM time!!

This year we have decided to combine our Annual General Meeting and our start-of-the-season BBQ together in to one never to be forgotten event!

Once again, Wings and Waves have generously offered us the use of their facilities at The Loft. It’s a great spot to have a beer and a bite while watching the sun go down.

We will kick off the evening with the AGM agenda and move on to the BBQ as soon as we have things wrapped up.

This year there are a couple of extra things your club committee would like you to have a say about. That is nominations for the…

• “Flying Spirit” award for outstanding contribution by a club member to the activities of the club or in the sport of hang gliding or paragliding,
  and also the
• “Duck” (or should that be the, “oh, *uck !!” award) for the most noteworthy flying related “activity” that none of us would be proud to talk about!!

See below for nomination details (click on "Read more") ...

Go on, have some fun.

Airspace MapThe Site Guide now has a new feature - an online 3D airspace map. You can download the map and view it on the Google Earth desktop application or download the Google Earth plugin and view the map right on the web page.

Check it out here.

The NZHGPA AGM will be held in Auckland on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th September 2008 at the Parnell Trust venue centre commencing at 9.30am.

This is a great opportunity for AHGPA members to have their say regarding any matters they wish included in the meeting agendas as AGM remits or items of business for the Special Exec. meeting. Nominations for executives is also being accepted at this time.

Hi everyone,

A Special General Meeting is to be held on the 3rd Wednesday of June (18th) at the Commercial Travellers’ Club, Greenlane.

Please review attached account as members will be asked to ratify these at the Special General Meeting on 18th June 2008

It took a while for the conditions to be right, us to be home, Paddy to be available, and me to not flying myself. Her birthday was October last year and we flew on 4th May. Conditions were ideal and there were a quite a few pilots and other tandems happening at the same time. I was forunate as I got to go flying at the same time. Unfortunately I had my camera on too short a string and couldn't get my eye close to it to frame a shot. Still she had a great fly and really enjoyed getting `hands on' the control bar. It was fun and really easy I was informed.

cheers

Les

AirspaceEver tried wrestling with a paper map in-flight? Ever wished you had spent longer looking at that airspace map before you took off an hour ago? These little frustrations may be a thing of the past - you can now take your airspace maps with you, packaged neatly into your map capable GPS.

I have spent the last few months building software that can convert the CAA's airspace definitions into digital maps that can be loaded into your GPS. These maps are available for download from this website are are free for all to use. The maps include CTAs, GAAs and MBZs across all of New Zealand, with other airspaces planned for future releases. Only Garmin GPSs are supported at present, but other GPSs and Google Earth are also on the todo list.

These maps will help you to be aware of the airspace you are flying in and to fly legally. I have used early versions of these maps in-flight during competitions and found them very useful. They tell you not only what airspace you are in, but also the location of nearby airspace boundaries allowing you to optimise your flight path.

Read more and get your downloads from the Airspace Project pages.