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The dates for the Rotorua round of the PG Open were originally published incorrectly. Please note the actual dates are 25th Feb to 3rd Mar.

Hi everyone,

due to building work at the Wings and Waves loft the AGM will now take place just up the road at 26 Beresford Road. Go back to the roundabout and straight across, it will be on your right.

Cheers, Xen.

Hi everyone well 1 down and 2 to go,

Over the weekend Jeff and i got the Dills weather station up and running again.

We will get moirs working again soon.

the number is 

0212860874 

We may need to change the angle slighty, by our count adding 20° should be about right.

sorry we could not get it any closer but time ran out and Jeff had to go fly another 20km

The auckland comp is this weekend so maybe if i could have some help before the comp starts(if we go up that way)

thanks

If you look at the site guide, you will see over 30 launch sites listed.

How many have YOU flown?

Here is you chance to seek out and explore, and let everyone else know about it.

The Site Explorer Competition is open to all pilots HG and PG and those under instruction.

All you have to do is:

• Fly as many different launch sites from the Site Guide as you can between the 1st of September 2011 and the 1st of May 2012
• Record the site you have flown on the Site Explorer Competition Page.

Simple!

Only one flight per site counts, so you can't go crazy flying Kario, although there are a number of launch sites you can tick off at Kario in one day ;-).

The Site Explorer Leader board will show who is currently in the lead. The winner will receive a suitable prize and kudos at the end of season party.

This competition is only open to AHGPC members so you have to login first. If you can't access the competition page even after logging on contact the website admin.

So, where the bloody hell are ya?

Cheers.

Thanks to Mats Henrikson, Moir's Hill now appears on the RASP Maps and you can view an Upper Air Sounding (Skew T-LogP)

Graph. You can learn how to read one here.

Now that the summer flying season has well and truly come to an end, it is time to close the Site Explorer competition and announce the winner.

And if you hadn't guessed it, the winner is -

Jeff Ripley

Tied for a (distant) second place are Brett Disley and Wayne Rohrs.

The lavish prize that Jeff will be awarded has not been determined yet, but it will most likely be the honour of fixing some of our weather stations.

Read more for the full results...

Hi all,

At last month's club committee meeting the idea of holding a mid-winter get-together at a buffet restaurant, such as Valentine's was mooted. I've created a poll to gauge the level of support for this idea amongst members before any further organising is undertaken, so please take the time to vote.

If you have any alternative ideas for a club social activity then please feel free to post a comment with your suggestion as well.

Cheers,

Graham.

Like every year, we invite all club members and their friends (even hangies) for some infamous Chili con Carne made by Reuben, some music and a catch up at our loft in Bayswater. We would love to see you all there, especially we since the annual social event at the Paeroas on Easter did not happen and due to not much flyable weather, we feel we have not seen much of each other. Time to catch up!

Please come by on Saturday, 11th June, from 6pm at the our loft in Bayswater! BYO drinks, we will make food. 

Software to re-fly your great flights using your GPS Track Log and Google Earth.

http://www.gpsanimator.com/

Just had a go running multiple tracks, Adam, Evan and Jeffs flight from Moirs to Langs Beach.

Great fun. Watching them climb out from Moirs, then Jeff and Evan shooting off with Adam chasing. Then later when Evan stays inland while Jeff goes toward the coast and gets lucky and Evan fizzles out.

Going to try some of the tracks from Wanaka. The last task looks interesting.

Wings & Waves is running a photo and video clip competition. Send in your best 3 pics and win some great prizes.

Check out the details on www.wingsandwaves.co.nz/news