I gather the Duo is to be available to fly in Matamata Tuesday/Wednesday next week.
Unfortunately the weather looks like it'll be crap...the only hope is it turns more westerly than forecast so the ridge is use-able.
I heard young Alex MacCaw on National Radio yesterday about his 1000km flight on the weekend.
He did better than his famous cousin who was in a Discus 2ctqtx whereas young Alex was in Canterbury's LS4. Well done that man...
I have put a small amount of time (read that as quantum mechanical) into a possible 500km task out of either Tauranga or Piako. It wants to be a thermal day rather than wave...that'd be cheating, and besides I get headaches at high altitudes.
So you'd need to go North towards the Swamp followed by a dash towards the SW (Te Kuiti or Kuratau) followed by???what??.
Here's 2 options. One based fairly much on a westerly day so the Kaimai's gets used as a base to launch off south and north.
The other is a true thermal day that requires a stretch north early on followed by a good look at the Taupo area.
Looks really easy dunnit???
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