Rumours...updated...

It appears that yet another club is in the throws of changing from a big, old, smelly, loud, fuel hungry Piper type tow plane to something lighter, smaller, newer, quieter and considerably more fuel efficient.

You could almost say that if you had any doubts about the future of your Pawnee/Cub you'd better get it on the market quick before there's a flood.

Also here is a link to a neat little video that a local member produced before the fun police turned up...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs681rB3aMQ

While I'm at it...here's a clip from the good old US of A...a couple of low passes at a gliding site in an ASW27...pass 1 is good BUT pass 2 is really testing the boundaries... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuptAQrwZZk ...I'm just imagining the outcome of doing that in NZ... We were once an adventurous, free-spirited nation where people set out to climb big mountains...maybe not now.

Oh, and on a different matter...sometimes you can beat the Cardigan wearers...this from the "GAA" site,
"The meddling by CAA with the NZTA medical for recreational pilot licence holders is effectively at an end. It has taken since February, but pilots now have an excellent result."
Read the rest, as well as the history behind the drama, here... http://www.caa.gen.nz/?p=3098