Flights 3 Sep 2011 to 14 Mar 2020

Hours 116h 36m Flights 176 Costs $7932.60

#	Date	Reg	Duration	From	Notes
176	Sat 14 Mar 20	GYL	1h 20m	Matamata	Flight north of Tahuna. Single glide home 50+ km, with beat up to finish.	»
175	Mon 6 Jan 20	GEO	0h 3m	Raglan	Circuit. Heavy turbulence after takeoff during the climb over Raglan harbour. Rope broke at weak-lin	»
174	Mon 6 Jan 20	GEO	1h 2m	Raglan	Ridge Flight. Flight along the west coast at low level from Raglan to Port Waikato.	»
173	Sun 29 Dec 19	GSN	0h 14m	Matamata	Difficult thermal day. Couldn't establish so didn't last long.	»
172	Sat 28 Dec 19	GSN	1h 17m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Ridge flight in PW5. Pushing 80 knots most of the time. Spectating the Gran Prix. Coul	»
171	Thu 26 Dec 19	GEO	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. Circuit to land glider back at hanger.	»
170	Thu 26 Dec 19	GEO	1h 2m	Matamata	First good thermal flight in quite a while. Centered the thermals reasonably well on a weak day.	»
169	Sat 28 Sep 19	GYL	1h 43m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Flew half with Dave Dennison. Good ridge flight.	»
168	Sat 9 Mar 19	GPC	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. First winch launch in a while. Went reasonably smoothly.	»
167	Mon 7 Jan 19	GSN	0h 43m	Raglan	Flight behind Mt Karioi in mixed up air. Thermal/roll cloud/convergence lift.	»
166	Mon 7 Jan 19	GEO	0h 6m	Raglan	Circuit. Check flight at Raglan Airfield.	»
165	Tue 1 Jan 19	GSN	1h 5m	Matamata	The day eventually improved. Practiced centering weak thermals.	»
164	Mon 31 Dec 18	GOC	0h 57m	Matamata	Circuit. Paddock selection training. Selected 5 paddocks and flew the circuits for each until finals	»
163	Sun 30 Dec 18	GNI	0h 18m	Matamata	Attempted thermal flight, however sea breeze had come through.	»
162	Sun 30 Dec 18	GNI	0h 32m	Matamata	Refamiliarisation with NI. Looked like a good day but was difficult.	»
161	Sun 16 Dec 18	GEO	1h 5m	Matamata	Good relearning of how to thermal. Steep turning and solid speed control.	»
160	Sun 11 Nov 18	GPC	0h 7m	Matamata	Circuit. Circuit to get current.	»
159	Sun 11 Nov 18	GPC	0h 7m	Matamata	Circuit. Circuit to get current.	»
158	Sun 11 Nov 18	GPC	0h 7m	Matamata	Circuit. Circuit to get current.	»
157	Sun 11 Nov 18	GPC	0h 7m	Matamata	Circuit. Circuit to get current.	»
156	Mon 22 Oct 18	GPC	0h 16m	Matamata	BFR. Passed, BFR. Spin, Steep turning exercise, shallow slow turning exercise. Boxing the wake, and	»
155	Sun 16 Sep 18	GEO	0h 27m	Matamata	Circuit. To 3000 feet to practice a spin in preparation for doing BFR.	»
154	Tue 16 Jan 18	GPC	0h 48m	Raglan	Glider tow from Raglan. Strong NE head wind so pretty rough. Flew most of the way in the low tow pos	»
153	Tue 16 Jan 18	GEO	0h 32m	Raglan	First flight in quite a while. 20-30 knot wind, poor thermals. Struggled to stay up like everyone el	»
152	Sat 6 May 17	GEO	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. Circuit for currency.	»
151	Sat 6 May 17	GEO	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. Circuit for currency.	»
150	Sat 6 May 17	GEO	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. Check Flight.	»
149	Sun 8 Jan 17	GSN	0h 42m	Raglan	Flight behind Mt Karioi. Very mixed and strong lift and sink from wave, thermal, and convergence. Co	»
148	Sun 8 Jan 17	GSN	0h 10m	Raglan	Circuit. Very Short Flight. Forgot battery so had to return.	»
147	Wed 21 Dec 16	GSN	1h 8m	Matamata	Good thermal practice flight.	»
146	Sun 23 Oct 16	GSN	1h 15m	Matamata	First thermal flight in almost a year. More practice needed. Busy day at the airfield.	»
145	Sun 16 Oct 16	GSN	1h 20m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Ridge flight in	»
144	Sun 16 Oct 16	GSN	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. Check circuit to make sure I could still land in GSN.	»
143	Sat 1 Oct 16	GPC	0h 7m	Matamata	Circuit. Staying current.	»
142	Sat 20 Aug 16	GPC	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. Practice circuit.	»
141	Sat 20 Aug 16	GPC	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. Practice circuit.	»
140	Sat 20 Aug 16	GPC	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. Circuit with instructor because not current.	»
139	Sat 19 Mar 16	GPK	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. Circuit to stay current.	»
138	Sat 19 Mar 16	GPK	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. Circuit to stay current.	»
137	Mon 4 Jan 16	GPK	0h 15m	Raglan		»
136	Sun 13 Dec 15	GPK	1h 45m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Strong ridge day.	»
135	Thu 26 Nov 15	GNI	0h 30m	Matamata	Second attempt at starting the task. Failed to get a good climb as everything dissipated in front of	»
134	Thu 26 Nov 15	GNI	0h 17m	Matamata	Attempt at starting a task, but couldn't get a good climb to cloud base. Landed back.	»
133	Wed 25 Nov 15	GNI	0h 22m	Matamata	Circuit. Attempted local thermal flight. Toitoi short landing practice.	»
132	Wed 25 Nov 15	GNI	0h 5m	Matamata	Circuit. Toitoi short landing practice.	»
131	Wed 25 Nov 15	GNI	0h 5m	Matamata	Circuit. Toitoi short landing practice.	»
130	Tue 24 Nov 15	GNI	2h 40m	Matamata	First successful thermal task	»
129	Mon 23 Nov 15	GPK	1h 46m	Matamata	Outlanding. First Landout at c	»
128	Sat 17 Oct 15	GPK	1h 40m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Ridge flight wit	»
127	Sun 4 Oct 15	GPK	0h 17m	Matamata	Gentle float back to the ground with Shaun.	»
126	Sat 26 Sep 15	GSN	0h 9m	Matamata	Circuit. Side slipped on final, instead of airbrakes.	»
125	Sat 26 Sep 15	GSN	0h 9m	Matamata	Circuit. Simple circuit. Short landing.	»
124	Sun 19 Jul 15	GPC	0h 40m	Matamata	BFR. QGP exam flight. Passed :)	»
123	Sat 4 Jul 15	GNI	1h 5m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Tricky day, low cloud base, lots of south in the wind.	»
122	Sat 16 May 15	GNI	1h 0m	Matamata	Ridge Flight.	»
121	Sat 9 May 15	GNI	0h 5m	Matamata	Circuit. Short landing practice.	»
120	Sat 9 May 15	GNI	0h 5m	Matamata	Circuit. Short landing practice.	»
119	Sat 9 May 15	GNI	0h 47m	Matamata	Scrapped around locally.	»
118	Sun 22 Mar 15	GYL	2h 23m	Matamata	Attempt at a task, unfortunately launched last into weak conditions and took an hour to get establis	»
117	Sun 8 Mar 15	GNI	1h 30m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Blasting up and down the Kaimai ridge.	»
116	Sun 8 Mar 15	GPK	2h 23m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Cross country ta	»
115	Sun 25 Jan 15	GPC	0h 26m	Matamata		»
114	Sun 11 Jan 15	GNI	1h 1m	Raglan	Thermal + Convergence flight in the leigh of Mt Karioi out as far as the Te Uku wind farm.	»
113	Sat 10 Jan 15	GNI	1h 0m	Raglan	Wave Flight. Towed to the only clouds in the sky, found that they were roll clouds. Climbed up above	»
112	Fri 2 Jan 15	GPK	0h 56m	Matamata	Double aero tow relocating gliders to raglan. Flew entire flight, didn't let Steve touch controls at	»
111	Thu 27 Nov 14	GNI	3h 5m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. First solo cross country flight. 140km task along the ridge. BOP Depot to Hikitia and	»
110	Wed 26 Nov 14	GDX	1h 5m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Ridge Flight, cr	»
109	Tue 25 Nov 14	GYL	0h 13m	Matamata	Circuit. 2nd winch in the discus. Goes up just as nicely.	»
108	Tue 25 Nov 14	GYL	0h 10m	Matamata	Circuit. 1st winch in the discus. Goes up very nicely.	»
107	Mon 24 Nov 14	GSN	0h 5m	Matamata	Circuit. Short Landing Practice. 2m Toitoi fence. 100 meters fence to stop.	»
106	Mon 24 Nov 14	GSN	0h 5m	Matamata	Circuit. Short Landing Practice. 2m Toitoi fence. 90 meters fence to stop.	»
105	Mon 24 Nov 14	GSN	0h 5m	Matamata	Circuit. Short Landing Practice. 2m Toitoi fence. 90 meters fence to stop.	»
104	Sat 8 Nov 14	GSN	1h 35m	Matamata	Good flight with a couple Boomer thermals.	»
103	Sat 25 Oct 14	GSN	1h 30m	Matamata		»
102	Sat 11 Oct 14	GPK	1h 1m	Matamata	Flight off towards the swamp,	»
101	Sat 11 Oct 14	GPK	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. Circuit, off the winc	»
100	Sat 27 Sep 14	GPK	0h 40m	Matamata	Spin, part of BFR.	»
99	Sat 27 Sep 14	GPK	0h 8m	Matamata	Circuit.	»
98	Sat 16 Aug 14	GPK	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit.	»
97	Sat 16 Aug 14	GPK	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit.	»
96	Sat 16 Aug 14	GPK	1h 4m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Ridge flight, quite southerly, best climbs in thermals. Lots of S turns.	»
95	Sat 8 Mar 14	GNI	1h 28m	Matamata	First flight in NI. Went well, practicing thermals. Doesn't get thrown around quite like GSN. Practi	»
94	Sun 16 Feb 14	GPK	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. Winch launch instruction. Flew the whole launch, lighter back release.	»
93	Sun 16 Feb 14	GPK	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. Winch launch instruction. Flew the whole launch, heavy release.	»
92	Sun 16 Feb 14	GPK	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. Winch launch instruction.	»
91	Sun 16 Feb 14	GPK	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. Winch launch instruction.	»
90	Sun 9 Feb 14	GPC	0h 46m	Matamata	Just got a climb away from winch launch, eventually reached 5800 feet, flew to Matamata and back.	»
89	Tue 14 Jan 14	GPC	0h 33m	Raglan	Challenging windy day in Raglan, rough thermals, 5knots up and 10 down.	»
88	Sat 11 Jan 14	GPC	0h 14m	Raglan	Attempted Thermal flight, just small pockets of broken lift, and much sink.	»
87	Tue 31 Dec 13	GPK	1h 5m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Strong Thermals on the Ridge.	»
86	Sat 14 Dec 13	GSN	1h 49m	Matamata	Good day, some strong thermals among the weak ones, blue around the airfield.	»
85	Sat 23 Nov 13	GPC	1h 4m	Matamata	Broken thermals for the first 40 mins, struggled to center thermals. Saw some dust devils, headed fo	»
84	Sun 10 Nov 13	GPC	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit.	»
83	Sun 10 Nov 13	GPC	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit.	»
82	Sun 10 Nov 13	GPC	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit.	»
81	Sun 10 Nov 13	GPK	0h 43m	Matamata	Weak and broken thermals. Scratched around between 900 and 1500 feet.	»
80	Sat 2 Nov 13	GPK	1h 10m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. QGP Training. Weak ridge day with thermals. Fast flying - 130 knots.	»
79	Sat 21 Sep 13	GPK	0h 8m	Matamata	Circuit. First winch launch at Matamata.	»
78	Sun 14 Jul 13	GPC	1h 18m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Finished ridge sylabus.	»
77	Sun 7 Jul 13	GPK	0h 43m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Flight to sign of some ridge syllabus stuff, including flying low and close. Good fun.	»
76	Sun 26 May 13	GYL	2h 21m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Attempt at the Care 200 trophy along the Kaimai range. Chickened out at the Paeroa Bow	»
75	Sat 11 May 13	GPC	0h 5m	Matamata	Circuit. B Cert simulated outlanding training. Landed diagonally across the intersection of the two	»
74	Sat 11 May 13	GSN	0h 16m	Matamata	Attempted thermal flight. Wind was too strong for thermal to form properly. Nailed the landing.	»
73	Sun 24 Mar 13	GSN	1h 18m	Matamata		»
72	Sun 10 Mar 13	GSN	2h 8m	Matamata	Semi blue day with some strong thermals up to 5000 feet. Dust devil destroyed my gazebo!	»
71	Sat 2 Mar 13	GSN	0h 40m	Matamata		»
70	Sat 2 Mar 13	GPC	0h 5m	Matamata	Circuit. Breaks jammed open exercise. Lost alot of height in the turns. Need to round out earlier an	»
69	Sat 23 Feb 13	GSN	2h 27m	Matamata		»
68	Sun 10 Feb 13	GPC	0h 5m	Matamata	Circuit. No brakes landing. Success. Started lower, into wind, used full length of runway (including	»
67	Sun 10 Feb 13	GSN	0h 59m	Matamata	Still, blue day. Thermals a bit bubbly and hard to work. Got a few good climbs.	»
66	Sun 10 Feb 13	GPC	0h 7m	Matamata	Circuit. No brakes landing attempt. Started too high, side slip not quite as effective as I thought.	»
65	Wed 6 Feb 13	GSN	0h 43m	Matamata	Thermaling competition. 40 mins 1.5 thousand foot climbs.	»
64	Sat 2 Feb 13	GSN	1h 2m	Matamata	Easterly wind, cross wind landing.	»
63	Sat 2 Feb 13	GYL	1h 14m	Matamata	Thermaling practice.	»
62	Sat 19 Jan 13	GSN	1h 39m	Raglan	Flying in a big cloud street from Mt Karioi back to Raglan Township.	»
61	Sat 12 Jan 13	GSN	0h 6m	Raglan	Circuit. Standard left hand circuit.	»
60	Sat 12 Jan 13	GSN	0h 5m	Raglan	Circuit. Non-standard right hand circuit.	»
59	Sat 12 Jan 13	GSN	0h 20m	Raglan	Smooth zero lift blue day.	»
58	Sat 5 Jan 13	GSN	0h 53m	Raglan	Thermal flight over raglan beaches and township.	»
57	Sat 5 Jan 13	GSN	0h 5m	Raglan	Circuit. Right-hand circuit over raglan harbour.	»
56	Sat 5 Jan 13	GSN	0h 5m	Raglan	Circuit. Left-hand circuit over inland raglan.	»
55	Fri 4 Jan 13	GPK	0h 48m	Raglan	Ridge Flight. Ridge and pressure wave in front of Mt Karioi, Thermal over harbour mouth. Spiral Dive	»
54	Wed 2 Jan 13	GPK	0h 50m	Matamata	Flew the double tow relocation of PK and PC to Raglan in the low tow position. Flew the whole flight	»
53	Fri 28 Dec 12	GFY	0h 3m	Puhi Puhi	Circuit. First winch launch experience	»
52	Fri 28 Dec 12	GFY	0h 45m	Puhi Puhi	Flight over the Hikurangi swamp in convergence. Loop the loop.	»
51	Fri 28 Dec 12	GFY	0h 4m	Puhi Puhi	Circuit. First winch launch experience	»
50	Sat 15 Dec 12	GPK	0h 20m	Matamata	Lift around, but struggled to work it. Seemed to be quite bubbly.	»
49	Sun 9 Dec 12	GSN	0h 57m	Matamata	Thermal flight, barely staying alive.	»
48	Sun 25 Nov 12	GSN	0h 10m	Matamata	No lift, but a good cross wind landing.	»
47	Sat 10 Nov 12	GSN	0h 43m	Matamata	Practicing thermalling.	»
46	Sun 4 Nov 12	GSN	1h 17m	Matamata	DI Practical with Keith.	»
45	Sat 27 Oct 12	GSN	0h 33m	Matamata	First flight in a single seat glider.	»
44	Sat 27 Oct 12	GPK	0h 52m	Matamata	First Solo Soaring Flight - 30 minute B-Cert requirement achieved.	»
43	Sat 27 Oct 12	GPK	0h 18m	Matamata	Circuit. Check Flight, little bit of thermaling.	»
42	Mon 22 Oct 12	GYL	1h 36m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Ridge Flight, North to the Waihi gap, south to the Tauranga road.	»
41	Sun 7 Oct 12	GYL	0h 10m	Matamata	Circuit. Quick flight with Steve. I did the aero tow and a few turns. Steve practised a short landin	»
40	Sun 7 Oct 12	GPC	0h 58m	Matamata	B Cert Thermal training and Steep turns.	»
39	Sun 30 Sep 12	GPK	0h 18m	Matamata	Stalling Consolidation, Spinning and recovery, steep final.	»
38	Sun 2 Sep 12	GPC	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit.	»
37	Sun 2 Sep 12	GPC	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit.	»
36	Sat 25 Aug 12	GPC	0h 18m	Matamata	Circuit. Boxing the wake.	»
35	Sat 11 Aug 12	GPK	1h 20m	Matamata	Wave Flight. Easterly wave flight. Max altitude of 6500 feet. Stall and Spin practice on the way h	»
34	Sat 21 Jul 12	GPK	1h 22m	Matamata	Wave Flight. Turbulent flight in an easterly wave system off the Kaimai Ranges. Great flying around	»
33	Sat 19 May 12	GPK	1h 20m	Matamata	Ridge Flight.	»
32	Sat 12 May 12	GPK	1h 5m	Matamata	Ridge Flight.	»
31	Sat 28 Apr 12	GPC	1h 11m	Matamata	Wave Flight. Ridge Flight. Ridge day, difficult cloud conditions. 4800 feet reached. Experienced fly	»
30	Sat 14 Apr 12	GPC	0h 5m	Matamata	Circuit. Check Flight in GPC.	»
29	Wed 28 Mar 12	GPK	0h 5m	Matamata	Circuit. First SOLO!	»
28	Wed 28 Mar 12	GPK	0h 5m	Matamata	Circuit. Check flight - pre solo	»
27	Wed 28 Mar 12	GPK	0h 20m	Matamata	Attempted thermal flight - too weak and blue. Boxed the wake on areo tow, demoed air brakes out sig	»
26	Wed 28 Mar 12	GPK	0h 5m	Matamata	Circuit. Second SOLO!	»
25	Sun 25 Mar 12	GPK	1h 27m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Flew, Nursery Slopes to Radar dome, under a cloud street to south of Matamata, back to	»
24	Sat 17 Mar 12	GPK	0h 15m	Matamata	Circuit. 3 Circuits.	»
23	Sat 17 Mar 12	GPK	0h 15m	Matamata	Circuit. 3 Circuits. Exercises : Too High, Too Low, no instruments.	»
22	Sat 17 Mar 12	GPK	0h 10m	Matamata	Circuit. 2 Circuits. Exercise - Low altitude rope break, demo and one myself.	»
21	Sun 19 Feb 12	GPK	1h 18m	Matamata	Thermaling and side slipping.	»
20	Sat 11 Feb 12	GPK	0h 5m	Matamata	Circuit. 4 Circuits, calm day, working on round-out.	»
19	Sat 11 Feb 12	GPK	0h 5m	Matamata	Circuit. 4 Circuits, calm day, working on round-out.	»
18	Sat 11 Feb 12	GPK	0h 5m	Matamata	Circuit. 4 Circuits, calm day, working on round-out.	»
17	Sat 11 Feb 12	GPK	0h 5m	Matamata	Circuit. 4 Circuits, calm day, working on round-out.	»
16	Sat 4 Feb 12	GPC	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. 5 Circuits, cross wind.	»
15	Sat 4 Feb 12	GPC	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. 5 Circuits, cross wind.	»
14	Sat 4 Feb 12	GPC	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. 5 Circuits, cross wind.	»
13	Sat 4 Feb 12	GPC	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. 5 Circuits, cross wind.	»
12	Sat 4 Feb 12	GPC	0h 6m	Matamata	Circuit. 5 Circuits, cross wind.	»
11	Mon 2 Jan 12	GPC	0h 50m	Matamata	Relocating glider to Raglan. Flew over Hamilton.	»
10	Mon 2 Jan 12	GPC	0h 10m	Raglan	Circuit.	»
9	Tue 27 Dec 11	GPC	0h 40m	Matamata	Circuit. First four Circuits.	»
8	Sat 26 Nov 11	GPK	1h 30m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Steep turns.	»
7	Sat 19 Nov 11	GPK	1h 30m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Spiral Dive and recovery, Full spin demo, Rolling about a point.	»
6	Sat 5 Nov 11	GPC	2h 30m	Matamata	Ridge Flight.	»
5	Sun 23 Oct 11	GPK	0h 55m	Matamata	Thermaling, stalling, incipient spin.	»
4	Sun 9 Oct 11	GPK	1h 15m	Matamata	Stalling and Spins.	»
3	Sat 24 Sep 11	GPC	0h 52m	Matamata		»
2	Sat 10 Sep 11	GPK	0h 22m	Matamata	First Training flight with Bill, No Thermals found.	»
1	Sat 3 Sep 11	GPK	1h 0m	Matamata	Ridge Flight. Control Familiarisation	»