Wellington Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club Newsletter: July 2007 (Note: all external links open in a new window) Home
Next Meeting: Tuesday 7 August 2007, 7:30 pm @ The Valley Club, 10 Daly St, Lower Hutt (MAP).
Minutes: 5 June 2007
NZHGPA AGM
The NZHGPA AGM is to be held at the Wellington Aeroclub rooms, on
the west side and adjacent to the airport. Meeting date is
1st September, 2007.
The Wellington club is allocated two delegates to attend - and Kris and Grant are the lucky guys! Of course, if any members that aren't delegates wish to attend, they're perfectly free to do so. (Chances are it'll be wet or windy or both anyway). If anyone can billet delegates that would be much appreciated. There is also a meal out on the Saturday night.
New Pilot!
Welcome to Sophie Mormede (see photo), who has moved to Wellington, having recently got her PG2 from Alan Hills in Auckland. She has just been back to France (where she is originally from) and she took her wing, but it didn't get as much a workout as she would have hoped. "Unstable weather and southerly winds (no good there) meant I could only take to the sky twice, one of which was a straight down exercise. A couple other times the conditions weren't right and resisted the temptation, only to see other pilots in quite some strife to get down. Anyway I still managed a fabulous flight: my first time there unsupervised, without anybody on take-off or in the sky! Magic. And I managed to find
enough thermals to keep me up for at least an hour (I was hungry and had to go down) and take photos. The landing is all the paddocks next to the lake. Let's hope that I find a way to get more holidays by next year and late enough to have settled weather. By the way that village under me is
Loudenvielle, the arrival of the Tour de France on 23 July..."
If you are going out flying give Sophie a call: 021778 164
Google Maps
YouTube
Paragliding channel
Hang gliding channel
Google MyMaps
Add the Oz Report World Wide Site Guide to your My Maps page by doing the following:
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Hit "My Maps" (second tab from the left, just under the search input box)
Hit "My Maps" (second tab from the left, just under the search input box) 3Hit "Add Content" (will appear on the left just under the tabs)
Hit "Add Content" (will appear on the left just under the tabs) 4Hit "Add by URL" (to the right of the "Search Google Maps Content" button at the top)
Hit "Add by URL" (to the right of the "Search Google Maps Content" button at the top) 5Enter "ozreport.com/sites.mapplet" (or "ozreport.com/sites.mapplet.xml.php") after the "http://" in the field that appears (note the 2 P's, they call it a map applet - mapplet)
Enter "ozreport.com/sites.mapplet" (or "ozreport.com/sites.mapplet.xml.php") after the "http://" in the field that appears (note the 2 P's, they call it a map applet - mapplet) 6Hit "Add"
Hit "Add" 7Hit "OK" in the "You are about to add..." dialog popup
Hit "OK" in the "You are about to add..." dialog popup 8Hit "Back to Google Maps" at the top-left
Hit "Back to Google Maps" at the top-left 9You may have to select the "My Maps" tab again
You may have to select the "My Maps" tab again 10Click the box on the left side next to "World Hang Gliding Site Guide"
Click the box on the left side next to "World Hang Gliding Site Guide" 11Sit back and have a beer.
Sit back and have a beer. Email Kris at whgpceditor@backup.net.nz with any news you may have!
Once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned forever skyward, for there you have been, and there you long to return" Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
