Our first gliding day in NZ, at Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island. The very friendly club members opened up operations just for us. After a little delay fettling the Duo XLT for Pete and the Janus for Jill,we towed them tail first with rope and nobody on the glider, we towed them to the end of the strip .Jill launched first but the sky was all changing and there was just time for photos and a few odd bits of lift.
Pete had a better trip, once the streets restablished, with cloudbase at 4500ft.visiting both coasts over nearly 4 hours with just a few engine burns. Great hospitality from the locals in the evening with a fish supper.
Jill and Pete
