RE: [aus-soaring] "New" Volkswagen promotion shot ......At Canberra Gliding Club, Bunyan

[Alan Wilson]

The photo is of the Canberra Gliding Club's Tug and Puchacz taken some months back.  I was in the tug VH MLS.  Oh and there is a VW Bora in it somewhere...

 

The photographer had the rough job of driving the pristine Bora from Sydney to Charlotte's Pass to do some promotional shots. We just happened to be operating on the day, and spent about an hour aligning things.  He was paranoid to avoid reflections of anything and getting sunset.  We assisted in getting his desired shot and a bit of promotion also.

 

 Takeoff could not occur as shown, there is not enough runway, and there was photographic license. 

 

Things we do in the name of promotion.

 

Alan Wilson
02 62316 404
Would rather be above 8,000 than on the ground talking about flying.

See also www.canberragliding.org

 

 

PS The Canberra Gliding Club has its 40th birthday dinner FRI 1 MAR should you be in the vicinity and want to be among friends.  $30 to club Pres Stuart Ferguson before the day pls.... 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Terry Neumann
Sent: 26 February 2002 1:54 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [aus-soaring] "New" Volkswagen promotion shot ....

 
G'day from sunny SA,

Our local weekly Balaklava tabloid currently features a promo fill-in on the "new" VW Bora V5.  Curious, since I don't think a new VW has been permanently resident in Balak since about 1965 and the nearest dealer would be at least 90Km away.   (This here is Falcon and Commodore country folks .....).   Normally it wouldn't rate a second glance.

However the photo which heads the report shows said vehicle with a glider and tug in the background, presumably awaiting launch, and an attractive ridge behind them promising prolonged silent aviation at low cost.  A pleasing scene if ever I saw one .....

I'm curious to know if anyone can claim knowledge of the aircraft concerned and the location.   The glider looks for all the world like the Platypus (It's a sad reflection on my gliding currency that I can't be totally confident about this - it's been a while since I saw it).   The tug is clearly a good ol' Pawnee.

Anyone know anything about this shot and therefore able to fill in the remaining details please ??

Regards,
Terry