[Aus-soaring] Omarama to Mount Cook and return in 3 minutes

For anyone who wonders about mountain soaring in New Zealand, I have put this (very) short video on Youtube, showing a flight from Omarama to Mou8nt Cook and back. The whole flight was over 4 hours: this is a speeded up version assembled from photos taken every 4 seconds on my ReplayXD camera.

[Aus-soaring] Sporting Licences and Records - requirement to register with FAI

If you are at all likely to attempt a World Record or a Continental Record, your Sporting Licence needs to be registered with the FAI PRIOR to the attempt. This rule came into effect in October 2014. If you have recently flown in the Australian Team in an International event, your sporting licen

Re: [Aus-soaring] Sporting Licences and Records - requirement to register with FAI

Hi Pam, What a shocker! I thought that all this happened automatically. Was that the case prior to October 2014? If so what was the justification for the change? I note that the FAI states that it is the NAC that issues the licence, so don't they forward the info on the FAI? How does Beryl fit in