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CLUB WEBSITE UPDATES Taranaki and Canterbury Gliding Clubs both announce they have new websites up and running, while Piako report that their webcam is back in action.
MAIDEN FLIGHT OF THE DG-1001M The DG-1001M made its maiden flight on July 9th 2009 piloted by DG chief designer Dipl. Ing Wilhelm Dirks and his co-designer Michael Harms. Dirks’ first impressions: The new DG-1001 power plant impressed me with a very good acceleration. So it was possible to lift off before the mid runway marking of the small 600 m long Bruchsal grass strip. Also the field was very wet. It had rained frequently that day and the preceeding days. We climbed with about 3 m/s and could cruise with 155 km/h at 6300 engine RPM.
The engine was running very smoothly and hardly any vibrations could be felt in the cockpit. The noise level in the cockpit was so low that it was comfortable to fly without headsets. With the engine retracted the DG-1001M felt like a DG-1000S without waterballast, no decrease in manoeuvrability could be detected. DG say the DG-1001M has a new engine, retractable powerplant system and many innovations. SoaringNZ will be looking at this glider in more detail in a future issue.
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EVENTS CALENDAR Taranaki Gliding Club www.taranaki.zes.zeald.com Canterbury Gliding Club www.glidingcanterbury.org.nz Piako Gliding Club www.glidingmatamata.co.nz
Jerry’s Beginners X-Country Course Mon 5th Oct - Fri 9th Oct 2009 www.glidingcanterbury.org.nz Flock Hill Camp Fri 23rd Oct - Mon 26th Oct 2009 www.glidingcanterbury.org.nz Central Plateau Contest
Sat 31st Oct - Sun 8th Nov 2009
Jerry’s Advanced X-Country Course Mon 9th Nov - Fri 13th Nov 2009 www.glidingcanterbury.org.nz South Island Regionals
Sat 14th Nov - Sat 21st Nov 2009
Matamata Soaring Centre Cross Monday 23rd - Friday 27th November Country Course – Beginner and Advanced Whaharoa Airfield Matamata Steve Wallace – MSC Secretary e-mail walest@jafa.net.nz Northern Regionals Omarama Cup
Sun 29th Nov - Sat 5th Dec 2009 Sat 2nd Jan - Sat 9th Jan 2010
Nationals – Taupo Sun 14th – Fri 26th Feb 2010 www.taupoglidingclub.co.nz email: gliding@reap.org.nz Central Districts
Sat 27th Feb - Sat 6th Mar 2010
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