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| NEWS Jan. 2020 Happy New Year  19 Aug. - 2 Sep. 2019 Winter Session Tokyo Science, Tokyo Teck University Students Camp sponsored by Shinzo  Jul. 2019 Congratulations! Shunta C/O Nimbus 4DM. Thank you Shinzo and Nimbus4DM. This time, my task were C'K out of Nimbus4DM and JOY. Previously I had flown with Shinzo by Nimbus4DM to get "thermal drug". After that I became "thermal-holic" . During my task days in Narromine, It was not XC weather (Before and after my task day, it was 300km task weather!), but good for local soaring. I checked out and then enjoyed local solo soaring. I felt like I became a glider!  Mar. 2019 Narenkai Spring Session Congratulations! Naoki C/O Nimbus 4DM.  Dec. 2018 S/N member Tom is Australia National open class Champion sending Last night photo and Tom` message ShinzoThank you Shinzo for weather and general advice and relaxed friendship during the Nationals which helped me to win here at Narromine again. Tom Claffey  22 Aug. - 4 Sep. 2018 Winter Session Tokyo Science, Tokyo Teck University Students Camp sponsored by Shinzo  Mar. 2018 Narenkai 2018, for all generation glider pilot.   Feb. 2018 Japanese students Camp  23 Dec. 2017 Kerrie completed 1000km flight => OLC  The Girls from Narromine The holy grail 1000k has been eluding me for some time now. I did 830k in the ASW28 and then 905k (970k OLC) in the ASG29 a few years back. I eventually decided it is ok to do it in stages – any shape in the f29, then an FAI triangle in the f29, then any shape in the f28, then the ultimate FAI triangle in the f28. A very experienced coach recently said doing a 1000k is just a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Granted thatfs a necessary condition, but not sufficient. Therefs a few stars which need to align – the right weather, a serviceable aircraft, a serviceable pilot, availability of an early launch and a modicum of luck. Weather – the one thing Ifve learnt about weather in 35 years of flying is I canft predict it. But for me the grighth weather is a long day not a good day. Aircraft – one thatfs up to the task (Andy Pybus once suggested LS4 performance or better), rigged, everything working, oxy filled and points loaded. Many pilots have been delayed and defeated by things like arriving late or outlanding the day before, having to rig, fix things, fill oxy or load points. Pilot - general experience, enough currency on type to be happy thermalling low for the early morning drift off downwind, pedantic attention to detail with declarations, rounding turns etc, some speed skill in the middle of the day, adequate physical condition (well rested, fed, watered & oxygenated) and a great deal of bloody mindedness at the end of the day when a wise man would go home! Bigger and better pilots than I have been defeated by poor declarations, missing turns/finish, feeling unwell or giving up when hope was there. So on Saturday 23 December, some of those stars aligned. The weather was forecast to start early, with climbs up to 10,000 ft and finish late. Skysightfs experimental projected task distance for 18m class was around 800k. Clearly the f29 is up to the task – in fact 18m class is cheating! It was rigged and fully operational with water, oxy and the Narromine record points. I was current in the f29 having flown the Womenfs Training Week at Narromine, the NSW comps Temora and 750k the day before. Said 750 left me feeling a bit flat and not welcoming reports that gtoday is the day, not tomorrowh. However, because we still believed Sunday would be the day, I had not been burdened with thoughts of g1000k tomorrowh so had actually slept well & long. I clearly lack the ideal speed skills, but have more than my share of pendantry and bloody mindedness to make up for it! An early launch can be somewhat problematic on a big day with others jockeying for position. Mac had marshalled Akemifs LS8 before briefing and was towing his V2CXA as I ran from briefing towards my car/glider. Being third in line behind 2 high tows (4000 ft), delayed my launch till 11am, potentially way too late for 1000k. Meanwhile Jenny self-launched about 20 mins earlier and was underway when I launched. Now for the luck factors - task and weather. Because the Narromine record points did not include either Macfs out/return point near St George Qld, nor Jennyfs points of Lightning Ridge-Koorawatha, I had to use other points in the same good task area to the north. Whatfs near Lightning Ridge? Walgett. Whatfs a bit south but not too far into the poorer weather? Forbes. Whatfs far enough north to make 1000k? Colliie? No not enough. Coonamble? YES 1021 – thatfll do! Weather – the late start was not a huge disadvantage as cufs were already popping so I was able to tow to 2000 ft, climb to 4000 ft and go. The haphazard task setting worked well as Forbes was near the edge of the cu (a stroke of genius I say!). The blue to the south caused Jenny to abort her declared task and revert to an OLC thousand. And again the late start & sometimes slow going were only small penalty as the day lasted till stumps. A critical point was the 2nd passing abeam Narromine. There were many reasons a sensible man (person) would give up and land – heading away from home into a dying sky with 280k to run at 5.30 – youfre kidding right? If I go on Ifm putting all my eggs in one basket - high risk of outlanding and spoiling any chance of another go tomorrow. But there were as many reasons a bloody minded fool would go on – how many times will I have around 750k under my belt at this hour with the possibility, however remote, of making 1000k? Ifm going till I make it or outland trying! So the flight goes like this c. There was movement at the airfield for the word had passed around That the day had come to fly 1000k Itfs the holy grail for soaring dreamers anchored to the ground So all the pilots gathered to the fray. There was Makoto in the V2 and Akemi in the 8 And Jenny put her 26 on line Still recovfring from a big task that finished rather late Kerrie finally towed out her 29. Mak declared an out/return task way up to the north And Jenny set the Ridge then way down south But Kerrie didnft have those points so searched the whole list through Walgett-Forbes-Coonamble will have to do! As Mak en Akemi towed up high, the tug was gone a while While Jenny launched cufs popped around the sky So Kerrie loaded in the task, Beryl nodded with a smile Then close the canopy, hook the rope on, fly! The time was now 11, pretty late for 1000k But the thermals were already working high So tow to 2 and climb to 4, now start and on your way Donft think about how far you have to fly. Seemed a slow trip up to Walgett, is that wind just in the mind? Jenny kept her 40k lead all the way Around the turn and climb to 9, enjoy the wind behind The Altair seemed to gobble up the kfs. gTango One ebeam Narromine, heading down to Forbesh Was easy when the time was just 3.30 But with more kilometres to go than those already forged The thought of finishing was just a flirting! Forbes field was on the edge of cu so tip toe in and out Back into wind but climbing ever higher Cruising up round 10/11, certainly is no doubt Oxy is the drug for every flyer! gTango One ebeam Narromine, heading for Coonambleh Was harder when the time was now 5.30 And the sky was looking flatter with 280k to amble But how often do you get the opportunity? The leg up north was not so bad, good climb before the turn But heading south it started to blue out Go back to where you climbed before & take it to the moon But leave when it was starting to drop out Oh dear I wish Ifd stayed in that and taken it to glide Still 2000 ft below, just one more chance Take 1.5, then up to 2, be grateful for all you find At last a final glide, tempting to dance! Overfly the finish point, left downwind on 22 Itfs 8.15, one minute after sunset Jennyfs there to meet me, shefs done 1000 too We celebrate the bestest Christmas yet! 26 Aug. - 9 Sep. 2017 Winter Session Tokyo Science, Tokyo Teck University Students Camp sponsored by Shinzo   Feb. 2017 Aba completed 300km flight  Dec. 2016 Japanese students competition TRG  Oct. 2016 Narromine Season Start CuWave9000f  25 Aug. - 7 Sep. 2016 Winter Session Tokyo Science, Tokyo Teck University Students Camp sponsored by Shinzo   March 2016 Narenkai Spring Session  Hiroshi First 50Km   18 Aug. - 6 Sep. 2015 Winter Session Tokyo Science, Tokyo Teck, Kyusyu and Kyushu Teck University Students Camp sponsored by Shinzo   Aug. 2015 Shinzo in Texas   March 2015 Narenkai Spring Session  Oct. 2014 Matsu completed 300km flight  Natsu completed 300km flight  May 2014: Shinzo in Japan Shinzo Visits Japan in April, May Oono  Sekiyado  Itakura  Kuju  March 2014 Narenkai Spring Session  Nov. 2013 Updated the price list. May 2013: Shinzo in Japan Shinzo Visits Japan in May, sometime 14000f, sometime2500f. 14000f over Nikko looking down Japan Alps.  Kuju; Looking up Kuju san.  February 2013: Australia National Championship, 2nd Open class  January 2013: A Happy New Year!  December 2012: NSW State Championship, Open class Champion  May 2012: 27 Shinzo in Asia ! Shinzo came back to Narromine conditiones 8000ft Cu from 6 weeks advance coaching tour in Jakarta, Sekiyado, Aso and Kuju. It was a lot of fun, friends and rain.  Jakarta  Sekiyado  Aso  Kuju January 2012: 6 Happy New Year !  March 2011: 8 Five years have passed since my last flight, report from Hiroko Ideo I
visited Narromine after an interval of five years in the end of
February. Students who had stayed in Narromine in the training for the
student championships were the same ages as my son.  March 2011: 3 XC-training in Narromine, report from Tomohiko "John" Iguchi Narromine, NSW Australia in 17-27 Feb 2011. I rode glider "7L" that CS is a 4th-producted as "Discus CS". Several days were good XC condition and climbed to 10,000FT. But then grain in the field is not reaped anywhere and cannot land in the paddock due to a historical flood. So I enjoyed soaring any day "plan positive & dicision conservative".    Shinzo Tomohiko Keith Hiroko Masahiko Ryoya Arihito July 2010: 30 Texas state championship I enjoy Texas state championship in Llano with Bob Grove by his Duo X, learning my pilot(Bob), glider, american comp rule, food, apertmemnt and my shopping car Porsche are good. however weather are not good. It is hot and wet, so it is storm, today was day 3, took off and started but 15 minuts after cancelled because of too much shower, it will be changed soaring weather tomorrow. l
 June2010: 6 NSW Instructor training course I have just come back from "Instructor training course" which is held at Lake Keepit. We did "Lecture And Flight" from morning to night and did flight by A/T and which on the Lake Keepit airfield. Finally, one Level 1 instructor and three Level 2 instructor were born in one week course. As our gliding activities changed from local flight to cross-country soaring, we changed and improved the rules (including License system, training syllabus, OPS manual. Instructor manual, Radio license and OPS rule, etc.) with CASA. The new system starts from May, and this is the first "Instructor Course". I have work thoroughly, since I attend this course as the only "Coach and Instructor". It is good opportunity to tell them my policy " Achievement and Safety are same direction" May2010: 25 National Team Camp in Narromine National team camp was held in Narromine on March and flew togrther with Soar Narromine pilots. Shinzo  March2010: 31 2009 season last photo. This is the last photo of 2009 season. I go to Chinchilla tomorrow with Discus 2a for QLD easter competition. Shinzo  March2010: 5 Japan students gliding champion, Ms Rieko Chihana visited Soar Narromine ! Rieko enjoyed flying by Discus 2a.  March2010: 5 Australian Junior National  February2010: 21 Flying report from Ryoji ! Ryoji achieved 5 hours duration on this month. Photo is Ryoji and his friends with Shinzo.They are around 65 years old pilots! Shinzo is the youngest !!  Ryoji Mr. Goto Shinzo Mr.Akatani January2010: 29 Flying report from Katsunori ! Katsunori who is one of the frequent pilots, flew at Soar Narromine on new-year vacation. He enjoyed flying by ASW20b(VH-GYM). He sent a photo. Thank you Katsunori!  January2010: 4 Happy New Year !  September2009: 19 Congratulation !! The
Gliding Federation of Australia has awarded Anne the 2009 JR (Bob)
Muller award for making the most
outstanding contribution to the promotion or publicity of gliding in
the past year. Anne is the GFA sub-editor of the Soaring Australia
magazine. September2009: 16 It was cerebration dinner today.
Anne
Shinzo
Andrew
KeithAndrew First Solo, 23 T/O, 5.5 hours in only 5 days.  June2009: 28 "GrandPrix 2008" Photo Album now on the web. June2009: 8 "Baron Hilton Cup 2005 report" now on the web. May2009:11 Shinzo moved to France from Japan, He flew at St.Auban and enjoyed Province wine and cheese.   May2009:6 Shinzo visited Kuju (Kyusyu in Japan) for Advance training. Kuju is famous mountain flying area in Japan.  March2009:16 Last day of this season with
pilots from UK and Japan.
Keith and Shinzo are happy
because of a lot of great
flights and no accident.
photo by Anne Elliott
 January2009:7  Koichifs mighty 750km flight on January 6 was celebrated with fellow pilots and crew: Wendy, CFI Shinzo, tuggie Keith, Jenny, Trevor, Koichi, Harry, (front row) Fumio, Tomo and Haruhiko. Trevor completed his first 1000km flight on the day and Harry flew his ninth 1000km task. Congratulations to Koichi from all his Aussie and Japanese friends. January2009:6 An
early morning 66th birthday celebration for Soar Narromine
tuggie Keith Dixon.  Koichi has completed 750KM, we hurry to the restaurant for beer, beer, beer.  December2008:5 Willy's Report Comments from the pilot: Willy 11/Nov This is my 5th trip to Narromine for glider flights. Every time I come here I discover new things, on this trip I had rented the ASW20b. The ASW20b was the first flapped aircraft I ever flew, and I have to say that I enjoyed every second of it. It climbs very smooth in lift, and glides very well with the flaps. On day 1 I had a nice local flight and on day 2, I was already flying 300km. I can certainly recommend Soar Narromine for the best weather conditions and best aircrafts. Also, I was able to learn many many things from Shinzo. Thank you very much.  13/Nov Today Shinzo and I rigged the Nimbus 4DM together so I can get some coaching from him. The launch time was delayed to 14:30 due to this, but we had excellent weather with lots of cloud streets. We were flying until 19:00 and managed to fly 500km. I was able to learn about shifting gears (speed/decision making) when conditions were changing rapidly(good and bad).  14/Nov Again we had great weather with thermals up to 9000ft in 10kts!! So we decided to do an out-and-return flight to Queensland. It was the first time for me to fly over mountains here in Australia. The view was excellent and I enjoyed it very much. At 16:30, we were 208km away from Narromine, and the weather wasn't getting any better, so Shinzo was flying instead of me, but I managed to learn lots from watching his flight. I learned that all that matters for a good pilot is the basics and the decision making. I noticed that Shinzo was sleeping in the back seat of the Nimbus 4DM from time to time yesterday, but not today.  16/Nov I was flying the ASW20b today. A cold-front just went by yesterday, so I didn't think we would have good weather, but I was wrong! Shinzo taught me to take-off the earliest amongst the other pilots and fly as long as I can. So I did this, and by 17:30 thermals started to become very weak, and everyone else started to land. After this the wind became a bit stronger, and a cumulus wave started to form. The cloud base was 8000ft, but I was able to climb all the way to 10000ft above the clouds in the wave!! It was a very nice view, and I wish I was there longer. One more thing I learned today was that imagination is very important for soaring, Thank you Shinzo! Willy   August2008:8 My big brothers' family visited Narromine! Three brothers were together in Narromine in 14, July. 15, July : They flew one hour each with me on Nimbus 4DM. 6,000feet Cu condition. They said " like a bird !" 16, July : Sky travel in Australia. We flew together on Maule around Narromine. They said " wide !! "   July2008:5 Cloud street near Trangie
tracking to Collie, 6000feet, 0 degree.
 Narromine
has no season-off for Gliding !!October 2007:28 Shinzo and Haruka Kise(project
suporter) ride Morning Glory by Nimbus 4DM on 28th
October.
  October 2007:4 Winter Session 2007 : Data Number of Flight@@195
Hours of Flight@@@119
Gliders@ASK-21@ASTIRRB@Hornet@
Discus@ASW20B@Discus2A @Duo Discus
October 2007:4 At the last day of Winter
Session in this yesr, Anthony First Solo !!
August 2007:29-
August: Congratulation
!! Shinya : First Single-seater, Hayato : First Solo !He received the mother's congratulation. His mother, Dagmarl is an advanced pilot.  Anthony & Dagmarl   August 2007:7-
August: We have
started "Winter Session 2007" Many students are enjoying between beautiful green field and blue sky with
good Cu ! @@ December
2006:30 December:
We completed an FAI Triangle 1000km flight. Not only did we have a big
flight, we also enjoyed the western NSW countryside - Markus and
Michael. The October
2006: June
2006: March
2006: Flying
in the French Alps from St Auban with Shinzo is now booked out.
The
Nimbus 4 DM's engine has been modified with a clutch which should
protect the engine belt from being torn apart in future. The
clutch was fitted with help of Tracy Tabart who came from Pictured
Shinzo about to test fly the Nimbus 4 DM.
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