Tauranga Gliding Club moments in history

1968 - Gliding Club mentioned in supplement for opening of sealed runway, 5 April 1968.

1974 - Gliding. Bay of Plenty Mirror, 20 February 1973, p. 14.

1976 - Tauranga man gets award - Noel Johnson. 23 November 1976.

1978 - Accident sparked formation of club. Chance to try gliding. Bay of Plenty Times, 28 February 1978.

1980 - Glider reaches 14,500 feet. 21 November 1980, p. 1.

1981 - National competition - Mr Scholes takes part. 13 January 1981, p. 1.

1981 - Gliders will fly from new home. 19 December 1981, p. 5.

1982 - Club will soar to new heights. Bay of Plenty Times, 11 December 1982, p. 7.

1983 - Gliding club opens new quarters at airport. Bay of Plenty Times, 21 March 1983, p. 6.

1985 - Roy Russell writes book on 50 years of gliding. Bay of Plenty Times, 7 December 1985.

1986 - Open day gives history. Bay Sun, 22 March 1986.

1993 - Motor gives aircraft the means to launch itself. Bay News, 24 February 1993, p. 3.

1995 - Gliding to the top of the world - John Roake organises 24th World Gliding Championship. Bay of Plenty Times, 25 February 1995, p. 37.

1997 - Gliding pioneers take to skies. Foundation members of Tauranga Gliding Club take birthday flight, including Ron Oliver and Trevor Oliver. Bay of Plenty Times, 22 September 1997.

1999 - New lift for Bay glider pilots. Bay of Plenty Times, 27 March 1999.

1999 - Gliding Club honours stalwart, Gavin Meadows. Bay of Plenty Times, 28 August 1999.

1999 - Tow pilot flies into club record books - Gordon Scholes. Bay of Plenty Times, 15 December 1999.

2000 - Tauranga's oldest teen takes to the skies. 95 year old Arthur Stubbs. Bay of Plenty Times, 25 January 2000.

A selection of historic images of gliders in Pae Korokī:

Tauranga Gliding club’s new Slingsby Skylark sailplane with MR J. H. Roake at the controls, December 1960.

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Tauranga Gliding Clubs towing plane, Gliding Championships, March 1963.

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Norman Murray (President) and Dr. Frank Sligo (Patron) standing outside Tauranga Gliding Club's new mobile headquarters, November 1964

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Tauranga Gliding Club members assemble glider at Tauranga airport, October 1965.

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Gliding Club's new Bocian glider, January 1965

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Gliding Club's hangar, July 1967

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Gliding Club awards. Photograph taken for magazine number 86 of the Bay of Plenty Photo News, 26 July 1969

Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries, Logan Publishing, Tauranga and Bay of Plenty Photo News Collection Photo pn-3456

Sea cadet Richard Wards with a glider. Cadets from T. S. Chatham were taken for a 20 minute glider flight by members of the Tauranga Gliding Club from the Belk Road airfield, June 1972.

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