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Jill McCaw
Find articles written by Jill McCaw using the links below. Articles are listed in descending order of publicationWorld’s Youngest FAI 1,000 km Diploma Glider Pilotprint $authors; ?> Jill McCaw reports on the success of her 18-year-old son Alex, who recently became the youngest glider pilot in the world to achieve the FAI’s 1,000km Diploma.![]() |
Record—For a Dayprint $authors; ?> Jill McCaw describes the outstanding effort by New Zealand’s gliding legend, Terry Delore, when he broke another world gliding record recently (and briefly)Article Details | |
All Black — and Blue Yonderprint $authors; ?> New Zealand’s All Black captain Richie McCaw is an avid pilot with time in a multitude of light aircraft and gliders, as well as a DC3 and even a BAe Hawk jet trainer. Pacific Wings’ Jill McCaw talks about her famous nephew’s passion for flight.Article Details | |
Southern Summer Soaring—The Ecstasy of Spanprint $authors; ?> John and Jill McCaw were in Omarama for the New Zealand National Multi-Class Gliding Championship and captured some of the action.Article Details | |
Malcolm Wallsprint $authors; ?> January marked an auspicious milestone for one New Zealand pilot when Malcolm Walls—a familiar part of the gliding scene at Omarama—flew his 15,000th glider tow. Jill McCaw reports.Article Details | |
Terry Delore Returns to Argentinaprint $authors; ?> Jill McCaw reports on the latest joint effort by Kiwi gliding champion Terry Delore and well-known aviation adventurer Steve Fossett to capture more world records in ArgentinaArticle Details | |
Museum Piece: A Vision for the futureprint $authors; ?> A Vision for the Future ano The Benefit of Experience by Jill McCaw.![]() |
Museum Piece: Not much Newsprint $authors; ?>![]() |
A Difficult Restoration: The Air Force Museum's Vildebeeste Rebuildprint $authors; ?> Jill McCaw visits the Air Force Museum at Wigram and sees how much effort volunteers are making to preserve a little-known, but important RNZAF type, the Vickers Vildebeeste.![]() |
Out-Landprint $authors; ?> A glider retrieval story""Out-landings"" are a fact of life for glider pilots, and while retrieving pilot and machine after most land-outs is a relatively straight-forward exercise, others are not so simple, and one area of the South Island is fast becoming New Zealand's most notorious out-land spot. Story by Jill McCaw.![]() |