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Jill McCaw

Find articles written by Jill McCaw using the links below. Articles are listed in descending order of publication

World’s Youngest FAI 1,000 km Diploma Glider Pilot

May 2011
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.
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Record—For a Day

February 2010
Jill McCaw describes the outstanding effort by New Zealand’s gliding legend, Terry Delore, when he broke another world gliding record recently (and briefly)
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All Black — and Blue Yonder

October 2007
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.
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Southern Summer Soaring—The Ecstasy of Span

April 2007
John and Jill McCaw were in Omarama for the New Zealand National Multi-Class Gliding Championship and captured some of the action.
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Malcolm Walls

April 2007
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.
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Terry Delore Returns to Argentina

November 2006
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 Argentina
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Museum Piece: A Vision for the future

September 2006
A Vision for the Future ano The Benefit of Experience by Jill McCaw.
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Museum Piece: Not much News

August 2006

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A Difficult Restoration: The Air Force Museum's Vildebeeste Rebuild

July 2006
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.
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Out-Land

April 2006
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.
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