Pilots for world contest
Five New Zealand pilots have been selected to compete in the World Precision Flying Championships in Florida next year. They will be accompanied by a team manager and team coach, both of Christchurch.
Rod Smith (North Shore Aero Club), Reg Piesse (Tauranga Aero Club). Mat Wakelin (North Shore Aero Club), David Griffin (Waikato Aero Club), and Doug McCammon (Otago Aero Club), will compete in the championships. Precision flying evolved in Scandinavia about 30 years ago and is a form of aerial orienteering. The first world championships were held in Sweden in 1975, and they are now held every two years. The New Zealand selections were made at Ardmore airfield last week. The five pilots will be accompanied by a team manager. Mr Garry Berryman, and a coach, Mrs Pam Collings, both of the Canterbury Aero Club.
The cost of sending the New Zealand team is about $35.000.
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Press, 23 March 1985, Page 9
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