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For some years, members of clubs in the Auckland area who were interested in soaring, gathered at Ambury Park Farm for sailplane contests. Initially known as the Auckland Area Soaring Series, then latterly as AucklandSoar, these fliers formed a formal club in 1994 for the promotion of all types of soaring and electric flight. We are happy to welcome anyone interested in this aspect of model aviation to join our ranks.
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AucklandSoar Aims
- To provide a friendly environment for those interested in soaring and electric flight to
pursue their sport.
- To arrange contests for the various classes of models in this discipline, both club and
for a wider area.
- To hold evening meetings for discussion and demonstrations pertinent to flying and
building sailplanes.
- To keep fees to a reasonable minimum and encourage wide membership.
- To help newcomers to the sport to learn to fly safely.
- To maintain a central flying site and to control flying thereon to ensure safety to
people, property and other airspace users.
- To publish regular newsletters to keep members informed of contest results, future
programme, items of interest for construction
and doings of members.
Membership
Curently AucklandSoar has about
Get a membership form here.
Calendar
AucklandSoar runs a series of contests for different classes - one or two per month for
which Annual Trophies are awarded. There is also an overall Champion. Two or three of
these contests are part of the inter-club series for the Williams Trophy. Other clubs run
contests for this trophy also, which are open to any affiliated NZMAA member.)
Points are aggregated over 12 months. Our members are invited to fly at contests run by
other clubs mainly in the Auckland - Waikato area but as distant as Tauranga and even
Palmerston North. All these events are listed in our calendar for the year and also
published in the newsletter for a couple of months ahead. Members are elegible to fly in
all National events and may be picked for teams in International events.
Equipment
Members supply their own aircraft, radio, launching gear. The club has a frequency control
board, and various other bits of equipment for the running of contests including a club
winch