SPORT OF GLIDING

Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1930, Page 3

SPORT OF GLIDING

POPULAR. IN ENGLAND. " EASY AND CHEAP TO LEARN. WELLINGTON;, December 17. During three months spent in England, Flight-Lieutenant G..801t, of Dominion Airlines, Limited, who returned, y^sterdqy, by the Corinthic, , was greyly;?Struck |by the'popularity oi and the. comparatively recent development of interest in gliding. . . ~ Gliding clubs had been organised, and,, existedv t .n,o>y .it} every county in England.’, -The | spoilt., furnished an inexpensive way of learning to fly, and the gliders were launched by a catapult from a suitable, position, the length and height of their subsequent jourimy lip.on the nature of the touliiry~up-ciirferits of. air, and so on, .With good up-currents it was Remain ~}« - the .ail-: over suitable country as long as the wind held. ,If ,;,cfub members made their ' ’ owp' machines each would cost about •• or for materials/ Good glid(f;‘ ' er^'cost from'the manufacturers a good v deal more than the figures quoted. ‘ ; t V’|fdc ! R of; the 'interest in* gliding had ;!comV about, through visits made by / . German' experts, who gave lectures and explanations to budding English en-T-l thpsiasts, said^ Flight-Lieutenant L " 'Bolt. The sport in England was con-ducted--by the British Gliding Assoct’T (ftitidriv'/tb'- ivliiclt clubs 'were affiliated *andvbyu whom* gliding .“tickets” were .« v - ; .j> : ii.sS'U€d;rj: f ‘You-' tiould : do ■ some wondcrwkifuli gliding- out here.” ‘Said Flight.{Lieutenant Bolt; . . “There ig only one man in New ' {'' Zetiland who knows a great deal about J gliders,” said Wing-Commander Grant Dalton, Director of Air Services, yesterclav. ' ; ‘Those who intend to take up gliding, .or to build gliders, should get .in.. touch with him. He is Mr R. Mathqson, of Middlemarch, Cen tr<il:.,Otago/’;.; ,• ■■■ • ~ $$ ; »-• I, •.8 *• -• •*