Richie McCaw Captain of the NZ All Blacks trains with us at Omarama !

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Gavin Wills Mountain Soaring

An amazing learning envirionment for all pilots.

Spectacular mountains and 400+ km visibility.

Courses and adventures for pilots of all levels of experience

Five Duo Discus’s, one Grob 103 and a fleet of modern single seat gliders

A purpose built gliding site with outstanding facilities and on field accommodation

Arguably the world's best wave flying plus excellent ridge, thermal and convergence soaring

Some of the world’s most experienced mountain flying instructors led by Gavin Wills, G Dale, and Lemmy Tanner. The GlideOmarama Team

Omarama’s volatile weather and wild mountains make for a challenging soaring environment. Many pilots consider Omarama to be the premier location for developing one's mountain and wave flying skills

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Gavin Wills Mountain Soaring is a unique family run Soaring School that offers the following services for experienced pilots who wish to extend their mountain XC flying experience and to explore the spectacular Omarama soaring envirionment:

Airfield Facilities and accommodation

• We are proud of our excellent facilities in the new Omarama Soaring Centre and on our made-for-gliding airfield.
• an excellent club house, comfortable briefing rooms, a small library, state of the art flight analysis, TV, digital projector and high speed internet access.
• A brand new hangar and workshop.

Accommodation in the well sited, comfortable Airfield Chalets is excellent both for the immersed glider pilot and for the non flying partner who can relax in a beautiful rural setting and enjoy the many activities in the area.

The Kahu Café has become the social centre of the airfield. Dagmar serves three “home cooked” meals per day, bakes her own treasures, makes excellent coffee and runs a bar.

The Omarama Town is 1km down the road and contains a well stocked Super Market, two Hotels, six Restaurants and two petrol stations.

Omarama is centrally located amongst the South Island's main tourist attractions. It offers a great range of attractions besides gliding. These include sightseeing, hiking, golf, trout fishing, horse back riding and wild life watching (penguins, fur seals, sea lions and black stilts).