Gavin Wills' School of Mountain Soaring
  
Gavin Wills Mountain Soaring is a unique family run Soaring School operated by GlideOmarama.com. It offers services for experienced pilots who wish to extend their mountain cross country flying or intermediate and beginner pilots who wish to improve skills or learn to glide. Some of the world's most experienced mountain flying instructors are led by Gavin Wills, G Dale, and Lemmy Tanner (CFI). The South Island of New Zealand, with Omarama approximately in the centre, produces some of the world's best wave flying as well as astonishing ridge, thermal and convergence soaring amidst the spectacular and dramatic mountains of the Southern Alps where the visibility is often in excess of 400 kms. The volatile weather and wild mountains make for challenging soaring and are an excellent learning environmentfor pilots at any level of experience. Indeed many advanced pilots consider Omarama to be the premier location for developing their mountain and wave flying skills. The school operates the world's largest fleet of Duo Discus's with 7 of these gliders plus an ASH25, a Grob Twin Astir and a Grob 103 trainer. GlideOmarama has access to a fleet of well equipped and well presented modern single seat gliders for those wishing to fly solo. The Omarama Airfield is a purpose built gliding site with outstanding facilities. It has on site accommodation, camping ground, restaurant, spacious club-house and hangers for 80 gliders. See also Ten Good Reasons for flying with GlideOmarama. For experienced pilots the Gavin Wills Mountain Soaring School offers the following:
- Mountain Soaring Courses
For a great introduction to the Omarama mountain soaring environment this is our most popular course. Its also excellent for coaching individual pilots (or small groups) at any level of experience. - Adventure Soaring
For visiting pilots with limited time who wish to enjoy a day or two of spectacular flights deep into the mountains with an instructor in a Duo Discus or ASH25. - Adventure Soaring Week
Five days experiencing the joys and challenges of Mountain Soaring at Omarama in a variety of conditions. Focus on XC flying in the mountain with your own instructor and having adventures. - Supervised Soaring
For experienced pilots and returning guests who want to rent a single seat glider to explore the local environment in solo flight.
For beginner and intermediate pilots the school offers:
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