BAANZ Annual Long Jump

The annual BAANZ long jump competition was held recently - the idea is simple, fly as far as you can in one flight. 

This year, Nick Oakley won AND beat the NZ record (set by Michael Oakley last year!) with a whopping 180km! 

Nick flew from west of Geraldine to north of the Hurunui River in 3 hours 20 minutes! Nick flew with friend Hamish, whose main job was inflight refreshments with a flask of warm coffee! 

The top speed was 77kph with a max height of 11,000ft in a Cameron Z-133

Congratulations Nick

Full reports from the entries will be included in the next BAANZ newsletter