Here's the link for the meeting
 
Topic: John Brooks meeting, Bearbrass
Time: Nov 17, 2020 10:00 AM 
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87153577066
Meeting ID: 871 5357 7066
 
John will talk about
  •     Gliding in New Zealand and around the World
  •     How gliders fly
  •     What they can and can’t do
  •     Common questions on getting “shot down”
  •     Your first flight - you can look over my shoulder!
This Keynote talk is highly illustrated with pictures and video clips.  
Our club is called Gliding Manawatu.  Our club has a very keen female member who flies regularly.  There are women’s competitions, but the national and regional competitions are open to both men and women, and there are trophies and records specifically for women.
 
At the end of the presentation, I have a short video clip of a flight I did at my local club in the DG202 glider.  The camera is mounted in the cockpit next to my shoulder, so the viewer can see the instruments and the view the pilot sees.
How many in the club?  About 40 members Gliding Manawatu, 125 in my Terrace End Probus
When was club started?   Gliding Manawatu was founded in 1954; I have been a member for 40 years
What was your mainstream occupation and what was PhD on?  My first degree was in microbiology.  I was initially a fermentation research  engineer at ICI in UK, then a university academic for 40 years.  I lectured on Food Microbiology in New Zealand and Hong Kong and my PhD was on the energetics and stoichiometry of metabolism of C1 compounds by a bacterium called Pseudomonas AM1.  This had relevance to the Single Cell Protein work I did at ICI.  I am now retired but continue as a microbiology consultant through my company microTech Services Limited.