As part of the 60th Anniversary of the Horsham Flying Club, originally formed as the Wimmera Soaring Club in 1963 we are releasing a series of videos on the history of the club.
Part 9 - A private ES-60 Boomerang joins the club
A private owner syndicate is formed and buys a single seat ES-60 Boomerang.
The Nymph had come on-line as the clubs first single seat glider to provide pilots with a progression path to a glider with higher performance than the T-31. But there were a growing number of members wanting to fly the Nymph and it wouldn’t always be available when they wanted it.
A group of seven members decided to buy their own glider and formed a syndicate in early 1965. Tommy Thompson, Leon Rigetti, Max Hedt, Steve McFarlane, Peter McKee and Wally Rentch pooled funds to order and purchase one of the then new Schneider ES-60 Boomerang gliders.
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