Japanese Pilots love Australia – Makoto Ichikawa reports from Narromine

The New Year in Narromine started with a 1,079 OLC point flight accomplished by the Japanese pilot Makoto Ichikawa. Mac, this is the name people like to call him, spends his winter vacation in Australia. Some might have heard about him before: Mr. Ichikawa participated in the WGC in Uvalde being the one and only pilot representing Japan. He competed with an SZD Diana2 in the 15m class. He had already participated in many WGC’s and European Championships since 1993 and did some of his biggest flights in Namibia and Hungary…