Anoushka is taking flight

HAMILTON local, Anoushka de Chelard, soars in a glider under instruction from the backseat. She says when she first went up in a glider the ground below looked small but now it looks in proportion. Photo: SUPPLIED.

By Eliza Sears

February 06, 2022 | 6:00 PM

AFTER receiving an air experience for her 15th birthday, Hamilton local, Anoushka de Chelard has soared to new heights with her gliding.

Just months after her first flying experience, Anoushka won the Victorian Soaring Association’s ‘Yes Girls Glide’ President’s Scholarship, a prize worth $1500.