Gliding Australia Magazine

Australian James Nugent Keeps Top Place in Club Class

James Nugent, Australia, Club Class CLUB CLASS James Nugent, Australia, flew 412.98 km at 117.32 kph in an AAT task taking 3rd place for the day in Club Class. The 932 points he earned were enough to keep him in the top position overall after Race 4. Thies Bruins, Netherlands…

Australian James Nugent Keeps Top Place in Club Class

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SGP Gawler Dates Announced

Series 12 FAI Sailplane Grand Prix Qualifying Contests Dates…

National Gliding Championships Benalla Invites…

The 2023/24 National Gliding Championships, Open, 18m, 15m and…

QLD State Championships Kingaroy

The Queensland State Championships was the first of two back to back…

Australian Antique Aircraft Association FLY-IN

Northrop Primary Glider By Peter Raphael Every year, the Australian…

Hunter Valley Gliding Club Vintage Rally Easter…

Andrew Dickson prepares for an hour in the Museum’s K8b, assisted by…

Electric Towing

By Leigh Snell In this article I’ll describe my experiences of using…

The Apennine Way Sailplane Grand Prix Finals…

Flying over the Apennines near Pavullo. By Sean Young The final…

Omarama Magic

Photo Essay by Brian Gilby Brian Gilby from Warwick Gliding Club…

Safari - Lucky on the Second Attempt

By Bernard Eckey We had hoped that our first gliding safari in…

Outlanding in the Wet

The farmer’s son captured this shot in the paddock using a drone. I…

Glorious Gloucester - Ridge Soaring Camp

By Mike Woolley photos Josh Davis The annual Gloucester ridge soaring…

Around the Clubs October 2023

The Adelaide University Gliding Club x Rockettes Flinders Ranges The…

Around the Clubs June 2023

Congratulations to the many new pilots who achieved first solos,…

Australian National Championships Narromine in…

Adam Woolley flying his Ventus 3 with 15M tips at Narromine and on…

From Gliding Australia

A Fresh Start with Gliding Australia's Inaugural…

Greetings, I'm Doug Flockhart, and I'm incredibly thrilled to…

From the President Steve Pegler

October 2023 Constitutional ChangeIt’s three years since the Board…

Electric Towing

By Leigh Snell In this article I’ll describe my experiences of using…

Meet the New Executive Manager Operations

Being new to the EMO role, I thought it would be good to pass on my…

Airspace Clear for Launch

By Christopher Thorpe, Executive Manager Operations It should be…

Gliding Australia Awards 2023

After general business was concluded at the GA Annual General Meeting…

From the Executive Officer

From the Executive Officer, Terry Cubley AM, all the latest…

Weight and Balance for Sailplanes

After considerable investment in time and effort, both within Gliding…

From the President Steve Pegler March 2023

PRESIDENT’S REPORT One Sport One Team One GlidingLook familiar? This…

From the EO March 2023

From the Executive Officer, Terry Cubley AM, all the latest…

IN FLIGHT BATTERY FAILURE

Battery after removal from aircraft. In August 2022 I was flying my…

THE RISKS OF NEW OR DIFFERENT

By Anthony smithChair Airworthiness department One of the major…

Training and Airworthiness Webinars

Anthony Smith has been adding to his Airwortihiness Webinars with…

Rain, Rain, Go Away

The continuation of wet weather across large areas of Australia has…

Rings and Things - TOST Rings

Over the last few years, there have been several reports of…

Concentration Time Limitations - Safety related…

Opinion Harry Medlicott recently flew in the World Gliding…

Distance, Speed and Acceleration or why you need…

By Leo DaviesReprinted with the kind permission of Keep Soaring, LKSC…

Crew Resource Management

Christopher ThorpeExecutive Manager,…

Pilot Authorisations and Endorsements

Christopher ThorpeExecutive Manager, Operations Pilot Authorisations…

From the EO December 2022

From the Executive Officer, Terry Cubley AM, all the latest…

From the President Steve Pegler - AGM Report 2022

PRESIDENT’S REPORT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – 31st AUGUST 2022…

From the EO September 2022

From the Executive OFficer all the latest developmenta at the GFA…

GFA Awards 2022

The GFA Annual General Meeting was held as a video conference for the…

From the Executive Officer June 2022

The GFA Board met in Melbourne on 21 - 22 May, the first face-to-face…

How Many Glider Pilots are there in the World?

The International Gliding Commission (IGC) has reformed a group now…

From The Executive Officer March 2022

Membership numbersMembership at start of March 2021 was 2,767 (286…

From the Executive Officer

From the Executive OFficer all the latest developmenta at the GFA It…

Vale Mike Burns

I worked with and was helped a lot by Mike. Mike passing is a great…

From the President Steve Pegler

Summer is over and I have already had enough of winter, but there…

From the Executive Officer Terry Cubley

GFA OfficeAfter 12 months working from home, GFA Office staff are now…

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