Australian Air League
Manly Squadron recently took part in another outstanding gliding camp, with cadets, officers and parents all taking the opportunity to experience winch-launched gliding. It was a fantastic weekend focussed on aviation exposure, building confidence and giving cadets hands-on experience in a real gliding environment. Many thanks to the dedicated instructors and members at Southern Tablelands Gliding Club for their continued support and for helping make the camp such a valuable experience for our squadron.
Beverley Soaring Society
Congratulations to BSS's newest glider pilot Eoghan Rogers, sent solo by instructor Sid Dewey in February.
South Gippsland Gliding Club
Andrey Makarenko and I successfully completed the AEI training course at Bacchus Marsh yesterday and owe a special thank you to the L3 instructors, Chris Thorpe, Noel Vagg, John Rule, Alan Payne, Phil Organ and Peter 'PK' Kingston. Congratulations to Vitaliy Bashlykov and Alex Bolek from Geelong Gliding Club and Andrew Murphy from Mt Beauty Gliding Club who successfully completed the course, too.
Narrogin Gliding Club
ABOVE: Morgan Walker has successfully completed his first solo today. Well done, young man. He was the fourth pilot in the Club to go solo in the past two weeks.
BELOW: An amazing abinitio course comes to a close with solos achieved by Tamika Hart and John Browne on the last day. A wonderful experience for both but especially for Tamika who only commenced her flying early March 2026.
Alpine Soaring Mount Beauty
ABOVE: Well done to Craig Docherty for going solo after a long break from gliding. A busy morning with training circuits and some magic air on the hill on an overcast afternoon for the Libelle and Hornet!
BELOW: Training session in the morning after the fog dispersed and then more ridge flying with Mach. James and Craig Docherty both had solo flights on 17 April
Hunter Valley Gliding Club
A huge congratulations for Tom Archbold's first solo flight. We are incredibly proud of your achievement and we look forward to being a part of your gliding journey.
Sunraysia Gliding Club
First Solo is one of the big milestones for a pilot - but surely the first flight with one of your kids would be a close second. Well done, Daff and Tilly.
Darling Downs Soaring Club
A great week in April at Darling Downs Soaring Club with four new students taking to the skies.
Plenty of laughs and some awesome progress as they kicked off their learn-to-glide journey.
