From the GFA President
From the President In my part of the world, South Australia, it has…
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From the GFA
From the EO
From the Executive OFficer all the latest developmenta at the GFA New…
S2F - Development - Unusual Attitudes and Spin…
This article is the first in a new series that aims to share…
Occurrences & Incidents November - December 2020
All clubs and GFA members are urged to report all occurrences and…
Minimum Equipment Serviceability
Every sailplane has a Minimum Equipment List (MEL) that the design is…
Transponders, Class E and the missing safety case
The recent proposal by Airservices Australia to lower the limit for…
GLIDING TEM Part 3 - COMPETITION SOARING and…
In the last two articles, I introduced Threat and Error Management…
FAI Gliding Badges
FAI Gliding Badges 1 December 2020 28 February 2021 Beryl HartleyFAI…
GFA Previous Issues
September 01, 2020
GFA
From the new President Steve Pegler
At the Board meeting on Saturday 29 August I was elected GFA President. I think it appropriate I should introduce myself to the wider gliding community. My first glider flight was as a young kid in the late 1960s at Adelaide Soaring Club, where I flew in an…
September 01, 2020
GFA
From the EO and The GFA Annual General…
From the EO and The GFA Annual General Meeting AGM 2020 We ran our first ‘Virtual AGM’ on Friday evening 28th August, using Zoom webinar software, and feedback has been very positive. 123 people attended the meeting from the comfort of their homes – although…
September 01, 2020
GFA
From the Outgoing President
Read all the essential updates from the outgoing GFA President Peter Cesco
August 30, 2020
GFA
GFA AWARDS 2020
GFA AWARDS 2020 The GFA Awards and some GFA sporting trophies are presented at the GFA AGM each year. Only one award is made for each category annually. Congratulations to the GFA Awards 2020 recipients. CITATIONS Wallington Award Over the past couple of…
August 30, 2020
GFA
SF2 Survey Results
SF2 Survey Results SF2 Chair Mandy Temple and the SF2 committee ran an online survey over the last three months on the level of control Australia’s gliding clubs feel is appropriate for GFA to exert on their activities. In particular they sought opinions on…
August 19, 2020
GFA
Soaring to the Future is Three Years Old
Soaring to the Future is Three Years Old As we move into the AGM season, it's time to reflect on what Soaring to the Future has achieved in the past three years. At the GFA AGM in 2017, Soaring to the Future, or S2F as it is now known, was launched. It…
August 01, 2020
Occurrences
Occurrences & Incidents March - July…
Occurrences & Incidents March - July 2020 All clubs and GFA members are urged to report all occurrences and incidents promptly, as and when they occur, using the GFA’s occurrence reporting portal at glidingaustralia.org/Log-In/log-in-soar.html. This is always…
May 23, 2020
GFA
IGC and Badges
IGC and Badges Have you ever wondered how the system works behind the gliding badges issued by the FAI? A recent presentation by Australia's new IGC delegate Mandy Temple gives an overview of the roles of the various organisations involved in the sport of…
May 21, 2020
Operations
Explaining Insurance
Explaining Insurance By Dave Shorter - Treasurer Reading the details of an insurance policy is just about as exciting as delving into a dictionary – a pretty ordinary story line, not recommended bedtime reading. But like a dictionary, it’s occasionally…