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Benalla Nationals Sports - Club - 20M LIDING AUSTRALIA G Issue 5 March - April 2012 www.soaring.org.au BENALLA NATIONALS SPORTS - CLUB - 20M BRAD EDWARDS - MULTI CLASS NATIONALS - GLIDEFAST TASK TIPS - VINTAGE GLIDING - GFA NEWS - BOONAH GC Cover.indd 1 2/22/2012 8:15:54 AM LIDING INSIDE THIS ISSUE AUSTRALIA G 14 No. 5 March - April 2012 COVER PHOTOGRAPH: JS1 REVELATION FLOWN BY BRUCE TAYLOR, BENALLA, CLUB & SPORTS CLASS NATIONALS. BY: SEAN YOUNG 2 NEWS What's happening in the Australian gliding airspace. 8 CLUB PROFILE - BOONAH GLIDING CLUB Boonah Gliding Club in the picturesque Gold Coast hinterland tell us about their site, membership and fleet. 11 FRAWLEY'S TASK TIPS Richard shows us some of the pitfalls of Dark Thermals. 28 12 COMPETITION SAFETY Top American competition pilot John Cochrane helps us prepare to get home safely. 14 MULTICLASS Narromine celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Nationals at Narromine - at Tocumwal. 16 HORSHAM WEEK Thirty-six glider pilots make the most of showery weather at the 47th Horsham Week. www.JonkerSailplanes.com 17 WEATHER FORECASTING - RASP MOBILE 40 See the latest app for your Android or iPhone. 18 WOMEN IN GLIDING WEEK - BENALLA CONTACT: Todd Clark - mobile +61 409 386 667 email toddclark@ hotmail.com Australia's women pilots gather for their annual Brett Hunter - mobile +64 219 276 26 email [email protected] week at Benalla. 20 GLIDEFAST Find out how your gliding will improve by attending a coaching week. 28 CLUB & SPORTS CLASS NATIONALS All the news and results from the largest and best attended competiton of the summer. LIDING LIDING GAUSTRALIA GAUSTRALIA 36 CLUB SCENE 23 Information and contacts for Australian Gliding Clubs. 40 VINTAGE GLIDING A Kookaburra covers 336km over the Warbys, while vintage PHOTOGRAPH: JUSTINE THOMPSON, A VENTUS BT FLOWN BY JOHN SWITALA OVER MOUNT TOWNSEND - PHOTOGRAPH: JUSTINE THOMPSON, A VENTUS BT BOOHAN GLIDING CLUB pilots brave the winds at the VGA's Bordertown Rally. APRIL 2012 SECOND HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN AUSTRALIA MAY 2012 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 30 April 1 2 3 4 5 6 HUNTER VALLEY GC - . VINTAGE AND 13.5M EASTER GLIDING QUEENSLAND 2012 EASTER COMPETITION CABOOLTURE GC 6 TO 14 APRIL 2012 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 44 BRAD EDWARDS - SECRET PILOT'S BUSINESS 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Brad lets us in on some of his secrets to gliding success. GFA BOARD MEETING 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 GFA BOARD MEETING 10 FEBEBRUARY 47 LETTERS - CLASSIFIEDS 30 1 May 2 3 4 5 6 28 29 30 31 1 June 2 3 Sean Young Editor [email protected] 44 Adriene Hurst Deputy Editor [email protected] Maurice LIttle GFA Magazine Committee SUBSCRIPTIONS [email protected] Non GFA members are welcome to subscribe to GA 1 year $45 inc GST. EDITORIAL SUBMISSIONS International rates online. We invite editorial contributions. Please Tel 03 9303 7805 email [email protected] Other www.soaring.org.au large files and photographs and can be G FA OFFICE uploaded at www.soaring.org.au/ga CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING & DISPLAY ADVERTISING & Changes of mailing address etc. MAGAZINE ENQUIRIES Tel 03 9303 7805 [email protected] Fax 03 9303 7960 Official publication of the Gliding Federation of Australia (GFA). [email protected] The GFA ia a member of the Féderation Aéronautique International (FAI) GLIDING AUSTRALIA L 1 /34 Somerton Rd through the Australian Sport Aviation Confederation (ASAC) www.soaring.org.au Somerton VIC 3062 Opinions expressed in Gliding Australia are not necessarily those of the publisher. Tel 02 9332 2822 West Sunset All rights reserved and reproduction without permission is strictly forbidden without 28 Gliding Australia www.soaring.org.au PO Box 246 Edgecliff Design & Publishing Services the permission of the publisher. © Gliding Australia Gliding Federation of Australia NSW 2027 [email protected] 2011 Print Post Publication Number PP 381712/02675 Ad_Pages.indd 28 2/22/2012 11:08:22 AM 01_Contents_5.indd 2 2/22/2012 8:40:17 AM PRESIDENT'S REPORT SPORTS COMMITTEE CHANGES TO GFA ANNUAL FROM THE CHAIR MEETINGS AND ELECTION SPORTS COMMITTEE Following concerns about meeting timing raised at the 2011 Annual Wow, what a packed few months we period, the organisers made the have had: unprecedented decision to move the Board Meeting (ABM) the GFA Board has decided to change the meeting whole 'shooting match' down the road to schedule for both the ABM and the Annual General Meeting (AGM). 8TH AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR better weather (perhaps not completely NATIONALS, KINGAROY This will not be riveting reading for many unprecedented, as the previous year the peer groups and ratified by the Board at 12 competitors GFA members, however it is important as it Juniors made a similar decision to move the ABM. Nominations should be lodged What a delight it was to be present for a directly impacts on how the GFA is to Waikerie from Narromine). I whole- with the Secretary by 21 March 2012 to few days at this event. Adam Woolley did governed. heartedly commend Chris Stephens, allow time for the nominations to be a great job as CD, ensuring the For some time the GFA AGM and ABM Beryl Hartley and the rest of the distributed to and voted on by the competitors got into the air despite have been held on the same weekend in Narromine organisation for taking the respective peer groups and the result uncooperative weather. I was so September each year. Under our Articles of bold step. Thanks also to the pilots and submitted to the ABM. Note that nominees impressed with the enthusiasm and Association the ABM can be scheduled crew. It was not an easy task to relocate do not necessarily need to be a current dedication of the competitors and feel whenever the Board determines, as can the 550km, and to rework turnpoints, member of their respective peer group to they would put some of our seniors to • JoeyGlide Coaching Event (in AGM with the added proviso that it must be documentation, accommodation, etc. nominate for election, however only shame! conjunction with the Nationals Event) within five months of the end of our financial Everyone pulled together to make it current members of the group may vote. On that note, we had Andrew Maddocks, This year Jim Crowhurst took on the role year on 31 April, so the membership can be position they are interested in and feel they happen. Ending the competition with 7 The peer groups for the respective Matthew Scutter and Adam Henderson of coordinating Coaching: 15 lectures presented with the audited financial accounts are qualified to undertake. competition days and speeds in excess of positions are: join us at Tocumwal, and Nick Maddocks over the week (12 presenters) and 4 for the previous year. We are fortunate to be able to 150kph was a great result. It was also • Head of Operations Department – The at Benalla. They certainly put in fantastic 2seaters flying twice a day for 7 One of the requirements of the ABM is to administer our own activities under a range fantastic for me to be back in Tocumwal Operations Panel. results (including a few Day Wins) and coachees. Congratulations Jim. Many approve the budget for the coming year of exemptions, delegations and approvals after so many years. It's a great site and • Head of Airworthiness Department – added a fresh dimension to the thanks also to Paul Mander, for his long which necessitates the ABM being held from CASA. The primary benefit of this we should try to get there again soon! The Technical Committee. atmosphere. We also had several Juniors standing commitment and support for before the start of the new financial year arrangement is that we can achieve the • Head of Development Department – crew, and up and coming competitors VSA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, the Junior events over so many years. on 1 May. Otherwise, any approval would best possible safety outcomes as we are ARARAT Development Committee. helping out: Jess Stauss, Sophie Thomas, • Plus numerous club events, camps and need to be given partly retrospectively. governed by informed, involved and 24 competitors • Head of Sport Department – The and Claire Scutter. I hope to see more safaris, such as the Bathurst Club camp The Board has fixed 21 April 2012 for the experienced GFA members. This Many thanks to the VSA organisation for Sports Committee. Juniors at Nationals Events next year. to West Wyalong. ABM, and 25 August 2012 for the AGM. It is arrangement can only continue if we have making members of the Australian Squad • Regional Officers - Operations, Adam Woolley (the Juniors Advocate to proposed that a gliding seminar will again sufficient members interested and able to welcome: Allan Barnes, Craig Collings and PILOT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE Airworthiness, Sport, Development, the GFA, and also a first time Nationals SPORTS COMMITTEE be held in conjunction with the AGM. The contribute their time and expertise to Mike Durrant. The rules were modified to Airfields Airspace and Radio. These Day Winner himself at Tocumwal) can Each year, from the Nationals, we elect location of the AGM, which is open to all assisting in our administration. allow the team to train (with positions are nominated by their respective help you out if you are interested. several representatives to the NCC members,will be notified in the near future. communications) and I know they all regional associations which should make NEW MEMBERSHIP (Nationals Competition Committee) and A flow-on effect of these changes is the 31ST AUSTRALIAN CLUB AND enjoyed being in Ararat, a new site for many their nomination in time for the Regional CATEGORIES SPORTS CLASS NATIONALS, the ITC (International Teams Committee).
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