LIDING AUSTRALIA G Issue 22 February - March 2015 www.glidingaustralia.org NARROMINE SKIES JOEYGLIDE - NARROMINE CUP - SOARING NZ Cover_22.indd 1 1/2/2015 1:22:09 PM PA11_EmergencyAd_HP_Aug:Layout 1 3/8/11 6:56 PM Page 1 LIDING INSIDE THIS ISSUE GAUSTRALIA No. 22 February - MArch 2015 CarbonFAETA Fibre COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRIS STEPHENS AT NARROMINE NSW 16 - Factory Built 2 FROM THE PRESIDENT - SPORTS CHAIR LSA IntroducingEXECUTIVE OFFICER - FtoAI BADGES GLIDER TUG What's happening in the Australian gliding airspace. 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JoeyGlide at Narromine this year was not only the largest, but also served as theFAETA pre-worlds 321 for forthe 2015Pilot Junior Training Worlds coming& Glider up in Towing December. - 1st Faeta in Australia Stall Full Flap - • Certified under FAA TSO C23(b) with Certificate of Type Approval issued by 28kts @ 472.5kg MTOW CASA together with Production Approval No. 515899 19 WOMEN IN GLIDING Participants at this year's Women in Gliding Week gained skills and • Manufactured from durable Cordura fabric. PO Box 30 DENMAN NSW 2328 or 35kts @ 550kg MTOW confidence through a program of instructors, coaches and seminars. email: [email protected] • Military specification harness webbing and hardware for reliable strength and durability. 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With just two flyable days over the event, the Vintage Gliders Australia Thinback Emergency Parachute System Rally at Bacchus Marsh highlighted friends and the Museum's Open Day. 24 OMARAMA CROSSCOUNTRY WEEK In the Land of the Long White Cloud, Mark Bland enjoyed a mix of good wave and some great thermal days with cloud bases close to 10,000ft. 26 NEW ZEALAND SOUTH ISLAND COMPETITION 30 Graham Parker tells how he stole the competition at the recent blustery South Island Championships in New Zealand. 30 COMPASS SWING Learn how to calibrate and set up a magnetic compass as an inexpensive, lightweight and reliable back-up to your navigational computer. 32 AIRWORTHINESS Rob Hanbury explains the importance of volunteering, dedicated courses and direct reporting to foster airworthiness in Australia. 34 34 INFLIGHT FIRE This flight analysis reveals the causes and conditions leading to the inflight fire on a Super Ximango motor glider in the Whitsundays. 36 OPERATIONS Before taking off on a group motor gliding holiday around the GLIDING FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA country, learn your responsibilities for safety and airport procedures. 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If it A total of six competition days were Nicholas Oakley to compete against well underway. doesn’t, we won’t support it. flown with the usual mixture of Richard and both pilots will be flying What a great one it is already turning We are most optimistic that excellent gliding weather that ASW 19s. out to be. co-regulating our gliding future with CASA Narromine is well known for. Gliding New Zealand has done an 2015 looks as though it will be a very will work out well. Deputy Prime Minister, This competition was the final excellent job in helping Richard, good year for Australian gliding if we can The Hon Warren Truss MP, as minister selection competition for the Australian especially with obtaining an ASW 19 lock in our self-administering future in responsible for Australian aviation, has Junior Team. Four pilots were selected glider. Richard is intending to arrive the best possible way. The reason we all graciously accepted all but one of the by the prescriptive selection process early for some practice before the first enjoy our gliding the way we do, where Aviation Safety Regulation Review Panel’s and a further two pilots were selected day on 5 December. We wish Richard National Champion and ITC selection. we train and rate our pilots and aircraft 37 recommendations. This is great news. based on a subjective process as safe and successful flying. The Sports Committee have decided maintainers to achieve successful and Furthermore, the new Director of CASA, detailed in the Junior selection criteria. that there is no justification for cost effective outcomes, is because of Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Mark Skidmore I am happy to announce the ELIGIBILITY FOR Australia to be out of step with the our long-established club based AM, is already demonstrating just a few selection scores, with confirmation that INTERNATIONAL TEAM international rules and that the voluntary systems with GFA proving we, weeks into the job that he knows what is an unnecessary burden on top of our the pilots listed in the table below are SELECTION Australian rules should reflect the all of us, are the masters of gliding in most important for successful aviation in already tried-and-tested and straight- selected to represent Australia at the There has been considerable international policy. The main concern Australia. Australia. This, along with the progress forward gliding procedures. Junior World Championships. discussion within the Sports Committee was caused by different definitions of Importantly, however, self- enjoyed this past year working with The answer is that GFA can do your as to the eligibility for Australian Team 'Australian Resident'. administration only works when every CASA’s Associate Director Dr Jonathan bidding and continue to negotiate our Selection. This issue has been TASMAN TROPHY The Australian 457 Visa (Work Visa) individual pilot and maintainer ensure Aleck responsible for sport and freedom to fly on everyone’s behalf in an researched exhaustively with the Richard Hoskings has been selected is considered to meet the FAI residency each flight, 365 days a year from all recreational aviation, augurs very well.