Welcome to the web site of The Gliding Federation of Australia Inc.
This web site is tailored to GFA members services and function. Non members may find more useful information about the sport by visiting www.soaring.org.au and our 'How to start Gliding ' page.
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Site navigation is provided with breadcrumb trails at the top of page. In addition there is a site map available from the menu with links to all listed headings. A site search facility is also provided for search on a key word or string. The site structure is based on the GFA structure, so if you want a particular document, think which department it pertains to, then look through the documents area of that section. Most files are in alphabetic by title/subject, or chronological if papers of record like minutes. Newly added pages are summarised on the front page left margin.
The venue is the Virginia Palms Cnr Sandgate & Zillmere Rds,
Boondall, Qld 4034 Ph: +61 7 32657066
The days will start with an address from the President, Annual
General Meeting including "Special Business" and an opportunity
to
Q&A the GFA Board reps who are in attendance.
The seminar
program will follow with 5 guest speakers over a range of topics and
includes lunch, morning and afternoon tea, door prizes trade
exhibitors
etc. Guests are then encouraged to join the Board and exhibitors and
others for dinner and drinks and key note speaker followed by GFA
Awards
and trophies.
This is an ideal time to meet and greet, learn more
from others with different skill sets. Registrations are availablehere with a small incentive for early applicants.
Those seeking
accommodation fr the Saturday or Friday evening are encouraged to
make
their own arrangements directly with the venue. Board members and
speakers will have this and any travel arrangements made by the
office.
A full list of speakers and subjects will be posted shortly.
Every year the GFA recognises members who have made
outstanding contributions in various areas, including Sport, Operations,
Airworthiness and Administration.They
are awarded annually at a dinner accompanying the GFA AGM.
This is a call for nominations for these awards (which
includes Life Memberships), and also to let you know the criteria for them and
the process that will be followed.
The
nomination period opens at the beginning of May, and closes on 31st
July. Nominations may be made by any
GFA Member but must be endorsed by an Executive or Board member.
Nominations,
including citations, must be received by the Awards Officer in writing by
midnight on the closing date.Email is
preferred, and late nominations will not be considered.
The
Executive votes on all awards except Life Membership (which requires a 2/3
majority of the full Board).
Nominees
must have been members of GFA during the period addressed by the citation.Employees are not eligible if the services
relate to work carried out in connection with that employment.Employees are eligible to receive awards for
services in unrelated areas.
Awards
may be given to former members (or posthumously) for services carried out while
they were members.
The
awards are made on merit, and there is no requirement that an award must be
made every year.
In general, these awards are given for services to the GFA
as a whole.It would not be usual for
someone to receive one of these awards if their service was associated with a
single gliding club, no matter how outstanding that may have been.
The available awards are:
The Ryan Award - for outstanding service in the field of
Airworthiness The Hoinville Award - for outstanding services in the field of
Operations
The W.P. Iggulden Award - for outstanding services to gliding
in general
The J.R (Bob) Muller Award - for outstanding services in the
promotion of gliding
The Wally Wallington Award - for outstanding services to the
sporting aspects of gliding
Life Memberships may also be proposed using the same process
Nominations should be sent to Tim
Shirley
including a brief (1-2 page) citation.
Following an aerobatic flight a Blanik L-13 sailplane was joining circuit when the lower main spar failed at the attachment tongue, causing the right wing to separate from the fuselage. The aircraft was obviously not controllable and crashed, killing both occupants. Preliminary investigation suggests that the failure may have been due to fatigue.
