Soaring Club of Tasmania – We are committed to providing the best gliding experience available in Tasmania.

Due to changes in agriculture at the Woodbury gliding airfield, the Soaring Club of Tasmania is required to move premises by the end of 2018.

In the last few months, the committee has been working tirelessly on moving the club forward and trying to find an appropriate alternate airfield and we have kindly been allowed to continue operations at the nearby Tunbridge Airfield.

As we are unlikely to secure any grants for a hangar, we will be fundraising and be asking for tax-deductible donations to be made as soon as possible to the Australian Sports Foundation to help with the hanger and relocation expenses. Any donations will be greatly received and are tax deductible when processed through the Australian Sports Foundation. We need your help this financial year so we can get the move underway. If anyone would like to Donate or provide some help with relocation or would like further information, please contact Stephanie Hey on mobile: 0408 535 744

AIR EXPERIENCE FLIGHTS

Please note that we have temporarily suspended operations pending the relocation of our operations from Woodbury to our new home at Tunbridge Airfield. All vouchers purchased will be honoured and the time allowed to use the vouchers will be extended for 12 months after we recommence operations at our new site which will most likely be late 2018 or early 2019.

Want to try something new this weekend?

The sport of gliding is an exhilarating, spectacular yet serene flying experience. Gliders take to the air like birds with wings outstretched, soaring on air currents and flying silently with an eagle’s view of the world.

Visitors are welcome to come and try out the sport of gliding with an adventure flight which is an excellent gift for any thrill seeker, with the option for time at the controls for someone who has always wanted to be a pilot.

LEARN TO FLY

Maybe you’ve always been interested in aeroplanes or are thinking of aviation as a hobby then why not come and fly with us and discover the thrill of gliding on an Air Experience Flight (AEF).

You can learn to fly with us.

We provide free instruction to Club members. All training flights are provided in two-seat, dual control gliders with our friendly, fully qualified volunteer instructors.

You can start learning from age 15, and there is no upper age limit. If you’re fit enough to drive a car you’re probably fit to learn to fly gliders.
Gliding is for all ages, men and women of all ages fly gliders. In Australia you can fly solo from the age of 15 and some pilots continue gliding into their eighties. It is never too late to learn to glide and many pilots take up the sport in their later years.

GLIDING TASMANIA

Gliding Tasmania is the only gliding club in Tasmania and is based at Woodbury, in the Central Midlands.

Woodbury airfield is closing from September 2018 and we will be soon be operating from Tunbridge Airfield, before the end of 2018.

The club operates with a Libelle, Twin Astir and an ASK13 type gliders. There are also several private gliders including a Motorfalke, Grob 103C SL, Nimbus and Astir. We are an aero-towing site meaning our gliders are pulled into the air by a powerful tow plane of which ours is a Pawnee.

We are committed to providing the best gliding experience available in Tasmania. To provide a safe and fun gliding environment, a friendly and enthusiastic club membership AND TO drive the sport in the local area and develop the sport of gliding in Australia.