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Would you like to support Gliding Tasmania

25/06/2022

The Soaring Club of Tasmania (Gliding Tasmania) is the only gliding club currently operating in Tasmania. The club’s role is to facilitate all activities of gliding in Tasmania, including ground and air training, introductory visitor flights, and cross-country flying. Your financial support would help Gliding Tasmania to offer the best gliding experience possible. Any donated […]

Gliding Tasmania Open Day

28/03/2022

Gliding Tasmania ran an Open Day on March 20th, 2022 and it was a great success. The weather was warm and cloudy with little wind. In other words, just about perfect. There were 25 visiting aircraft and one helicopter from all over the state and an estimated 150 visitors in attendance and you can see […]

Open day March 20th

19/02/2022

Gliding Tasmania is having an open day on March 20th (backup day if the weather is poor will be April 10th) at the Gliding Airfield at the old RAAF Airfield at Tunbridge Tasmania. This will be a fly-in and open day and all visitors are welcome. Highlights of the day will include: Please also find […]

Christmas gift idea

30/11/2021

Looking for a different Christmas gift for a loved one, family member or even a friend why not consider a Gift Voucher for a flight in one of our gliders. Purchase someone (even yourself) the gift of flight with an Air Experience Voucher from Gliding Tasmania. Soar like an eagle using the skill of your […]

Notice of 2021 AGM

25/10/2021

Dear members, It’s time for the annual general meeting of the Soaring Club of Tasmania (gliding Tasmania). The AGM will be held at the Tunbridge Airfield on Sunday, 12 November at 12 noon. AGENDA Apologies Minutes from last year Business from minutes Presidents Report Treasurers Report Technical Officer Report CFI Report Any other business All […]

Great Fathers day gift

10/07/2021

September 5th is Father’s Day and how many fathers would love a gift of a glider flight for their special day. We have several different Air Experience vouchers for sale starting from $198. You can purchase a flight in a glider at Tunbridge Airfield in the Central Midlands of Tasmania to be taken at your […]

First passenger

20/06/2021

Going solo is the “biggie” for all student pilots. But it doesn’t stop there. We move on to the “C” Certificate and beyond. This includes, for many, gaining the Passenger / Friends rating. Today, David Gibbs had the opportunity to exercise his passenger rating for the first time. All aspects of the flight were observed by […]

Outlanders

15/06/2021

Monday 14th June. A great day today as we checked out a new site for outlanding training. Ian Dummett and David Gibbs both completed their outlanding training at Will Bennett’s field near Ross. It proved to be an ideal site for outlanding training and both pilots did 2 landings, including a steep approach over high […]

Harley goes solo

02/05/2021

Gliding Tasmania is currently in a growth phase. Along with steady growth in membership numbers and the arrival of 3 “new” gliders during the past few weeks, we are seeing substantial increases in the number of students attaining Solo status. Yesterday Harley went solo in the Twin Astir. Harley was a significant contributor to our […]

Ian and David go Solo

01/02/2021

Lovers of soaring like eagles, The current interest in gliding, truly soaring, in Tasmania is clearly very strong. The fantastic new site thanks to the Gardner family, is very stimulating and invigorating with its meteorological challenges and stunning landscape beauty. The facilities are also very impressive and constantly being refined and are a great reflection […]