Solo

Julian

28/07/2024

One of our newest members Julian Barons completed his first two solo flights today. Julian joined Gliding Tasmania at the start of June and has been persistently attending as many days as possible and taking advantage of the great winter training weather and opportunities. Julian and Richard (L2 Instructor) Congratulations Julian!

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 […]

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 […]

Liam’s first solo

16/04/2017

Congratulations to Liam on his first solo today (Easter Sunday) in the Grob Twin Astir glider. Starting with a great takeoff and finishing with an equally good landing, Liam nailed a great first solo flight in what will no doubt be the first of many more to come. Liam is being congratulated by John Spilsbury, […]