Soaring Tasmania Blog
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The Soaring Club of Tasmania started its operations in 1974 at Woodbury airfield and continued operations there until April 2018. Due to the installation of a large pivot irrigation system on the airfield, we have relocated our operations to Tunbridge Airfield. Soaring Tasmania Blog covers topics like Off and running, Christmas gift ideas, Our tow aircraft is out of service, Great Fathers'..
Soaring Tasmania Blog
1M ago
Congratulations Sam Sharma who completed his first solo today. Sam went to 5500 ft and we had to shoot him down!! An excellent job. Well done Sam ..read more
Soaring Tasmania Blog
2M ago
Congratulations to James Dwyer who today completed his 5 hour task in the Club Libelle. Not only did James fly the required 5 hours but he smashed it with a club record flight of 5 hrs 39 minutes. At about the 5hr mark James remarked that “the sky is pumping”! James’ flight is the third 5 ..read more
Soaring Tasmania Blog
2M ago
Congratulations to Luke Muir on his qualification as a Tug Pilot. Luke is the first new tug pilot for Gliding Tasmania for some years, and the first new pilot to qualify on our new Eurofox 915iS tug. Well done Luke ..read more
Soaring Tasmania Blog
4M ago
Bob Kennedy, an experienced pilot and the President of Gliding Tasmania, taxied the Piper Pawnee PA-25-150 onto the Tunbridge runway. Against the backdrop of a clear blue sky, the bright white aircraft stood out, its propeller humming with eagerness as it prepared for a significant journey. Bob was on a special mission—to fly the Pawnee ..read more
Soaring Tasmania Blog
7M ago
We are proud to announce that Bethany Dodwell completed her first solo in a glider on Saturday 7th October 2023. Bethany, an Arts teacher from Ulverstone, Tasmania is a Junior Member of the club (Under 25 yrs) and had partially completed her RAAus Pilot training before joining the Soaring Club of Tasmania. Beth commented after ..read more
Soaring Tasmania Blog
1y ago
The new SCOT Eurofox 915iS Tug aircraft has just completed the build with all avionics installed and the engine run. It’s now ready to be packed up and shipped to Australia upon completion of another aircraft in June. We’re expecting the Eurofox Tug to be operational at Tunbridge in September after the completion of importation ..read more
Soaring Tasmania Blog
1y ago
The committee, after considering many options, has decided to purchase a Eurofox 915 glider tug. The aircraft will be delivered in a glider-towing configuration with a 141Hp Rotax 915i fuel-injected turbocharged engine providing much better performance and reliability than our aging PA25-160 Pawnee. The aircraft will be an RAAus registered 2-seat nose-wheel version. Delivery is ..read more
Soaring Tasmania Blog
1y ago
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 ..read more
Soaring Tasmania Blog
1y ago
Gliding Tasmania has made a great start after nearly 6 months of no flying due to the Tow aircraft engine issue. Flying stats for December show the Tug had 100 tows and nearly 17 hours of towing gliders over 11 days of flying. Our 3 club gliders flew for over 41 hours in total during ..read more
Soaring Tasmania Blog
1y ago
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 Saturday, 26th November at 12 noon. AGENDA – Apologies – Minutes from last year – Business from minutes – Presidents Report – Treasurers Report – Technical Officer Report ..read more