Australian Gliding Flying, Flights, Joy Flights, Adventures, Training and Locations
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Listed Below are the best Australian Australian Gliding Flying, Flights, Joy Flights, Adventures, Training and Locations.
Most people consider gliding to be the ultimate flying experience, as close to soaring like birds as humans can get. Its quiet, gentle and awe inspiring.
It is a sport that can be enjoyed by all ages, on many levels, from simple local joy flights, to cross country soaring adventures, to exhilarating aerobatics and finally to National and International competitions.
Modern gliders that soar on the air currents and thermals like birds are the product of much refinement since the first glider carried man aloft in 1853. On November 12, 1894, Lawrence Hargrave, the Australian inventor of the box kite,
linked four of his kites together, added a sling seat, and flew 16 feet at Austinmer, near Sydney. By demonstrating to a sceptical public that it was possible to build a safe and stable flying machine,
Hargrave opened the door to other inventors and pioneers. The Hargrave-designed box kite, with its improved lift-to-drag ratio, was to provide the theoretical wing model that
allowed the development of the first generation of European (and American) airplanes. The most efficient modern gliders can travel at 250 km per hour on flights of over 1000 km in length.
There are Gliding Clubs and joy flight operators all around Australia, often in the most scenic locations. Gliders can be towed into the air by light aircraft,
and some gliders have small engines to get them aloft. You can learn to fly gliders at various gliding schools. Learn to Fly with fully qualified glider
instructors who will teach you how to fly these modern gliders. See Hang Gliding, Paragliding and
Paragliding for other gliding options.
Listed below are the best Australian Gliding Flying, Flights, Joy Flights, Adventures, Training and Locations listed by name and location. Scroll through the list and click the operator`s link to get more information.
NSW>Murray>Corowa
Australian Soaring Centre Corowa
The Soaring Centre is located at the airfield, providing a centre where the pilots from all over the world can meet and compete in cross country flying. Our facilities will include: # Hangar (35 x 50 m) # Clubhouse, with office, internet, storage, kitchen, bar, restaurant, showers, BBQ # Swimming pool with Spa # Tie down area with water ballast facilities and electricity for charging batteries # Paved roads # Camping site for tent and caravan.
NSW>Northern Rivers>Byron Bay
Byron Bay Gliding
The best Glider Joy Flights over Byron Bay and the Hinterland. Professional flying instruction in self launching gliders. On one of our Glider joy flights you will see the wonders of this region from the silent wings of a glider, man`s best replica of a soaring bird. Step off the ground and into the skies with one of our suggested joy flights, or choose your own route.
VIC>Daylesford Macedon>Bacchus Marsh
Victorian Motorless Flight Group
Welcome to the Victorian Motorless Flight Group (VMFG), Victoria`s largest gliding club. We offer free instruction, fun, adventure, great company and one of the newest and highest performance fleets in the country. No matter what your experience level, interests or ambitions we can help you achieve your goals in soaring flight with many challenges from long distance flights, high altitude attempts, competitions.
VIC>Goldfields>Bendigo
Bendigo Gliding Club
The Bendigo Gliding Club is located about 30 km north of Bendigo, at the small township of Raywood. With large open paddocks in all directions it makes the Bendigo Gliding Club one of the best cross country sites in Victoria. We operate off a 1.4km grass strip which is aligned north-south. The Bendigo Gliding Club utilises a winch as its main form of launching. Our facilities comprise two large hangars and a club house with toilets, showers and a kitchen.
VIC>Wine and High Country>Benalla
Gliding Club of Victoria
Gliding is the ultimate flying experience. It meets the needs of a diverse group of people, a sport that can be enjoyed at all levels: from relaxation on a quiet local flight, to experiencing the thrills of soaring across the countryside, to the excitement of aerobatics, to the regional and international racing competitions. Glider flights commence with the glider being towed to your chosen release height by a powered `tug` aircraft.