| Page | Subject | | Author |
|---|
| 3 | Contents | | |
| 5 | Foreword | | Roger Woods |
| 6 | That was the year that was | | Tim Shirley |
| 8 | Decentralised competitions final results 1980-81 | | |
| 10 | An eventful year | | Noel Burnett |
| 14 | Never too old | | Allan Ash |
| 17 | Foreign pilots in Australia 1980-81 | | Kath Philcox |
| 18 | Trends in sailplane instrumentation | | Mike Borgelt |
| 20 | DOT proposals in GA study will increase gliding costs | | |
| 21 | GFA annual award winners | | |
| 22 | CIVV Meeting in Paris | | Roger Woods |
| 28 | The GFA structure | | Roger Woods |
| 34 | GFA news | Unreported accidents & incidents | |
| 35 | New technical officer named - Michael Burns | | |
| 35 | Safety bulletin | | B Bayfield |
| 36 | FAI corner | | Wally & Jean Williams |
| 37 | The gliding clubs of Australia | | |
| 41 | Waikerie | | |
| 44 | Soaring calendar | | |
| 45 | Additions to gliding register | | |
| 46 | GFA Committees | | |
| 53 | Looking again at wire launching | | |
| 54 | Diesel winches in the UK | | Colin Rosewell |
| 56 | The Clayton winch | | |
| 60 | Wire worries | | Col Churches |
| 62 | The Tost winch | | |
| 64 | The self-retrieving launcher | | Michael Rose |
| 65 | Australian & world records | | |
| 72 | Accidents and incidents summary for 1979 | | |
| 76 | Australian statistics | | |
| 81 | Classified ads | | |