March 17, 2023

I started this article before seeing Craig’s a great article on the contest in Gliding Australia, but I thought that I would still persist for the club website to give another insight. In summary, a great and incident free contest, with just three (I think?) paddock landings As I noted in my earlier Gawler GP …

The Waikerie Open, 18M and Sports Class Nationals Read More »

February 26, 2023

Firstly a brief resume on the International GP.   About a decade or so ago, a British glider pilot and previous 15m Class World Champion (Benalla) Brian Spreckley decided there needed to be an alternative to the classical format for glider racing.   The GP was born.   The idea was to create a race that had spectator …

Gawler leg of 11th FAI International Sailplane Grand Prix Series Read More »

November 12, 2022

Although we were rostered to fly only on Saturday 5 November, the forecast looked great for at least Sunday and Monday as well. I think it is a shame to watch such good weather from the ground, so it made sense to arrange an operation for those days as well. The weather did not disappoint. …

A Promising Forecast by Craig Vinall Read More »

November 12, 2022

Approaching weekend of 5/6 November the weather forecast was looking good.  ‘El Presidente ‘ Craig summoned the gang with an encouraging email advising that towing was available Sunday and Monday, in addition to the rostered Saturday.   Lloyd very kindly agreed to tow on all days.  A big thank you Lloyd. Saturday forecast was for cumulus …

A Great Weekend by David Pietsch Read More »

October 17, 2022

Working Bee Day – Saturday 15th of October. Given the tug’s absence for its annual inspection, the weekend was a good day to get a few jobs done around the club and airfield. A willing band of workers assembled in the morning to start on a modest but achievable list with some great results. Thanks …

Working Bee Day – Saturday 15th of October. Read More »

October 9, 2022

We were blessed with 2 good days of competition over the October long weekend with 7 pilots competing. However the last day, Monday was initially declared a no contest day. After much pleading by one certain individual, it was decided to allow pilots to declare a self-declared task. This intrepid pilot set an AAT of …

October LW Scores Read More »

October 9, 2022

To add to Rodney’s report of the Club October Long Weekend Regatta. Approaching the weekend, SkySight was looking encouraging with nice cumulus at around 5-6,000 feet for at least Saturday and Sunday. As I came over Accommodation Hill on Saturday morning I could see evidence of some sort of trough type cloud formation with a …

October Long Weekend from the Cockpit Read More »

October 4, 2022

The October Regatta prove to be a wonderful opportunity to make my way up to Waikerie after a very wet and essentially unsoarable couple of months prior to Saturday the First, which proved to be a great day. thermals going to 6 1/2 thousand under CU the task was set Notts Well, Kingston Bridge, Wunkar, …

The October Regatta Read More »

August 8, 2022

It was three years ago that I made the decision to upgrade from the ASG 29 to the new (and unproven) AS 33. This new glider was Schleicher’s response to the Jonkers JS 3 which had roundly dethroned the 29 from its world comps dominating position. (the 33 still has a bit of work to …

All good things come to those who wait…. …and wait… …and wait some more. Read More »

February 10, 2022

By Kirren Thompson   From the 26th of December to 1st January members from SAGA clubs across South Australia and the Northern Territory gathered at Waikerie gliding club to learn to fly faster and longer at the annual coaching week. Participants with a range of experience from solo pilots to GPC came to push themselves …

SAGA Coaching Week at Waikerie Read More »