In the September 2006 issue of Soaring Australia:

HGFA articles

 Women with Wings & Sweeter Things
Organiser, Carolyn Dennis, and participants review the benefits of  the women's skills clinic run at Bright this year.

Takes Two to Tango
Two WA pilots make the trek to Victoria to get their tandem licences from Rohan Holtkamp himself and impress their friends back home with their new-found skills.

One Winter's Day at Spring
Great flying in winter – in Canberra? Steve Foggett will convince you  of the capital's potential.

Paragliding in Lebanon
Join Mike Annear as he shows you around a pre-bombed Lebanon and  introduces you to wonderful people and places in a vibrant paragliding community.

Life is Very Good
Peter Henry reflects on a lifelong love affair with free-flight, from humble beginnings to today's experiences that still leave him exhilarated.

A Weekend Away
Confronted with sleepless nights and a new baby in the family, Mick Mackender resorts to aerotowing to build up a stash of good memories for lean times ahead.

 From Crocs to Elephants
Craig Andrews discovers that a microlight is the answer to his problems and proceeds to discover Thailand and Far North Queensland from the air.

GFA articles

 A milestone for Australian gliding

Hilmer Geissler is successfully using a 125-horsepower Jabiru J230 ultralight for glider towing. Six minutes will get a single-seat glider to 2,000ft.

 Rope test: Dynamica's Dyneema 5mm eight-strand braided rope

The Stratford-on-Avon Gliding Club in the UK has used this rope, which the manufacturer claims will have 1000 times the tension fatigue life of normal steel cable, for over 2000 winch launches and gives it the thumbs up.

 4th club-class world gliding championship at Vinon, France

Terry Clubley, Peter Temple and the rest of Team Oz kept a web diary of their experiences at Vinon - from the most spectacular scenery to the most attrocious weather they have seen. They report on the first three days of the 12-day comp.

 Where does your wing section come from? - Part 2

Martin Simons continues his series with a look at some airfoil developments from the 1890s to the 1920s, including Kutta & Joukowski's calculations, the Lancheter-Prandtle circulation theory, Prandtle's wind tunnel experiments at Gottingen, and the work of Virginius Clark at MIT.

 Thermals that rotate - Part 4

Garry Speight looks at techniques and traps for soaring in rotating thermals: "Circling against the rotation is a dream; circling with it, a nightmare!"

 Executive Officer  report

John Welsh reports on the latest agreements and board meeting outcomes, plus a letter from OAMPS Insurance.

 
GFA anti-doping policy

Competition committee chairman Tim Shirley tells that the GFA has now signed on with the Australian Sport Anti-Doping Agency (but you can still use oxygen!)