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F3F is thriving in Western Australia
Paul Marshall (LSF Aus F3F Rep.) ran another successful F3F comp. at Turbine 10 Sandpatch, Albany. Report and photos aplenty here.

Milang F3B March 2012
Milang F3B is one of 15 competitions World-Wide that form the F3B World Cup Competition 2012.

For a list of the other 14 comps, grab the 27KB .pdf here.

For information about:

Pilots are encouraged to read the 118KB .pdf here

For the latest info on the F3B World Cup, check out www.f3b.de

Thanks Mike O'Reilly / Ralf Decker.

webpage screenshotRadio Control Glider Association (RCGA) Calendar 2011 / 2011 is available here (32KB .pdf).

Thanks Marcus

Mildura 2011 Is Over!
Oct. 22nd and 23rd. Wentworth Racecourse, NSW.

Report: Darrel B. (MS Word, 15KB)

Congrats to Simon Morris in what were tough thermalling conditions.

  1. Simon Morris
  2. Theo Arvanitakis
  3. Mike O'Reilly

Grab the results (14KB zip of .xls).

Grab the Powerpoint photo sequence (9MB)

shot of orange coloured web pageGet your Scale Glider Fix
If your glider tastes include big scale ships, Silentflight is Australia's best resource for all things scale and big. Head on over for the latest events, tips, reviews and links.

Milang F3B March 2012
black/white entry formEntries are open for Milang F3B March 23-25 March 2012.
Grab the entry form here (.pdf, 175KB). Entries close Friday 16th March, 2012.

F3K Australian Championship
8th & 9th October 2011. ( includes F3K Trans-Tasman). Oxenburys RD (via Hume Hwy) Longwood Victoria.

We have 5 NZ pilots confirmed.

Go to www.f3k.com.au for details including entry form and event bulletins.

Marcus Stent, Brett Anthony RCGA

F3B WC red stylised t-tail glider over Great Wall of ChinaF3B World Champs is over

Video Footage from the event on our F3B Events page.

Aus. F3B Team of John Skinner, Tim Kullack & Steve Keep came in a solid 6th.

Roman Vojtech's website carries the most up-to-date scores.

F3B Australia on Facebook; thanks Jamie.

Here you can find details of the 2012 Milang F3B International.


Official Chinese Site here.

USA F3B website updated with great photos and reporting from ex-pat Gordon Buckland. Lots of photos of Tim, Steve & John; our crack F3B pilots.

"The Big One" RC Groups thread covering all teams and with some great photos.

Read Steve's Event Diary on our F3B page along with some awesome video footage courtesy of US Helper Glauco Longo.

Good food, good wine, good flying; Mildura has it all!mildure flyer

Entries are filling fast for the 2011 Mildura Open Thermal
Oct. 22nd and 23rd. Wentworth Racecourse, NSW.

Click the flyer for more info.

32nd Armidale Sailplane Expo.

Thurs. 26th Jan to Sat. 28th.

Entries close Jan 20th.

Open Thermal, RES Thermal, Open and Limited Electric Sailplane, DLG.

Grab the flyer (140KB .pdf)

Grab an entry form (.xls, 195KB)

Spring/Summer Western Australian F3F Calendar
Check out the F3F page for details, thanks Paul Marshall.

F3K World Champs Sweden July 2011
 Read all about our Australian F3K Team in Sweden via this thread on RCGroups by Marcus Stent (Team Mgr).

Historical Documents
Des Bayliss has done a sterling job of editing & compiling a whole library of info. from the archives of the LSF Aus.

Want to know who was in the first Jerilderie Comp.? How about the most recent? It's all in there. Open Thermal, Postal Comps and DLG.

Grab the .zip (3.3MB) of the .doc file.

Make Jerilderie 2012 Special.
Next year is the 35th Jerilderie. The LSF Aus. Exec. are exploring ways to make this special. If you have an idea you think worthy of this minor milestone, get in touch with President Greg Potter. Nostalgia event or Nostalgia class anyone?

LSF Aus. Financial Report July 2011 (150KB .pdf)

LSF Annual General Meeting Agenda for Sat. 11th June LSF AGM Agenda (.doc, 26KB)

LSF Aus AGM Minutes (.doc, 36KB)

The JR Aerotow Australia is over.
Reports and pics of some of the finest scale gliders around are on; JR Aerotow Facebook page, Scale Soaring and RC Aerotowing.

Jerilderie from the air; excellent footage shot during the Jerilderie JR Scale Aerotow held Easter 2011:

International DS Week April 2011 Report
Follow Andrew, Sean & Anton's (QLD) pilgramge to the US to fly at the best Dynamic Soaring sites and meet the fastest RC pilots in the world.

Vic. State Champs is over!
Congrats to Tim Lennon and his Supra. Results, photo on RCGA website.

2011 Milang F3J is over!
Download the results here, pics in the Gallery & report in Events/ F3J

Flyoffs

Overall Results

Landing Results

31st Armidale Sailplane Expo. is over.

Results, report & photos (thanks Brian Ford, 416KB .pdf).

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sean eric red orca64th MAAA Nats is over.

Open Thermal:
1st B.Ford
2nd E.Smith
3rd S.Moloney

F3K
1st B.Ford
2nd T.Scolari
3rd H.Oddy

Results, report & photos (thanks Brian Ford, 323KB .pdf).

Joe Wurts explains F3J Gliders.
Video courtesy AIRSPORTS

SoaringNZ is home to a vibrant New Zealand soaring community. Say hello to our friends across the Tasman Sea.

screengrab of rcga.org.auThe Radio Controlled Gliding Association (RCGA) have a new website. RCGA fosters the development of gliding in Victoria, Australia. Go there for news and links to forums on all things gliding in Victoria.

LSF member Gerry Carter has developed GliderScore software. If you're running a comp. for F3J/ F3B/ F3F or F3K then this is the best. GliderScore runs under XP or W7, grab the latest version from www.gliderscore.com (including user guide).

RCGA (Radio Controlled Glider Association, Victoria) has released its events calendar for 2010/11 (.xls 35KB)

F3J World Champs 2010 video footage on YouTube

Videos added to the Jerilderie page.
Short clips of launching and landing from the 2010 event.

LSF Annual General Meeting 2010 Minutes
Read about the proposals for 2010-2011 (PDF)
Alan Mayhew

Jerilderie 2010 is over! Congrats to Joe Wurts
Download all the results here:

overall results
flight scores
landing scores
team scores

OR get them in 1 zip file

Pictures, videos and report on the Jerilderie page

New World Record Speed for Model Aeroplanes
John Buxton USA Dynamic Soaring = 716 km/hr !

RCGA Thermal League
Results & report at RC Forums. Thanks Theo.

Windsock website updated.
Windsock is a website covering all forms of RC soaring in SE Qld and Northern NSW, Australia. Lose yourself in their lively discussion forums!

RCGA has it's own forum
The Radio Controlled Glider Association (Victoria) now has a forum where members can get the latest event info. , swap tips/ tricks/ stories and gossip. It's moderated by Theo Arvanitakis and features event reports and photos.

RCGA boasts some of the World's best thermal pilots among its membership; go to the RCGA Forum (ably hosted by Aussie RC Forums.

Jerilderie 2009 flightline video from Jeff Irvin
A very candid look at the event during a weather-induced lull in the contest. Thanks Jeff. Go to Jerilderie Page to view.

LSF Levels Activity
Congratulations to the following pilots:
Level 1:

Level 2 :
Paul Gibson LSF 8031  lev 2 on 29 Mar '09 

Level 3:
Klaus Metzger LSF 7111 finished level 3 on about Jan 08

Level 4:
Scott Lennon LSF 6250

"Dead Air Flying"
airborne mag cover with RC jetNeed to know the strategies for flying in dead air? Read the article by John Skinner (AUS F3B Rep. 2007) in Ian Roach's On Silent Wings column in Airborne Magazine #224 (Feb 2009)

LSF Aus Administrative Docs

Website Statistics 2009/2010
3000 visitors. Grab the pdf here (it has more detail)

Financial Statement 01 July 07 to 30 June 08
Grab the .xls file here.

Locations of visitors to this page

Welcome to LSF Australia

Welcome to the League of Silent Flight Australia. This website offers information about the LSF, the LSF Proficiency scheme, competition results, impending events, articles about gliding, photos and stories that can make the whole experience of flying gliders even more enjoyable.

If you have any photos/ stories/ articles feel free to email them to us here

What is LSF Australia?
 LSF Australia was formed in 1978 to promote the sport/hobby of radio-controlled glider flying. LSF Australia was formed as an affiliate of LSF USA. The LSF US website is here

If you're into competitive flying, gliders can be flown under several categories; Thermal, Scale, Slope, F3B, F3J, HLG, 2M, Scale Soaring and F3F. For a comprehensive list of competition categories and rules for contests go to the FAI website here.

The League of Silent Flight (LSF) is a USA based organisation dedicated to the promotion of all forms of model gliding and soaring. There are currently active LSF Chapters in many parts of the world including Australia.

The Australian Chapter has been running for over 25 years. A major activity that the LSF promotes is the personal flight proficiency achievement scheme. This is a series of flying tasks aimed at all levels that encourages participants to extend their flying abilities. More information can be found in the Level Forms section of this website.

The LSF Australia also runs a number of competitions throughout the year. These consist of postal competitions and also the Jerilderie Tournament, arguably Australia's finest thermal soaring event.

Historically, the LSF Australia published three newsletters each year and printed and posted these. With the advent of the Internet as a viable alternative and with a view to cutting costs, these newsletters will be published here on this website in .PDF format.

These are a valuable source of information and the content of these largely depend on you the regular modeller; we would be happy to publish your articles on just about anything to do with gliding; from the merits of 3 vs 5 pt curve adjustment for elevator/crow mixes to the pros and cons of 150m lines for Open Thermal contests.

The LSF Australia is continually trying to broaden its base of activities and interests for the benefit of Australia's model glider flyers. This includes promoting flying activities, sharing a large knowledge base and liaising with national and state bodies regarding gliding matters.