In Australia all gliders; sailplanes, motor gliders and self-launching sailplanes come under the umbrella of the Gliding Federation of Australia (GFA), with delegation from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

  • General notes & Introduction
  • Some useful resource material
  • List of Gliders in Australia (not definitive)
  • Index by Mark
  • Age of the Australian Fleet 1984 (graphic)
  • Age of the Australian Fleet 2004 (graphic)
  • Australian Airworthiness Directives on the official GFA Web site
  • Controls of a Sailplane (graphic)

    There are just over 1000 aircraft on the Australian Glider Register, with approximately one third of these shown as Club Aircraft.
    In 1986 there were 1027 aircraft on the Register, of which 369 did not hold a current Certificate of Airworthiness. It should be expected that, currently, these proportions would be comparable.

    All Australian aircraft have the prefix "VH-". When gliders first joined the register, they were allocated Marks commencing with the letter "G". Historically, gliders do not display the "VH-", and where the Mark starts with a "G" this is frequently omitted also.

    The List of Gliders presented in this Page is unofficial.
    All information is based on the Glider Register from May, 1994 updated as notified by clubs and operators from time to time.

    Detail shown is by Type, and includes ID (Mark), Serial No., Year Built and
    Certificate of Registration Holder.
    Warning - this latter is NOT necessarily the Operator, but frequently denotes a
    Financial Interest Held only.

    "Region" & "Where Based" (when shown) were deduced by manually locating
    the Club from where the "Certificate of Registration Holder" operates.
    These details should, therefore, be treated with caution.


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