Members enjoy a range a benefits including access to restricted sites, regular club meetings and club newsletter, ongoing formal and informal training opportunities and of course many flying opportunities with one of Australia's most active flying communities. Prospective members can join online whilst current members can modify their existing records.
Club Meetings
Club meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month except January and November. Meetings are held at The Retreat Hotel, 226 Nicholson Street Abbotsford. Meetings begin at 8:00pm however a number of members enjoy a bar meal beforehand from about 6:30pm onwards. A number of monthly awards are presented at these meetings and the night usually includes a presentation on a topic of interest to the community.
Australian Paragliding News
Australina Paragliding News or APN as it is known is our regular club newsletter. APN is packed with member's stories, technical articles and ample reading entertainment for those parawaiting hours.
Training
The club provides ongoing formal and informal training opportunities for member pilots. Formal skills clinics supervised by instructors are often scheduled during our larger events. Access to licence upgrade tutorials and first aid training courses are regularly scheduled by the club. A number of competitions are run by the club to cater for low airtime novice pilots through to advanced cross country pilots. We also organise an annual Swing and Fling where pilots have the opportunity to deploy their reserve in a simulated environment followed by a reserve inspection and repack by a qualified rigger.
Site Access
A number of the sites we fly are on private land. Access to some of these sites is restricted to members only, for other sites membership is recommended. The club takes great care in maintaining the goodwill and relationships with these private landowners. Each year the club organises a Christmas Hamper for each of the private landowners as a token of our grattitude for the ongoing access to these sites.
Costs
Annual membership for the period July to the following June costs $35 for an individual. Half year memberships from January to the following June cost $25.
Membership