F5K Postals

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A special thanks to the guys from KMAC in Durban for their support in flying F5J postals this time round. Welcome to the gliding family. I h...

2010 Slope Aerobatics Event - Notice

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F3K League

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We arrived at the polo field bright and early this morning looking forward to the F3K comp. On getting out of the car we were nearley blow...

2010 National F3J Team - Seniors

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Hi everyone, Following the advised selection process, the National F3J Team has been selected for the World Championships in France, 2010: C...
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Hi All List below shows the 9 pilots that have responded by the cut-off Friday 9th October. Please can all now confirm so I can do score she...

2010 F3J National Team - Jnr team trial results

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Congratulations to the 4 junior pilots who flew in challenging conditons this past weekened. The outcome is the selection of the top 3 pilot...

2009 Bill Vos results

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The final round of the BVMT was flown in some really challenging conditions. Every competitor had at least one bad flight. In slot 2 of the ...

2009 Nats - F5J Report

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If I remember correct the first Nats where I flew an F5J event it was at Groengoud 2006 Nats. At that stage mostly S400 motors were used. Th...

2010 F3J National Team Trials

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Following the 2009 Combined RC Soaring National Championships hosted at Noodsberg during September 2009, the results & invitations for t...

2009 Noodsberg Nats (Gert's Report)

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I drove down on the Thursday morning (big mistake) when all the Gauteng long weekend holiday makers were on the N3. The day before the even...

F5J Extreme Rules

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We are in the process of revising the BLOG & content and intend setting up a section which contains the common flying rules & MGA...

Draft 2009 AGM minutes

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DRAFT MINUTES OF THE MODEL GLIDING ASSOCIATION’S AGM HELD DURING THE 2009 RC NATIONAL GLIDING CHAMPIONSHIPS, HOSTED BY THE DURBAN MODEL AIRC...

National RC Soaring Records

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The MGA is pleased to announce the ratification of the following records: F3B Speed : 14.2 seconds, Michelle Goodrum at the 2009 F3B World C...

2010 F3J World Championships - Qualifier #1

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The 1st 2010 F3J National Team Qualifier event was hosted succesfully at BERG on 22 August 2009. To allow for poor weather, Sunday 23 August...

2010 F3J World Championships

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The official 2010 F3J WC website is up. If all goes well, finances/etc., then SA is intending on fielding two full teams of Seniors & J...

Notice of MGA AGM

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Please be advised that the Annual General Meeting of the MOdel Gliding Association of South Africa, the designated SAMAA SIG for RC Soaring,...

2009 HTL #6 - September at SGC

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Challenging & fun! The conditions were "interesting" , huge lift vs. massive sink would alternatively blanket the entire field...

Fast track program

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As many of you know the SAMAA (& MGA) have actively been involved in a transformation effort for some time. Our efforts have been dire...

2009 National RC Soaring Championships

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We are pleased to announce that the MGA have provisionally accepted the KZN offer to host the 2009 National RC Soaring Championships schedul...

Wing bagging & composites information

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Some of you may have noticed that the F3X web site with the wing bagging article has been removed. This article and several others can now ...

F3J National RC Soaring Team qualifications

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The following dates have been identified by the MGA for qualification rounds & the team trials for the National F3J team to France in 2...

2009 National Championships

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Hi All I have been asked to find out about the possible use of the BERG field near Krugersdorp for the NATS that are to be held from the 24t...

2009 HTL #5 - SGC report

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Unseasonal rain brought the 5th HTL event of 2009 to a unexpected early finish. However, these challenging weather conditions provided an i...

World Air Games - Alan's report

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Our first day of flying was Saturday the 6th of June, which was to be or only practice day before the competition started. We arrived bright...

2009 RC Soaring Nationals - call for proposals

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Although the event has been postponed until the end of the year by the MGA, to date, no clubs have offered to host the 2009 RC Gliding Natio...

FAI & anti-doping

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FAI sporting license holders may be tested at any time during FAI competitions. If you are selected for testing, then as for any other sp...

Podium finish for SA at inaugral 2009 WAG

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The citizens of Turin were treated to the unrivalled spectacle of the FAI's World Air Games during June 2009. Particularly exciting is t...

2009 HTL #4 - BERG results

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The long range weather prediction on Monday, 1 June 2009 suggested that the event would be washed out, if not frozen. Fortunately during th...
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