HOW THE GFA WAS FORMED
The Gliding Federation of Australia (the
'GFA') was founded in 1949 when the government moved to
regulate, and dominate the sport. To counter that move, the then
scattered, almost fragmented, gliding community united to form a
self regulating national body which was offered to the
Department of Civil Aviation as an alternative to government
control.
The GFA was established from the
fundamental concept:-
"We have a philosophical, moral
and ethical right to a very considerable degree of freedom, from
the modern trend to extend the powers to the State. We
have an absolute duty to fight for the freedom to be adventurous
individuals in an age of dull conformity if we so wish. We can plough our own furrow and if we
make it straight enough the lack of any need for interference
will be so obvious that people who might feel a duty to control
such a thing will not bother with it".
J.
M. Iggulden, 1960.
This concept
is still valid today.
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