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THE CLUB

Welcome to the home page of the Geelong Gliding Club Inc.. Established in Victoria, in 1929, Geelong Gliding Club was the first gliding club in Australia. The club was formed as a voluntary non-profit organisation to make available the facilities for, and train interested members of the general public in, the sport of gliding.

Since that time it has operated at a number of sites culminating in the establishment of the soaring centre located at the Bacchus Marsh Airfield, currently shared with two other clubs. This sites offers a variety of soaring conditions including thermal, ridge and wave lift, while remaining within easy reach of Melbourne, Geelong and Ballarat. As well the club operates camps for it’s members for extended periods at various sites around Victoria.

The combined club operation at Bacchus Marsh is the largest in Australia with a total of eighteen club gliders and five tugs. The club owns and operates it's own fleet of training and modern fibreglass dual and single seat gliders. Launching is provided by the club’s tugs, winch or by auto tow.

The club has a number of large hangars available for it’s aircraft ensuring ready availability of aircraft for the use of it’s members. Bunkhouse accommodation and catering facilities are also located on site for the use of all the resident club’s members.

You will find us operating on all weekends, public holidays and most Fridays, weather permitting. Visitors are always welcome.

WHAT'S NEW

The site has been operating for over six years during which time most pages have had minor upgrades or corrections. Some pages by their nature require more regular updating including the club news, contact details and site map.

More specific updates include:

The May - August 2006 Tug Pilots, Instructors and AEIs Roster has been posted as a PDF document. (provided by Ross Birch 23/04/06)
The updated January - April 2006 Tug Pilots, Instructors and AEIs Roster has been posted as a PDF document. (provided by Ross Birch 23/04/06)
The Club Contacts page updated. (Jarek Mosiejewski 27/3/06)
The Club News page updated with a story on TV show Blue Heelers using our tag SSO for some background shots in an up-coming episode. (provided by Kevin McGowan 31/12/05)
Club News 2005 archived. (Jarek Mosiejewski 31/12/05)
The updated Friday Flying Roster until April 2006 has been posted as a PDF document. (provided by Ross Birch 28/12/05)
The January - April 2006 Tug Pilots, Instructors and AEIs Roster has been posted as a PDF document. (provided by Ross Birch 28/12/05)
Friday Flying Roster has been posted as a PDF document. (provided by Ross Birch 22/05/05)
Ecolinc Weatherwall service added to the Weather Forecasts section (Other Services chapter) of the Member Services page (15/10/2005)
The September - December 2005 Tug Pilots, Instructors and AEIs Roster has been posted as a PDF document. Friday flying will probably commence from daylight saving onwards, but most likely will be a joint operation with VMFG, therefore an additional roster will posted a later date. (provided by Ross Birch 21/08/05)
A new section: Advance Pilot Training Lectures created on the Member Services page. Lecture notes: Thermalling by Hans Prem and Wayne Mackley added. (15/07/05)

Contact details:

E-Mail to Geelong Gliding Club
Phone: (+61) 409 212 527 Local: 0409 212 527

Postal: PO Box 197, Bacchus Marsh, Vic., Australia, 3340

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Public access to this site from 24th November, 1997.
This site last updated 12th of June, 2006.