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Geelong GC Video PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ailsa McMillan   
Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Film clips and photos from the past year.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 April 2010 )
 
Pictures & Tweets from Porepunkah 2010 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Alf McMillan   
Sunday, 11 April 2010

Some photos from various activities around Porepunkah 2010.  

You will find some photos from various activities around Porepunkah 2010 .   

These are low resolution photos taken on my iPhone as an experiment in generating short messages with simple pictures via Twitter.  

It is not necessary to join Twitter to look at these photos, and they don't replace the use of our own site to collect photos via the galleries already provided for members.

 

Last Updated ( Monday, 12 April 2010 )
 
CAI to OLC Flight Log Conversion Utility PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jeff Farrow   
Monday, 01 February 2010

The Cambridge flight recorders use a proprietary flight log format; the .CAI file. To register these on the Aerokurier OLC they need to be converted first to an FAI format .IGC file, but also modified to include a copy of the original .CAI file (an OLC requirement). This is done using a number of DOS programs available on the Cambridge Aero Instruments web site and the OLC.

This process is a bit fiddly in these days of Windows operating systems so Karl Ekdahl wrote up a script a few years ago to automate this process. With the advent of 2010 however a number of pilots have reported problems with this utility and have had to revert to the DOS process.

As a consequence a visual basic script file Cai4olc.vbe to run under WSH (Windows Scripting Host) has been written and provided to automate the task.

The script is included with the other required files in the archive.  To download the Cai4olc download script, please follow this link (zip archive 116KB).

The instructions for installation  can be downloaded via this link (PDF 84KB).

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 16 March 2010 )
 
Bert Hinkler Memorial Gliding Scholarship Awarded PDF Print E-mail
Written by Webmaster   
Friday, 22 January 2010

 

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The Bert Hinkler Memorial Gliding Scholarship has been awarded to Tiffany Chapman and Justin Ramsay 

Both have now started their training.

Last Updated ( Monday, 01 February 2010 )
 
Mike Durrant Wins Australian Standard Class Nationals PDF Print E-mail
Written by Webmaster   
Friday, 15 January 2010

 

 

Mike  Durrant

 

Congratulations to

 

Mike Durrant

 

the newly crowned Australian Champion in Standard Class!!!!

 

Standard Class final competition results  

Last Updated ( Monday, 18 January 2010 )
 
Long Day PDF Print E-mail
Written by Kevin McGowan   
Tuesday, 22 December 2009

long_day.jpgLast Saturday the "young turks" at Geelong Gliding Club based at Bacchus Marsh organised a dawn to dusk flying day.

Dawn was at 6.00 AM and the first launch was at 6.10. BBQ breakfast and lunch were provided at nominal cost along with festive treats like turkey rolls and mince pies. Both winch and aero tows were available and all enjoyed the day. Some members of the other Bacchus clubs, VMFG and Beaufort, also took the opportunity to have some winch launches. Apart from the flying it turned into a social occasion.

As the sun was slowly sinking into the west at about 20.40 the last launch was done and when complete and the aircraft were safely put away all retired to the clubhouse to celebrate what was a great days flying.

No records set but there were almost 70 launches done of which about 40 were by winch, and as things turned out our youngest member, Ailsa, had both the first and last launch of the day.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 December 2009 )
 
Bert Hinkler Memorial Gliding Scholarship PDF Print E-mail
Written by Webmaster   
Tuesday, 01 September 2009

bh6.jpgWelcome to the Bert Hinkler Memorial Gliding Scholarship Pages.

 

 In the following pages you will find :-

  - The Scholarship and its aims .
  - Learning to glide with the Geelong Gliding Club .
  - Scholarship Conditions and Application Form (PDF 49KB). 

To apply for a scholarship, you should prepare your written submission and send it with an Application Form completed with the required information to reach the given address before the closing date.

Important Dates:-

  - Open: 14 Sept. 2009
  - Close: 4 Dec. 2009
  - Notification of outcome: 31 Dec. 2009
  - Award to winners: 16th Jan. 2010
Last Updated ( Saturday, 05 September 2009 )
 
Students' Saturday Soup PDF Print E-mail
Written by Alf McMillan   
Saturday, 16 May 2009

Hot Vichysoisse

vichysoisse_960_720.jpgDejan: Celery

Ailsa: Potatoes

Alf: Leeks, onions

Kim: on-site pot-tending

 

Milk - added at the end but not boiled!  

 

Chop up ingredients: 10 minutes

Cooking time (after sweating onions, leeks, celery for a wee while): about 30 minutes  

Can also be served cold.  With cream on top it's extra tasty!  We didn't puree this one - for a chunky winter mouth feel.  Usually blast with a Bamix or similar.  

 

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 June 2009 )
 
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