Welcome to the home page of the Geelong Gliding 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.
Safety Management System for GFA
Written by Webmaster
Sunday, 25 July 2010
The following is a collection of links to documents presented during the GFA Safety Management System seminar held on the 24th of July 20010:
Entries (maximum 40 gliders) will be accepted up to the first competition day – fee $100. Visit the event web-page www.horshamweek.org.au for the Official Entry Form , turn points and competition Local Rules. Please note that FLARM is mandatory.
Note: To ensure your place, please email the Competition Director well beforehand indicating your intention to attend. Contact David Cleland 03 9333 3638, 0417 766 208
The competition will be preceded by the VSA Cross-Country Coaching Week featuring seminars, pre-flight briefings and post-flight analyses and will now include two streams for novice cross country and advanced soaring pilots. Coaching contacts: Ian Grant 03 98771463, 0418 271 767 and David Wilson 0407-825-706.
The 31st FAI World Gliding Championship have begun today in Prievidza, Slovakia.
It is a non-flapped competition with three classes: standard, club and world-class.
Australia is represented in standard class by Tobi Geiger, for many years, before moving to Benalla, a Geelong Gliding club member, an instructor and an accomplished cross-country pilot.
Other Australian pilots are: Peter Temple in standard class and Allan Barnes and Mike Codling in club class.
We can follow the competition via a number of websites:
