GGC - Member Services

Member Services

GGC MEMBERS MAILING LIST

You can join the GGC Members mailing list by:

Visiting the GGC Members mailing list web page and doing it yourself.
Sending a message to the GGC webmaster.

In any case, your subscription would need to be approved by the webmaster because the list is only open to the GGC members. If you wish so, you can subscribe with more than one address: for instance if you want to read / write to the list from both home and work.

The GGC Members mailing list provides the following features:

Secure environment: only GGC members are entitled to joining the list,
Spam protection - your subscribed address is not visible to the rest of the world.
Different types of membership. Please visit: GGC Members mailing list web site or contact the webmaster you wish any of these enabled for you:
- Your e-mail address is not visible to other list members,
- You wish received only one daily summary message instead of individual postings.
Archives: all messages are archived. Archives are available via the GGC Members mailing list web site

To write a message for all list members simply send your e-mail to the following address:Ggc-members@gliding-in-melbourne.org. Even if you are not subscribed at the time, the webmaster will be notified about the pending message and try to contact you.

Also, please note that if you reply to a message received from the list, your message will go back to the list, not the person who wrote the message.

X/C REPORTS

Online X/C reports has been provided to GGC members to notify the flight recorder of cross country flight details subsequent to the flight. The preferred method of notification is still to include the complete details on the flight sheet. In order for the details to be incorporated directly in the clubs accounts and flight records it is essential that details be forwarded promptly, certainly within a week of the flight.

An on-line calculator and Australian turnpoint listing is available to help in completing your report.

ROSTERS

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 January - April 2006 Tug Pilots, Instructors and AEIs Roster has been posted as a PDF document. (provided by Ross Birch 23/04/06)
Friday Flying Roster is available as a PDF document. (provided by Ross Birch 22/11/05)
The September - December 2005 Tug Pilots, Instructors and AEIs Roster is available 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)
The May - August 2005 Tug Pilots, Instructors and AEIs Roster is available as a PDF document. (provided by Ross Birch 12/05/05)
The May 2005 Tug Pilots and Instructors Roster is available as a PDF document. (provided by Ross Birch 19/04/05)
The Tug Pilots and Instructors Roster for the period of January - April 2005 is available as a PDF document. (provided by Ross Birch 21/12/04)
The Tug Pilots and Instructors Roster for the period of September - December 2004 is available as a PDF document. (provided by Ross Birch 7/10/04)
The Tug Pilots and Instructors Roster for the period of May - August 2004 is available as a PDF document. (provided by Ross Birch 17/4/04)
The Tug Pilots and Instructors Roster for the period of January - April 2004 is available as a PDF document. (provided by Ross Birch 9/1/04)
The Tug Pilots and Instructors Roster for the period of October - December 2003 is available as a PDF document. (provided by Ross Birch 20/9/03)

MANUALS, FORMS & DOCUMENTS

General:
Soaring Society of America: Proceedings of the Annual Symposium On Competition Soaring 1969 - 1970 (843KB PDF file)
New Passenger Flying Rules
Pilot Profile (Microsoft Word format)
Map Bacchus Marsh Air Space Clearances (690 kBytes)
Outlanding Report Form (Microsoft Word format)
Flight Declaration Form (Microsoft Publisher format): Photocopy to A3 size paper for use.
Glider Trailer Regulations A listing of glider trailer dimensions and other requirements issued by VicRoads.

Form 2 Work Order Forms:

Note: The Work Order forms presented in this publication are used by Geelong Gliding Club Inc. in their glider maintenance and overhaul system. The forms are supplementary to the official GFA Form 2 documentation and are not approved by the Gliding Federation of Australia.
Please contact Andrew Grocholski if you have any comments or suggestions regarding these documents.
Puchacz VH-OWL (a zip archive with five PDF documents, 70.1 KB)
Cirrus Std VH-GVE (a zip archive with five PDF documents, 45.8 KB)
DG 300 VH-GDH (a zip archive with five PDF documents, 44.6 KB)
LS4a VH-UKA (a zip archive with five PDF documents, 47.8 KB)
Jantar Std 2 VH-IUD (a zip archive with five PDF documents, 92.0 KB)

Advance Pilot Training Lectures

Thermalling by Hans Prem and Wayne Mackley. First presented on 9/07/2005. A PDF document 1.66MB.

Instruments:
Zander SR820 Flight Computer Notes
Zander SR820 Flight Computer Manual
Flying the Borgelt B-10
Avionics GS500 Variometer
Cambridge Aero Instruments software
Cambridge Aero Instruments manuals

The following manuals and claim forms are provided from the GFA's server.

Manual of Standard Procedures

Claims:
A, B and C Certificates Application Form (Word document format).
FAI Badge Claim Form (Word document format).
FAI Sporting Code - Section 3 (Gliders, including Motor Gliders).

Geelong Gliding Club 2004 Calendar:
PDF Document: High Quality (3.28MB)
PDF Document: Standard Quality (1.08MB)
PDF Document: Smallest File Size - low quality (0.53MB)

WEATHER FORECASTS

The following services are provided through the Bureau of Meteorology WWW Server

or the Gopher Server.

Forecasts:
Airfield Forecast. After reaching the Victorian Forecast page, select Western
Victorian Weather
Victorian Observations: Bay Wind Observations, 9 a.m. Weather Bulletin, 3 p.m. Weather Bulletin, Daily Rain Bulletin, Weekly Rain Bulletin, River Height Bulletin, Weekly Temperature Bulletin, Current Melbourne Observations.
Aviation Weather Users Guide: Aviation Weather Users Guide details Australian usage and coding of aeronautical operational meteorological information.
Victorian Aviation Weather: Aerodrome Weather Reports - TAFs - Area Forecasts - Area QNH - SIGMET Bulletin - Route Sector Winds - Current, 6 hours, 12 hours.
When requested enter the following information:- Name: bomw0007 Password: aviation

Satellite Images:
IR Satellite Image - Latest
Visual Satellite Image - Latest
Australia Satellite Image - High Resolution Colour
Australia Satellite Image - Low Resolution Colour
South East Australia Satellite Image - Colour

Synoptic Charts:
Synoptic Chart Current Analysis
Synoptic Chart Forecast

The following service is provided via the University of Wyoming.
Atmospheric Soundings for Australia and New Zealand: These are provided in the form of Skew-T or Stuve diagrams from various sites around Australia. The data is available from this server usually within a couple of hours of it being recorded by metrological balloons in Australia.

The following service is provided via the Weather site at news.com.au.
Victoria Current Weather Observations: Current weather observations constantly being updated from the Bureau's automatic weather observation units.

The following service is provided via AOPA.
Aviation Weather Forecast: The map shows Australian ARFOR boundaries. Click on the area for which a forecast is required.

Other Services
10-Day Surface Temperature Outlook for Australia
10-Day Precipitation Outlook for Australia
Ecolinc - Science and Technology Innovations Centre Bacchus Marsh

NOTAM / MET

The following service is provided through Air Services Australia.

NOTAM/MET: When requested enter the following information:- Name: briefing Password: 1111

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