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The Training Panels of GGC and VMFG have organised a series of presentations on gliding topics to be provided each week over the next eight weeks or so, for members of all clubs at Bacchus Marsh..

In addition to the presentation, if conditions do not allow flying on the day, Roger Druce has offered to provide some practical training in daily inspection of gliders.

The schedule for subsequent presentations is as follows:

• Saturday 30th July. Airspace and Radio Procedures -presented by Mike Durrant,
  
• Sunday 7th August: XCSOAR – by Jeff Farrow
  
• Sunday 14th August: Analysing XC Performance See You – by Dave Meredith
  
• Saturday 20th August: Gliding Weather and XC Tasks - by David Wilson
  
• Saturday 27th August: Gliding Instruments and Devices – by Allan Payne
  
• Saturday 3rd September: Thermalling - by Ailsa McMillan
  
• Saturday 10th September: Flying Cross-Country – by Richard Traill
  
• Saturday 17th September: Outlanding – by Paul Spooner.
  

Start time is 9am for all. Any changes or additions to the schedule will be notified via email. Presenters will be asked to make their presentations available as resources for members on the club website wherever possible.

The CFI blog and Club News blog have merged, so you only need to visit one place, for all the latest club news.

Its the year of Raywood, we are going there for both Melbourne Cup weekend and Christmas, it is a great location for cross country flying, it is only a couple of hours drive, and the club is very welcoming. The weather record particularly for Melbourne Cup weekend is pretty good.  So start planning the time off and doing the "family negotiations" to get away for a day or two.

Its been a wet and windy winter, but time to start planning for cross country.

At the last instructor panel meeting it was agreed that all gliders being towed to and from the hangers to the launch points would be in two way radio communication with other aircraft in the circuit or about to take-off. To make this possible the Committee has purchased three ICOM hand held radios, they are stored in an orange cupboard near the battery chargers and parachute cupboard, you can't miss it!   Please take them and use them during the day and return them at the end of flying and put them back on charge. The cupboard has a combination lock on it code 118.  (if anyone has a more robust combination lock feel free to donate it!!!)

If you are not sure of the taxiing aircraft radio calls ask one of the duty crew.

Raw flight information (GLASS) and membership data is now available on the web site under information.  All data has been personalized, and is only accessible by current members who are logged into the web site.

Go to the web page Information / files, then look for a directory called information.

Go to Files

This year's MGC Annual General Meeting will be held Saturday 22 October 2016.

Further details to come, but please note down this important date in your diary.

Thanks this month go to the following members:

• Iain Gilmore - for agreeing to become the MGC's new Insurance Officer.
  
• John Parncutt - for undertaking a lot of work on our glider batteries, including organising new batteries and installing longer leads.
• Richard Traill - for volunteering to update the Club Manual (the last update was over 20 years ago).
• Steve Coulton - for work on the tugs over the past fortnight, and taking on the mowing of the area outside the MGC workshop on a recent weekend.
• Steve Trone - for installation of south hangar solar lights.

The Committee and all members extend our thanks for your efforts!

July committee meeting minutes published

Please use this link and go to the directory committee, minutes etc.

At recent Panel and Committee meetings, the decision was taken (pending final approval from the Bendigo GC) to attend Raywood for both the Melbourne Cup Weekend and Christmas camps this year. The shift from Wangaratta for this year's Christmas camp was necessary due to the 2017 World Gliding Championships being held at Benalla from 2-21 January 2017. 

Further details to come.