Melbourne Gliding Club in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria | Sports & recreation venue

Melbourne Gliding Club

Locality: Bacchus Marsh, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 8683 7240

Address: 24 Jensz Rd 3340 Bacchus Marsh, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.MelbourneGlidingClub.com.au

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24.01.2022 Nice day to be getting back into the sky's over YBSS

23.01.2022 Lufthansa getting into this gliding caper! (747-8 stored in Frankfurt with engines removed)

22.01.2022 James Nugent after landing at Raywood 27/12/20. Mildura to Raywood, 330kms, 2 hrs 10mins, at 11000ft.

21.01.2022 New webcams are on their way, stay tuned.

19.01.2022 Time lapse video from our new webcam. Our normally busy airfield is eerily quiet. http://www.melbourneglidingclub.com.au/Webcams

18.01.2022 Dziao si dzisiaj w Lesznie

18.01.2022 Ben Loxton was able to enjoy 4 hours in the wave in QLD yesterday in his STD Cirrus QT... with his transponder set to 1200 Brisbane Center were able to divert a C 130 transport around this VFR target cruising around at 12500 feet. Ben still made it home in time to join the MGC Condor group for a racing task set in the mountains in NZ. Best of both worlds........ Nice shot Ben..

17.01.2022 Melbourne Gliding club - Happy 76th anniversary. While the origins of the Club go back to the early 1930's, when a group of glider pilots began flying together. The club wasn't officially formed until September 1944. Many thanks to our past and present members who have made the club what it is today.

16.01.2022 Santa is on his way - Merry Xmas

15.01.2022 Hello to all! Based on available information, it looks as though the earliest date we can restart our operations will be 26 October, with strict limits on numbers. Our restart plan will be stepped and focused on safe flying and Covid safety. Thank you to all our members for your patience. We hope you're all safe and well. We'll continue to keep you updated here, and on our website.

15.01.2022 Today we would like to celebrate Tighe Patching’s Dad Ian Patching, and reminisce the beautiful memories of Ian that will stay forever in the hearts of his love...d ones Tighe - My love of gliding comes from my grandad, Alan, and my Dad, Ian, as well as other people in my family who were glider pilots (including my uncle Geoff, and my Mum, Ruth). This is a photo of my Dad and I, probably around 1989, and I'd be 4 years old. We're in a Kookaburra, which has a fairly unique offset side-by-side cockpit arrangement. This Father's Day I'm thankful to my Dad for passing on his love of gliding to me. I miss him every day, but always feel like he's with me when I'm soaring.

14.01.2022 QT sitting at 12000

12.01.2022 A "Covid-safe" return to gliding for the Club (Mon 9/11).

11.01.2022 Congratulations to Jason Tang for completing his RAA instructor rating today. Great work Jason!

09.01.2022 Melbourne Gliding Club webcam portal is live........... http://www.melbourneglidingclub.com.au/Webcams

09.01.2022 Gliding is back!!! The Melbourne Gliding Club will be restarting operations at Bacchus Marsh Aerodrome from Monday 9 November. We are taking a stepped approach to returning to our operations. This means we are first focusing on getting our instructor team back to currency, then focusing on post-solo pilots regaining currency, and then returning to instructional training for students. ... We thank all members for their patience over the past months, and look forward to seeing you at the airfield soon.

04.01.2022 The Form 2 inspection and evaluation flight on the clubs SZD 51 Junior XOA was completed today. The glider is back in the South hangar and ready for the 2020 2021 season.

03.01.2022 Many Thanks to PS and PK and others...grateful to know that while most of us are stuck in metro Melbourne and unable to travel to Bacchus. work is continuing to ensure we have aircraft and an aerodrome ready for service this summer. below : NDG wing under repair at Lockwood Sail planes near Bendigo. ... Sure looking forward to getting back into the air..!

01.01.2022 First landing on sunset by one of our junior members, Andrew C. Many more happy landings to you!