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2024 Melbourne Cup Camp

  • 02 Nov 2024
  • 08:00
  • 05 Nov 2024
  • 20:00
  • Bendigo Gliding Club: 123 Borough Rd, Raywood VIC 3570

Registration

  • Please let us know what dates you will be in attendance and if you can tow a glider there or back (or offer other assistance)
  • Please let us know what dates you will be in attendance and if you can tow a glider there or back (or offer other assistance)

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The Club will be holding its annual Cup Weekend at Raywood, home of the Bendigo Gliding Club. Raywood is 185km north of Melbourne via the Calder Fwy, and about 30km north of Bendigo, being north of the ranges the site receives better weather.

We plan on taking a tug, and a number of gliders depending on people's interest and bookings. Glider allocations and schedule will be determined prior to the camp in the pre-camp meeting in mid-October.

This is a good opportunity to get in some cross country flying. Depending on the weather, we plan to set daily tasks for group flying/mutual flights in the two seaters. There will also be a challenge task for the more competitive pilots to further develop your skills.

For those who don’t fly, there are the following attractions in Bendigo:

· Bendigo Mine.

· Golden Dragon Museum

· Bendigo walking tours.

· Art gallery and studios.

· And much more.


Meet time:    10:00am at the club house for;

    ·         Daily briefing.

    ·         Tasks.

   ·         Deciding where we’re going to eat for dinner.

Launch:         12:00 onwards, earlier flights are possible.

Aircraft:         Club aircraft and Private.

Pilot experience / competency:

For XC min. C-certificate and successfully completing the outlanding training.

XC Prefered: GPC

Event type: Cross country flying and badge flights.

Environment:          Flatland flying.

Launching:              MGC tugs.

Site information:      Raywood Site Info

Costs:   

Camp costs around $80, which covers transport of the tug and gliders.

Airfield usage fee of $15 / day for private gliders.

Queries:     Please contact Nick Callegari on Mob: 0448 888 541 or nickcallegari22@outlook.com

Please use the online registration button to express your interest in the camp and update the Club_Camp_Planning tab in the bookings spreadsheet. Details you will need to add prior to the planning meeting is:

  • with what you can tow up and back.
  • which glider you perfer to fly, 
  • days attending.
  • catering details for the camp. 
Note that you'll be required to attend the camp planning meeting on 17th October 2024 at 8:30pm (link in the Club_Camp_Planning tab in the bookings spreadsheet) where we will organise who will tow & fly what, rigging and derigging gliders for the camp.

We look forward to gliding with you!

Kind regards,

Nick Callegari

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