Members

Note: Information on this page, although openly available at this stage, will generally be of interest to our members only.

BGC Mailing Lists For our members to communicate amongst each other we currently have the following mailing lists:
members@bgc.asn.au	This list is open to all BGC members with email access. Discuss the latest news, gossip, flights, and events around the club or to arrange things like car pooling etc.
committee@bgc.asn.au	This list is for our esteemed committee members only to organise and discuss the day-to-day administration, general running of the club and other 'secret' business in private.
instructors@bgc.asn.au	This list is a means for the members of our instructors' panel to exchange information about our individual flying skills, organise seminars, courses, coaching, competitions, flying operations, and duty instructors rosters etc.
airworthiness@bgc.asn.au	This list is for our airworthiness inspectors to discuss technical issues of our fleet and arrange workshop rosters etc.
All of these groups are restricted to the respective members only and require registration. If you are a club member or otherwise eligible and would like to join any one of these mailing lists please register your email address(es) with the administrator. To change or remove your address(es) from the list(s) you also need to contact the administrator.

BGC Documents
BGC Constitution	Balaklava Gliding Club Constitution.
The following is an index of training handouts and other documents for our members' perusal. These documents are supplementary to materials published by the GFA:
FLARM Briefing Notes	Flarm usage notes prepared by John Hudson.
Edinburgh Airspace Changes and Procedural Update	Airspace news prepared by John Hudson.
National Airspace Procedures for Non-Towered Aerodromes	Lecture material prepared by John Hudson on the subject. There is also an article on this in the May 2006 Whisper.
Radio and Airspace Procedures Questionnaire	Catalogue of questions used by BGC instructors for the oral exam for the GFA Radio Telephone Operator Authorisation endorsement.
Training note on airmanship	Lecture material prepared by John Hudson on the subject.
Training note on currency requirements	Lecture material prepared by John Hudson on the subject.
Training note on familiarity	Lecture material prepared by John Hudson on the subject.
Training note on In-Flight Emergencies	Lecture material prepared by John Hudson on the subject.
Note on Liability	Lecture material prepared by John Hudson on the subject.
Training note on Situational Awareness	Lecture material prepared by John Hudson on the subject.
Training note on Low Gravity Sensation in flight	Lecture material prepared by John Hudson on the subject.
Training note on Time References in Aviation	Lecture material prepared by John Hudson on the subject.
If you find documents that are out of date of other issues with them please notify the administrator.
Other Training Material
GFA Operations and Training Documents	All major GFA operations forms, documents, books and other material including "Basic Gliding Knowledge", Airspace and Radio Procedures, the Instructors Handbook and much more. (This is a link to the GFA web site.)
RA-Aus Web Tutorials	A real treasure trove of tutorials and very well presented basic training materials that while primarily meant for ultralight pilots is still very much relevant to gliding. (This a link to the RA-Aus web site.)

BGC Official Observers
Wal Mayger	1993/141
Bernard Eckey	1993/169
Merv Lindner	1993/204
John Wheatcroft	1993/205
Dene Newton	1993/321
Allen O'Halloran	1993/329
Steve Shuck	1994/396
Ulrich Stauss	2003/662
Grant Hudson	2006/692

Note: The latest copy of the FAI Sporting Code can be downloaded from the GFA web site.

BGC Coaches
Bernard Eckey	ASH-25, ASK-21. SA RTO Sports
Grant Hudson	PIK-20D (good match for Mini Nimbus), ASK-21. L1 Coach
Andrew Horton	Mosquito (good match for Mini Nimbus), ASK-21. L1 Coach
Colin Stauss	Mini Nimbus, Mosquito, ASK-21. L1 Coach

Last update 23/07/10