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10th March General Meeting

7th April - Deadline for next edition

Cover photo:

A drone’s view of “The Point” at Camperdown. Is there a better view from a slope site?

Dean Hoare photo

Wednesday at VARMS Field – The 3 F’s night Fly, food, fix

Issue 507

Mar 2017

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Hello,

It’s Sunday night after the ALES comp, what a great day. 10 students at training, and 12 starters in ALES, and most rounds had good thermals, although I found it a little harder when the wind came up.

Coming up on the long weekend we have members representing VARMS at the old timer comps in Echuca, the Aero tow at Wangaratta, and the Toy and Hobby show at Sandown. I guess there will be a few at the field as well. You can tell that the best months for flying are about to arrive! And don’t forget “Warbirds over Wantirna” on ANZAC day, and gliders in the afternoon slot (it’s a Tuesday).

We had our committee meeting on Monday 26th Feb, and a few things came up.

We don’t fly on total fire ban days. That’s from midnight to midnight. We have had a few nights when the evenings were really nice, but a rule is a rule. And it’s a rule, not a recommendation.

The Membership Applications have had a further modification. We are going to have a register of members “next of kin”. It will be kept with the defibrillator in the medicine cabinet. Why, you ask? Well when we have a medical incident at the field, we often do not have members details on hand. So the aim is to have emergency details on hand for such an occasion. It will be completely voluntary.

On the First Aid note, the lovely Debbie will be back to give us a refresher course on the defibrillator. She will be looking for a “patient” on the night, please queue near the white board! We are looking for someone to be a VARMS “Garment Rep”; taking orders for garments and procuring them... Queue near the white board please

In October there is a Senior Fest happening. It has been suggested that we participate. Perhaps a come and try day, with some food, and maybe a mini Airshow. We would need a permit for that, so we need to decide soon.

8 new members approved for the month, mostly from training. Good work Trainers... Thanks

It has been over two years since our last Taranis workshop and a number of new Taranis owners have been added to our midst.

At the same time I think a refresher workshop would also be beneficial to existing Taranis owners.

The first in the series will be a refresher covering OpenTx fundamentals and mixing examples.

Follow up sessions will cover a range of topics yet to be finalised.

Attentive date is Friday the 5th of May 2017 followed by the 19th etc.

President’s report Col Collyer

Taranis workshop Daniel Malcman

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Opened 8.00 PM Members present 49 Apologies D. Weller, A.Favalaro, T.Avanitakis, G. Moore, J Cott Visitors/New Members J Gardner, A. Battersby.

Minutes of the previous meeting Accepted K Schneider Seconded D. Prattley Matters arising Nil

Correspondence in VMAA Minutes including notices of upcoming events

Treasurers report As of 31st Jan 222 paid up members with a further 9 persons approved for membership to be included in March statement The maturing NAB Term deposit had been closed and reinvested with Bendigo Bank in a 90 day account. A balance sheet of the clubs funds is available for perusal by interested members.

Gary McDougall Memorial The President addressed the members and spoke highly of our suddenly departed member saying he would be sadly missed. He highlighted Gary’s likable character and the work that he had been involved in with the club, a person of action that got things done. At the funeral service in Berwick where many of his VARMS friends attended. A video was played at the end of the service. A copy of the video had been obtained and with the help of the V.P was again played to the members present at the meeting. R.I.P. Gary

Registrar P. Zambory spoke of the need for members to fully complete their 2017/2018 membership forms as it had arisen that some members did not have their wings endorsements on the VMAA or MAAA databases. The President endorsed this with an example of member who was qualified in different flying regimes but did not show up on the databases. D Malcman and A. Peate raised questions on membership and insurance cover. The old Bronze wings had been superseded with silver wings which is our minimum requirement the latter now for parkflyers only The 10 members who failed to fill out their last application properly would be sent letters for information to update the register

Contest

D Prattley commented on the progress of the F5J events and the disadvantages of the current scoring system.

B Clapperton followed saying that ALES competitor numbers were down possibly weather conditions. Last round winners were 1st D Prattley 2cd K.Fryer 3rd C. Collyer.

The foamy event run by G Hearne over 5 rounds produced a tie between R. Hickman and C.Collyer for 1st place.

B. Laughton advised members of the R. Robinson event run recently at P&DARCS was won by C.Collyer K. Fryer Second

Club Events The President advised of events that required members helping to set up and monitor stands on the Labour day long weekend in March

Sandown Train Show, Sandown Racetrack

Steam and Traction Engine Rally, Ferntree Gully Road Scoresby

February 2017 General Meeting Minutes Lew Rodman

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VMAA Trophy event organized by G Sullivan is seeking interested members who would like to represent the club, to be held at the state field. Further interest see notice board for dates and details “Wings over Wantirna” on again on ANZAC day open to any member who has a military model either to fly or static display

Aerotowing D. Malcman stated that flying was on Saturday he also commented that the Wangaratta memorial aerotow event on the Labour Day weekend required as many members as possible to attend to make it worthwhile.

Training I. Slack said that the training had started off this year quite good, there was a need for more members to act as instructors Also that members would be available to instruct in slope soaring at Kilcunda the following week, see Ian for details

General Business

D. Prattley still had some batteries for sale at great prices

L. Henderson had some items wanting a good home for a gold coin donation or a donation to the club for the bigger items

C.Collyer spoke of the success of the Wednesday night group with up to 20 attending The group has decided to undertake a project to rebuild an ASK glider using some donated parts Anyone else who would like to assist are quite welcome to come along

Knox City Council meeting regarding area danger points where several were pointed out to their representative two in particular the leaning tree at the South of the runway which has been hit that many times with models that it was now deemed unsafe and the exit onto George Street with long grass and stuff making it very hard to see approaching traffic

Inspection of the fire extinguishers found that several were out of date and needed to be replaced and any electrical extension leads would need to be tested and tagged

General discussions followed re the Knox City Council and its’ requirements

Raffle Won by D.Anderson a second prize generously donated by M. Haysom won by A.Battersby.

Meeting Closed 8.57 PM

The Victorian section of the above Association now meets at the VARMS Clubroom on the 4th Thursday in every month, except December when there is no meeting. Starting time is around 8.00 pm. Supper is provided and friendly discussion follows. Attendance fee $3.00 to cover costs. The meeting takes the form of a “show and tell” with members, and others, bringing along their projects to present to the gathering. Also there may be discussion on technical matters related to electric models. There is normally a lot of experience amongst those present, so it is a good time to sort out any problems. Max Haysom 9801 3899

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Benalla, Victoria 8th – 22nd January 2017

After my return from the Vintage Glider Rally at Bordertown, South Australia, I was determined to attend at least one day of the World Gliding Championships.

I was an active flying member of the Gliding Club of Victoria at Benalla when the last world championships were held in Australia in 1987. Where have the last 30 years gone?

I headed off from home around 8 o’clock on Tuesday the 17th of January and arrived at Benalla too late to sit in on the daily briefing before flying began around 1pm. I was fortunate enough to see the fleet of around 110 sailplanes launched during a time of one hour and 10 minutes.

I managed to find some shade in the about 40 degree heat and witnessed a number of gaggles with around 20 – 25 sailplanes in the one thermal, truly a wonderful sight. The reason I haven’t photographed any individual sailplanes is due to the distance required to walk the vast line ups in the excessive heat, this being beyond my physical ability to do so.

The next 3 – 4 hours were spent in the air-conditioned State Gliding Centre watching the progress of the 3 classes of sailplanes which were shown on large TV screens. These displays allowed us spectators to view the sailplanes progress whilst out on course. With modern technology in gliders we were able to view the gliders position (individual aircraft), current height and average speed etc – truly remarkable.

Around 5:30pm I then ventured outside and for the next 2 hours watched the fleet return from their designated courses. Identifying a sailplanes from some distance was generally easy as a distinctive trail could be seen when the sailplane started to dump its water ballast.

I know that the open class task for this day was 747km, coincidently a 750km task was set for the open class gliders at the World Championships at Benalla in 1987.

In finishing I felt it was worth the day trip and although I have not taken any individual sailplane photos, my memory of this day will be imbedded for some time. I have included a selection of tow plane photos, which I think might be of interest to modelers There were 13 tugs of which 11 were Piper Pawnee types, with the addition of a Callair A-9A and a Transavia PL-12/T300A Airtruck (with looks only a mother could love – Ed)

World Gliding Championships Geoff Hearn

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2 seat piper Pawnee tug VH-MCF Piper Pawnee PA-25-235 tug VH-COD

Impco Callair A-9A tug VH-MPO Transavia PL-12/T300A Airtruck VH-TRT

Piper Pawnee PA-25 powered by a motor vehicle engine! VH-CUR

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Event held Friday 16th December 2016

Once again I agreed to run an informal contest prior to the monthly general meeting. The start time was 6:10pm and we had nine entrants.

Four rounds were conducted in a relaxed and good-humoured manner and all participants seemed to enjoy themselves.

Entrant Model Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4

Tim Morland Fun Cub 1 1 2 2

Phil Eagles MPX Solius 8 8 5 8

Peter Van der Waterbeen Radian 2 2 3 3

Peter Cossins Radian 7 3 1 1

David Prattley Radian 9 7 8 7

Colin Collyer Radian 3 9 9 9

Colin Kahn MPX Heron 4 5 7 5

Nigel Murray Radian 5 4 4 6

Ron Hickman Pixler 6 6 6 4

Round Winners David Prattley 1 Colin Collyer 3

Placings David Prattley 31 Colin Collyer 30 Phil Eagles 29 Ron Hickman 22 Colin Kahn 21 Nigel Murray 19 Peter Cossins 12 Peter Van der Waterbeen 10 Tim Morland 6

Again I would like to think those who entered. It was an amazing sight to see all models launched at the same time and I don’t believe any mid-air collisions happened

Geoff is trying to identify the builder/owner of this neat Southern Sailplanes prelude that attended the Aussie Sailplanes II meeting. If you own this model or know who owns it, please let Geoff know.

VARMS Pre-meeting Foamie Comp Geoff Hearn

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Quite a few pilots turned up for the first ALES event of 2017.

I had about 15 starters at one point, however the wind and the heat soon whittled the numbers down to only 7 flyers. There were those with dodgy servos, yours truly with a sticky rudder and those who took one look at the conditions and (probably wisely) just chickened out.

There were thrills and spills aplenty with repairs between rounds and a bit of mixed up mix unscrambling on Andrew’s Prego. One round was hit with an angry, dusty willy-willy on launch. Colin Collyer demonstrated his excellent reverse parking skills on landing and David Prattley shared a thermal with a rather annoyed Heron. Kevin Fryer showed us all how it was done without the use of black balsa in coming a creditable second to the unstoppable David Prattley - Airmaster Extraordinaire.

A big thank you to the mowing guys who did a beautiful job with the field during the week. Also to the people who helped with timing the rounds with seven pilots. Next event is the Sunday 5th of March.

Results:

Place Pilot Total Points

1 David Pratley 3542.7

2 Kevin Fryer 3043.2

3 Colin Collyer 2865

4 Andrew Allen 2333

5 Colin Khan 1907

6 Gary Ryan 1878.3

7 Danny Malcman 1400.8

Flying Event Calendar

Name Date/s Location Further Info

General Meeting 10/3/17 VARMS Glider Field VARMS.org.au

Aerotow 11-13/3/17 Wangaratta VARMS.org.au

Thermal #7 F3J 11/3/17 Milang rcga.org.au

Model Airshow 19/3/17 Yering ldmfa.com

VARMS Training 19/3/17 VARMS Glider Field VARMS.org.au

F3K #7 19/3/17 Diggers Rest rcga.org.au

F5J #5 (pm) 19/2/17 Diggers Rest rcga.org.au

AEFA Meeting 23/3/17 VARMS Glider Field aefanet.com/

VARMS Aerotow 25/3/17 VARMS Glider Field VARMS.org.au

F5J #6 (State Champs) 26/3/17 Diggers Rest rcga.org.au

Daylight Savings Ends 2/4/17

VARMS Training 2/4/17 VARMS Glider Field VARMS.org.au

General Meeting 8/4/17 VARMS Glider Field VARMS.org.au

ALES 4th February 2017 Report Bruce Clapperton

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Greetings glider fliers.

Peter Abell was a champion glider flier and a great supporter of the early Sailplane Expos. He was particularly involved in Open Thermal Glider and F3B. I remember one observer watching Peter fly better than everyone else and commenting that he claws his way up the side of a thermal - and he often found them when no-one else did!

Late yesterday afternoon Peter was swimming at Tuckers Rock near Urunga on the north coast of NSW and was caught in a rip and drowned. Peter went to school in Cessnock from 1968 to 1980, so that makes him about 50 years old. His dad, Bruce, is a consummate flier and designer, and also a great supporter of the early Sailplane Expo, and still lives in Cessnock. Bruce asked me to advise the flying community of this tragedy. Bruce lost his wife late last year, and has now lost his son. Please give Bruce every support in this trying time.

Peter made a career as a Horticulturist and worked in the Botanic Gardens in Sydney for over 10 years. Just over a year ago he moved to Bellingen and became a supervisor for the Green Army based in Dorrigo. As such he managed revegetation and maintenance of the walking paths in Dorrigo National Park and New England National Park. He even visited the 2016 Sailplane Expo last year and renewed acquaintances - I did not recognise him at first with his beard! Image attached.

Peter will be missed on flying scenes around the world, even though he has not been very active lately. He leaves behind a wife, Sue, and four children. Our condolences go to them, Bruce and the family.

Please pass this information on to anyone you know in flying circles who had contact with Peter. If anyone has contact with Phil Bird, please let him know. I will give more information as it comes to hand. It was discussed and decided at the last VARMS committee meeting that the club needed to maintain a list of all members with an emergency contact name and phone number against their name. This list to be compiled by the Registrar from the data supplied on your Membership Form and kept in an accessible location in the club house in case there is an emergency. Please think about who your emergency contact would be. The new Member Form for the remainder of 16/17 and for 17/18 has now had this extra entry added at Item 3. This again brings home to us all the importance of running the club in a professional manner with accurate up to date records to cover any situation.

Vale – Peter Abell Peter Pine

All members please note…… Geoff Glover

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VARMS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Financial Year 2017 / 2018 Circle & Complete ONE of the following, RENEWAL, RE-JOINING or NEW, then SIGN and DATE application.

RENEWAL - current membership, if no change since last year complete 1,3, 7, 8 If changes, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8

RE-JOINING – lapsed membership greater than 12 months, complete 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8

NEW - membership, complete 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

1. Name ....................................................................................................................................................

Surname First name Second name

Preferred Christian Name on Membership Badge …………….............................................

2. Address ...............................................................................................................................................

Number Street/Road Suburb / City / Town Post Code

Home Ph .................................... Mobile............................................ MAAA No …………......................

E mail ................................................................................................ Date of Birth …….........................

3. In an emergency Contact Name ………………….………………. Phone …………………….……..

4. New membership or lapsed member wishing to re-join must nominate a current financial member to

endorse application for consideration by the committee.

Nominating Member ........................................................................ Phone .......................................

5. Circle your MAAA category and rating. Glider - None / Bronze / Silver / Gold / Instructor

Power - None / Bronze / Silver / Gold / Instructor Helicopter - None / Bronze / Silver / Gold / Instructor

6. If you are not holder of a glider, power or helicopter bronze wing you must have a “buddy” with you

at all times when you are flying to assist and maintain safe flying. A nominated buddy must be a current VARMS member and holder of minimum bronze wing in the relevant category.

Buddy Name ..................................... Signature ............................................ Date ..............................

7. Circle method of payment EFT, CHQ or Cash Total payable to VARMS $ ..............................

If insured via another club provide club name ......................................... insurance Rec No .................

8. New or re-joining members agree to a probationary period of 12 months prior to full membership.

Members agree to abide by the Constitution, Club Rules, Field Rules and any Operating Disciplines of the Victorian Association of Radio Model Soaring Inc. in force during their time of membership. The information provided is true and correct and it is understood that failure to comply with these rules may result in expulsion from the club. Applicants Signature .......................................................................... Date .......................................

No payment by 30 June = No insurance + No flying No fully completed membership application = No nametag + No flying

No display of current nametag = No flying

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INFORMATION TO COMPLETE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

MEMBERSHIP FEES Full year 1 July – 30 June, Half year 1 Jan – 30 June, for new members only. MAAA insured via VARMS full year, Senior: VARMS $96 + VMAA Ins $114 = $ 210.00

MAAA insured via VARMS full year, Junior or FT student: VARMS $25 + VMAA ins $57 = $ 82.00

MAAA insured for full year via another club, Senior: VARMS $96 = $ 96.00

MAAA insured for full year via another club, Junior or FT student: VARMS $25 = $ 25.00

MAAA insured via VARMS half Year, Senior: VARMS $43 + VMAA ins $62 = $ 105.00

MAAA insured via VARMS half Year, Junior or FT student: VARMS $12.50 + VMAA ins $ 23.50 = $ 41.00

MAAA insured for half year via another club, Senior: VARMS $48 = $ 48.00

MAAA insured for half year via another club, Junior or FT student: VARMS $12.50 = $ 12.50

MAAA insured via VARMS, life or honorary: VMAA Ins $ 114 = $ 114.00

Joining Fee applies only to re-joining or new members, juniors are excluded Joining fee = $ 50.00

PAYMENT E mail completed Membership Application to, treasurer@varms.org.au, or Post to The Treasurer, VARMS Inc., P.O. Box 4096, Knox City Centre, Vic. 3152 Payment can be made by EFT, CHQ or Cash. For EFT payments use BSB 633 000, Account No 158421362, include name and MAAA # as reference. Make cheques Payable to VARMS.

INSURANCE If insured through another club, VARMS membership card will not be issued until MAAA have received payment from the other club. Insurance through VARMS eliminates this issue.

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION 1. VMAA/MAAA insurance policy provides all members with public liability cover and includes personal accident cover for members aged 10 to 90 years. 2. A full time student is defined as 18 to 25 years as at 1st July of the current year and attending a secondary or tertiary institution on a full time basis. Proof of attendance is required. 3. Junior membership is intended for those under the age of 18 years at the 1st July of the current year. 4. You may be asked to provide a copy of your wings certificates and/or your MAAA affiliate card to confirm your claimed wings.

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This task is designed for you to fly with only a timer and no other assistance.

1. Launch glider to approximately 100 metres altitude using bungee, winch or electric

motor. If using electric launch, then switch off motor.

2. A stopwatch is then started by an adult observer. Fly for 10 minutes. No restarting of the

motor is allowed and the use of a variometer is not allowed.

3. After 10 minutes, land within 30 sec. The nose of the model must finish within a

rectangle 15x4 metres. The 15 m dimension is in line with the wind direction. The

VARMS landing ropes are easiest to use for this.

4. The task is to be completed on 2 different dates. Any number of attempts can be made

to achieve the task. 1, 2 and 3 must all be achieved in the same flight.

5. Complete this form and send it to the VARMS secretary for recording.

Address : PO Box 4096 Knox City 3152

Pilot’s Name and address

Date

Observer’s Name and signature

Date Observer’s Name and signature

VARMS Level 2 Thermal Duration Task

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For various reasons, mainly eyesight, I cannot fly models now. If I can't fly them I don't want to build more. I have a lot of stuff standing idle and I need the space. Some of the models and other things I offered for sale a few months ago have gone. The remaining gear is elderly but serviceable. Here is a list. There’s more! Come and look: AT 88 Holmes Road, Moonee Ponds, Villa 4. Phone 9377 2374. Prices negotiable.

3 metre span complete Martini sailplane, servos in place.

One large powered sailplane fuselage with motor, prop & tailplane and two servos but no wings. (you design & build them)

3 metre wings with flaps and tailplane but no fuselage. (you design & build). Don't ask what happened to the missing bits.)

Glider launching winch with nylon line, stake and foot switch. Needs battery

Receivers JR ERS 70 Spektrum TM1000, AR 8000, AR 6210 (2), FM NER 326X, FM NER 844X Multiplex Micro 5/7, FM-DS, Mini -9, RX 12 Synth

Servos (not including the ones in the models mentioned above. Hitec HS 645 MG, HS 645 MG Futaba S 3O1O JR NES 505, NES 507 (5), DS 362 (3), E 381

Transmitter Profi MC 4000 (old but still servicable)

Battery Chargers Two ‘Swallow” chargers One Hitec Multimatic charger JR battery checker

Old Rx &Tx batteries; still serviceable, various sizes

A few old-fashioned plug-in crystals

Various propellers

Materials Several large sheets of thin plywood

Lengths of spruce and pine, various sizes, mixed Piano wire, various Carbon fibre tubes, various, a telescopic fishing rod

Scrap offcuts etc

Aluminum tubes and sheet, arrow shafts

Electrical bits & pieces, plugs, etc

Steel frame to support rigged glider, adjustable for different sizes

Ancient rubber-powered free flight 'Zombie', (Ron Warring 'Wakefield' design dates back to ≈1946, with propeller.)

Even older, 3 ft span 'Daily Express GB 2' free flight glider needs re-covering.

1 winch, turn around, new winch line capable of launching open thermal gliders $100

1 vacuum pump $100 Phone Norm on 0418403281

For Sale Martin Simons

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Mowing Roster

Field Alan Gray Graeme Hollis

Martin Hopper Robert Kassell

Tim Stewart Geoff Moore

Runway & Pits: Ken Thompson 1st week

Peter Griffiths 2nd week

Paul Van Tongeren 3rd week

Alan Taylor 4th week

Heliport: Geoff Moore

Standard Operating Times for VARMS Glider Field:

*Aerotow: Second Saturday each month, 12.00 Noon till 5.00 pm "Glider" is any Glider, or electric glider, flown as a glider, ie. climb and glide Clubrooms: All days 7.00 am till 11.00 pm

For queries or problems regarding this timetable, please contact Max Haysom or Colin Collyer.

All material published in Aspectivity is the copyright of the author of the article.

Any Problems with the field, ring Henry Wohlmuth

9764 1921

Training Dates

19th Mar & 2nd Apr

VARMS Training is kindly sponsored by:

Hyperion Australia

www.hyperionaustralia.com.au

ph: (03) 98870558 0415412096

The Keyboard

Your frequency key should have your full name written clearly on it so that you can be easily recognised and contacted in case of a frequency clash. Mobile phone number on the key is a good idea too, in case you have departed and left your key in the board thus stopping someone else using that frequency. Members using 2.4 GHz sets should still insert a standard key in the appropriate section of the keyboard.

Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun 8am-Noon (power) Power Glider Power Glider Power Power Glider Dawn-Noon (glider)

Noon-5pm (AEST) (power) Noon-5pm (AEDST) (power) Glider Power Glider Power Glider Glider Glider

Noon-Dusk (glider)

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Opinions expressed in Aspectivity may not represent the view of VARMS Inc. Editor or Printer.VARMS Inc., the Editor and the Printer accept no responsibility for the accuracy of the content.

President Colin Collyer 9561 9097 president@varms.org.au VP & Site Liaison Max Haysom 9801 3899 vp@varms.org.au Secretary Lew Rodman 9887 1060 secretary@varms.org.au Treasurer John Cott treasurer@varms.org.au Contest Director Alan Mayhew 0412 994 213 cd@varms.org.au Editor Glenn Salisbury 0433799922 editor@varms.org.au Ordinary Member Martin Hopper 9873 8256 ordinary@varms.org.au Membership Secretary Geoff Glover 9807 5623 membership@varms.org.au Heli Group Rep Geoff Moore 9802 2044 heli@varms.org.au Sports Power Rep Graham Sullivan 95297095 power@varms.org.au

Asset Manager Ken Thompson 0401819564 asset@varms.org.au Webmaster Michael Best web_master@varms.org.au Registrar Peter Zambory 98074875 registrar@varms.org.au

VARMS Web Site: http://www.varms.org.au – for up to date info on VARMS

Current Members: If you change your address, please notify the Registrar and VMAA,so that we can maintain the correct addressing of this Newsletter.

Potential Members: If you are interested in joining VARMS, or learning more about our activities, please contact the Secretary, or other Committee member.

VARMS (Inc.) was formed in 1968 to get together aero-modelers who were interested in building and flying radio controlled gliders. Members fly at many places, but have a home field, within the Knox Regional Sports Park (South Wantirna) some 60 metres west of the rear of the State Basketball Centre- Entrance off George Street, where Training Classes with dual controlled gliders are held every second Sunday 10-1.00pm. A calendar for training is attached to the flying field gate.

VARMS Training is kindly sponsored by Hyperion Australia.

VARMS organizes regular competitions in both Slope and Thermal Soaring, from fun-fly, scale, open competition and self launching (electric) gliders. General Meetings are held on the SECOND FRIDAY of each month (except January) – at the VARMS Clubroom near State Basketball Centre (as above) and, during daylight saving time there may be limited flying allowed before Meeting starts at 8.00pm. Visitors are welcome. Formalities are usually followed by lively discussions on matters of interest to all modellers followed by a cup of your favourite brew.

Victorian Association of Radio Model Soaring Inc. Organisation No. A0001504U

Affiliated with the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI)

The World Air Sports Federation