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Graham Barton Ted DeKuyper Jim Fullarton Vern Rosenfealt Charlie Lambeth 38 Beveridge and who helped finance and build the club’s first two seater (Merlin).Bruce is an active GCV Glider Pilot and presently owns and flies a DH-82 Tiger Moth which he has restored. brother of Jim Barton, the longest serving President of the GCV, himself a glider pilot of many years experience and GCV Treasurer for many years. early GCV member who did some initial training on Primary Gliders and in the Merlin Sailplane, co-ordinator of the days activities. long standing aeromodeller, early glider builder/pilot with VMFG, still active in aeromodelling. current GCV instructor/tug pilot and sailplane owner, longstanding GCV member who instructed the author in his early stages of training. VARMS member, first joined the GCV in December 1938, held the Australian single seat duration record set at Beveridge on 20/11/43 at 9 hours 51 minutes in the “Grey Grunau”, also held the two seater record in the Merlin at Beveridge at 1 hour 5 minutes. Life Member of the GCV and still active in Gliders at the age of 75. From feedback received from those who attended the day, it was a resounding success and it is hoped that in the near future, we can again organised a similar get together, Gliding forever, Geoff Hearn.
1996 - 97 The Committee President Tom Wickers Secretary Graham Johnson Treasurer Tim Morland Editor Tim Wilkin Contest Director Gerry Carter Ordinary Member Graham Gibson Publicity Jim Robertson Fund raising/ Site Liaison Graham Partridge August 96 - Des Bayliss takes over Training School organising from Ross Bathie. 14 Sept. 1996 - Indoor Competition - Monash University:- Chuck Glider Harry Sokol 15 secs Scale Rubber Adolf Haas 1 min 55 secs Rubber Graeme Flood 33, 46 & 47 secs One Model Reg Neville 17 secs R/C Electric Neil Hardiman Facetmobile Best Flight Jim Fullerton 12 mins Most Unusual Arthur Smith Ornithopter 15 Sept.1996 - P.S.S. Fun Fly at Mt Hollowback:- 17 pilots attended with a total of 28 models - Results (by vote of all participants):- (See Contest for full results) PROPELLER Aircraft Max McCullough Douglas C-47 1st Supermarine Spitfire Messerschmitt Me-109 Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina Stephen Anderson Supermarine Spitfire 2nd Mitsubishi AM-6 Zero North American P-51D Mustang Glen Salisbury Messerschmitt Me-109 B-4 3rd North American P-51D Mustang JET Aircraft Max McCullough Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II 1st Rob Lewis Vought A-7 Corsair II =2nd Glenn Salisbury GAF Canberra =2nd 39 HI-TECH GLIDER TROPHY - BRIGGS FIELD - 13 OCTOBER 1996 One of the best attended events of recent years, a total of 27 people flew, 18 competing for the Hi- Tech Trophy (Sponsored by Model Engines) with 2 channel models and 9 in the (Open) third leg of the Thermal League. Results: VMAA Update (Newsletter) of December 1996 contained the following item on Keyboards: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE KEYBOARD The keyboard system concept was the brain child of Bob Young of Silvertone Electronics around 1970. At that time we were operating on 27 Meg. - 6 spots, 40 KHz apart. With the advancement in R/C technology we soon had 20 KHz equipment, this was a giant leap forward for R/c systems since it meant the 6 channel limitation on 27 Meg. went to 12. At that time frequency control was by the use of coloured pegs (clothes pegs) clipped to your T/X antennae. The rule of the field was "no peg no fly". But fliers used to bring along "spare pegs" and the inevitable would and did happen, two "spare pegs" in use at the same time equalled disaster. As well as its other limitations, the peg system could not manage the then new requirement for simultaneous operation of 40KHz and 27KHz systems at the 20 KHz spacing. Bob Young at great personal effort and expense, developed the concept of the keyboard system. This overcame all the shortcomings of the peg system. His next and what turned out to be a greater task was gaining the modelling fraternity's acceptance of the keyboard concept. With the MAAA's standardisation of the keyboard in 1982, we now do not have a problem with the implementation of the new frequency allocations.
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