THE HISTORY OF V.A.R.M.S The Annual Diary 1990 - 2009

Super Questor 80" Maestro Caliente 100" Dart II 134"
Aquila 99.9" Gull II 99" Javelin 98"
Aquila Grande 132" Todi 76" & 100" Javelin II 134"
Olympic II 99.9" Hijacker II 72" LANIER
Cadet 62" Hawk 75"
MODEL DYNAMICS BOB MARTIN MODELS BOB SMITH
Gryphon ? Cirrus 75L 120" Sundancer II 98"
100 100" MH MANUFACTURING Seabreeze 99.75"
140 140" Albatross 99.75" SUREFLIGHT
MARK'S MODELS Anser 72" Deadbeat 60"
Windfree 99.25" MIDWEST Eye Soar 72"
Wanderer 76" Hobie Hawk 99" PIERCE AERO CO.
Wanderer 99 99" Lil "T" 74" Arrow 76"
Windward 72" Silent Squire 58" 970 120"
SOARCRAFT/PACER SOUTHWESTERN Paragon 118"
Diament 116.5" Top Cat 72" STERLING MODELS
Centurion II 100" PERFORMANCE Schweizer 1-34 98.5"
Glasfugel 604 144" FLIGHT SYSTEMS C.A. ZIAC (JETCO)
Libelle 111.5" Rubber Duck 75" Thermic 50R C 47"
Magnum 12 148" Minuteman 99" Eastwind 76 75.75"
MODEL MERCHANT RALVIN Eastwind 100 99.875"
Eagle I 78" Nebula 122"
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52nd (1998/99) Nationals Held at Toowoomba Qld. - no known results.
12 February 1999 - At the General Meeting, Colin Collyer displays a 1/4 scale "Woodstock" with
the thought that it will be taken on as a club project, (approx. 9 were built and flown).
March 1999 saw emphatic changes to Brigg's Field; installation of an all weather road and spoon
drains, removal of trees various and installation of logs/poles around Hut and Power field pits, also
installation of benches/tables.
4 - 7 March 1999 - New Zealand Soar Championships
F3B Results 1. Gerry Carter 2. Greg Voak 3. Chris Kieser N.Z.
(At the conclusion of this event, Joe Wurts demonstrated some Dynamic soaring. Using his F3B
model which was ballasted up to a weight of 4.0 Kgs., he flew repeated laps behind a 10 metre high
tree line. He initially launched from a winch, flew down behind the trees very close to the ground,
then pulled up sharply into the oncoming wind which was about 45 to 50 K.P.H., and then dived
back behind the trees. Joe was able to maintain the energy of the model and flew like this for
greater than 5 minutes.
27 - 28 March - VARMS places 3rd in VMAA Trophy held at P & DARCS.
July 1999 - VARMS institutes SOLO rating requirements for all users of Brigg's Field, to be
required for Glider, Power (I/C), Helicopter and Electric.
IT IS WITH DEEP REGRET........
On 14th April 1968, on a slope of Mt Bacchus also known as Bald Hill, north of Bacchus
Marsh, VARMS was born with the official creation of a committee with the purpose of
fostering R.C. slope soaring in Victoria.
The following article was extracted from the VMAA Newsletter of December 1998.
Although another attempt has been made to have a glider flying site known as Bald
Hill at Bacchus Marsh registered with the Moorabool Shire, it has been in vain. In fact not
only have the Shire Council refused to register the field as a glider flying site, but they have
placed a blanket ban on the use of this site for any purpose and in fact it is illegal to even enter