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Preparing for a flight in the Standard Cirrus. |
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Zephyrus after landing at Bacchus Marsh. |
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Rear seat pilot of the DG-500M. |
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Photograph of the Twin Astir that made the front page of "The Murray Pioneer" newspaper (Renmark SA), 19 January 1996. |
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Running-up the motor on the DG-500M. |
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Returning from a cross-country flight in the ES-60 Boomerang. |
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Ready for Launch in the Cirrus 75. |
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Getting ready for flight in the Twin Astir. |
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The Twin Astir on tow behind a Super Cub. |
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Above the clouds in the Twin Astir. |
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Take-off in the Diamant 18. |
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Return to Benalla from cross-country in the DG-500M. |
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Zephyrus and the Twin Astir in flight over Bacchus Marsh. |
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Getting ready for a 325km flight in Zephyrus, Corowa 1989. |
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Waiting for the co-pilot on the launch grid in Zephyrus. |
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Zephyrus in flight over Bacchus Marsh. |
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Front cover of the May 1988 edition of "Australian Gliding". |
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The M-200 Foehn two-seat training glider. |
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Boomerang at the front of the launch grid for Horsham Week, 2002. |
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Beaufort Gliding Club gliders on the launch grid at Horsham Week, 2002. |
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Preparing for a competition launch in the DG-505. |
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Getting ready for a competition launch in the Astir. |
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Preparing the DG-500 for a competition launch. |
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Australian Two-Seat Class Champions - 1995. |
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Winch launching a Salto at Bendigo Gliding Club's old strip at Woodvale. |
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Promotional photograph for the Australian Sports Class Nationals 1995 taken by the Albury Border Mail newspaper. |
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The Beaufort Gliding Club Phoenix at Berwick in 1948. |
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The Golden Eagle, which first flew in 1937 and is still flying, was operated by the Beaufort Gliding Club in the 1960s and 1970s. |
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Cockpit of the Phoenix (1948) |
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Rigging the Phoenix (1948) |
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The Phoenix being launched by winch (1948) |
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Assembling the elevator on Phoenix (1948) |
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Zephyrus on her first outlanding (1967) |
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Retrieving Zephyrus (1967) |
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One Zephyrus wing is complete and ready for covering (early 1950s) |
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Constructing the Zephyrus fuselage. The wings have already been completed. (late 1950s). |
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Another view of the Zephyrus fuselage under construction. |
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Zephyrus in wave over Bacchus Marsh - 30 April 2005 |
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Zephyrus in wave over Bacchus Marsh - 30 April 2005 |
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Zephyrus in wave over Bacchus Marsh - 30 April 2005 |
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Beaufort Gliding Club 
