LaTrobe Valley Model Aero Club Committee Members

I started flying Radio Controlled models in 1977 at the Sale & District Aeromodellers Club when I was in the RAAF at East Sale. When I left the RAAF in 1981 I moved to Morwell and joined the Latrobe Valley Model Aero Club in 1982 and have been an active member of the club ever since.  

I started instructing other members to fly in 1989 at the Tyers Field, and in 1992 I attended the 2 day VMAA instructors course at the Cairnbrook Field and have been the Clubs' main instructor ever since. I have had hundreds of students over the years and I have done most of the Bronze, Silver & Gold Wing testing in the Club since 1992. 

I am also the Clubs Chief Test Pilot and have test flown hundreds of models and, like all committed flyers, I have had my fair share of crashes over the years.

I currently have over 40 models in my hangar but I still like to fly a Boomerang Trainer with a G46 electric motor on a 5S 5000Mah battery and I only fly electric aircraft these days.

I have been the Newsletter Editor since 1990, Treasurer from 1991 to 2021 and I am the current Club Secretary since 2020.