[2] BMAM[3] comprises representatives of the shire, airfield hangar owners, airfield users group, (the Geelong Gliding Club,[4] Victorian Motorless Flight Group[5] and the Beaufort Gliding Club[6]), and TVSA Pilot Training[7] (a power flying school).

[1] The gliding clubs conduct a combined operation launching from the grass verges, while the power school operates concurrently from the sealed strips Bacchus Marsh airfield (YBSS) is the largest gliding site in the southern hemisphere, and double the size of other gliding facilities in Australia.

Late in the afternoon though, lift can be damped with sea breeze fronts moving in from the south east.

The topography to the east and south consists of flat farming land extending to Port Phillip Bay and Bass Strait respectively.

An escarpment; the Brisbane Ranges, results in the terrain altitude increasing abruptly by 800 ft (240 m), but is quite suitable for cross country flying at all skill levels.