This article was first published in The Wimmera Mail-Times on the 2nd of January 1998.
Geroge Skarbek, left, and Gerry Murnane, both of Bacchus Marsh, prepare to take to the skies in Bacchus Marsh Gliding Club's Janus glider at Horsham aerodrome.
About 30 people from Bacchus Marsh have travelled to Horsham the past three Boxing Days to glide above the Wimmera plains.
Mail-Times photographer Paul Carracher pictured the pair carrying out a daily inspection on the high-performance, two seater aircraft.