http://ssa-region-iv.pbwiki.com/ RecentChanges for SSA Region IV Soaring en http://ssa-region-iv.pbwiki.com/feedlogo.gif http://pbwiki.com/ PBwiki 3.7 support@pbwiki.com http://ssa-region-iv.pbwiki.com/Region+IV+Director+-+Jim+Kellett email.hidden@example.com (Jim Kellett) Jim Kellett edited Region IV Director - Jim Kellett Atlantic Soaring, Blue Ridge Soaring Society, Cumberland Soaring Group, Merlin Soaring, Mid-Atlantic Soaring Association, Shenandoah Valley Soaring, Skyline Soaring, Springwood Soaring, and Tidewater Soaring. (Brandywine Soaring, which has a mailing address in Delaware, flies out of an airport in Pennsylvania, which is in SSA's Region II.)
There are two other non-SSA Club soaring operations, the Flying Cow Farm in Lovettsville, VA (a private field) and at St. Mary's, MD.
Force" which will be reviewed at the February, 2008 SSA BOard of Directors' meeting in Albuquerue to consolidate, by the end of 2010, Region IV and Region II into a single Region. This move is one of several similar changes that reflect the consensus of the Board that a smaller number of Directors (there are presently 26) will be a more effective group, and works towar]]> Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:15:59 +0000 mod http://ssa-region-iv.pbwiki.com/Skyline+Soaring+Club email.hidden@example.com (Chris Groshel) Chris Groshel edited Skyline Soaring Club Ops Report for Feb 28th
Six flights – some interesting flights – on an interesting day.
Set out the equipment just as the snow started, waited a half hour or so until it cleared and we could see the ridges. A couple of flights to test out what should have been outstanding ridge lift revealed that although the winds were “spot-on” for ridge, nothing there! Solid overcast at about 6000’, but convection (rotor) under it that was workable, a fact established by Verne Kline.
But – soon the overcast broke, wave clouds were obvious, and two flights went to just under 14,000’, Dennis Johnson in the Grob (his first wave flight), and Gordon Roesler in the Sprite. Gordon had a low point of 1800 and a high of 13,900, and FOD at just over two hours.
Oh, yeah – and two instructors got themselves legal with flight reviews, and new member Bill Burner got checked out in Club ships.
Beautiful day, thanks to none other than Eric Litt who hauled us all up.
Safety Meeting - Scheduled f]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:25:12 +0000 mod http://ssa-region-iv.pbwiki.com/Region+IV+Director+-+Jim+Kellett email.hidden@example.com (Jim Kellett) Jim Kellett edited Region IV Director - Jim Kellett There are two other non-SSA Club soaring operations, the Flying Cow Farm in Lovettsville, VA (a private field) and at St. Mary's, MD.
There is a plan provided by the SSA's "Future Restructuring Task Force" which will be reviewed at the February, 2008 SSA BOard of Directors' meeting in Albuquerue to consolidate, by the end of 2010, Region IV and Region II into a single Region. This move is one of several similar changes that reflect the consensus of the Board that a smaller number of Directors (there are presently 26) will be a more effective group, and works toward the goal of having each Regional Director represent approximately the same number of SSA members.
contact Jim@Kellett.com Jim@Kellett.com.
Each State also has a SSA State Governor who works to promote soaring within his/her State. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:55:08 +0000 mod http://ssa-region-iv.pbwiki.com/FrontPage email.hidden@example.com (Jim Kellett) Jim Kellett edited FrontPage This site is sponsored by Soaring clubs in the Soaring Society of America Region IV to facilitate inter-club communications and cooperation between soaring clubs. Please click on the link next to each club listed below to go to that club's web site. By clicking on the club name on the "Side Bar" to the right, you can visit a page dedicated and maintained by that club.
Check back often as this site is intended to be updated frequently with new developments and event announcements.
Please make noteMatch Dianne's Gift!!
Dianne Black-Nixon, Chairman of Region IVs Director Jim Kellett's page for information the SSA, has offered to match the first $25,000 donated to SSA's "]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:10:36 +0000 mod http://ssa-region-iv.pbwiki.com/Atlantic+Soaring email.hidden@example.com (Jay Donoghue) Jay Donoghue edited Atlantic Soaring Atlantic Soaring Club
Chesapeake Bay, Bay and the Susquehanna River, a friendly crew of club members, a wood stove in winter and summer thermals.
Club equipment includes a freshly painted 1-23, a 2-33 and a Blanik L-13. Our tug is a Bellanca Scout. We operate at Harford County Airport with power traffic.Multiple runways surrounded by a sod farm on three sides offer safe approaches. Drop in on your next cross-country!We monitor 122.8.
Call us at 410-734-9170 weekends, year-round.
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Today after a handful of tows the Pawnee would not start and eventually had to be towed back to the hangar. (Update Feb 11: replaced all 6 spark plugs on the #1 magneto. All systems nominal.)
View in HD here.
Michael Ash took his "spring" check flight with Bob Sallada in the Grob. Craig Sutherland and Jim Kellett cut it short in the ASK-21 and headed down from 6500 in wave with cold feet (Jim was equipped to fly the ridge, not wave), but not before leading Vern Kline out into the valley and climbing up in a gap between wave bar (a.k.a. rotor or roll) clouds.
Vern took F.O.T.D. in the 1-36, continuing the climb to over 10,000 feet at up to 10kt, venturing back across several harmonics and up to Winchester and back down I-81. Vern's periodic altitude reports were not very well received by the grounded pilots holding out hope for a Pawnee restart.
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flying. Normal Normal operations for the year begin after the Safety, DO, Instructor and Tow Pilot meetings.
Operations Report for Feb 7th
hangar. (Update (Update Feb 11: replaced all 6 spark plugs on the#1 the #1 magneto. All systems nominal.)
View in HD here.
Michael Ash took his "spring" check flight with Bob Sallada in the Grob. Craig Craig Sutherland and Jim Kellett cut it short in the ASK-21 and headed down from 6500 in wave with cold feet (Jim was equipped to fly the ridge, not wave), but not before leading Vern Kline out into the valley and climbing up in a gap between wave bar (a.k.a. rotor or roll) clouds.
Vern took F.O.T.D. in the 1-36, continuing the climb to over 10,000 feet at up to 10kt, venturing back across several harmonics and up to Winchester and back down I-81. Vern's]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:36:53 +0000 mod http://ssa-region-iv.pbwiki.com/Atlantic+Soaring email.hidden@example.com (Pat Valdata) Pat Valdata edited Atlantic Soaring]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:38:02 +0000 mod http://ssa-region-iv.pbwiki.com/Atlantic+Soaring email.hidden@example.com (Pat Valdata) Pat Valdata edited Atlantic Soaring Atlantic Soaring Club
Atlantic Soaring Club offers great views of the upper Chesapeake Bay, a friendly crew of club members, a wood stove in winter and summer thermals.
Club equipment includes a freshly painted 1-23, a 2-33 and a Blanik L-13. Our tug is a Bellanca Scout. We operate at Harford County Airport with power traffic.Multiple runways surrounded by a]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:27:54 +0000 mod http://ssa-region-iv.pbwiki.com/Skyline+Soaring+Club email.hidden@example.com (Craig Sutherland) Craig Sutherland edited Skyline Soaring Club Operations Report for Feb 7th
Today after a handful of tows the Pawnee would not start and eventually had to be towed back to the hangar. (Update Feb 11: replaced all 6 spark plugs on the#1 magneto. All systems nominal.)
short in the ASK-21 and headed down from 6500 in wave with cold feet (Jim was equipped to fly the ridge, not wave), but not before leading Vern Kline out into the valley and climbing up in a gap between wave bar (a.k.a. rotor or roll) clouds.
Vern took F.O.T.D. in the 1-36, continuing the climb to over 10,000 feet at up to 10kt, venturing back across several harmonics and up to Winchester and back down I-81. Vern's periodic altitude reports were not very well received by the grounded pilots holding out hope for a Pawnee restart.
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Operations Report for Feb 7th
the hangar. hangar. (Update Feb 11: replaced all 6 spark plugs on the#1 magneto. All systems nominal.)
Michael Ash took his "spring" check flight with Bob Sallada in the Grob. Craig Sutherland and Jim Kellett cut it short and headed down from 6500 in wave with cold feet (Jim was equipped to fly the ridge, not wave), but not before leading Vern Kline out into the valley and climbing up in a gap between wave bar (a.k.a. rotor or roll) clouds.
Vern took F.O.T.D. in the 1-36, continuing the climb to over 10,000 feet at up to 10kt, venturing back across sev]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:05:24 +0000 mod http://ssa-region-iv.pbwiki.com/Skyline+Soaring+Club email.hidden@example.com (Craig Sutherland) Craig Sutherland edited Skyline Soaring Club Safety Meeting - Scheduled for Feb 23rd
flying.
Normal Normal operations for the year begin after the Safety, DO, Instructor and Tow Pilot meetings.
Operations Report for Feb 7th
Today after a handful of tows the Pawnee would not start and eventually had to be towed back to the hangar.
the
Grob. Grob. Craig Sutherland and Jim Kellett cut it short and headed down from 6500 in wave with
cold cold feet (Jim was equipped to fly the ridge, not wave), but not before
leading leading Vern Kline out into the valley and climbing up in front of a gap
between between wave bar (a.k.a. rotor or roll) clouds.
Vern took F.O.T.D. in the 1-36, continuing the climb to over 10,000 feet at up to 10kt,
venturing venturing back across several harmonics and up to Winchester and back down I-81.
Vern's Vern's periodic altitu]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:03:41 +0000 mod http://ssa-region-iv.pbwiki.com/Skyline+Soaring+Club email.hidden@example.com (Craig Sutherland) Craig Sutherland edited Skyline Soaring Club Safety Meeting - Scheduled for Feb 23rd
Annual Safety Meeting at the FRR FBO building. It is mandatory to attend this meeting or watch the recording of this meeting prior to flying.
year begins begin after the Safety, DO, Instructor and Tow Pilot meetings
OPS meetings.
Operations Report for Feb 7th
Today after a handful of tows the Pawnee would not start and
eventually eventually had to be towed back to the hangar.
Michael Ash took his "spring" check flight with Bob Sallada in the
Grob. Jim Kellett and Craig Sutherland and Jim Kellett cut it short and headed down from 6500 in wave with
cold feet (he (Jim was planning equipped to fly the ridge, not wave), but not before
leading Vern Kline out into the valley and climbing up in front of a gap Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:02:37 +0000 mod http://ssa-region-iv.pbwiki.com/Skyline+Soaring+Club email.hidden@example.com (Chris Groshel) Chris Groshel edited Skyline Soaring Club Safety Meeting - Scheduled for Feb 23rd
Annual Safety Meeting at the FRR FBO building. It is mandatory to attend this meeting or watch the recording of this meeting prior to flying.
Normal operations for the year begins after the Safety, DO, Instructor and Tow Pilot meetings
OPS for Feb 7th
Today after a handful of tows the Pawnee would not start and
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