A great start to the club season today following yesterdays Spring Safety Seminar and Assembly Day..

• Several Spring Check-rides completed, including Paul Happ, Greg Hunter and Mackenzie Campbell;
• Soaring conditions were good but blue and several glass-ships flew good long flights including IC, B9, VOL and i1;
• The new (to us) blue 2-33 was test flown by Jerry and Walter and flew nicely so both trainers are now on-line for the season;

The forecast is good for tomorrow (Monday) and a few folks plan to take advantage of that and fly.  No spring check rides tomorrow though.

Hope to see more of you at the airport soon.  It’s time to get flying.

Thanks to all who attended this mornings Spring Safety Seminar.  Great presentations and discussions all around.

For those that were unable to attend, all presentation materials are now available in the members area of the website at NESA Presentations Library

If you were unable to attend we ask that you review each of the presentations.  There may be a quiz during your Spring Checkout 🙂  Speaking of which, as a reminder anyone who has not flown club equipment within the past 90 days requires a check flight with a club instructor.

Thanks also to those that helped assemble the yellow 2-33 today.  Both 2-33’s are now back on the tie-down line so let’s get those Spring check rides going.  If you can please put your name on the instruction sign-up sheet Instruction List it helps us in planning.

Tomorrow’s Wx is looking nice hope – see you at the airport.

We are seeking a few members to volunteer to display a glider at the Gurney Field Day which will take place on May 13th at the Riverside Middle School in Springfield.  This is a great community youth athletic event and a good opportunity to boost awareness of the airport and the club within the local community.  If you are able to donate a few hours of your time on the 13th, please let Alasdair or Larry know. Thanks!

For a little more background on the event see http://springfieldvt.blogspot.com/2016/05/donald-i-gurney-sr-field-day.html

As a reminder – All club members need to complete a spring check-flight with a club instructor before flying club gliders solo.

The 2017 instruction sign-up sheet is now available on-line if you want to sign up in advance.

Our Primary Club  instructors are:

• Jerry Smith;
• Bill Batesole;
• Alasdair Crawford;
• Dave Carton;
• Brian Xander;
• Chris Giacomo;
• Charlie Freeman;

Additional  club instructors are:

• John Williams;
• John Graziano;
• Daryl Smith;
• Will Dismukes;

The snow is finally melting and we are getting ready for the 2017 soaring season.

The Yellow 2-33 and the 1-26 are out of winter storage and in the shop for their annual inspections this week.  The 1-34 will follow once the other two are complete. The Blue 2-33 was assembled today, hope to get it test flown tomorrow.

The annual Spring safety seminar has been scheduled for Saturday April 22nd at 10am.  All members are asked to attend. Weather permitting we will plan to assemble any remaining club ships after the meeting. Spring check-out’s will be available after the seminar.

See you all on the 22nd 🙂