All – A reminder for everyone to come out and fly this Saturday. Everyone can take part including solo & non-solo students. We will run both 2-33’s with instructors back-seat so everyone can participate. Cookout and results end of day.
Make up to 4 flights, log your best two.
Can you do better than last year’s winner?
Saturday, October 28th is the big day and the weather looks excellent!
As we now close into the end of our soaring season, the sailplanes need a wash before hibernation. Starting at 10am we will get all the gliders clean followed by a burger/dog lunch. After our bellies are full, we will start the spot landing contest.
Spot landing is closest to the touchdown point (not before but beyond) and stopping closest to the stopping cone. The Grand Prize will be a free 2500’ tow. Second place a SSA bucket hat and third place you get to drive the golf cart.
Cost of spot landing flight is a pattern tow, but no flight (glider use) fee. Pre-solo students can compete with CFIG on board.
During the day, a clean 2-33 will be available for flight instruction.
Come one, come all and show off your washing, eating and precision flying skills!
Colby VonKannewurff earned his private pilot certificate today, completing a checkride with NESA member Daryl Smith in a Connecticut Soaring 2-33 at Windham airport, down in CT. Alasdair Crawford was the recommending instructor. Most of you know Colby as a NESA fixture at KVSF for the past several years. He just started his freshman year at UConn. Way to go, Colby!
The October Member Meeting is scheduled for the 28th and is the final meeting of the soaring season. We will wash the gliders, have a spot landing contest (Contest Rules), and grill burgers. This month the meeting will have a rain date of Sunday the 29th, as we want to get the ships cleaned before they go into their trailers for the winter.
Additionally, if we are able to fly into November, Sunday the 19th will be our last day, again assuming the weather cooperates.
We have up to 7 more weekends of flying. Hope to see you out there!