NESA has submitted the sanction paperwork to the SSA to host the Region 1 Sports class in July. Please spread the word.

See: 2022 Region1 | New England for more information

All – There are several scholarship opportunities for both pre and post solo juniors.

So, juniors it is time to take a look and think about applying. Link to scholarship offerings is here:

Junior Soaring – Soaring Society of America | Solo a Glider at 14! (ssa.org)

A few examples:

The minutes and presentations from Saturdays Annual Membership Meeting have been posted to the Members section of the website.

Use the yellow 2-33 registration if you don’t have your own login.

Meeting Minutes | New England Soaring Association (flynesa.com)

You can access the agenda, get instructions for the on-line meeting tool, add the meeting to your calendar (.ics) and access the Absentee ballot form (please use only if not attending in person) from the following link.

https://www.freeconferencecall.com/wall/flynesa

Everyone should have received a meeting notification a few weeks ago. Email invites with a direct connect link to the on-line meeting will be sent this week. If for any reason you do not receive an email invite you can alternatively use the above link to join.

See everyone (on-line) Saturday.

Wishing all our members and friends a safe, healthy and Happy New Year.

2021 was a fairly positive year club wise. Let’s work for an even better 2022. So, start planning your 2022 soaring goals now.

We will see everyone at the Airport in the Spring and of course on-line for the annual meeting on January 15th.

Happy New Year.

Dear NESA members and friends.

What a difference a few weeks makes. At the Board meeting seven weeks ago, the vote was to hold an in-person dinner meeting. Last week it became apparent that with the increasing COVID rates and the new Omicron variant people were no longer comfortable attending a traditional large group dinner meeting.

Instead we have scheduled an online meeting for Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 3:00pm. We hope everyone will be able to join us.

Details to follow by email. Please be on the lookout for absentee ballots and meeting invites which will be emailed soon.

Larry.

Gorgeous fall weekend – calm winds both days – perfect training conditions with lots of Junior activity…

Ben got his 90 day solo endorsement renewed Saturday and flew the 1-34 today. Colby flew the 1-26. Sebastian flew the 2-33 with Bill and got to Box the wake for the first time.

Big thanks to the whole crew this weekend for help disassembling the CAP Blanik yesterday and the Orange NESA 2-33 today. Remaining ships will remain on the line until the weekend of the 20th which will be winter disassembly.

Thanks also to Bill for servicing the Callair brakes this morning.

Only a couple of regularly scheduled activity weekends left in the season so come out and fly!!

https://youtu.be/y3X39N-toLE

Two nice flying days this weekend. Very quiet Saturday, but a good level of activity Sunday. Not too many weekends left in the season so get out and fly while you can.

We have a new 1-26 pilot! After successfully completing the 1-26 pre-solo written and a ground briefing/cockpit briefing, Colby made his first two 1-26 flights today. Looked rock solid on take-off and two nice spot-landings. Congrats Colby!