Firstly – Happy holidays to all our members and soaring friends.

Given the current situation we won’t be hosting our annual January holiday dinner get together and annual meeting in person this year.

That said, we are still required to hold an annual membership meeting to take care of business – officer elections, review of 2020 activities and financial results etc. There are also several soaring achievements and milestones to be recognized and of course the annual club awards to be announced.

So, the show (or or rather meeting) will go-on, but will be hosted on-line this year. Please keep an eye open for an announcement and invite details to be sent out sometime before the end of the year and plan to join us on-line early next year for the 2021 annual membership meeting.

Here’s hoping the COVID vaccinations pan-out well and that 2021 brings a much more normal and active season.

Merry Christmas.

Quiet for last day of season. The 1-26 got its final exercise for 2020.

Gliders come off flight insurance 12/1. Callair tug will remain in flight status for private tows over the winter.

Closing the door on 2020.

The Callair, 1-26 and yellow 2-33 all got their annual inspections this week and are ready to go for next season. The 1-34 isn’t due until Aug 21.

2-33 and 1-34 are now stored for winter. 1-26 still available for this weekend – goes into the hangar Sunday after flying..

The SSA Youth/Junior Committee is now accepting applications for 2021 Flight Training Scholarships. These include pre-solo and post-solo opportunities. Visit https://www.ssa.org/youth for more information and applications and applicable deadlines. Check back occasionally as more opportunities may develop.

Nice day for November in VT. Some lift. Ben had a couple of good flights in the 1-26 and managed to do a little Soaring.

Next weekend will be the last scheduled operation for the season. We start the annuals of the fleet this week.

Tug will be kept in flying status with insurance – so hopefully we will get a little unscheduled winter Soaring in as weather allows.

Big thanks to today’s all Vermont crew – Larry, Mark, Andy K., Alasdair, Ben and Tim (Ben’s dad).

After Ben and Mark made some brief 1-26 flights (there wasn’t really any lift), the 1-34 and 2-33 were disassembled, put on their trailers and tucked away in Alasdair’s hangar for the winter.

The season isn’t quite over though – the 1-26 is still on the field for another week or so, so come out and fly it!

Leisure & Non-essential Travel

Due to rising COVID-19 case counts across the Northeast, effective on November 10, 2020, the State of Vermont has suspended its leisure travel map and implemented a mandatory quarantine for anyone returning or traveling to Vermont.

For our VT resident members

• Vermonters returning from an out-of-state trip must complete either a 14-day quarantine or a 7-day quarantine followed by a negative test.

For our members from out of state

• Travelers arriving to Vermont in a personal vehicle must complete either a 14-day quarantine or a 7-day quarantine followed by a negative test in their home state to enter Vermont without further quarantine restrictions.
• Travelers arriving to Vermont who have not completed a pre-arrival quarantine must complete either a 14-day quarantine or a 7-day quarantine followed by a negative test in a Vermont lodging establishment or with friends and family (travelers must stay in their quarantine location for the duration of quarantine other than to travel to and from a test site).

For more details of current restrictions please see the VT Quarantine Requirements website.

Congrats to Ben on now being a 1-26 pilot. Couple of nice flights last weekend. Rock solid on take-off and climb out with zero hint of any of the typical first time 1-26 pilot PIO twitch. Nice job Ben.

Congrats to Colby who made his first solo flight today earning his A-Badge.

Colby’s instructors were Mark Farley, Alasdair Crawford and Bill Batesole.

Colby with Bill Batesole (L), Alasdair Crawford (R) and his dad (and wing-runner for the day) (C). Nice job Colby.