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!

Please remember the monthly member meeting is Saturday, September 30 at 10 am. We will have a brief recap of the Board meeting scheduled for later this week and answer any question you may have. We will not grill so we can get folks in the air earlier in the day.

Hope to see you out there!

Eight members attended the meeting this morning. We discussed the current scheduling system in an effort to ensure the instructor on duty can adequately cover the students signed up for the day. We also talked about the need for adequate ground ops personnel to run wings, etc. We grilled burgers at the end of the meeting, then club members took a dozen tows with Bill towing and Jerry instructing.

Tomorrow looks promising for flying. Hope to see you out there!

In one of the most reliable ways of ensuring rain next Saturday, NESA is planning to hold our monthly member meeting. The meeting will begin at 10 am. We will have a brief discussion, fire up the grill for burgers, then go fly.

Hope to see you out there!

After a great weekend of flying and instruction, here’s a reminder that the member meeting is this Saturday, July 29 at 10 a.m. This month we will not get the grill going – hopefully the weather will cooperate, and we will be able to start flying a little earlier in the day.

Hope to see you out there!

Springfield is hosting the Green Mountain Aerobatic Contest this weekend. There are several NOTAMs relating to that contest this weekend for KVSF. They include:

Aerobatic aircraft within an area 1 NM radius of KVSF from the surface to 4500 feet AGL

Runway 11 right traffic

Runway 23 right traffic

Please check NOTAMs prior to flight in case there are others. Thank you, Brian, for pointing these out!

Hope to see you out there!

The forecast weather forced the cancellation of the member meeting and flying on Saturday, June 24. We will let you know about Sunday flying tomorrow evening.

I sure hope this weather improves sometime soon.

Hope to see you out there!

Good morning. Alasdair and I have decided to cancel operations for today. Last evening we thought it would be flyable, but the Terminal Area Forecast is much worse this morning than it was last night. So far tomorrow looks good, so keep your fingers crossed the forecast holds up.

Hope to see you out there.

The official start of Summer is upon us, and the weather forecast is promising! If you have not been out to the airport yet this season, it’s a great weekend to be there.

Friday, we will have a tow pilot available for soaring. Instruction is available Saturday and Sunday.

The member meeting is Saturday morning at 10. We will assemble the 1-34, have a brief discussion about situational awareness in the launch/landing areas, and cook hot dogs on the grill. The grill will be going late morning to not interfere with flying.

Hope to see you out there!

Holy cow! It finally looks like we will have a flyable weekend. I will be out to tow tomorrow (Friday), and the soaring forecast shows there may be some lift, unlike last year’s Sink-o de Mayo.

Saturday we will assemble the orange 2-33, starting by 10 am. Then we will fire up the grills for hot dogs and hamburgers, done early enough to give a full afternoon in the air. The forecast is very promising for both Saturday and Sunday. We have tow pilots and instructors – all we need is you! There are still a few slots available on the schedule, so sign up for your season checkout if you have not done that yet.

Hope to see you out there!