Fwd:Blanik Party this Saturday!

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On 11/28/07, ZASoars wrote:
> Maintenance update .
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> We have made good progress so far this winter and have only the two Blaniks left to work on in order to complete the Winter maintenance work on our fleet .
> We invite all club members , especially those who have joined in the past year to come on out the next 3 Saturdays to help. You will learn a lot, get to know the other club members better and contribute to helping keep the cost of maintaining our fine fleet down.
> We arrive at 9:00 am and are usually done by 1pm when we all go for lunch at Rachels .
> Thank you to those dedicated members who have already helped so much the past month or so . We look forward to a good crowd at Alex beginning this Saturday for the final stretch !
>
> Tha Maintenance Crew.

Post-Thanksgiving Maintenance

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From: ZASoars
Happy Thanksgiving to All .

This Saturday the Maintenance plan is a light one ! We would like some help
in loading the Grob onto the trailer for transportation down to Eastern
Sailplanes for some work. Come on out at around 10:00am if you can.

The Maintenance Crew.

Fwd: A good time was had by all !

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From: ZASoars

This Saturday was one of our most productive getting Maintenance work
done on the club fleet so we can hit the runway running in the spring
. The PW , The Astir CS 77 and now the Grob have all had a lot of
work done on them. Several are on trailers to give us extra space to
tackle the Blaniks in the hangar in the coming weeks.
We really do want to thank the "regulars " who have shown up each week
to help. Ask Mark Oberley how to de-rig the Grob family of gliders (
and even a LAK 12 ) and he'll be able to tell you how !
Thanks also to some tow pilot regulars - they turn out to be a pretty
good bunch of guys when you get them thinking gliders instead of tow
planes !
With luck we'll get the Grob taken to a glider shop for a thorough
inspection and some needed work in a week or two and 87Z goes into the
shop for it's "annual" in early December .
Come on out if you can the next few weeks - after the end of Dec it
gets a little too cold for much good work so we have maybe 5 more work
weeks ahead .
Again thank you for helping us keep our fleet in A 1 condition,

Tha Maintenance Crew.

Winter Storage

Yesterday was the last day to fly most of the club ships until March.

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From: ZASoars

Thank you to all who came on out to help with Maintenance yesterday .
Much progress was made and many members also got to get some excellent
late season flying in.

After lots of good work on the PW 5 and some on the Grob followed by
lunch at Rachels about 10 flights were made. Best lift 3 knots + to
nearly 4000msl . Unfortuanately Sunday and the next week looks less
promising.

Please note if the weather is cooperative on upcoming weekends we'll
continue to do maintenance on Saturday mornings and fly if we can in
the afternoons . THE ONLY CLUB AIRCRAFT THAT CAN BE FLOWN IN FUTURE
ARE THE BLANIK 303BA AND THE PAWNEE 898 . THE REST ARE OFF FLIGHT
INSURANCE 'TIL NEXT MARCH .

Thanks again ,

The maintenance crew .

Fwd: Don't Miss this Opportunity.

Charlie Epperson will tow for us on Saturday afternoon.
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From: ZASoars

This weekend will be the last weekend of the soaring year with most of
the club equipment still insured for flying. The weather looks quite
good - at least on Saturday so come on out and join the maintenance
crowd working on the club gliders to prepare them for their annuals .
The work will begin at 9 am and by mid day we will take whatever is
flyable out for an afternoon's flying.
After this weekend only the Blanik 303BA and the Tow plane 898 will be
insured for flying risks.
Hope to see you all.

The Maintenance Crew.

Fwd: Keep up the good work.

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From: ZASoars
Last Saturday we had a really good turn out of club members at Alex to
help with the winter maintenance of club aircraft.
The CS 77 was the glider we worked on most and will probably be
de-rigged and stored on it's trailer in a week or two.
After mid day we quit work, enjoyed lunch at Rachels and several
members flew in very good conditions in the afternoon.

Next Saturday we plan to work mostly on the PW so come on out and join
us if you are able to. We plan also to de-rig it and store it on the
trailer as soon as work for it's annual is completed .

Come on out and help - you will enjoy it !

The Maintenence Crew.

Another Photo From Today

 
VT over the autumn countryside.

CISS chosen to host the 2008 Women Soaring Pilot Association (WSPA) International Seminar

The WSPA board of directors announced that they have chosen our club

to host next summer's seminar. One of the board members said that of
the three bids to host the event, we were the most qualified and had
the strongest proposal.

The WSPA was founded June 11, 1986 in Tucson, AZ. The current
membership exceeds 170 pilots including international pilots. The
highlight of each year is the Annual Women's Soaring Seminar where
members from all over the country meet to encourage and support each
other and to soar. We expect there to be anywhere from 10 to 40
attendees, including some international pilots.

Marty and Cheryl will be planning this event. The seminar is a 4-day
event that takes place in late June to early July. As we know more
details, we will be contacting many of you for help.

Congratulations to Marty, Cheryl, and CISS.

November Flying

Several pilots flew today, finding good lift to well over 5000' msl. From about 2:30 to 4:30 pm the conditions were extraordinary for November.

Fwd: Saturday Flying: November 3, 2007

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From: VTSoars
Conditions look promising for yet another good soaring day in central
Indiana tomorrow, 11.03.07. Ed Escallon has volunteered to tow after
12:30 PM. Remember, the club will be performing maintenance on club
ships in the morning. CU at the field!