Friday flying

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Folks ,

 

A couple of us plan to fly today and Larry Miller has kindly offerred to tow . We plan to get to the field around 12:45 .

If you can make it come on out it will definitely be better than Saturday !

 

Ron (ZA)

As good as it gets ( in March )

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Date: Mar 27, 2007 9:50 PM

Several of us  enjoyed a rare opportunity to do some  soaring in March this afternoon .

Lift was as predicted by Dr. Jack in the  3- 4 knots average range . The best Tod Herrli and I found  was a steady 8 knots in the 5 - 5800msl range !   

 

3 of us took the gliders and towplanes out from the hangar and put them back . It really does require extra care and I would reccomend that whenever possible 4 ( FOUR ) members help with each airplane /glider ( One on each wingtip and one on the tail and nose ) This will prevent the extremities getting too close to other equipment or the sides of the hangar . We have painted the spots on the floor where mainwheels and tailwheels must go ( or be very close to )  Please spread this word .

 

Cu at the field soon I hope ,

 

ZA.

Soaring Today, 3/27/07

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Date: Mar 27, 2007 8:51 AM
Subject: Soaring today

Bob Currie has kindly offered to tow so a couple of us will be at the field at 2pm to make a few flights 2:30 on. Come on out if you can.

 

ZA.

A Different Kind Of Combat Glider

When I heard the expression "combat glider" I used to think of something like the Waco CG-4 (collection of more links here). However, some people use the term to mean something completely different.

The Fleet Is In

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Thanks to the members (Charlie E, Dan DW, Chris H, Pete D, Jack H, Todd R) who came out today to help Rig the club gliders, Clean the hangar and Repair the Astir trailer.

The gliders are all ready for the season but everyone needs to do a careful PRE FLIGHT on each before flying. Thanks also to Don T. for re-installing the Microaire radio in the one Blanik. It's been to Australia and back for  repair and should be working well now.

 

An important reminder to all. The hangar is very full now with 3 trailers plus the whole fleet. They fit in fine but should be taken in and put back very carefully as the potential is high for Hagar rash as all are very close to each other. CREWS Please take note of how the hangar should be packed  - There are drawings of the correct way to store each and the sequence to put each back in  and these are posted on the hangar walls in several places. Be sure to protect wings and canopies by placing weights on the low wings to avoid wings dropping onto other gliders - and place saw horses and cushions in strategic places for protection.

 

Here's to a great soaring season  ,

 

The Maintenance Crew.

Hello From Chile

Hello Central Indiana Soaring Society,

Nancy and I are having a great time in Chile. To see how great, just visit our blogs:

soaringchile.blogspot.com

george-chile-adventure.blogspot.com

See you all in August,

George Saunders

CISS Logo Shirts

If you are a CISS member and missed the safety meeting, you missed a chance to order the latest CISS official shirt! The choice is between and golf shirt or a sweatshirt embroidered with a CISS logo. For more information (sizes and colors available), email Marty at mchuds[at]aol[dot]com. She is accepting orders through Wednesday, March 20. Orders will be billed with your monthly CISS bill.

It's been a couple of years since we ordered shirts, and it may be a couple of years before we order them again. ACT NOW!

Spring Safety Meeting March 17

The pre-season CISS safety meeting will be held on Saturday, March 17 starting at 9:30 AM. We will meet in Duane’s heated hangar at Alexandria Airport. The meeting will last about two hours.
After the safety meeting, instructors will do currency flights for themselves and flight review/currency flights for other club members.
The pre-season safety meeting is MANDATORY. If you miss the safety meeting, you not be permitted to sign up for flying until you complete the read file make-up exercise.
As we did in previous years, the safety meeting will be documented as the 1 hour of ground training required for flight review completion. There would be no need to complete the Flight Review written test if you complete your flight review with a CISS CFI by the end of May 2007.
Safe Flying to all.
Mike Rielage

This sounds familiar

Ron Clarke found this article in a club newsletter from South Africa. Anyone who's been on an epic glider retrieve will hear the ring of truth in this story. I only wish it had more gory details!


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CLUB'S SINGLE ASTIR & TRAILER

If we are to encourage more flying, more cross-country flying and more utilisation of the Club aircraft, it is imperative that not only the gliders, but the trailers too are in good order.

Martin Attwell writes:On Sunday we had to fetch the Single Astir151 out of a field just 7km away from the club but it took us 2 ½ hours to do so! The trailer is a mess, not to mention broken to such an extent that the elevator cradle no longer exists.
Martin says that if a Single lands out again it is going to take a miracle for someone to hook it up and fetch the glider.
Martin has offered and is willing to put in his time to fix the club's trailer, but only if the students/recently solo-ed pilots/ and/or the guys that fly the Single's are willing to help him.
He is free to do this on the morning of 10th March. So basically he is looking to get 8 - 10 guys to jump in and sort it out on the 10th and he expects that it should take no more than 2 - 3 hours of time.