Saturday Work Crew

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From: ZASoars
Date: Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 3:54 PM

SATURDAY'S RESULTS: TOW PILOTS 4 GLIDER PILOTS 10
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Yes no less than 14 members were in attendance for the work day today .

Many thanks to the members who helped with maintenance today . Most of
the work has now been completed on the Grob and on 898 . Both look
really good and are ready for their annual inspections .

At the completion of the work day we have now moved one of the Blaniks
and 87Z into the heated hangar for work that will begin next Saturday
- so come on out and work off the excesses of Thanksgiving together
with your gliding friends next week end . And if you are a Blanik
pilot this will be your chance to help get one of them ready for
service in ' 09.

A special vote of thanks to the tow pilots who show up and have really
done a fantastic job on the first of the tow planes - one of them even
helped with work on the Grob !

Happy Thanksgiving to all .

The Maintenance Crew.

P.S. Please join us again on Saturday, November 29. Same time, same place.

Saturday Work Day 11/22/08

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Come on out tomorrow ( Saturday 22nd ) and help get the club fleet in
shape for our upcoming SOARING season .

Work will begin at 9:00am in the heated hangar and lunch takes place
as soon as Nyal (our Chief Instructor/Supervisor) says we've done
enough work for one day !

Hope to see lots of members .

The Maintenance Crew .

Meeting Thursday

Central Indiana Soaring Society annual meeting will be this Thursday, Nov 20th at 7 pm at the Fishers Train Station. We will have election of officers and other official business. Please join us!
George

Fwd: Maintenance Today

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Thanks to all of the members who came out to help with the winter maintenance projects on the club equipment today . No less than 15 members came out and a lot of good work was completed . Lunch at Rachels followed the work party and Nyal presented Rachel with a framed photo of the club members - it now hangs proudly on the restuarant wall - Hopefully some diners will ask about it and who knows maybe we'll get a new member or two from Nyal's PR efforts !
Come on out next Saturday and every Saturday that you can to help us get the aircraft ready for the 2009 soaring season.
The Maintenance Crew.

Fwd: MAINTENANCE HELP NEEDED THIS SATURDAY.

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COME ON OUT AND MAKE HISTORY ( FIRST TIME WE WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY WORK IN THE RELATIVE COMFORT OF A HEATED HANGAR ! ) .

THIS SATURDAY ( 15TH ) WE PLAN THE FIRST OF SEVERAL WEEKENDS DOING WINTER MAINTENANCE IN THE HEATED HANGAR . YES, THE DAY IS FORECAST TO BE COLD BUT WE WILL HEAT THE HANGAR TO A COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE. PROJECTS INCLUDE WORK ON ONE OF THE TOW PLANES AND ONE OF THE GLIDERS. THE MAINTENANCE CREW HAS ALL THE EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO GET THE JOB DONE - WE JUST NEED THE MAN POWER (WOMEN WELCOME TOO )

SO ALL ( TOW PILOTS AND GLIDER TYPES ) WHO WOULD LIKE TO HELP US GET READY FOR THE 2009 SEASON WILL BE WELCOME - WORK STARTS AT 9:00AM AND WE WILL PLAN TO HAVE LUNCH TOGETHER AT THE CORNER CAFE AROUND MID DAY.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING AS MANY AS CAN MAKE IT.

THE MAINTENANCE CREW .

Final Club Contest Results

The 2008 CISS Club Cross-Country Contest ended October 31 and the results are in the history books. Let’s look at some statistics before jumping to the scores: 15 pilots submitted 74 flights and flew an awesome 6,815 miles on 17 different days. The average flight was 92 miles and the average speed was 42.1 miles/hour. And this year 10 pilots were scored on the maximum of four flights, compared to 7 pilots last year. Overall this year, we flew more days, more flights and more distance than last year. “Attaboys” all around !

But not everything changes: Ron Clarke and Brad Hays finished in first and second place again this year. However, Gerald Simpson jumped from 6th place last year to 3rd place this year. He submitted nine flights to the contest and had some very impressive distances and speeds. Obviously he’s got his Discus B and the new ClearNav really dialed in now. And look out for Mario. He averaged 978 points on each of his three flights. If he had made the maximum of four flights, he could have bumped into the top 4.

In the team category, Ristow/Taylor eeked out a narrow 14 point win over Ruble/Saunders proving…….. well, I guess we have four good pilots in two essentially equal ships!

Now congratulations to all who took part; I hope you achieved some personal bests, earned a few bragging rights, enjoyed some friendly rivalry and stretched yourselves just a little more than you thought you could. Let’s do it again next year!

Pilot Points Flts

Clarke 4,379 4
Hays 4,108 4
Simpson 4,043 4
Taylor 3,880 4
Nichols 3,746 4
Rutledge 3,735 4
Saunders 3,470 4
Wools 3,396 4
Ristow 3,346 4
DeWitt 2,946 4
Lazaga 2,934 3
Newill 1,520 2
Ruble 1,033 1
Bedwell 872 1
Ortman 750 1

Team Points Flts

Ristow/Taylor 3,935 4
Ruble/Saunders 3,914 4
DeWitt/Lazaga 3,820 4
Bedwell/Newill 2,392 3

No Saturday Maintenance Nov 8th

The maintenance crew has cancelled winter maintenance for this Saturday, Nov 8th due to conflicting schedules. We will resume winter maintenance on Saturday Nov 15 starting at 9 AM. See you there!

George

Fwd: Wednesday Soaring Report

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On the first post election day ( Guy Fawkes day in the land of the
Great Pale faced Queen ) the conditions were exceptional ( for
November ) . Three of us lucky devils flew ( George in the PW and Nyal
and I in the Grob )
Dr Jack obviously had not heard that Indiana is now " Blue" but with
amazingly strong thermals for the low sun angle . We found better lift
than he forecast . The ground is of course very dry and the odd farmer
is still harvesting and stirring up the air with big equipment . Nyal
and I used such a location several times to connect low level with a
thermal that saved us . Tops were 3700msl and the scenery spectacular
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Keep looking ahead for some post frontal days during the next 4 weeks
I think they will be the best bet .
Also don't forget the maintenance crew welcomes any and all help on
Saturday mornings so that the club equipment will be ready for the
next season .

ZA

PS. Thanx to Bob Currie for towing - he's now working on his 4000 tow goal .

Fwd: Wednesday soaring

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Come on out and Soar . The new President guarantees conditions will be
better than in the past!

George and I plan to fly and maybe someone else would like to join us ?

I suggest first t/o at 12:45 . Bob Currie has kindly agreed to tow.

Ron (ZA).

Great Last Weekend

What a great end to the soaring season! Beautiful weather, and plenty of flying accompanied our last weekend of our first season at our Field of Dreams. In addition we have gotten a good start on our winter projects. Dan, Jeff and Mark repaired the lights in both big hangars using a scissors lift. Kurt inspected the roof. Ed L. adjusted the big hangar doors so they fit properly. Thanks guys!

There's plenty to do. We meet every Saturday morning at 9 AM. Come out and help. There's a list of winter projects in the latest wingtips. The list is also posted on the white board in the office. If you see a project you'd like to work on, give George or Kurt a call or send an email. Or just come out and get working!

The flying may have stopped, but the fun of CISS continues. See you Saturday!

George