Sailplanes - Cars - Trucks

There is frequent conversation at Alexandria about landing a bit down the runway to allow a little extra altitude over the road when landing west. The following link reprinted from the r.a.s. newsgroup reinforces the importance of this advice.

Accident at Szeged World Glider Contest
A glider came in so low that it hit a truck or bus on the road that runs outside the airport fence. The glider then
cart-wheeled into the fence which is wire mesh between massive 10 ft high concrete posts with barbed wire on top. Everything on the glider was broken - wings and fuselage, except the cockpit.We later learned that the pilot apparently was not badly injured however the driver of the truck is in serious condition.

Photos available at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/itb.panorama/WGC2010GliderCrashSzegedHungary#

Sheldon Munro has passed away

Tom Sherrier called last night to inform me that Sheldon Munro passed away Sunday morning, losing a battle with liver cancer. He was 81. Many of you will remember Sheldon for his outgoing personality and sense of humor: he always had a good joke to tell ! He was very active in the club and served the club as a towpilot for many years and was involved in leadership roles also. Funeral arrangements have not been announced yet, but those will probably be published in the Indianapolis Star tomorrow.

Soaring Safety Foundation Wing Runner Course

At the airport recently there has been a lot of conversation about the Soaring Safety Foundation course for Wing Runners. This is an excellent course for anyone helping with launching gliders and best of all it is free. It is also highly recommended for glider pilots who may not be running wings.

If you would like to take advantage of this valuable training, just go to the following link:

http://www.soaringsafety.org/school/wingrunner/toc.htm

Click on the various modules and study the material.

This program was developed jointly by the CAP and the SSF. When you click on the Final Exam after studying the modules, you will see the following. Just click on the small, hard to find ..
SSA Members Click here link just to the left of the NEXT button. Do not worry about the CAP stuff. Just avoid it and leave it blank.

You will then see the following dialog box:
Select the Wing Runner Test in the top drop down box.
Put your name in the second box. Click Next and take the test.

 After completing the test, print out your certificate and proudly post a copy on the bulletin board in the office at the airport.

Rumor has it that glider pilots tend to give large tips to certificated wing runners.

Good luck!

Membership Meeting At Airport

The CISS Membership meeting will be Thursday, July 15, at 7:00pm
This meeting with be at the Alexandria Airport.

The program will be conducted by Scott Manley, an instructor from
Beloit, Wisconsin. He will demonstrate the use of the Condor Gliding
Flight Simulator as a tool for improving your flying.

Scott is partnering with Frank Paynter from Caesar Creek to produce
the new column in Soaring devoted to using Condor. They insist that
this simulator can be used to improve your contest flying.

We will have several computers complete with stick and rudder for
demonstration.

NOTE: This meeting replaces the meeting for Saturday morning,
July 17.