CISS at Noblesville EAA Young Eagles / Learn to Fly Day

Tom Beckenbauer and Mike Nichols took Mike's Libelle and the CISS Airshow Booth to the Noblesville Fly-in on May 19th. Rick Hansen joined them to promote soaring with this target audience. Thanks guys for your efforts on this.

1202 Transponder Code for Gliders

FAA Safety Team | Safer Skies Through Education

New VFR Transponder Code for Gliders Notice Number: NOTC3762 New VFR Transponder Code for Gliders In a notice issued on March 7, 2012, the FAA will now offer transponder code 1202 for glider pilots to use when not in contact with ATC. The new code will help ATC differentiate gliders, which have unique flight and maneuvering limitations, from other VFR traffic. An accident, many incidents, and a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation highlight the need for a national beacon code for gliders that are operating VFR and not in contact with ATC. ATC personnel will be informed of the code, what it represents, and under what limitations the users are typically operating (e.g., unable to hold a requested altitude). Several codes considered in the past have conflicted with other operations. May all your experiences be uplifting! Bryan Neville, AFS-850 FAA Safety Team

Action at the Airport

May 11 and 12 were great days to be at the airport.

There were many flights, 39 flights on Friday and Saturday,  A new commercial glider pilot, a new private glider pilot and a new CISS member.

Welcome Mark Guay to CISS. Mark joined on May 12 and promptly took George Saunders on an XC Flight in the Blanik going at least to Stottlemeyer and back and getting up in the neighborhood.

 

Congratulations to David Waymire on his new Private Pilot Glider Rating and to Mike Nichols on his Commercial Glider Rating. Both gentlemen are shown below with smiling DPE Dan Tannas after their successful discussions and flights. 

 Ron Clarke did his usual Fine job of organizing Friday flying for XC pilots and there were many successful flights for Todd Rutledge's CISS Club Contest and also the OLC contest. Thanks to Lynn Joyce for towing on Friday and then again for his assigned duty day on Saturday along with several other tow pilots who also helped. 

CISS is behind Ionia and Caesar Creek in the OLC contest and needs everyone's help to raise our score. Please turn in your flights. 

If you have not been out joining the fun and doing some flying you need to put it on your to do list. Everyone is having a lot of fun.