I have taken it upon myself to introduce our newest family member to club members who have not met her. Dr. Connie Mariano is now the wife of our own John Weber. Connie is a medical doctor and a retired US Navy admiral. She was White House Physician and primary care doctor to Presidents George Bush, Bill Clinton, and for a short time to George W. Bush.
Connie has written a book about her experience, and it has just come off the press this week. No author gives away his/her books because the publisher requires that they buy the copies they distribute personally. However, Connie can make a copy available to you for at a special price and will autograph it for you if you are interested in having a copy. You can request a copy from Weber at his email address listed in the club directory. Read this link for further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Mariano
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
CISS Member Nyal Williams receives FAA Award
Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award
" I am convinced that human flight is both possible and practical "
Wilbur Wright, 1899
The Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award recognizes pilots who have demonstrated professionalism, skill and aviation expertise by maintaining safe operations for 50 or more years.
Based on these criteria, the FAA has awarded Nyal Williams this prestigious award. Congratulations Nyal !
Monday, May 10, 2010
Announcing CISS Labor Day Contest
CISS First Annual Labor Day Contest
CISS is hosting a four day cross-country soaring contest during September 3-6 for 15 gliders. Our club members will have first priority entry status until June 15, at which time we will open up the attendance to other glider pilots in neighboring clubs.
The Guidelines http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcn38s27_0gq6qkfgv for the contest are attached, and the purpose is to introduce racing to the entry level pilot. A structured contest with low stress, high enjoyment, education and challenging enough to make it exciting will be the main features. The rules and scoring will be similar to the ones used in our usual year-long contest, but assigned tasks will be used every day. IE, you will be racing against each other ! The rules will be posted on the club website in a week or so.
The club Grob 103 and the PW-5 will be made available to fly by qualified CISS members and team flying (different pilots may fly on different days) will be permitted (no, make that encouraged !). If you would like to fly one of these gliders, a sign up sheet will be posted in the clubhouse on Saturday May 15. First come first serve, and the first person will be assigned Day 1, second pilot Day 2, etc.
As for private owners, you have been flying all over the skies for the past few years, now is the time to spread those wings in an organized contest ! Please use the attached registration form http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcn38s27_2cnt4phc5 to sign up for the contest. Send the entry form and check, made out to CISS to:
Don Taylor, CISS Contest Manager 4915 Windrift Way Carmel, IN 46033-9510 email: don_taylor@earthlink.net
CISS is hosting a four day cross-country soaring contest during September 3-6 for 15 gliders. Our club members will have first priority entry status until June 15, at which time we will open up the attendance to other glider pilots in neighboring clubs.
The Guidelines http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcn38s27_0gq6qkfgv for the contest are attached, and the purpose is to introduce racing to the entry level pilot. A structured contest with low stress, high enjoyment, education and challenging enough to make it exciting will be the main features. The rules and scoring will be similar to the ones used in our usual year-long contest, but assigned tasks will be used every day. IE, you will be racing against each other ! The rules will be posted on the club website in a week or so.
The club Grob 103 and the PW-5 will be made available to fly by qualified CISS members and team flying (different pilots may fly on different days) will be permitted (no, make that encouraged !). If you would like to fly one of these gliders, a sign up sheet will be posted in the clubhouse on Saturday May 15. First come first serve, and the first person will be assigned Day 1, second pilot Day 2, etc.
As for private owners, you have been flying all over the skies for the past few years, now is the time to spread those wings in an organized contest ! Please use the attached registration form http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcn38s27_2cnt4phc5 to sign up for the contest. Send the entry form and check, made out to CISS to:
Don Taylor, CISS Contest Manager 4915 Windrift Way Carmel, IN 46033-9510 email: don_taylor@earthlink.net
Saturday, May 08, 2010
Fly-In Breakfast, Saturdayk May 15
Don’t forget the May 15th Fly-In Breakfast at 9:00a.m. All members are encouraged to invite all of their power pilot friends to fly in and join us for breakfast. Power pilots make excellent members for our club- get them out and talk up the club to them. Also bring as many family members as you can and invite all of your friends. I am encouraging all of you to help make this a successful event.
We will need some volunteers on Friday afternoon to do some preliminary setup and cleaning of the hangar.
Saturday morning we will also need volunteers to clear out the hangar, setup tables and chairs, getting the club aircraft out to the launch site for rides, starting coffee, and food servers. Brad Hayes has volunteered to be in charge of aircraft and auto parking and he will be needing help.
Let’s make our club visible and recruit new members- they are the lifeblood of our club.
Gerry Simpson, President CISS
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Big Picture Weather Overview
Air Sports Net is an aviation oriented weather site focused on Ultralights, Hang Gliders, Parachutes, etc. It shows forecast weather conditions for 3 days in an easy to understand format and may be quite useful to glider pilots looking for a big picture overview. The link for Muncie is:
http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi?Submit=Go&sta=Kmie&state=IN
Other airport locations can be selected in the program, or you can change "mie" to the location you would like to come up as the default
http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi?Submit=Go&sta=Kmie&state=IN
Other airport locations can be selected in the program, or you can change "mie" to the location you would like to come up as the default
Saturday April 24 CISS Flying Canceled due to Weather
After discussing the weather conditions with Josh Daisey and Bob Currie it has been decided that there will be no flying at the field tomorrow, Saturday the 24th.
Hopefully Sunday may be better but it isn't looking to promising.
Craig Bixby
Will someone with access to the blog post this there also?
Hopefully Sunday may be better but it isn't looking to promising.
Craig Bixby
Will someone with access to the blog post this there also?
Friday, April 02, 2010
Transonders
SSA learned today that the FAA has published directions to US ATC facilities to utilize a nationally assigned transponder code for VFR use in gliders. The 1201 code is available for immediate use by sailplanes and motor gliders who wish to be radar identified as traffic, without being in contact with ATC for flight for more information see SSA website.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Soaring History
Some progress has been made in soaring equipment and airport dress codes in the past 90 years.
This video documents activities as early as 1922 and may help members appreciate CISS's 2010 equipment and operations. The Italian gliding school is quite a contrast to today's approach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd-2RGM0SG8
This video documents activities as early as 1922 and may help members appreciate CISS's 2010 equipment and operations. The Italian gliding school is quite a contrast to today's approach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd-2RGM0SG8
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Illec SN10 Software Update
Anyone using the Illec SN10 should consider updating their software to version 2.35 available at:
http://www.nadler.com/sn10/ILEC_SN10B_235_setupB.EXE
http://www.nadler.com/sn10/ILEC_SN10_235_setup.EXE
We flew the Seniors with the beta test version and it has some significant improvements for Assigned Area Tasks.
http://www.nadler.com/sn10/ILEC_SN10B_235_setupB.EXE
http://www.nadler.com/sn10/ILEC_SN10_235_setup.EXE
We flew the Seniors with the beta test version and it has some significant improvements for Assigned Area Tasks.
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