Friday and Saturday

I’m planning to be at the field early Saturday. I’ll be busy Friday and Sunday unfortunately.

Will any instructors be available Friday?  If so Calvin would like to get some training flights in if possible. Also what time will operations start? We can be available to help as needed.

Tom Scott

Hello Calvin:

When I was working on my glider add on I tried to stick with 2 instructors as my primary trainers but flew with other instructors if they were not available. Generally, we have ops on Saturdays and Sundays, and usually instructors are around. By sticking with a primary instructor you will develop a relationship with them and hopefully exchange phone numbers so that you can coordinate training days. During the week there are less members around to run an operation.

Most likely there will be an operation tomorrow because Mr. Lincoln is setting one up. If he gets a tow pilot then he can fly his aircraft. If an instructor also appears then you can also fly. In past seasons we have used Book Our Plane to reserve a glider and to see who reserved the tow plane. The private gliders are not on Book Our Plane so if they intend to fly they will not be noticed on that site since only club gliders are listed. It is an easy system to see how much interest there is in flying – especially during the week (if the tow plane is booked there is an operation). At times we have glitches with the emails from the discussion board so messages might be delayed – depending only on emails to get an op going is about 75% successful.

The club is all volunteer so everyone is not around at all times. We try our best to have the wing runner, ground safety officer, tow pilot and instructor roles filled for each operation. Certificated pilots do not need an instructor present at the field so there are times that there is an operation but its only certificated glider pilots flying. The other way to fly when an instructor is not present is to make friends with other members and fly with them in if they agree to it. Some members occasionally fly with each other. Just note that 2 pilots with student certificates are not allowed to fly together, one must be a certificated pilot (sport, private or commercial).

If there is enough interest, as a ground instructor, I can set up a Saturday ground school at the field.

THANKS to all of the members who tow, teach, and assist at flight ops and an equal THANKS to those that maintain the aircraft, mow the grass, perform other necessary duties at the hangar and to the board members who do all of the behind the scenes work to administratively run the club. It is a team effort to do everything!

Regards,
Rich

I’ll be there on Saturday. Busy Friday and Sunday