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I will come out. SkySite is showing top of life is 6000 with Q’s.
John H DeRosa(OHM Ω)“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”– Albert EinsteinOn Monday, September 4, 2023 at 08:57:07 AM CDT, SSI <webmaster@skysoaring.com> wrote:
I will be out to help out but probably not fly … but who knows!
John H DeRosa(OHM Ω)On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 11:08:29 AM CDT, SSI <webmaster@skysoaring.com> wrote:
Reply To: Flying tomorrow Friday August 18th From David Winters, [General Discussion Forum]
I can be also, but need instructor and tow pilot
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REMINDER – Annual Labor Day Picnic on Saturday, September 2. Grilling starts around 2PM.
PLEASE BRING SOMETHING TO SHARE!!
Thanks, John DeRosa
Many thanks for Don, Gary, and others at the field that worked on this and Jimbob Slocum for working with Airmotive at Popular Grove.
I know that this is disappointing for everyone out on Sunday – a very nice day to be flying. The tow plane seemed to be running well. It would have been convenient to keep flying but stopping the operation was done for SAFETY reasons. It may help to understand why I say “Safety” if you know about the magneto and its importance for the ignition system of our tow plane.
In your car/truck there is a single ignition system. If it were to fail your only problem is finding a place to pull over and waiting for the tow truck (and maybe telling the boss that you will be late today). Inconvenient but you are safe.
You may not be aware that our tow plane – for safety – has two totally separate ignition systems with the magnetos being one of the critical components. Before the first flight of the day you might have seen the tow plane move over at the edge of the runway with its engine being run from idle to high throttle. During this event each magneto is tested both separately, and together, to ensure that the engine is running well.
As you can imagine the engine failing on a tow is an critical situation. This is why we all repeatedly practice during tows simulated Premature Termination of Tows (PTTs) via “wave offs” and rope breaks – not to mention slack rope recovery.
Many things we do during our operations are for safety. An example is quickly moving a landed glider off the Runway ASAP and not waiting for the golf cart to show up (for convenience). No glider in the air or in the pattern? STILL MOVE THAT GLIDER – so it becomes a habit.
Remember => Safety Not Convenience.
Thanks, John DeRosa
Typo. Meeting is Wednesday Aug 9 at 7:30 PM.John H DeRosa(OHM Ω)“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”– Albert EinsteinOn Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 08:10:26 PM CDT, SSI <webmaster@skysoaring.com> wrote:
Reply To: Instructor Zoom Meeting From John DeRosa, [Flight Instructors Forum]
Hello Sky Soaring Instructors,
We will continue our series of meetings this coming Wednesday, Aug 9th at 7:30 PM via ZOOM.
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We will continue our series of meetings this coming Wednesday, Aug 9th at 7:30 PM via ZOOM.
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The latest Policies and Procedures manual can be found at https://skysoaring.com/policy-and-procedures-manual-6-14-2023-pdf/ (member login is required).– John DeRosaOn Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 07:12:39 AM CDT, SSI <webmaster@skysoaring.com> wrote:
New topic posted by Don Grillo. Sunday July 16 Wx, In General Discussion forum.
Not a good day for training flights or general flying. Visibility due to Canadian wildfire smoke and gusty winds will make of poor flying today.
For your lesson today, find in the club Policy and Procedures manual wind and visibility limits.
Don
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From the National Weather Service:
Issued at 634 AM CDT Sun Jul 16 2023 For the 12Z TAFs... Main Forecast Concerns: * 2-5SM VSBY due to FU today * Chance for gusty SHRA with isolated embedded TS this evening Canadian wildfire smoke will envelop the region through Monday morning. Based off 11z hour observations of 2-5SM VSBY across the region, deeper mixing this afternoon should translate to a further reduction in VSBY, down to 2-3SM at the TAF sites, and as low as 1SM at some airports. Westerly winds will gust up to 20-25 kt this afternoon, with a few gusts up to 25-30 kt possible. Mid-late this afternoon into the early evening, SHRA/TS chances will increase well south of the terminals. A cold front will approach from Wisconsin tonight. Out ahead of the front, scattered SHRA and isolated TS may develop southeastward this evening, with uncertainty regarding how much lightning the activity can generate. Some of the high resolution model guidance indicates an organized cluster or two of SHRA with a gusty outflow wind shift to northwest on the leading edge. For the 12z issuance, indicated a PROB30 for this scenario, though withheld TS mention in the PROB groups for now. Following any wind variability if an outflow driven wind shift does occur, winds will become light westerly overnight and then 290-310 deg near 10 kt on Monday morning.Unsubscribe from this Topic https://skysoaring.com/forums/topic/sunday-july-16-wx/
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I will also be out Thursday to return my glider to the field following my trip with Geoff Weck and John Lincoln to Nephi. We had a very fun high flying time together.
Regards, John DeRosa
West Dundee, ILINTERESTING!! It appears this is good for silver and gold badges. I am confirming if the our Oudie will also work.John H DeRosa(OHM Ω)========================On Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 04:06:45 PM CDT, SSI <webmaster@skysoaring.com> wrote:
Reply To: Sky Soaring Member Achieves Silver Altitude From ANDRZEJ CHICEWICZ, [General Discussion Forum]
On Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 03:46:23 PM CDT, SSI wrote:
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I might be wrong about needing an IGC approved recorder for a Silver badge work (or gold or diamond for that matter).I am asking the “SSA Badge Dude” for clarification.Thanks,
John H DeRosa(OHM Ω)“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”– Albert EinsteinOn Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 02:38:45 PM MDT, john@derosaweb.com <john@derosaweb.com> wrote:
I think it is GREAT that our club members are thinking about working on their badges past the Bronze. One important comment about using the Sky Soaring Oudie for badge flight recording. It very useful GPS moving map display for flying. Unfortunately, it will not work for application for an SSA/FAI badge such as Silver, Gold and Diamond. You need an FAI approved logger which the Oudie is not.
Here is a list of FAI approved loggers. Kind of pricy. https://wingsandwheels.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Igc+flight+recorder. I use the Nano 3 which is also a navigation device.I will keep an eye open for a used one.
John H DeRosa=======================
On Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 06:54:37 AM MDT, SSI <webmaster@skysoaring.com> wrote:
Reply To: Sky Soaring Member Achieves Silver Altitude From Mark Mallamo, [General Discussion Forum]
Thanks Don! This was a surprisingly easy task for the altitude requirement of the Silver Badge which I have done before, but regrettably never took along a flight recorder to capture it. Don took the time to show me how the club’s Oudie flight recorder works (it is pretty simple) and I brought it along on my flight to see what would happen.
I encourage other members to get a tutorial on the Oudie and bring it along on your solo flights if it looks like a promising day. You may be happily surprised!
Next up are the Silver duration and distance flights with are admittedly harder.
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