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The battery in the winch is dead. When I was out there yesterday I put the charger on for about an hour only. That may have been enough to charge it up some. But I would recommend that someone go out early in the morning and put the charger on.
— Don
On Dec 22, 2019, at 11:39, Sky Soaring <webmaster@skysoaring.com> wrote:I’d like to share some personal thoughts on Ed Hoffmann. He had a generous and warm spirit and was one of my first friends in the club when I joined 20 years ago. Clearly, he was a key player in shaping the foundations of this community through a rare blend of leadership and service. His sense of humor was always enjoyable. His guidance to the club was always valued. His passing is a real loss for Sky Soaring. His positive influence and legacy will live on.MikeIt’s hanger flying at its best. I
highly recommend attending.Don
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New topic posted by John DeRosa.
Title: ChicagoLand Glider Council Meeting Dec 16thContent:
Be sure to attend the December 16th ChicagoLand Glider Council
meeting. The topic will be Parowan Soaring, Safety and Natural
Beauty. This should be good!The meeting starts at 7:30PM in the downstairs conference room in
the Schaumburg Airport main building. Several of us meet
beforehand at 6PM at Pilot Pete’s restaurant for the chow line
(and afterwards too!).Thank You Andy and Greg!!!
Some members will be out on Saturday as well around 1000 hours. Breakfast is 0900 hours at Allen’s Corner on Rte 20. John D and John P will be working on the Hustler. I’ll be working on the Pumpkins tailwheel assembly. Of course, just coming out to B.S. and do some hanger talk is always fun too.
Don
Hi Andy,
There will be work going on at the
hanger this coming Saturday starting about 11:30. Can you wait
until then to work on the Honda?Don
On behalf of the Maintenance Committee, I would like to thank all our members that came to the annual meeting and those that then went to the field and help with disassembling the gliders and getting them stored in the hanger. We accomplished a lot.
The Pawnee did a 30 minute flight to verify that the ADS-B installation was working. The FAA confirmed the flight and the Pawnee is now 2020 compliant.
The PW-5 was put in its trailer and brought to storage.
The 2-33a Pumpkin was disassembled and stored in the hanger.
The 1-34 was disassembled and stored in the hanger.
The Krosno was disassembled and stored in the hanger.
The C-182 schrader valve on the nose strut was replaced and serviced.
The electric golf carts have been repaired, thanks to Andy C.
Two new tires for one of the carts have been ordered.Thank you from the Maintenance Committee
Don, Gary and John D,Re-sending this message as a report
came in that some members did not receive this message. For
assurance, please login into the skysoaring.com website to view
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Notice of The SSI Annual Meeting for 2019
The 2019 Annual meeting will be held at the Village Inn in
Huntley (1173 Main Street) on Saturday November 16. Breakfast will
be available starting at 8:00 am and the meeting will start at
9:00 am. Members of the current SSI Board of Directors will report
on the past year as it affected their areas of responsibility and
discuss plans for the coming year. All Club members are encouraged
to attend this important meeting.A key element of the meeting will be the vote for the 2020 SSI
Board of Directors. Those Club members eligible to vote and serve
on the SSI Board must be either Patron Members or hold at least
one share of the Sky Soaring LLC.. Ballots will be available at
the meeting and are also included with this e-mail. Eligible
members who cannot attend the meeting may vote via e-mail or mail
using the proxy included with the e-mail ballot. All of the
current Directors have agreed to stand for election with the
exception of the Club Secretary. Tim Ponsot has been nominated for
the Secretary position. Nominations for any Director Position may
be submitted to the Club Secretary at any time prior to the vote
on Saturday.Lets have a good turnout this year.
John Osborn
Secretary Sky Soaring Inc.Sky Soaring Inc.
Board of Directors Ballot 2019The Annual Meeting of Sky Soaring Inc. (The Club) will be held on
Saturday, November 16, 2019. In order to have a quorum for the
meeting, as called for by the SSI Constitution and Bylaws, a
minimum of 25% of the Club members, eligible to vote, must be
represented either in person or by proxy. Eligible members are
either Patron Members or members holding at least one Sky Soaring
LLC share. This proxy and ballot will serve to assure that a
quorum is present for the meeting.Eligible members are encouraged to attend the Annual Meeting
where ballots like the one shown below will be
available. Eligible members who are unable to
attend the meeting are encouraged to vote by submitting this
ballot with its signed proxy (see below). The proxy allows members
to designate either the current Board or another eligible member
to vote on their behalf.Eligible members should vote for the candidates of their choice
as shown on the Ballot below. “Write In” votes are allowed for
candidates not on the Ballot. Write In Candidates must be eligible
members.—————————————————-Ballot————————————————————–
To vote for your choice of candidates mark an X next to the name
of the candidate:Write In Candidates
President Larry Kase _____
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Vice President Art Silverman _____
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Secretary Tim Ponsot _____
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Treasurer Steve Snyder _____
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Flight Chair Mark Mallamo _____
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Maintenance Chair Don Grillo _____
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To have the current Board of Directors or another LLC member vote
for you use the following proxy:I hereby appoint (mark only one) the [ ] SSI Board of Directors
or [ ] _____________________________________________,
a current eligible voting member, to submit my vote for the 2019
SSI Board of Directors.Name:____________________________________ (print name)
Signature: _________________________________ (the proxy must be
signed to be valid)Please complete this proxy and mail to the Club Secretary:
John Osborn
or e-mail to joodeo@yahoo.com
11800 Oakridge Road
Caledonia, Illinois 61011Hello Frank,
I am not aware of any of our altimeters being off that much (100-300 feet) when set to barometric pressure. For our training ships (the 2-33’s), the altimeter is set to field elevation of 900 feet during the before takeoff checklist regardless of what the bp is. We don’t use the barometric pressure that is reported at nearby airports (Dupage or DeKalb in our case). As you noted, our club ships, with the exception of the PW-5 are for local flights only and we do not fly them cross country. Flying into different air masses is not a concern for our short local flights.
However, I will make note of your write-up and check the altimeters in both 2-33’s.
Even so, as a glider pilot you will want to develop the skill of flying without the use of an altimeter, and learn to judge your altitude by visual sight only. As a student, your instructor will, or should, fly a few flights with you without the use of the altimeter.
What instruments are required in a 2-33? Your 2-33 POH will tell you.
Don
Maintenance Committee Chairman
CFI-GFrank Smith wrote;
Have you all noticed how extremely inconsistent the altimeters are when attempting to set them to indicate field elevation?
I’ve noticed wild variations of barometric pressure reading vs indicated altitude when setting altimeters on the pumpkin and stars stripes to field elevation.
How much does calibration at an avionics shop cost??
Inexperienced nuggets like myself can eyeball somewhat. However; 100 to 300 feet variation from actual altitude MSL can make a world of difference particularly whenever more than two to five miles from the airstrip.
There’s extremely little margin for error when there’s little to no lift on some days. It’s ok for within 2 to 4 miles away or staying in the pattern. Any other distance is potentially uncomfortable below 3000 AGLWOW!!! What a great turnout we had today. We got so much accomplished.
I want to thank, John DeRosa and John Osborn for installing the ADS-B on the Pawnee. It still needs a 30 minute flight so we can run the final checks on it. Hopefully, we’ll get that done before it gets to cold.
Thank you to Gary Palumbo and Larry Case for installing the new door hinge on the C-182. Painting is all that is needed to finish up that project.
Thanks to Andy for working on the Green Golf Cart. It will be out of commission for a few weeks so plan on using the two white golf carts.
Thanks to Mark, Greg and Alan for winterizing the hanger and doing the other odd jobs that needed doing.
Mark supplied the av-lube and Andy supplied the Polish sausage for a mid afternoon treat.
The word is we are going to try and get an operation going on Wednesday. Stay tuned for that.
Don
Steve, having a wing slightly lower (right wing in our
case) keeps the mostly westerly winds from getting underneath the
wing and lifting it. You would not want to have an excessive
amount of wing down as you mention below.Don
Steve wrote:
On the subject of one wing down, with the 2-33 tail on a stand
there would be all of the weight on one side of the fuselage
rather than balanced equally. I’m not a fan of that.Steve
