[Mike Hurd]

John – Really cool photo album! Thanks for sharing it._________________________________________

Below is a link to the Sky Soaring pictures that were shown at the holiday dinner.  Many thanks for Burt Spencer (and DJ too) for providing these to us to see.  Always nice to have these showing during dinner and watching some first solo “cooling down the new hot pilot’s bath”.

https://link.shutterfly.com/KQtZMDjzgFb

Enjoy, John DeRosa

[Mike Hurd]

I think the simulator is a great idea, but I agree with Rich that some important details need to be worked. I’m sure space for it can be found somewhere on the ground level in the hangar. The loft is an interesting idea, but it might be too hot up there in the summer. It might be ok with some fans circulating the air.Since the club has a renewed focus on safety, the simulator would be a win-win for everyone. It’s a small expense compared to the cost of an insurance incident. I think our instructors could get creative and integrate simulator sessions into their training curriculum. We already have the best instructors in Chicago. A simulator might make their jobs easier. Obviously, I vote yes on the simulator.Mike

[Mike Hurd]

Don – what’s the current club policy on the BookOurPlane online “reservations”  tool you were promoting a couple of years ago?

 https://bookourplane.com/book/index.php?menu=0&sub_menu=0&start_date=2020-05-07-00:00:00

_————-Sunday. We have twoscenic glider rides scheduled for Saturday morning as well, if oneof our commercial pilots would like to fly those.Come on out!!!Don

[Mike Hurd]

John (or anyone who knows the answer),

Is magneto repair typically an expensive proposition? Mike_________

Reply To: Flying Sunday 8/27 From John DeRosa, [General Discussion Forum]

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

[Mike Hurd]

John – sounds like a great meeting. I hope it’s being recorded – I’ll be out of town. Thanks.Mike

[Mike Hurd]

Steve,Please add me to your student list. I’ve also forwarded your class info to Petros, a 14 year-old friend of the family and his mother. Both plan to join the club next Spring. They will contact you directly. Thanks!Mike————————————————————————————————————————

I will be conducting an on-line ground school with the purpose of preparing you to pass your Private Glider Knowledge test. Meeting will be available via Zoom and will be on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 till 9:00 beginning on September 6^th and running approximately 17 weeks. The course material will be taken from the Glider Flying Handbook, FAA-H-8083-13a available from the FAA website. Anyone is welcome to join in so feel free to share. Of course, there is no cost to you.

 

Please respond to this email if you have any questions and interest in participating.

Steven Snyder CFI-G

224-628-2871

[Mike Hurd]

Art – thanks for your reply! My friends ended up having a great time yesterday. Tim Ponsot did a superb job giving my two guests – Petros and then his mother Vivian – their first glider rides. Petros submitted his membership application already, I believe. Even Vivian plans to join next Spring. Tim went on to give three more guests flights to a family from the southwest suburbs.Greg Tomczyk came out to help the operation, and Pawnee top-gun Nick Legenza was as helpful as always while his father expertly supervised all of us from command headquarters in the shady hangar. 🙂Otherwise, it was a quiet day at the field – as is usually the case on Oshkosh weekends.—————————-

Reply To: Sunday July 23rd From Art Silverman, [General Discussion Forum]

Hello Mike, I haven’t checked my emails all day. Sorry I didn’t get this email earlier, but I would not have been able to make it to the field today. I will be at the field all day next Saturday.

[Mike Hurd]

I’m coming out on Tuesday also. Thanks.Mike—————–

Reply To: Sunday July 16 Wx From Mark Mallamo, [General Discussion Forum]

The Palmers are interested in flying tomorrow afternoon (Tues) and Nick has agreed to tow. I’ll be out around noon.

Mark

[Mike Hurd]

I’ll be out around 11 on Thursday. If possible, I’d like a refresher flight with an instructor. Thanks.Mike  

[Mike Hurd]

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[Mike Hurd]

Karl,That’s impressive. I was still focused on college girls in the early 70’s! What year did you first solo and in what type of glider? (I’m assuming it was in Austria.)Mike————————————

Reply To: Sky Soaring Member Achieves Silver Altitude From Karl Landl, [General Discussion Forum]Darn it: When I did it in the 70s there was no email yet and few heard about it!Karl

[Mike Hurd]

The weather station set-up by John Phelan is really helpful. Thank you John!

Mike

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New topic posted by Donald Grillo.  Sky Soaring now on Weather Underground, In General Discussion forum.

Hello Sky Soaring Members,

I want to thank John Phelan for setting up our new weather
station. The station is mounted on the pole with the big windsock.
It transmits the current weather via wifi to our network. You can
now access our current weather on wunderground.com. The identifier
for the Sky Soaring Glider Club station is;

KILHUNTL69

Some helpful hints. Download the wunderground app for your
smartphone and make KILHUNTL69 a favorite.

Try this link:
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KILHUNTL69

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