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Hello:
I can help as GSO, wing runner, and flyer. It seems that the messages are not being relayed out via email.
Regards,
Rich
Hello:I was mowing around the tie downs with the small mower yesterday. I did not see ticks but it was breezy so that could have kept them down. Maybe was can get some bug killer to keep them at bay. Is there a Saturday/Sunday recap?Regards,
Rich
Thank you for mowing.
Hello:The surrounding airports are reporting broken clouds at 1100-1500 feet. Looking up at the sky in Elgin it looks dark and defiantly not broken. It may clear up since the non aviation weather is forecasting partly sunny with winds up to 20 mph. Regards,Rich
Hello:Thank you for the early announcement of the safety decision. Tomorrow may be better for flying.Regards,
Rich
Art:
For Saturday- Gary is a tow pilot and instructor. He will be there around 10.
Congrats! And thanks for towing today!
Hello:
The weather for Saturday 6/29: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 87. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Regards,
Rich
Hello:
The weather will be hot – 90*F – and breezy at 17 mph gusting to 35 mph in the afternoon. It appears that an operation around 10 am to early afternoon will be all that we get until its too hot and breezy. That will be similar to what we faced Wednesday. My advice is to come early if you want to fly. And drink lots of cold water.
Regards,
Rich
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