Past Events

Sections about previous years' events are located under this heading to avoid cluttering up the main events page.

CSS Toy Drive 2007

We'll be having our annual toy drive on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2007 in the AJ Airpark LZ from 2-4 PM. Collected toys will be added to the local fire station's toy collection efforts for them to distribute to the community.

We'll provide holiday beverages and cookies and other goodies from 2 to 4. If it's a flyable day, we'll be flying. If not, we'll just pile up the toys and take a picture. Weather permitting, the firemen may come out to pick up the toys.

Due to Santa Ana winds, we'll have the toys collected at the LZ from 2PM to 4PM and then at 4 we'll shuttle the toys over to the local fire station on Kendall Drive.

The club will be making a cash donation, as usual, and Di, Kathy, and whomever else want to help will be using it to purchase a variety of toys beforehand. If you don't have time or inclination to get a toy and bring it to the LZ on the 22nd, you're welcome to make a donation (in the LZ drop-box is fine - mark the envelope 'Toy Drive') between now and then.

The toys go through the fire department to local underprivileged youth to help brighten their holiday season and are a way for us to keep a connection to the local first responders whose help we need from time to time.
2003 Toy Drive: A nice turnout for the 2003 Toy Drive on Dec. 20th. The mountainside in the background burned in the 'Old' fire 3 weeks earlier.

HAM Class 2007

This event never happened, but maybe someday...

Our new Activities Director, Peter Johanson, is planning to arrange a HAM license training class for CSS members in the near future. He's hoping to arrange a one-day event on a weekend.

Local Freqeuncy: 146.415 MHz

This page and sub-pages will contain further information.

http://www.arrl.org/ - Exam questions, lots' of other info.
ARRL is the national membership association for Amateur Radio operators
http://www.qrz.com/p/testing.pl - QRZ's Practice Amateur Radio Exams
http://www.hamradio.com/ - HRO - Ham Radio Outlet - Books & Gear.
Anaheim store map - http://www.hamradio.com/web/stores/anaheim.html

HAM Class 2007 Planning Notes

This page will track the progress of the planning for the HAM Training 2007 by the CSS. This is a work in progress, and will get updated as things progress. Those looking to help out can pick any item that clearly needs doing, or email Pete (peter@peterjohanson.com) and ask how to help out. Details below:

Date/Time:
The current candidate days are either June 16th, or June 23rd.

5/8/07: The Days Inn on University has space on June 30th for 20 people for $250, so that adds June 30th to the candidate date list.

5/10/07: Jeff will be getting me a list of weekends Moe is available, we will probably have to go from there. Jeff suggested that we do the one day training such that there is a test being administered (they have several members qualified to administer the test) a week later, to give people time to study.
Location:
I (Pete) called CSUSB Library looking to see if they had space we could use and they simply forwarded me on to the university Events department, who told me they'd have to charge us, and charge us extra since the university is closed those days. Lame. Anyone have a contact at CSUSB that might be able to actually help us out?

I've left a message for Mary from (http://www.san-bernardino.org/) to see if they might be able to help us out, waiting to hear back from her.

Other ideas people have suggested include any nearby churches (will this turn people off to coming maybe?) or just do it at the LZ.

5/8/07: In the forums, Bob suggested we try the Days Inn on University, and Alan called them and they have a room for 20 available on June 30th for $250. Seems very doable. Once we get set on the instructor, how much they want for the training, etc., we can try to figure out what pricing would be like if we used this room. Does CSS want to foot part of the cost for CSS members attending, or should each attendee pay enough to pay instructor + room?

5/10/07: After meeting with Jeff, the C-Bar-C president, he informed me that they have space we could use for free, if they're doing the training. The only downside is that it is in Highland, about 15 minutes drive from the LZ, in the Patton Hospital complex.
Instructor:
I sent an email to Moe, the training director for The Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club (http://www.w6jbt.org/) to see if he had anyone that would want to do the class, but not heard back from him. I'm going to forward the email to their president if I don't hear back from him by the end of the day today (5/3/07). Anyone know anyone personally that might teach this?

5/4/07: I forwarded my original email to Moe to Jeff, the C-Bar-C President, in the hopes that he will respond.

5/8/07: I've been in contact with Jeff, and am going to their weekly meeting tomorrow to try to discuss details of doing a class on June 30th. Will update with results after the meeting.

5/10/07: I had a good meeting with Jeff last night, and I definitely think they'll be able to set something up for us. Moe is currently traveling, but Jeff is going to get in touch with him, explain what's up, and try to find weekends in the next few months that would work.

HAM training day(s) planning

On a recent flying day at Soboba, I mentioned to Alan Crouse that I really needed to stop slacking and get my HAM radio technician license so I could operate (legally) a radio while flying. Alan replied (I paraphrase), "A HAM radio training day at Marshall sounds exactly like something a new activities coordinator would put together!" So there we have it, looks like I've got a new task! The current vague outline is either a one day training, or two days of training, either the same weekend, or spread over two weekends. Spread over two weekends would give people time to study up what they learned, before taking the test the next weekend. Ideally, by the end of the training day(s), folks would walk away licensed HAM radio technicians, ready to add their words of wisdom to the AJ Airpark airwaves. I've gotten a suggestion to call the folks over at Windsports to see how they run their HAM day, I'll be doing that shortly. Thoughts? Is there interest in something like this? Suggestions from folks that have participated in something like this? Please post comments here, or email me (peter at peterjohanson dot com) [size=14][b]I've added a page to track the planning of the HAM class, please feel free to edit that, or make comments with suggestions. I will keep updating that with more details as the planning continues: http://www.crestlinesoaring.org/ham_class_2007_planning_notes [/b][/size]

AJ Airpark 13th Anniversary: July 14, 2007

This year's Summer opener was a real blast!

While conditions were soarable but not spectacular, everyone got their fill of airtime and BBQ at the Airpark 13th Anniversary Fly-In.

The skies over Marshall were filled with gliders all afternoon - at times there were 20 or more stretched from Last Chance to the Radio Tower. The spot landing contests provided a lot if interesting landings (and no tubage!) and the glide contests were a big hit, providing something to watch while eating and drinking and socializing in the LZ. A number of contestants signed up AFTER the contest had started, because it looked like fun and they were able to just go to the top of the training hill to compete. We'll have more of this type of contest in the future, we're sure. Results will be posted here soon.

The food was provided by Double D's BBQ again this year, and it was a big hit again, with teriyaki chicken, hot links, burgers, corn and potato salad, etc. and vegetarian fare as well.

The SB Sun newspaper sent out a photographer and reporter to cover the event, and we made the front page of the Local section on Sunday's paper, with a great little article and a couple of big pictures.
Article:
http://www.sbsun.com/ci_6379245
Image Gallery:
http://sbsun.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=301391

Tandem Sunset: Last tandem of the day at the Andy Jackson Airpark 13th Anniversary Fly-In. Photo by Brian Watkins.

2007 Glide Contest Rules

Where applicable, the rules apply to both the PG and HG glide contests. In the case of any dispute concerning these rules, the Activities Coordinate has final say. If you don't like it, go run your own glide contest.

Pilot Safety - Safety is our #1 priority. Pilots determined to be taking unsafe actions as part of the contest will be disqualified. This will be determined by the Activities Coordinator, and will not be debated. Unsafe actions include, but are not limited to, cutting off other pilots on final and ignoring the established landing patterns for the site (available on crestlinesoaring.org or at the LZ).
Objective - To glide the farthest from the launch point. Each pilots will have 2 attempts at a longest flight.
Entry Fee - There is an entry fee of $5 for each pilot entering the glide contest. 1/2 of all the proceeds from the contest will go to the CSS, and the remaining 1/2 is rewarded to the 1st place pilot.
When - The contest is from 17:00 and 19:00. Pilots wishing to compete must be registered by 16:45. Only 20 pilots for each type of glider will be accepted, in order to give each pilot enough time to do their 2 flights.
Wings -In order to give us time to run the contest, and to level the playing field a bit, HG pilots will have be able to choose between 3 different size Falcons that will be provided by Rob McKenzie. PG pilots will be able to use their wing of choice.
Launch - HG pilots will be launching from the new training hill at the northeast corner of the LZ, and PG pilots will be launching from the 50' hill at the southwest corner of the LZ. If I pilot is determined by the judge not to have launched at all, and merely run down the hill, the run will not be eligible to win the contest.
Landing - The landing point is the first point of contact a pilots makes with the ground after launching. All landings must be "clean." For HG pilots, this means the pilot must remain standing, and the basetube, leading edge, and nose must not touch the ground. (rear of keel and wingtips are ok to contact the ground). For PG pilots, this means the pilot must remain standing, and neither the pilots knees, rear, or harness may touch the ground.
Prizes - 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes will be awarded to the 3 pilots with the furthest flights. All winners will be awarded trophies, and the 1st place pilot will also be given 1/2 of the money gathered from the entry fees. The remaining 1/2 will go to the CSS.

2007 Spot Landing Contest Rules

Where applicable, the rules apply to both the PG and HG spot landing contests. In the case of any dispute concerning these rules, the Activities Coordinate has final say. If you don't like it, go run your own spot landing contest.

Pilot Safety - Safety is our #1 priority. Pilots determined to be taking unsafe actions as part of the contest will be disqualified. This will be determined by the Activities Coordinator, and will not be debated. Unsafe actions include, but are not limited to, cutting off other pilots on final and ignoring the established landing patterns for the site (available on crestlinesoaring.org or at the LZ).
Objective - To land the closest to the spot for your wing type (hang glider landings at the paraglider spot, and vice versa, will not counted in the contest). The spot is defined as the middle point of the green circle, and will be marked with a cone in order to be perfectly visible.
Entry Fee - There is an entry fee of $5 for each pilot entering the spot landing contest. 1/2 of all the proceeds from the contest will go to the CSS, and the remaining 1/2 is rewarded to the 1st place pilot.
When - Landings occurring between 17:00 and 19:00 will be eligible to win. Pilots must be registered before their first eligible landing in order to compete. There is no limit on the number of landings a pilot can make in that time period.
Launch - Only landings of flights originating from outside of the LZ are eligible. Flights from the training hills at the LZ do *not* count (those from the 750 are eligible, however).
Landing - All landings must be "clean." For HG pilots, this means the pilot must remain standing, and the basetube, leading edge, and nose must not touch the ground. (rear of keel and wingtips are ok to contact the ground). For PG pilots, this means the pilot must remain standing, and neither the pilots knees, rear, or harness may touch the ground.
Spot - A pilot's landing run is the line connecting the first point of contact a pilot makes with the ground, and the last point of contact a pilot makes to stop their run. The spot for a given landing is defined as the point along the landing run that is furthest from the center of the circle. The spot for a landing where no steps are taken is counted at the first point of contact with the ground.
Prizes - 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes will be awarded to the 3 pilots with the closest spot landings. All winners will be awarded trophies, and the 1st place pilot will also be given 1/2 of the money gathered from the entry fees. The remaining 1/2 will go to the CSS.

AJ Airpark 13th Anniversary Contest Results

The contest at the AJ Airpark 13th Anniversary Fly-In were a huge success. Thanks to everyone who helped make it so, including Bruce Carr for the wonderful trophies, Rob McKenzie for his help running the HG glide contest and donating the use of his gliders, Alan Crouse for running the PG glide contest, and Heather Bunn for helping me with the spot landing contest. Thanks also to all the pilots who participated! (Apologies for any misspelled names)

HG Glide Contest:

Dave Davenport
Mike Harper
Owen Morse

PG Glide Contest

Darich Dalton
Greg Launt
William Deagulan

HG Spot Landing Contest

Mike Blakely - 4'
RC Date - 11'
Rebar Dan - 11.5'

PG Spot Landing Contest

Jason Kinch - 16'
Mike Astrada - 30.5'
Christian - 33'

Let's make the next contests just as much of a success!

Andy Jackson Memorial: September 15th, 2007

Andy Jackson Memorial Fly-In - 15 September, 2007
Everyone come out and fly!

Food:
We'll be ordering a bunch of food from Juan Pollo, and there will be vegetarian entrees as well. Di Mckenzie will be tossing together one of her big and varied salads.
If you feel inspired to bring out some treats for the pot-luck dessert, please do!

Raffle:
We've gotten some great prizes donated from Flytec, Wills Wing and others, so be sure to buy some raffle tickets and stick around for the raffle. Prizes will be on display in the LZ.

Watersports:
Please plan to bring your swim suit for some slip and slide action. this thing is crazy-fun! (Courtesy of Owen Morse)
slip and slide

2007 Andy Jackson Memorial Spot Landing Contest

2007 Andy Jackson Memorial Spot Landing Contest Rules

Pilot Safety - Safety is our #1 priority. Pilots determined to be taking unsafe actions as part of the contest will be disqualified. This will be determined by the Activities Coordinator, and will not be debated. Unsafe actions include, but are not limited to, cutting off other pilots on final and ignoring the established landing patterns for the site (available on crestlinesoaring.org or at the LZ).
Objective - To land the closest to the spot for your wing type (hang glider landings at the paraglider spot, and vice versa, will not counted in the contest). The spot is defined as the middle point of the green circle, and will be marked with a cone in order to be perfectly visible.
Entry Fee - There is an entry fee of $5 for each pilot entering the spot landing contest. 1/2 of all the proceeds from the contest will go to the CSS, and the remaining 1/2 is rewarded to the 1st place pilot.
When - Landings occurring between 17:00 and 19:00 will be eligible to win. Pilots must be registered before their first eligible landing in order to compete. There is no limit on the number of landings a pilot can make in that time period.
Launch - Only landings of flights originating from outside of the LZ are eligible. Flights from the training hills at the LZ do *not* count (those from the 750 are eligible, however).
Landing - All landings must be "clean." For HG pilots, this means the pilot must remain standing, and the basetube, leading edge, and nose must not touch the ground. (rear of keel and wingtips are ok to contact the ground). For PG pilots, this means the pilot must remain standing, and neither the pilots knees, rear, or harness may touch the ground.
Spot - A pilot's landing run is the line connecting the first point of contact a pilot makes with the ground, and the last point of contact a pilot makes to stop their run. The spot for a given landing is defined as the point along the landing run that is furthest from the center of the circle. The spot for a landing where no steps are taken is counted at the first point of contact with the ground.
Prizes - The 1st place pilot will be given 1/2 of the money gathered from the entry fees. The remaining 1/2 will go to the CSS.

CSS Toy Drive, Saturday Dec. 16, 2006

We're having our annual toy drive on Saturday December 16. We collect unwrapped toys for all ages and add them to the nearby fire station's toy gathering efforts. The firefighters bring a truck out to the LZ and we get to interact in a non-emergency situation. We haven't seen them much this year, which is a good thing!

Flyable or not, there will be pilots, snacks and beverages in the LZ all afternoon. See you there!

9 September 2006 - Andy Jackson Memorial Fly-In

Mark your calendars

The annual Andy Jackson Memorial Fly-In is coming up Saturday, September 9, 2006 (the weekend after Labor Day).

We're gonna' wrap up the Summer with another great day of flying, Santa Ana winds permitting. We can usually count on the first weeks of September being flyable, but with the unusual weather we've had so far this season, who knows? Double D's BBQ will be cooking the grub again - burgers, dogs, and hot links this time. They did a great job at the Anniversary fly-in, so come hungry. Di says no raffle this time, but there'll be another fun contest and lots of music and pilots, friends and family.

More details to follow as the date approaches.

2007 Spring General Meeting

Twice a year (spring and fall) we have a general membership meeting. We have schedlued the next meeting for 7 PM Saturday, April 28th, at the AJ Airpark LZ.

CSS Members are encouraged to attend. If you have specific topics you'd like to discuss, please contact the club Secretary or any club officer to make sure we allow time for it.

USHPA Recognizes CSS Members

Big congratulations on being recognized for [b]Commendation[/b] by USHPA go out to: Len Szafaryn, Owen Morse, Rob McKenzie, Dianne McKenzie, and Mike Meier. (See Dec USHPA.AERO for particulars) We are proud and fortunate to have you in our sport and club! Alan

Minutes General Meeting April 28, 2007

Crestline Soaring Society
Minutes General Meeting
April 28, 2007

Attendees: Rob McKenzie - President, Mike Zeller - Vice President, Allen Crouse - Treasurer, Diane McKenzie - Site Coordinator, Ken Howells - Web Administrator/ Editor, Pete Johanson - Activities Coordinator, Kim Floyd - Secretary (and appx. 10 CSS members and guests)

Called to order by Rob McKenzie at 7:02 PM

Minutes were not available for the October 28, 2006 meeting. These minutes will be reviewed at a future Board meeting.

Treasurer’s Report:

Year ended 10/31/06 Net Income $5,280.79 Bank Balance $9,119
Year ended 10/31/05 Net Income $-6,186.15 Bank Balance $20,528

During the current year (ending 10/31/07) CSS received from the USHPA foundation the Foundation for Free Flight, $9,000 approximately 50% of the cost of the tractor used now by CSS to maintain roads, parking, landing approach areas, etc.

Presented by Allen Crouse for additional details contact Allen.

Site Monitor’s Report:

Diane is interviewing LZ monitor candidates for the summer.

Membership renewals are in the mail to all 2006/07 members for 2007/08.

Fly in dates for 2007 were discussed and approved by the membership to be July 14 and September 8.

Presented by Diane McKenzie

Activities Coordinator:

Planning continues for a “Ham Radio” training day for CSS pilots.

Presented by Pete Johanson

Other discussion:

John Greynald, Region #3 USHPA Regional Director was on hand to present awards for outstanding volunteer contributions to our sport to Diane and Rob McKenzie, Len Szafaryn, and Owen Morse. The USHPA Board of Directors recognized the contribution of these four in 2006 board actions. For more details see USHPA magazine December 2006.

Presented by John Greynald

On site hang glider and paraglider storage planning continues. We now expect to use an insulated container to deal with the desert heat. Initial participation in the on site storage plan will require CSS membership and $250 (checks made out and delivered CSS). The storage container is to be operational in the next several weeks.

Presented by Owen

Motion to adjourn at 7:30 PM by Allen Crouse, seconded by Kim Floyd.

Motion passed unanimously.

Respectively Submitted
Secretary
Kim Floyd

8 July 2006 - 12th Anniversary Fly-In

Mark it on your calendarPlan on heading out to join the annual FLY-IN, Saturday July 8th, 2006 all day at Crestline/Marshall/Andy Jackson Airpark (map). A fun competition, great food at the LZ after flying, dozens of raffle prizes, the usual great summer flying conditions and a way to both meet new flying friends and see many of those you may not have seen in years. Details:

Raffle:
Di McKenzie has rounded up a bunch of really good prizes for the raffle. The total value is now over $1900.00 Some of the prize donors:

Superfly
Jerseys
High Energy
Ozone
USHPA
Flytec
Wills Wing
James Bradley

We have over $1900 worth of raffle prizes, including a helmet-mount mini-vario from Flytec.
Raffle tickets will be sold throughout the day Saturday, $1/each. The raffle is conducted during the evening, after most everyone has eaten. Ticket holders must be present to claim prizes.

Food:
We've hired a local BBQ chef, Double D's BBQ, to provide the food for this event, which will include BBQ Beef, chicken, hot links, and other favorites. See menu.

Flying Contest:
Simple and fun spot-landing contest. See contest details link below. Contest Results

Contest Registration

All pilots are in the contest.
Optional side-pot - inquire at LZ.

Raffle Prizes List

Raffle Prize Summary

CSS Anniversary Fly-In, July 8^th 2006

On Friday, July 7, Wills Wing generously donated a Charly Air Control helmet to the raffle!

Contributor	Item description	Value
Superfly	Instrument Holder	$30
Superfly	GPS Holder	$20
Superfly	T shirts (Qty 4)	$60
Superfly	Small Windsock	$10
Superfly	Medium Windsock	$20
Superfly	Wallet	$15
Superfly	Hat	$10
Superfly	Speed Bar and lines	$35
Superfly	DVD “Riding the Wind”	$25
Jerseys Pizza	Gift Certificates	$60
High Energy	Repack (gift certificate)	$30
USHPA	Calendars (qty 40)	$440
USHPA	Pins (qty 10)	$30
USHPA	DVD “Weather to Fly”	$20
Wills Wing	Hats (Qty 6)	$60
Wills Wing	Windbreaker Jacket	$42
Wills Wing	PG Training Manual (no dvd)	$20
Flytec	Sweatshirts (qty 2)	$50
Flytec	Wind Shirt	$55
Flytec	T shirts (qty 2)	$40
Flytec	Hat	$15
Flytec	Blueye Goggles	$80
Flytec	Vsonic Helmet Vario	$189
Ozone	Daysacks (qty 2)	$70
Ozone	Helmet/Vario Combo Bags (qty 5)	$90
Ozone	Wallets (qty 5)	$60
Ozone	DVD (qty 5)	$125
Ozone	Logbooks (qty 20)	$100
Ozone	Sky Vest (qty 2)	$35
James Bradley	Anthelios L Sunscreen	$25
CSS	Hide a Key holders (qty 10)	$40
Total		$1901

The Fly-In Was a Great Success!

Thanks to all who helped out and all who participated!

After Flight Chow-down: Great day of flying, and fun party at the L.Z. - Brian RicheyThe day had pretty darn good conditions, varying from booming mid-day to light mid-afternoon when the sun was behind an alto-strat layer for an hour, to very bouyant and glassy late in the day. We have some images from the day and links to pilot reports and contest results here. Post your thoughts on the day in the pilot reports or events sections of the forum - we'll add links here, and if you have images either post them to the Image Galleries or send them to , with caption and credit if you can, and we'll post them for you.

The BBQ was pretty good - we might have to have Double D's back again before the summer's out.

Zach Hoisington sent video of his great Tandem PG spot landing (3.3M, non-streaming).

Some pics from the fly-in gallery:
Marshall during the July 8, 2006, Fly-in: by Jerome DaoustJerome and Others (names, anyone?): by Brian RicheyFly-in Raffle LootGoing for the PG spot: Everybody watching... Thanks to James Bradley for the picture.

Fly-in

Fly-in - Marshall

Fly-in

Fly-in - Airpark, late day

12th Annual Fly-In - Postscript

Well it’s mid-week and we’re probably about rested up from the 12th Annual Fly-In. Great flying, food, folks and fun. Almost 100 pilots were registered to fly and I’m sure a few others flew (anyone ever figure out who that late evening PG’er was who gave us the landing (out) demo :-) My bet is there were more than 150 pilots, family and friends attending. With tasty BBQ filling our bellies from Double D's BBQ, a good time was had by all. Thanks to our great sponsors, the event was also a money-maker for the club as we netted more than $1,100. Big ‘THANK YOU’ to Dianne. She worked and planned for the event for months in advance and it all came together on the big day. - Alan C.

Contest Results - Spot Landing, 12th Anniversary Fly-In

The first-place pilots in both categories did not participate in the cash side-pot, but the second-place pilots did.

HG Spot

Butch Peachy - 8 ft.
Mark Hoffman - 9 ft., Talon 150 (won the side-pot)

PG Spot

Mike Estrada / Zach Hoisington - on target (tie)
Frank Pelant - ? ft. (won the side-pot)

Zach Hoisington sent video of his great Tandem PG spot landing (3.3M, non-streaming).

Marshall to Beaumont - PG

During today's Fly-in, 3 of us went XC towards the Dam. Mark Kranz reached the Dam. Bob Barry reached Yucaipa then returned to the Dam. [url=http://www.paraglidingforum.com/modules.php?name=leonardo&op=show_flight&flightID=2906]Flight info[/url]. After reaching Yucaipa I went to Beaumont, landing 9 km (5.6 miles) short of the Soboba LZ: [url=http://www.paraglidingforum.com/modules.php?name=leonardo&op=show_flight&flightID=2907]Flight details[/url]. Max altitude of 2386m (7826'). [url=http://www.paraglidingforum.com/modules/leonardo/download.php?type=kml_trk&flightID=2907]Google Earth flight path[/url]. I re-launched around 5:30 and got enough height to glide back to Crestline for some smooth ridge soaring there. Then I chilled in the LZ with good food and fun people. What a great day.

Crestline, 8 July, 2006

Launched a T2 154 from Crestline about 14:50. Got up at Billboard and went to Pine, losing only 300' along the way. got up to 6500 north of the peak and pointed west, where there were several gliders strung out, including the Atos. Worked a couple of lighter ones for a few turns along the way, and established over Sugarpine at 6200, sinking slowly. A Kagel guy was about 700 below me and pressed on west. I didn't see him turning, and I was getting no beeps, so I headed out front and back to Pine. Up again and over to BB. Worked the ridge a bit with a crowd and followed the spine out to Marshall - caught a weak one over the 2N40/18 turnout and drifted with it to the 18/138 interchange, and from there to the next point east. Was at 6000 without a cycle in evidence, so I headed out the spine along the east side of Waterman Canyon, then west to the radio tower. Lots of shade from an island of cirrus under the sun at this time. Saw a truck arriving at Marshall dragging three PGs in bags from the tailgate - they'd done that from at least halfway in; from 4800 I couldn't tell WHAT was going on there. OUCH! Back to Marshall, then cloud and around and round. Thought about landing at 16:30, but decided to try and work the re-emering sunshine. At 16:45 got a solid 200-300 up core at Regionals and drifted slowly with it to Crestline. BB then back to Cloud and a low fast fly-by of Marshall. Kept full VG and dove to the LZ, where I whipped a couple of wingovers, a bit on the low side. [img_assist|nid=259|title=There's that VG cord...|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=95][b]Forgot to let the VG off!![/b] I had earlier done the 'Inner Pilot' thing and clearly envisioned my contest-winning spot. Ahem. It seemed really bumpy on my downwind, but I was low and on a good track. Pulled in a little on final because I wasn't dropping fast enough. Shot past the spot, dropped a tip, and ran 3-4 steps before going to my bare knees and sliding a good 6 feet, coming to a stop around 17:10. The basetube wheels worked great. Kathy Rhodes dashed over with water, ointment, and bandages - thanks a bunch, Kathy! My rib dinner was great (the roll could have been fresher) and hangin' with the crowd was fun. I was zoning out during the raflle, so I bailed. Forgot my GPS in the truck, so no track.

Double D's BBQ Menu

The Double D's BBQ crew will be offering food from about 3-7 PM on Saturday, July 8, 2006.

Full dinners include a generous helping of meat, 2 sides of your choice, and 2 drink tickets.

Rib & Chicken Dinner - $12
Rib Dinner - $10
Chicken Dinner - $8
Hot Link Dinner - $7
Kids Dinner - $6 (1 drink ticket)
Sides:
1. Potato Salad
2. Baked Beans
3. Corn on the Cob

A la Carte

Hot Link Sandwich - $3
Hot Dog - $2

Food item purchases will be directly from Double D's when you place your order, not during contest registration as we've done in the past.

Beverages will be served by the CSS. Additional beverage tickets are $1 each.

Contest Details

There will be a HG and PG spot landing contest at the party. Winner of each gets a prize, and we will have a cash side pot for anyone interested.

1. All pilots are entered, prize TBD.
2. There will be a money side pot for both PG and HG. $5.00 buy-in, sign up in LZ.
3. Multiple flights are OK.
4. Closest to the HG/PG cone wins.
5. Pilots must stay on their feet after landing.
6. PG: your spot is where your feet first touch.
7. HG: Must come to a stop with no exaggerated runs. Score is the furthest point from the cone of the entire run/stop. Example landing 20' before the spot and running 8' past = score of 20'. Landing 8' before the spot and running 20' past and score= 20'. Must stay on feet and no basetube or nose contact, wingtips and rear keel OK.
8. If the judge is busy measuring someone else and you need to clear the LZ, drop a glove or something unobtrusive for a marker.
9. Fly a safe pattern. Don’t cut anyone off.
10. Time window of contest is 4PM to 6:30PM. May be extended if too strong for PG.
11. Pilots must fly their respective landing patterns. Violating your half of the LZ on approach means disqualification.
12. Judge can be bribed (prefers imported beer).

Fall Meeting 2006

ANNOUNCING the FALL CSS GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING. Location: Andy Jackson Airpark. When: Saturday Oct 28th 2006, 5:30 PM Agenda: Basic updates on finances, ranch, developers. To add agenda items please email the topic to me at 0730am@gmail.com Rob McKenzie

Minutes General Meeting October 28, 2006

Crestline Soaring Society
Minutes General Meeting
October 28, 2006

Attendees: Mike Zeller, Rob McKenzie, Ken Howells, Allen Crouse, Dusty Rhodes, Brent and Kim Floyd

Called to order by Rob McKenzie at 5:35pm

Motion by Dusty Rhodes, seconded by Mike Zeller: CSS will file a grant request with the USHGF for up to 50% reimbursement for a tractor for grading and maintenance costing up to $18,000.

Motion passed unanimously.

Motion by Allen Crouse and seconded by Ken Howells: CSS Treasurer is authorized to make temporary investments of funds in interest earning accounts or financial instruments.

Motion passed unanimously.

Motion to adjourn at 6:00PM by Ken Howells, seconded by Dusty Rhodes.

Motion passed unanimously.

Respectively Submitted
Assistant Secretary
Kim Floyd