Crestline Soaring Society - General & Newbie Questions

Fatality at Sylmar Today (Sat. 6-21-08)?

NMERider — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:09:33 -0500

Does anyone know more deatils about the reported fatality at Sylmar today?

http://cbs2.com/local/Hang.Gliding.Death.2.753918.html
Jun 21, 2008 4:39 pm US/Pacific
60-Year-Old Man Killed In Hang-Gliding Accident

LOS ANGELES A 60-year-old man died in a hang-gliding accident near El Cariso Golf Course, according to a city fire official.

Authorities received reports of the accident at 2:55 p.m. in the 12000 block of Gridley Street, said d'Lisa Davies of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Iquique, Chile 2008

susankent — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:25:19 -0500

Hello pilots,

I went to Iquique, Chile with a paragliding tour group in November, 2007, and I want to recommend this trip for 2008. Several pilots from the 2006 trip recommended it to me, and I am glad I went. Iquique is in the northern part of Chile and sits on the ocean at the edge of a desert. That makes it both a ridge and thermaling site, and it is one of the most consistent flying sites I have ever been to. You can literally fly every day for hours at a time.

Wills Wing on The Discovery Channel - June 11, 2008

Ken Howells — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:22:24 -0500

Wills Wing is going to be featured on The Discovery Channel's 'Factory Made' program with a segment showing how a Wills Wing T2C hang glider is made.

Factory Made - Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 8:30 pm The Discovery Channel

The video segment will show CAD design tools, the automated sail cutter in action, sewing, sawing, drilling - all the steps that go into making a hang glider. A highlight should be the stop-motion sequence of the final assembly of a glider from all of the component parts. The camera crew set up a camera in the shop and left it running while Peter Swanson did the final assembly.

Future of Flying in Rancho Palos Verdes

foster — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:25:30 -0500

Hi,

The city of Rancho Palos Verdes is having a meeting Wed evening regarding allowing Paragliding in the Portuguese Bend Nature Preserve that covers most of the South West side of PV. Please call Ara in RPV Planning (310-544-5228) to provide any input or come to the Public Use Master Plan meeting 6/4/08 at 7pm at City Hall.
Thanks for your support and pass the word on to any other pilots you know.

GE air

rebardan — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:36:23 -0500

for all you pilots who use google earth. attached is the airspace kmz file for CA with MOAs, Alert areas and class E removed. go to http://www.lloydbailey.net/airspace.html
for original and airspace files for other states and countries.

Big Thank From New Mexico

T Lee — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:45:35 -0500

Many thanks to everybody for making this trip for us New Mexico folks happen!!! We all had great flights and had some personal goals met.
Sorry we didn't make Soboba, but after Fridays epic day, nobody was ready to venture out. Well, later in the day on Sat the Glass off finally happened and when we thought we were going to get just sled rides, we ended up with 1.5hrs of smooth Glass off.

Again thank you Scotty, Jonny, Darrel, Bob and everybody else.

Marshall Peak & Surounding Next Weekend

T Lee — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:59:00 -0500

I'm bringing a goup of about 5 of us next week March 27th. We will be ready to fly starting Friday March 28th but have never been to Marshall or the surrounding areas before.

I'm hoping to find someone who would be able to help us out with some site info.

Most of us are P3 or advanced P2 pilots.

Someone emailed me a while back but I lost his number.

Thanks,
T.Lee

Higher resolution YouTube videos

Jerome Daoust — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:34:44 -0500

Since I see many recent posting referencing YouTube videos, this can help remove some eye strain...

If you add &fmt=18 to any YouTube URL, it will be more pleasing to your eyes.

More info: Higher resolution YouTube videos

Financial Statements

Don — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:46:48 -0600

As a dues paying member of CSS how can I get a copy of the Club's financial statements for 2007, 2006 & 2005?

How is the Flying in March

T Lee — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:31:36 -0600

We're planning on a trip somewhere and thinking about Marshall. We've never been there before and most of us are P3 pilots.

How is the weather typically towards the end of March for PG's?

Anyone in particular we should contact for local information?

What other sites are available close to Marshall that may be working at the end of March?

Any info is greatly welcomed!!

Thanks,
T.L