SOSA was present at the event, thank's to Tom, Sean and Shirley, who took our Junior and drawn a large crowd interested in learning more about gliding.
On August 26th, the Waterloo airport had its annual Aviation Fun day and the COPA fly-in. It is always a busy event with vintage aircraft, cars and many displays.
SOSA was present at the event, thank's to Tom, Sean and Shirley, who took our Junior and drawn a large crowd interested in learning more about gliding. The 2017 Ontario Gliding Championships will be held at SOSA Gliding Club during the Labour Day weekend.
The participants will be split in three categories (FAI, Club, Novice), pending there are sufficient number for each class. Dates Start: Friday Sept 1st End: Monday Sept 4th Detailsm For contest details, participants and to submit a participation request: http://www.sosaglidingclub.com/2017-ontario-provincial-championship.html Great to see that the sun finally spent some time with us in July and we raised our OLC cross-country total from 9,910km at the end of June to 26564 at the end of July. This also boosted our ranking among Canadian clubs to third place. Canadian Rockies is clearly in the lead with over 70,000km. However, Montreal in second place with 36,000 might be within reach if we have great weather in August. Our advantage is that we have 35 pilots recording flights (the biggest group in Canada) so far and others are always welcome. Every 50km flight counts on the OLC so you can set short or long targets for yourself and help the club ranking at the same time.
Note: there are three clubs just behind us with 25,000km so we do not want to slow down our flying or we might lose our third place total. Alternatively, we can boost our total flying distance by adding in the international flights that several members have made. The Pilot Safety Meeting of July had 32 members in attendance.
Martin Brassard, with the aid on screen shots of the Power Flarm, explained in detail what the various screens mean. He emphasized that when the Flarm alerts the pilot with an audio signal the pilot should look at the screen to understand where the threat is in relation to the aircraft. The Farm will display if the threat is above or below you, the distance from you and the height difference between you and the threat. The members asked many questions and Martin took the time to answer all their questions completely. Members need this type of refresher regularly to use the Power Flarm effectively. Paul Chafe gave examples of Military combat training, FBI marksman program training, special forces urban warfare training and how each group react in stressful situations. He also explained how a person's body reacts to stress from low stress to the highest stress levels and how effective decision making is under various levels of stress. When push comes to shove, your training is what you fall back on in the real world. All of the great daydreams you’ve had about how you will deal with a given situation will remain just that – day dreams. When tested under pressure, your body will invariably return to what it knows the best. This simple fact indicates that if we end up in an unexpected low level rope break or even a stall and spin in a thermal, we will react exactly as we have trained. This can be good, or it can be bad. Avoid reinforcing bad habits because whatever you have practiced the most will be how you react when the pressure is turned up. Members asked Paul many questions and came up to him to share their memories of stressful times and how “tunnel vision” effected them of how they managed to stay safe through difficult rope breaks and even events on Hwy 401. The next Pilot Safety Meeting will be held in August. It is no surprise to hear that it has been a slow start to the cross country season. With only 9,910 km recorded this year by June 30th compared to 44,000 km at the same time last year, you can ask what happened to the sun.
However, the graph below shows that 2013 and 2011 had similar slow starts. Let’s hope that next week with the cross country camp we are rewarded with better weather and fun flights. The western Canadian and Quebec clubs have had a better start to the season and we sit in 6th place among Canadian clubs. This is better than 8th position at the start of the month, but a long way from our first place ranking last year. Remember, every 50km counts so even a one hour local flight can be designed to cover 50km or more in the local circuit. Then record your flight on OLC and help the club rise up the national rankings. Have fun, fly safe. Enjoy cross country flying! SOSA BBQ
SOSA is inviting all members to join us on Canada Day BBQ. Family members are specially welcome! When: Saturday, July 1st, 2017 (rain or shine) Where: Patio at SOSA Club house Time: after flying, at 6-7pm Bring your own Food/Beverage Club will supply Cake & Strawberries Update: We had a beautiful evening at SOSA during the BBQ. Thanks to Shirley for having organized it. Rob Russell will provide new members with an orientation session this Sunday, June 18 in the clubhouse at 7pm. Any non-sustaining members are welcome.
New and prospective members will be introduced to the club and facilities with tours and discussions. Discussion topics will include:
In the month of June, we'll continue with the Safety seminars.
Date Saturday June 17, 7:00pm at Club House Agenda Opening remarks concerning club safety and blue book entries. Speakers: 1. Martin Brassard Chief Flight Instructor SOSA Power Flarms Refresher 2. Paul Chafe Paul is an infantry officer in the Canadian armed forces reserve and has served with four regiments. When he isn’t writing he devotes his spare time to flying sailplanes, parachuting, cycling and travel. Paul was awarded the SOSA trophy for longest flight in a Junior in 2016. “Train Like You Fly, Fly Like You Train.” We’ve all heard this well-known slogan, and some of us even claim to live by it. What does it really mean, and how can we apply it to our training? Fly Like You Train: When push comes to shove, your training is what you fall back on in the real world. All of the great daydreams you’ve had about how you will deal with a given situation will remain just that – day dreams. When tested under pressure, your body will invariably return to what it knows the best. This simple fact indicates that if we end up in an unexpected low level rope break or even a stall and spin in a thermal, we will react exactly as we have trained. This can be good, or it can be bad. Avoid reinforcing bad habits because whatever you have practiced the most will be how you react when the pressure is turned up. SOSA will host a week long cross country clinic the week of July 03/17.
The course will commence at 09:00 each morning in the Club house. Assuming good flying weather, plan on spending the entire day at the field. The following allocation of gliders will apply:
Please send your attendance confirmation to John Brennan. SOSA will have its first 2017 New members' orientation session this Saturday, May 13th in the clubhouse at 4pm.
New and prospective members will be introduced to the club and facilities with tours and discussions, including:
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