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Canadian Team Soaring Seminar

26/2/2013

 
Saturday 30 March, the Canadian Team will be hosting a Cross-country Soaring Seminar at the Warplane Heritage Museum at the Hamilton Airport.

The morning will feature common sessions and the afternoon sessions will be divided into Advanced and Novice Categories.

Advanced sessions are intended for pilots who have completed their silver badge and are working on Gold and Diamond (300 km and 500 km) flights or contest flying.

Novice sessions are intended for pilots who are working towards their Silver badge (50 km) flights.

The cost for the day is $80 and includes lunch and admission to the museum.  RSVP's are required by Monday 18 March to dave "at" foxonecorp "dot" com so that we can pre-order enough lunch for everyone.
0930 - Registration
1000 - Soaring Weather  Forecasting - Joerg Stieber
1100 - Airspace - Dave Springford
1200 - Lunch

ADVANCED *
1300 - MaCready Theory and  Speed to fly - Willem Langelaan
1400 - Transitioning to Advanced Cross‐country and Contest Flying - Jerzy Szemplinski
1500 - Flarm and other Technology - Luke Szczepaniak
1600 - WGC 2012 Uvalde - Dave & Jerzy

NOVICE **
1300 - Getting Started with Cross‐country - Dave Springford
1330 - Landing out  ‐ Its going to happen! - Dave Springford
1430 - Thermalling and Cross‐country Basics - John Brennan

2012 SOSA Awards

24/2/2013

 
Here are the award winners for the 2012 season

DR. WOLF DIETRICH LEERS AWARD
Awarded to the SOSA Instructor of the year- Sorin Niculescu

KEN LARMOUR AWARD
Awarded to a first year flying member who made a significant contribution to the club- Julie-Anne Baird

THE JUNIOR TROPHY
Robert Zachemski 158 km distance

THE DOUG WINGER 500
Awarded for the fastest 500 km triangle flown from SOSA - Jerzy Szemplinski 109 km/h

SOSA FLIGHT ACHIEVEMENT TROPHY
Awarded for a significant flight by a SOSA pilot (anywhere) - Anthony Kawzowicz 764 km @ 98 km/hr

THE ROYAL CROWN COLA SOARING TROPHY
Alan Daniel - 365 Awarded for the best flight by a Silver Badge Pilot (anywhere)

DOUGLAS C. WINGER MEMORIAL TROPHY
Awarded for a significant contribution by a Tow Pilot - Doug Scott

THE REINHARD
Awarded for a significant contribution to the non-flying operation at SOSA - Sean Wilkinson

Winter Thermals

20/2/2013

 
Picture
SOSA has been active with winch launching many weekend days throughout the winter. In January we even had mixed operation, aerotow and winch. Youssef and I enjoyed a nice thermal flight. We came down after 45 minutes to give others the opportunity and because we were getting pretty cold.

Last Sunday, Feb 17, the thermometer in New Hamburg showed minus 19 in the morning. But it "warmed" up quickly to minus 9 once the sun was out and it turned into a beautiful day with plenty of cu in the sky. The hangar doors were opened by the determined group led by Sorin but in the end we had to cancel flying because the crusty snow made it impossible to move airplanes around. It still was great to be out. Krzys took this photo when we inspected the runway. I thought I share it with you since it pretty much tells the story.

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