Mark your calendars! On September 24 there will be a precision landing contest at the club. The pilots representing Canada at the World Soaring Championships will be running the contest. It is open to all members. There will be three classes: licensed pilots, student pilots and beat the champions.

The cost will be $25.00 which will include your launch and glider rental if you don’t have a flat rate. The board of directors has agreed to sponsor the contest and will give all the proceeds to the team. There will be prizes for the winners in each class.

All flights will be in the ASK-21. If you haven’t soloed yet, an instructor will be in the back seat. I encourage all of you to test your skills. The whole team going to the World’s in Australia is made up of SOSA pilots. These guys contribute a lot of energy and work for your club. Here is your chance to help them.

Following the contest, a BBQ is being organized by the Team. Bring your families and enjoy one of the last days of season. We will have details of the BBQ shortly.

Congratulations to SOSA Pilots competing at the 2016 Nationals.  Our colleagues dominated both classes, we are very fortunate to be flying with and learning from these accomplished pilots.  

FAI
1st - Jerzy Szemplinski
2nd - Dave Springford 
3rd - Sergei Morozov
5th - Joerg Stieber
7th - Luke Szczepaniak

All though currently flying at the Edmonton Soaring Club, Christoper Gough who has flown with SOSA for a long time placed 4th in FAI class.

Club
1st - Krzysztof Wiercioch
2nd - Thomas Butts
7th - Jeffrey Dixon
9th - Robert Zachemski
10th - Ed Hollestelle Jr

After getting licensed and checked out cross country just last month, our mid-week tow pilot placed 7th in the club class with an impressive 88.5% of the winners score!

​ACCELERATION WEEKS will be from Monday 22nd August - to Friday 2nd Sept. INCLUSIVE (the last two weeks of August)
It is set near the end of the gliding season to allow people to "finish up" - or accelerate - any projects this flying year.
 - Got some spot landings to do?  Flights?
 - Need a License exam?
 - Need some front or back seat check outs?
 - Cadets - singly or group are welcome, as is anyone else, to join in on the operation.

People should feel free to let Mark Voysey know directly of any specific plans, dates or times.

We will also join/enhance any PM flying over these two weeks, and for single days of bad weather there will be ground school fragments, simulator training or general discussion, including Video night (accident investigation).

There are no special fees - just the usual flying expenses.

Mark will be on the field most of this time and hopefully others including Tow Pilots will join in at all levels as well. 

Let Mark know if you have any suggestions or ideas. 

Nav Canada posted the 2015 edition radio phraseology guide for VFR operations. This is a good read for anybody using an aircraft radio. You can download the PDF document at

​https://www.navcanada.ca/EN/media/Publications/VFR%20Phraseology.pdf

Congratulations SOSA pilots,

July brought us great weather and great flights. #1 in Canada.

As of 31 July, we have reached 75,000 km recorded on the OLC while Canadian Rockies is at 57,000 km.  (At the end of June, our SOSA club total of 44,200 km was just 100 km ahead of Canadian Rockies at 44,100 km.)

Montreal is still doing very well in second place with 63,000km.

The graph below shows three months of excellent SOSA cross-country flights in a row. If we maintain this pace through August we could reach nearly 100,000 km for the season. (In August 2013 we recorded 22,000km.) This would be far beyond our previous best season total.

40 SOSA pilots have contributed to this great total so far. We are happy to welcome more. Last year 44 SOSA pilots contributed to the total, so if a few more would like to start adding their flights to the OLC total for the club, we would be happy to reach last year’s participation record as well.
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Every 50 km counts. Fly safe.