With much work by Brian Xander, our 2021 proving grounds X-C series courses have been set. Start talking to the instructors about your cross-country goals for the upcoming season. Note that the Springfield > Post Mills leg of the Striedieck tringle gets you silver distance – 50k+ (max release 2,200 AGL) whether you come home or land at Post Mills.

The 2021  Annual Safety Seminar will be held online,  Saturday April 3rd at 9:00am. Everyone should now have received an email invitation and instructions for joining the meeting online.

• The Spring seminar is as close to being a mandatory meeting as we have and we ask that all members make their best-efforts to attend.
• The full presentation agenda is being finalized and will distributed before the meeting. The instructors are working on their presentations and securing FAA Wings program credit for the event. Rusty Pilots will obviously be an important topic this year.  For many it’s not just a matter of the usual winter break but with COVID, some of us barely flew or didn’t get to fly at all last-year so Spring checkouts may need to be tailored to reflect that and get everyone back up to speed. 

Overall COVID vaccinations seem to be progressing well, amazing really when we consider it was really only a year ago that the pandemic was truly unfolding.  

• VT travel guidelines have been updated and out-of-state visitors who have received their vaccinations do not need to quarantine.  With caution in mind we will plan to begin the season with daily questionnaires/temperature checks etc., but we will be flying soon. Several of our instructors have already received their vaccinations so we will be in good shape for Spring check-rides.

As always, after the safety seminar the actual dates for the start of regular scheduled flying will be determined by weather and field conditions and not by the calendar.  

First glider flights of 2021 are in the bag. Jerry in i1. Tim Chow in the Callair.

Spring is just around the corner. Online Spring Safety Seminar details coming soon.

The 43rd Annual WSPA seminar (originally scheduled to be hosted by NESA in 2020) has now been tentatively scheduled for August 16-20, 2021.

Obviously both NESA and the WSPA will continue to monitor the COVID situation and Vermont travel restrictions in the upcoming months but there is optimism that by the second half of the year vaccinations have gotten much more widely administered and we will be able to host an event. Stay tuned for updates as the situation develops.

For more information about the Woman Soaring Pilots Association and the annual seminar please see https://womensoaring.org/seminar/

The minutes and a recoding of the January 30th Annual Membership meeting are now available in the member resources section of the website.

Meeting Minutes | New England Soaring Association (flynesa.com)

The link above is within the members area of the website. So, you will need to log-in to view. If you don’t have your own password you likely do have the Yellow 2-33 in your logbook..

Some picture updates from Bill of the former Blue soon to be Orange 2-33 winter recover work (I think Bill has fully embraced his retirement job 🙂

In order to comply with the NESA Constitution requirement of a minimum 30 days notice for club elections, our annual meeting will be conducted online on Saturday, January 30th, at 9:30 am.

Watch for an additional email with more details and nominees for club officers and directors.

NESA will host its annual meeting and officer elections via an online teleconference on Saturday, January 16th at 9:30 am.

An invitation with a link to the meeting as well as a Survs questionnaire/ballot will be sent to you shortly.

We hope you will virtually join us on January 16th!

Firstly – Happy holidays to all our members and soaring friends.

Given the current situation we won’t be hosting our annual January holiday dinner get together and annual meeting in person this year.

That said, we are still required to hold an annual membership meeting to take care of business – officer elections, review of 2020 activities and financial results etc. There are also several soaring achievements and milestones to be recognized and of course the annual club awards to be announced.

So, the show (or or rather meeting) will go-on, but will be hosted on-line this year. Please keep an eye open for an announcement and invite details to be sent out sometime before the end of the year and plan to join us on-line early next year for the 2021 annual membership meeting.

Here’s hoping the COVID vaccinations pan-out well and that 2021 brings a much more normal and active season.

Merry Christmas.

Quiet for last day of season. The 1-26 got its final exercise for 2020.

Gliders come off flight insurance 12/1. Callair tug will remain in flight status for private tows over the winter.

Closing the door on 2020.