The annual dinner is scheduled for Saturday January 12th, 2019 at MacLaomainns in Chester. 5:30pm Happy hour, dinner 6:30. Everyone should have received an email invite, please RSVP as soon as possible. The sooner we can give the pub numbers the easier for them, and the sooner we know we will have a solid quorum for the business meeting the better for us. Hope to see everyone there in a little over a month :-).
All the club gliders were disassembled ahead of the snow and are safely tucked away in hangars for the winter. Thanks to all who came out to help including – Brian Xander, Bill Batesole, Andy Kozak, Greg Hunter, Dave Carton and anyone else I missed.
We let the 1-3 annual slip so that it can be done over the winter and hopefully therefore will have no interruption to it’s flying season next year.
All – We are planning to hold a cookout on Sunday 7/1 at the end of the official practice day for the contest.
We would love to see lot’s of NESA members attend and are also looking for your help to bring a dish to share with the contest participants.
You should see a picnic sign-up email later today, so please sign up, bring a dish to share and help us welcome the Region 1 contestants to Springfield. Thanks!
All – a couple of quick reminders. (i) Please use the Online instruction sign-up sheet to let us know when you want instruction, (ii) If you cannot make a day you previously signed up for, please remove your name from the list and if it’s the “day off” please call the duty instructor to let them know. We have had a couple of no-show’s recently that kept the instructor grounded waiting for a student when they could have otherwise gone soaring. Thanks. An instructor contact tab has been added to the sign-up sheet.
All – The instruction sign-up sheet seems pretty light at the moment. It’s time everyone got out and flew. As a reminder please use the on-line instruction sign up sheet to tell us what days you want instruction: Instruction Sign-Up sheet
Tuesday evening instruction starts again for this season next Tuesday 5/29 so come out and fly all memorial weekend and keep going on Tuesday evening too!
A reminder, this weekend is Memorial weekend so we’ll be flying Saturday, Sunday and Monday. There will be a cookout after flying on Sunday. Bring a dish to share and something to throw on the grill.
A new 1-26 has joined the fleet. Bill tracked her down then Larry and Walter made the long trip to Marion Airport in Ohio (same place the Blue 2-33 was acquired from) to bring her home.
So Big Blue and little blue are both together and in their tie-downs ready to go.
The 1-34 is still in the Barn from its winter hibernation and needs to be put together for the season. Let’s get some volunteers and get that done this coming weekend.
Work continues on the yellow 2-33 refurbishment which is getting closer to being ready for recovering
In addition to Saturday’s safety briefing, cleaning, and assembly, some members committed some soaring:
The season has officially started and spring conditions are good!
Good turn out for this mornings Spring Safety Seminar. As requested here is a link to this years presentations : 2018 Safety Seminar Presentations
After lunch two work groups tackled (i) assembling and lubricating the 2-33. Jerry Smith then did the test flight. (ii) washing and waxing the 1-26 and delivering it to the maintenance shop for its annual inspection. Hopefully ready to go next weekend.
So the 2018 season is off and running and it’s time to schedule your Spring club check ride. The instruction sign-up sheep can be found here.
See you at the airport!
Former NESA member, 2 Lt Katie Brechbuhl, soloed her first high performance USAF turbo prop T-6 at Columbus AFB, MS. Congrats, Katie!
