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POSTEDNEWS ITEMS 11/27/01 SSB Newsletters Now Online... 08/01/01 Salida Camp a Big Success 03/24/01 Workfest 2001 is scheduled for Saturday, May 12 - Date Change 03/22/01 SSB Spring Checkout Weekend - End of March 03/22/01 SSB Wednesdays 03/19/01 Various Updates 03/10/01 Annual Awards Dinner Big Success! 03/05/01 New SSB President and Vice President 12/3/00 Soaring and SSB Presentation Materials 11/18/00 SSB Wave Seminar a Success 11/17/00 SSB Annual Dinner 10/5/00 SSB Mountain Wave Project Announced 9/28/00 What New Members Need Page 9/16/00 New Instructional Opportunities & New Instructors Pages 9/6/00 Salida Camp Serves Up The Weather 9/5/00 MHG Airport Camera Link is now inoperable 8/22/00 85F Returns to Boulder 8/21/00 New SSB Towing Page Dalhart Camp A Winner SSB Workfest - Big Success! Award Winners at Annual SSB Spring Dinner & Social SSB Managers Page SSB to Rework Documents Details below...
Salida Camp Successful...
This years Salida Camp was a good one with good weather and lots of club pilots flying. The big adventure to Salida was a good one this year. Great weather on Sunday and even better on Monday. There were lots of long flights both in distance and time. See the SSB photo page for more. See Camp page for next years adventure
Workfest 2001! - Saturday, May 12
It must be spring if the annual SSB Workfest is scheduled! This growing SSB tradition is the annual club work day and is a great combination of fun, food, friends and well - work. This years Workfest Wizard is Ed Cook and there will be lots to do and lots to eat so make your plans to attend now. More to follow...See the details and this years tasks...03/23/01
Spring Checkout Weekend - March 31 - April 1
There will be more instructors on the field than you can shake a control stick at so this is the perfect time to get this annual chore over and done with. Show up at the field ready to be put through your paces! It wouldn't hurt to call Bob Lynn or Mark Terry or Gary Baughman first to arrange a time. Both Towplanes will be in attendance, so all we need is a sacrifice to the weather gods and all will be set!
Spring Checkouts must be completed by April 30th or you will be grounded until you fly with an instructor. Don't let that happen to you! 03/22/01
SSB Wednesdays Are Back!
SSB Wednesdays are back in action this spring. The traditional training and checkout Wednesdays are back. If the interest is there the SSB can have multiple instructors and towplanes ready and waiting so come on out on Wednesday afternoons/evenings and enjoy the flying and camaraderie. Contact Mark Terry. 03/22/01
Various Updates
See SSB Soaring Camp dates... New SSB Manager list... 03/19/01
Annual SSB Dinner - Big Success!
The Annual SSB dinner was a huge success with around 60 in attendance. Our thanks to new SSB Board member, Gary Wente, for organizing the event. Bravo! See the dinner page or the annual award winners. 03/10/01
Longest Flight - 2000 Mark Terry
386 MilesChi Pickett-Heaps Memorial Award Mike Exner Summer Soaring Series Gold Division Bob Barber Summer Soaring Series Silver Division Mel Holzman Most Improved Pedja Bogdanovich SSB Instructor Of The Year
New Award !Mark Terry See SSB Awards Page
New SSB President and Vice President - New Board Member Well another Annual Meeting has come and gone and we are happy to announce the SSB has sterling new management team in place. President - Mike Enxer, Vice President - Elliot Crawford, Treasurer - Doug Weibel, Secretary - Paul Stoltz
The SSB Board of Directors are:
Colin Barry, Mike Exner, Elliot Crawford, Doug Weibel, Ed Cook, Joch Kuettner, John Seaborn, Paul Stoltz, Gary Wente.
Congratulations to Gary Wente as the newest addition to the SSB Board of Directors. 03/05/01
Soaring & SSB Presentation Materials - Would you like to tell others about our sport and the SSB? Well now you can with the new SSB presentation materials. The new SSB PowerPoint presentation is an excellent starting place. Full of pictures and text this presentation covers all the basics of the sport and the club. Download the presentation and take it to your next speaking engagement. The SSB also has available a video tape library including, Discover Soaring - A Transition to Gliders and other titles. See the SSB Presentation Resources page for more...12/03/00
11/18/00 SSB Wave Semininar - Success! Saturday, November 18 fourteen or fifteen brave SSB members arrived at the airport and were treated to hot coffee and delicious bagels courtesy of Gary Wente. After some administrative items Al Ossorio and Mark Terry both did excellent hands on presentations covering oxygen systems... Read all about it and see the photos!
11/18/00
SSB Spring Awards Dinner -
BIG SUCCESS - SEE THE DETAILS . One of the traditional SSB events that will herald springs arrival will be the annual Soaring Society of Boulder dinner. And what a party! Gary Wente has graciously stepped forward to organize this traditional club event and has been doing a great job laying the ground work. The event is scheduled for Saturday, March 10, 2001 at the delightful Chautauqua Dinning Hall in Boulder. See all the details and Menu. 11/17/00
Soaring Society Of Boulder Mountain Wave Project Announcing the Soaring Society of Boulder Mountain Wave Project. Boulder Colorado is one of the top three wave sites in the nation. To celebrate the beginning of the 2000/2001 wave season the Soaring Society of Boulder is sponsoring the first SSB Mountain Wave Project. The purpose of this four month event is to provide training in the art and science of wave flying while contributing to the scientific understanding of Boulder's mountain wave phenomenon. There will be a series of seminars covering all aspects of mountain wave flying including safety, equipment, techniques, history and FAI Badge requirements. A High Altitude Chamber ride will be organized. See the SSB Mountain Wave page for all the details.10/05/00
What New Members Need
If you have recently joined the SSB and are wondering what books you need to get soaring with the SSB here is the place to start building your soaring library so that you can become a safe soaring pilot. Here are the details... 9/28/00
New Instructional Opportunities
Historically there have been two clear instructional possibilities available to club members on the field. (1) SSB member instructors flying with SSB members in club gliders (2) MHG instructors flying with SSB members in MHG gliders. The SSB Instruction Policy provides a clear third instructional option: (3) SSB members flying with approved MHG instructors in SSB gliders. SSB members can schedule time with any of the instructors on the approved list . The SSB Web site now features two pages related to instructors and instruction. The Approved Instructor list and the SSB Instruction Policy are on one page while an explanation of the new policy is on another. If you are a student or an instructor please visit these new pages. Note that SSB members are NOT normally permitted to take full basic training from Mile High Gliding instructors in SSB aircraft. 9/18/00
Salida Camp Serves Up The Weather - This years Salida Camp was a good one with two good flying days. Flights of over 250 miles were accomplished in some of the most scenic country Colorado has to offer. There were around 15 club related gliders flying. Many families and wives attended this years last SSB camp of the season. See this months newsletter for the details. See the photos. 9/6/00
Super Cub 85F Returns to Boulder
It is my pleasure to report that today, August 22, Rick Spears flew the SSB Super Cub 85F back to Boulder. The aircraft sports a new left wing, aileron, elevator and tail wheel assembly. The plan now is for Dakota Ridge to give the aircraft a very close inspection and to have Dick Hogue complete the final check flights this Friday. With any luck 85F will be towing again this weekend.If your a tow pilot thinking of checking out in 85F you should have received instructions on how to go about this checkout. The SSB Tow Pilots Manual will be mailed out shortly to tow pilots.
Special thanks to Rick Spears and Gary for doing such a great job on the repair and completing the job in record time. Phil Grandmason was a very large help in securing hanger access while the friends of the SSB at Tri-County Jack Horn and Kyle lent invaluable help after the accident. Dick Hogue played an important role with advise and logistics. In short bringing 85F back was a team effort in the best sprit of the Soaring Society of Boulder. 8/22/00
New SSB Towing Page -The new SSB towing page is your answer to the often burning question, " how can I get a tow?" This new page gives you a monthly towing schedule, information of the clubs crack tow pilots and the status of the clubs tow planes. Kenn Arnett, tow pilot scheduling guru is managing this page. Have a look... 8/21/00
Dalhart Camp Is a Winner! This years Dalhart camp was a big success by most accounts. While not as strong nor consistent as years past everyone who attended had lots of flying. Jim Spelman reportedly flew four hours in his Open Cirrus and while no distance records were broken many long flights were achieved. Dick Hogue provided the towing in 08L making over sixty tows. Our hats are off to Dick for is commitment and hard work during this camp. The weather was generally good with some windy days and some fair to mid range soaring days. Oak Smart, Gary Baughman, Ed Cook, Bob Whelan and many other SSB members attended. See the camp page.
Workfest Big Success - Workfest gets the job done with some fun! Workfest has been over for some time but the results will be with us for many years to come. Click Here to read all about it and view the photos.
New 00/01 SSB Managers Page - Go to Mangers Page
The SSB is quite fortunate to have a great group of volunteer managers already in place for the coming year. In most cases the current managers re-upped for the 2000-2001 (March to March) period. Thank you one and all! The best way to help the club is to become involved so take a look at the new managers page and volunteer. Many more names will be added after the March General meeting. More...
Award Winners Announced at Annual Soaring Society of Boulder Spring Dinner & Social
The annual SSB dinner was a success with everyone having a enjoying themselves. The winners of the various SSB awards are:
Chi Pickett-Heaps Memorial Award John Seaborn Summer Soaring Series Gold Division Bob Barber Summer Soaring Series Silver Division Gary Baughman Longest Flight Mitch Herold Most Improved Joe Brack SSB Awards of Appreciation Dick & Brenda Hogue
Phil Ecklund
Mike Exner
Ray GrundySee SSB Awards Page
SSB Reworking Documents - Go to Document Page How do I open the wave window? What is the max gross weight of the 1-34? Where is my towpilots manual? Where are the aircraft squawk books? How do I join? What is SSB insurance all about? Like most clubs the SSB seems to run on forms and manuals and the club is undertaking a long overdue analysis and revision of most of the existing SSB documents. The culmination of this process will be a more comprehensive and manageable SSB document list. So look for new binders and upgraded documents in the shack including revised checkout forms, individual aircraft binders, new individual aircraft checklists in new red aircraft document pouches and many others. Most revised SSB documents will have location, document number, format, version, print date and contact information.
Mid-term the SSB document list will be available on this web site. The long-term goal is to make most of the SSB documents available using Adobe PDF format. See SSB Document List.
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