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- Sat May 15, 2010 10:21 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Spring Air Festival 2010
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4668
Spring Air full schedule/Brochure
Spring Air Festival Saturday, June 12, 2010 9 AM to 6 PM The SHGA cordially invites all interested pilots, neighbors, friends and family for a day of flight, fun, and food. Join us at Sylmar Flight Park and celebrate the coming of spring and the return of great flying conditions. Activities for the ...
- Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Please help Forest Service Sunday
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4407
- Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:11 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: More Than A Repack - Betty Pfeiffer Parachute Clinic
- Replies: 42
- Views: 21422
- Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Why We All Should Be Behind the Gazebo Project
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2635
Go forth!
The gazebo is still a great idea. Extra glider storage will be great, too. I'm most interested in this benefit: Giving our club more permanence on the land, and having a nicer place for folks who are visiting. I think we need all the support we can possibly get, and then some, as an urban flight par...
- Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Falcon league?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8922
Oh, I love this idea! Class-flying. Falcons seem great to me -- I'm having a ball on mine and still growing my skills after 200 hours (I haven't flown a double-surface before). Sounds like they're more-responsive, and give better feedback on air nuances. (Dave Cutter discusses those in his flying in...
- Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:09 am
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Drogue Chute - Near Disaster At Kagel LZ
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7924
Stall
Now, it seems like that's a great video of how much altitude loss there is with a stall and recovery -- something I hadn't a great sense for before.
Sure glad he made it. I don't want to do any more memorial services.
Sure glad he made it. I don't want to do any more memorial services.
- Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:52 am
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: WHACK!!!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 12853
Tone judgement
I read results of a study showing the tone of emails was misjudged 50% of the time, and view that as the inharent weaknesses of the text medium. Thank you, to everyone for their contributions on these important forum topics. I appreciate them. Greblo and I have discussed a danger of max. speed: it p...
- Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Photos of the Redtail Hawk release 9/13 ??
- Replies: 0
- Views: 802
Photos of the Redtail Hawk release 9/13 ??
Hello, Jeff Craig's family (especially those who couldn't make the event) would love photos of the amazing release of the red-tail hawk in the LZ after the memorial service 9/13. Would you please send those to me, and I'll combine them with the other photos and deliver them all. Seemed there were a ...
- Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Jeff Craig Was Killed On Landing Today
- Replies: 36
- Views: 26917
Jeff Craig
! ! ! This sorrow doesn't express in words. Jeff has been a great friend of mine and pilot for the years he's been flying -- part of my group of six. He had such a continually bubbling-up positive energy in him that he was always a joy to be around. Even the way he talked about his post-heart-attack...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: CUP - 1 Year After the Fact
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8689
Yes
I was in favor of investing in exploration when 2 years ago, on the board, I heard it might cost up to $40-50k. It seemed like such a significant legal issue for us. I think we have to vigilently manage the special issues of being an urban flying site (the last remaining one). Thanks to all who have...
- Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Jet encounter!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1752
Another Jet encounter!
Yesterday, I was flying at 4310', almost up the ridge to the missle silo site above towers, heard a strange sound, looked up and saw a Southwest going directly above me, 300-400' up. I'd read Malury's post of 3950' last week, but didn't think I was high enough above the ground yet to start looking f...
- Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hang 3 technique ahh-haas
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1357
Hang 3 technique ahh-haas
Valuable things I didn't understand for 435 flights/170 hours of airtime: Quadruple penalty of not touching down soon enough on landing: 1. If you refuse to start moonwalking at the necessary time, you put the glider into a stall and when you are forced to start running, you'll have to run harder, f...
- Sun Dec 09, 2007 2:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Photos and Biographies of All Kagelites Solicited
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2439
Great idea
This getting to know each other subject was discussed quite a bit at the board meetings 1-2 years ago -- a recognized opportunity. I chewed on it a lot back then. I think doing pilot profiles is great -- with LZ-recognizable photos. Then the new (and even prospective) pilots can get a feel for what ...
- Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:01 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: SHGA Holiday Potluck and Annual Club Meeting
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4063
Setup
I'll show at 4:30pm to help set up tables.
- Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:49 am
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Safety personnas (Sharks)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2635
Neurology
I'm interested in understanding human perception, and methods needed to counteract deficiencies and keep up safe flying. I notice that it's a neurological requirement that we lose awareness of things once we've been around them awhile: else we'd have all our attention absorbed by the first round of ...
- Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Website by Chris
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1355
1
I still think I was the first one to say how great Chris' site is.
He didn't design it in his personal style preferences, btw, but in what he thought would be good/nice for the club.
Congrats, Chris. We really use all this functionality a bunch now (instead of emailing...).
He didn't design it in his personal style preferences, btw, but in what he thought would be good/nice for the club.
Congrats, Chris. We really use all this functionality a bunch now (instead of emailing...).
- Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:20 pm
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Safety personnas (Sharks)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2635
Safety personnas (Sharks)
FYI I kind of try to require for myself a shark-like approach to safety matters: I once heard that sharks will turn away from any prey that fights back. That's most effective for their survival. But funny, because they're so powerful. I work at grooming a shark personna in myself to use for the safe...
- Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Leaving the sport
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2497
Christian
Christian, thank you very much for getting our web site going -- all the week-in, week-out work to steer our communications over onto this site. The eBlasts have always been very fun and welcome for me to read each week. I feel we're connecting-up and coordinating a whole lot more as a club now, the...
- Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Heli flying notes (Mosquito flying...)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1096
Heli flying notes (Mosquito flying...)
For any other inquiring minds: I went to the Pasadena Police heliport open house and got these interesting bits from a pilot. * "The D Curve" (fly below it and you'll die): they need 60mph or 500ft of elevation, in one model of heli, to autorotate in the event of an engine failure. So they...
- Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:53 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Beach Party Food-related sign-up sheet
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5193
Fantabulous!
Hey that's great!! I think we don't need the table this year because BJ is bringing I think 6 of them -- lots. But the grill is fabulous (I've been worried. I'll pick up coal in tomorrow night's shopping run.
Congrats on the comp flying!
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Congrats on the comp flying!
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