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12/22/06 |
David Kasprzyk Achieves
Private Pilot Certificate |
David joined the club about 4 months ago. He
worked very hard at studying, flying and working with
instructor Mary Rust. David is an engineer at Boeing and
works in the robotics department. He has also recently
achieved his license in scuba diving. He loves both of his
hobbies, flying and scuba diving, and now wants to go to the
next level in both.
David's father, Stan Kasprzyk, also works for Boeing and is
a CFIG in the Seattle Soaring Club. Some of you might
remember meeting him when he came down for a visit last
March and flew in the Grob 103.
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10/25/06 - First trial of
OCSA's winch |
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The Ocotillo Winch weekend
definitely moved OCSA forward in developing its winch program
and was a lot of fun. Attending were Lynn Ericksen,
Larry and Swantje Tuohino, Harry Irvine, Pete Foley, Tony and
Billy Davis, and Nick Ounanian. High rates of climb were
seen on every flight. Hats off to Lynn Ericksen in going
solo on on a winch tow for the first time, and for
being the first OCSA member to be slung aloft by our new
winch. Longest duration was 44 minutes by Harry in the
Ericksen 2-22 known as Buttercup. Hats off to Larry
Touhino as our first OCSA winch driver. |
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9/26/06 |
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OCSA Family Soaring Contest |
Results from the Fall contest day are
posted here.
Results from the Spring contest days need to be added in to
show the final results for the Spot Landing, Timed Flight, and
Altitude Gain contests.
The Lone Eagle and Dual Eagle contests won't
be final until December 1. Results so far are posted here too. |
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9/19/06 |
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OCSA
Aeronauts Taste Adventure at
Dust Devil Dash
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The results of the 2006 Dust Devil Dash are in and the club
had two members participate. In his first DDD
appearance, Jerry Snedden warmed up this year to 10th place,
landing the PW-5 near a tree "marking the middle of
nowhere". At the OCSA club meeting, reflecting on
his first attempt to cross the Kelso Valley Jerry
stated, "I learned a lot".
Larry Tuohino and his Pik20D also participated and
ended up in 4th place after missing a thermal north of
Little Lake and losing an hour digging themselves
out. He and HoUdini ended up in Bishop. His flight
is on the OLC 9/9/06 scoreboard.
Harry Irvine and Swantje Tuohino crewed for the OCSA pilots.
Congrats to all!
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9/5/06 |
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OCSA Family Soaring Contest
and
Après Soaring Pool Party
Sept 16, 2006 |
Contest starts at 9am at Hemet-Ryan
Pool Party Begins at 4pm at Tony and Billy Davis’ home.
Directions are on the Member
Page.
Bring the family, bring the friends, contest scoring is increased by 5% if a non-pilot passenger is on board.
Bring refreshments, something to grill and a side dish to the Pool party. |
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9/5/06 |
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Tehachapi Campout a Huge Success
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The club trip to Mountain Valley Airport over
the Labor Day weekend saw tremendous soaring conditions, great
fun, learning opportunities, and some awesome flights. All
three days had excellent lift with wonderful clouds to mark
the way to the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Some members got "signed off" for their first solo
flights away from home turf...
Some made their first cross-country journeys...
Some earned parts of their Silver badges...
Some headed north and landed out!
All in all, a terrific trip! |
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07/09/06 |
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Jerry Snedden flew a flight which should earn him his
Silver and Gold distances, his 5 hour flight, his Gold
Altitude, and his Diamond O&R!
Launching from Bishop (4,200msl) on a semi-blue day, Jerry
worked for over an hour to get up onto the White Mt ridge,
one time sinking to a low of 2189 agl before finally
recovering and getting underway. Turning the PW-5
north he flew 40 miles to his start point
passing White Mt at 16,940 before reaching his start gate at
Boundary Peak 10 mins later (at 17,700 ft!), then pinched
his way south to Cerro Gordo crossing the Westgard Pass
twice, and finally barreling back again to Boundary. Landing
after flying 6 hrs 15 min, much of the time at over 14,000
ft, his feet were numb but his feeling of accomplishment was
high.
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03/19/06 |
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OCSA's Family
Soaring Contest was a big hit though the weather was
cold. Check out the whole story.
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03/04/06
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Steve Watkins is the
latest OCSA member to solo in the Blanik. He had a nice long
solo flight... and eventually had to come down to face the
bucket!
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02/18/06
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OCSA, other local clubs, and Sailplane
Enterprises joined forces to conduct a Cross-Country Bronze Badge
Ground School for 25 local pilots. |
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