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Long Island Soaring Assn. 
Long Island, New York 
A Chapter of SSA

At the most enjoyable annual dinner of the Long Island Soaring Association the following officers for 1962 were presented : Ed Kennelly, President; Bill Roed, Chief Pilot; Al Jost, Operations Officer; Herb Stecker, Maintenance Officer; Al Watts, Treasurer; and Harold Smith, Secretary.

Awards for achievements during the past season were also made as follows: the Roger G. Smith Memorial Award, in rememberance [[remembrance]] of Bob Smith's father who lost his life in an automobile accident while on the way to the 1961 Nationals to crew for his son, presented for noteworthy contributions to the sport of soaring in the LISA to Miles Coverdale. Big winner of the year was Rolf Bahrenburg who received four awards; for maximum duration, for maximum distance, for the first five hour flight over Long Island and for the first Silver C completed entirely over Long Island. Past President Frank Nolander received an award for all his work on our behalf, as did tow pilots Bill Roed and Artie Claus.

It might be added that if only half of the plans that were put forth for soaring accomplishments this year come true, we will have a most successful season. 
MILES COVERDALE

White Sands Soaring Assn. 
Alamogordo, New Mexico 
A Chapter of SSA

Soaring activities in the Tularosa Basin have been limited to the arm chair exploitations of soaring enthusiasts who have been reading the "books" and eagerly await a chance to prove their learning. For the past several months our activities have been limited to the monthly meetings and the election of officers:

President --------------- Howard Ebersole
Vice-President ---------- Terry Grange
Secretary-Treasurer ----- James Riva
Operations Manager ------ James Pankey

In February we had a dinner meeting with the wives of member and visiting soaring enthusiasts as guests. The guests were: Daniel Kinda, Matthew J. Ontho and W. P. Quinn, Jr., all of California and Alfred H. Uhalt, Jr. of Florida.

We welcome SSA members who happen to be in our area.

We are getting started for the coming soaring season and out president is also our leader in finding those elusive thermals with hour-long flights while the rest of us crowd the tow-plane for landing privileges.

As with other clubs, we too are striving to elevate from a tired TG-3A to a higher performance sailplane. As yet, we can pass on only a definite interest and must find some means of supporting such an active project.
JAMES RIVA

SCHOOL NEWS
Holiday Soaring School
Tehachapi, Calif.

Recent visitors that have flown with us are Bob Smith and Miles Coverdale from the Long Island, N. Y., Club, Neal Ridenout and Gorden Durlin from Chicago, James Huff from Idaho Falls, Idaho, John Jenista from Palo Alto (he made his five hour flight), Earl Dixon from Burnaby, B.C. (Canada), and Mark Maskell, Toronto Canada. We have issued 10 licenses and soloed 12 new glider pilots this year so far, in spite of the worst winter in ten years. We have enjoyed some tremendous soaring even though the big Tehachapi wave has not developed to date as it did last year. However, we expect to be flying it often during the rest of spring season.

We had the pleasure of soloing Donnie Pedigo, our line boy on February 26th. Donnie has been with us since last spring and looked forward to his 14th birthday with great anticipation for his solo flight. Donnie is the fourth 14-year old we have soloed on his birthday during the last six months.

Another 1-26 has been added to our line, making a total of two 2-22's and three 1-26's available at present. We expect to add another 1-26 to the roster before summer.

We have just purchased three Super Cubs and just completed majoring the engine on the Stinson, making four tow planes available, in top shape, for the summer season.

Wayne Smith of Maricopa with his Baby Bowlus and George Wiederker with his Cherokee II had recent good flights here.

Another 45 soaring enthusiasts took the second "Meteorology for Soaring Pilots" course sponsored by Holiday Soaring School during March and April and held in Los Angeles.
FRED W HARRIS

Thermal G. Glider School 
R.D. 4, Waterford, Pa.

Last year was our fifth year of operation at the Thermal G. Ranch Gliderport. I am happy to report that 1961 was accident free as well as the other four years. The record for 1961 is as follows:

Total flights --3090
Total hours --305 hr. 24 min.
Solo flights --1728
Passenger flights--468
Instruction flights--894
42 students
FAA Private Glider ratings-5
Soloed 15 beginners
Soloed 14 power pilots
Flights by visitors' ships--239
Best distance flight of the year--165 mi. 
  goal flight to Elmira, N.Y.
Best duration--5 hr. 30 min.

The Thermal G. Glider school now has five sailplanes: two Schweizer 2-22 two place trainers, two Schweizer 1-26 single plane sailplanes and one Schweizer 1-23H-15 sailplane. In addition, we have two other sailplanes based at our field, neither of which has flown as yet.

As we have mentioned before, the Glider School and glider operation for the last give years has been accident free and I think we can be justly proud of this fact.
LARRY GEHRLEIN
                             
GOING FOR DISTANCE
(Concluded from page 14)

Moore's weather war far from ideal but even with good weather one has to content with known thermal conditions in Montana. Therefore (unless one wants to be truly foolhardy and cross roadless Idaho directly) we must head southwest and try to break out into Wyoming or Utah. Possibilities seem far worse than in Texas.

A modest wave flight could be attempted from here, Bend, Oregon, or Mt.Shasta, Calif., by traveling east from range to range, wave lift to wave lift. On trips to Salt Lake City in the spring I have seen lenticulars in a series that spans the entire distance. 

The possibility of making a record from Pincher Creek is remote because the downwind run encounters no mountains to trigger off new waves (one close one). If, however, wave ripples continue out over the plains it may bring the flight to 500 miles. Ed McClanahan and I plus others in Canada hope to try it this spring. We may at least produce some interesting glide angle statistics.  

[[image - drawing of a man using a parachute]]
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534 W. ARBOR VITAE
INGLEWOOD, CALIF.
ORchard 7-6810

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