n.c.s.a business meeting/ awards dinner - 2010

N.C.S.A BUSINESS MEETING/N.C.S.A BUSINESS MEETING/AWARDS DINNER - 2010AWARDS DINNER - 2010

FIRST SOLO in 2009FIRST SOLO in 2009

• Fritz Henshaw: First Glider solo, July 12

• Russell Reed: First Solo: April 4

• John Pericich: First Solo – Nov. 15th

• Len Edmondson First Solo- February

New Glider Ratings or WingsNew Glider Ratings or Wings

• Sal Lopez: PPG• MIke Shapia: PPG• George Papich: PPG• Larry Suter:

Commercial Glider• Tristan Duplan:

Commercial Glider• Tristan Duplan:

CFIG

• Paul MacDonald: Commercial Glider

• Mike Voie: CFIG• Mike Mayo: WINGS• Mark Violet: WINGS• Morteza Ansari:

WINGS• Charlie Ferguson:

WINGS

BADGES & BADGE LEGSBADGES & BADGE LEGS• Fritz Henshaw: SSA 'A' Badge,• Mark Violet: 'C' Badge; Silver Distance• Len Edmondson: 'A' Badge• Russell Reed: 'A' Badge• John Pericich: 'A' Badge• Paul McDonald: C Badge; 'Bronze' Badge;

Silver Altitude• Mike Voie: Bronze Badge• Taylor Nichols: Silver Distance 97km• Morteza Diamond Altitude, completing

Diamond Badge

Air Sailing CampsAir Sailing Camps

• Paul McDonald: Thermal Camp

• Mark Violet: Cross-Country Camp

• Mike Voie, X-C camp

• Taylor Nichols - X-C camp

• Peter Kelemen: Libelle Gathering

CHECK-OUTS IN NEW GLIDERSCHECK-OUTS IN NEW GLIDERS

• Paul McDonald: G-103; G-103 Acro; G-102; SGS 2-32

• Mark Violet: G-103

• Mike Shapira: G-103

• Morteza Ansari: ASK 21 and LS-4

FLIGHTS AT NEW GLIDER SITESFLIGHTS AT NEW GLIDER SITES

• Ramy Yanetz: 1. Montague; 2. Boulder City; 3 King Mountain, Idaho

• Paul McDonald: Air Sailing; Dillingham, HI• Yuliy Gerchikov: King Mountain Glider Park

inaugural safari, • Larry Suter: Bishop• Fritz Henshaw: Minden • Rolf Peterson: King Mountain Idaho• Mike Voie: Dillingham, Hawaii

FIRST XC GLIDER FLIGHTFIRST XC GLIDER FLIGHT

• Paul McDonald: ASI-Flanigan Dry Lake - ASI

• Mark Violet: First X-C flight at ASI – PASCO’s Longest Silver Distance Award

• Taylor Nichols: First X-C flight at ASI

PERSONAL BESTS in 2009PERSONAL BESTS in 2009• Ramy Yanetz: Hollister to Tehachapi to

MtWhitney to Harris Ranch (437sm); 4 flights over 1,000km from Ely and Parowan

• Buzz Graves: 4/15/09 - epic day - o&r to Grapevine

• -Mike Mayo: Final Glide from TRK from USMC base west of Mt Patterson; took 1 hr starting in the shade and bloody cold!

• Larry Suter: out of Bishop; 243 miles (391 km) is his longest flight, ever. Aided by a fabulous handicap (which is unchanged) came in second for the Sawyer Award.

PERSONAL BESTS in 2009 PERSONAL BESTS in 2009 (page 2)(page 2)

• Morteza Ansari: first 750km, climbed to 26.5K, flight over Mt. Whitney (has been a goal for a long time)

• Fritz Henshaw: 4,700' at Byron and 11,000' Truckee (dual)

• Mike Green: completed all tasks at Air Sailing Sports Class Contest and Parowan Super Regionals-t was a pretty good season for this old fart. 3rd place at Crazy Creek, 2nd place at Air Sailing, 7th out of 27 at the Parowan Super Regionals.

LANDOUTS (planned and LANDOUTS (planned and otherwise)otherwise)

• Ramy Yanetz - 8 unplanned and 9 planned• Mike Mayo: 2 planned from TRK: • Rolf Peterson: Silver Springs Airport; Flanigan Dry

Lake• Mike Green: Crazy Creek and Montague• Paul McDonald: Flanigan Dry Lake (planned)• Mark Violet: Flanigan Dry Lake (unplanned)• Taylor Nichols: Gerlach and back; First Cross-

Country flight• Mike Voie: Air Sailing to Truckee Landed in dry

lakebed outside Reno-Stead (unplanned)

TOTAL GLIDER CROSS-TOTAL GLIDER CROSS-COUNTRY STATUTE MILES COUNTRY STATUTE MILES

• Advanced Class– Rolf Peterson:

1,623 sm– Yuliy Gerchikov:

8728 sm– RAMY YANETZ:

17,617sm

• Standard Class

– Mike Mayo:

4,443 sm– Mike Green:

4756sm – Buzz Graves:

6,459 sm

TOTAL GLIDER HOURSTOTAL GLIDER HOURS

• Advanced Class– Rolf Peterson:

110hr– Yuliy Gerchikov:

170.4 hr– RAMY YANETZ: – 320 hr

• Standard Class– Larry Suter 94.1 hr– Peter Kelemen:– 102.9 hr– Mike Green: 104.7 hr

LONGEST FLIGHT (SM) – FROM LONGEST FLIGHT (SM) – FROM BYRONBYRON

Standard Class

• Len Edmondson: 30sm• Larry Suter: 63sm on

4/10/ 3.2hr • PETER KELEMEN:

78sm/3 hr

Advanced Class

• Morteza Ansari: 174sm (280km)3.8hr

• RAMY YANETZ: 290 sm 10/4/09

LONGEST FLIGHT USING CLUB LONGEST FLIGHT USING CLUB SHIPSSHIPS

• Tristan Duplan: 40sm in KP over Reno

• Mike Voie SS out of Air Sailing 77 Statute miles one way past Ravendale

LONGEST DISTANCE (SM) - LONGEST DISTANCE (SM) - ANYWHEREANYWHERE

• Standard Class– Larry Suter: 243 sm out of Bishop– Mike Green: 305 sm Parowan to Grand Canyon– Buzz Graves: 376sm (604km) - from olc list– MIKE MAYO: 419sm

LONGEST DISTANCE (SM) - LONGEST DISTANCE (SM) - ANYWHEREANYWHERE

• Advanced Class– Rolf Peterson: 293sm 7/24/09 Air Sailing - Lobdell

Lake - Flanigan -Petersen Ridge - Air Sailing (HP14) – Morteza Ansari: (759km )472smBishop-Tonopah-

Austin-Cerro Gordo-Bishop. Most of flight was over new ground and areas I have never flown before, amazing flight

– Yuliy Gerchikov: 644sm TRK-Darwin-Boundary Peak-Tinemaha-Verdi-TRK

• RAMY YANETZ: Hollister-Yuma 679sm

HIGHEST ALTITUDE ACHIEVED HIGHEST ALTITUDE ACHIEVED FROM BYRON:FROM BYRON:

• Standard Class

• Mark Violet: 6,000• Tristan Duplan: 6,200'• PETER KELEMAN:

7,200'

• Advanced Class

• Morteza Ansari: 9200'• RAMY YANETZ: 18,000'

3/29 - north wind wave

HIGHEST ALTITUDE ACHIEVED HIGHEST ALTITUDE ACHIEVED ANYWHERE:ANYWHERE:

• Advanced Class

• Mike Green 17,499'• Mike Mayo, 18,000' • Morteza Ansari: 26,500'

• Standard Class

• Mark Violet: 13,000: ASI• Larry Suter: 17,999'

several times in Sierra• Tristan Duplan/Mike

Voie: 28,000‘ 10/3/09 -KP-Minden wave

FASTEST AVERAGE X-C SPEED FASTEST AVERAGE X-C SPEED ANYWHERE ANYWHERE

• Standard Class• Peter Kelemen:48mph 157 miles• Mike Mayo: 71MPH (114km/hr) over 296sm

(476 km) - chasing Tony Gaechter• MIKE GREEN: 85mph over 302 sm- Air Sailing

Contest

FASTEST AVERAGE X-C SPEED FASTEST AVERAGE X-C SPEED ANYWHERE ANYWHERE

• Advanced Class• Yuliy Gerchikov: 86.4 MPH over 404 sm,

Parowan-La Sal Range -Parowan• Morteza Ansari: 73mph (117.3km/hr) (759KM)

• RAMY YANETZ: 98mph along 246sm during a 1,000km flight (90MPH along the whole 679sm)

TOTAL NUMBER OF FLIGHTS IN TOTAL NUMBER OF FLIGHTS IN 2009 2009

• Peter Kelemen 51fl• Mark Violet: 53 fl• Buzz Graves: 55 fl• Ramy Yanetz: 65fl• Larry Suter: 67fl • Tristan Duplan 68 fl• Mike Voie: 155 fl

• Mike Mayo: 20fl• Morteza Ansari: 25fl• Yuliy Gerchikov: 30fl• Len Edmondson: 48fl• Eric Yeargan: 32 fl• Fritz Henshaw: 39 fl• Mike Green: 42 • Buzz Graves: 47

PERSONAL BESTS AND PERSONAL BESTS AND RECORDS:RECORDS:

– Mike Mayo wrote that :

"NCSA WAS Number 1 in region 11 in 2009 ... <http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/clubRanking.html?rt=olc&sp=2009&st=olc&c=US&sc=11>

– Number 7 in all of North America... <http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/clubRanking.html?rt=olc&sp=2009&st=olc&c=C6&sc=>

– “Well done NCSA!"

14 pilots listed flights in OLC 14 pilots listed flights in OLC under NCSA: page 1under NCSA: page 1

– Taylor Nichols: 143km– Mike Voie: 1,026km– Rolf Petersen:2,087km– Larry Suter: 3,069km– Morteza Ansari:(2508sm) 4037km/ 13 flights– Peter Kelemen: 4147km (2577 sm)/22 flights– Jim Conger:4,261km – Mike Green:4,693km

14 pilots listed flights in OLC 14 pilots listed flights in OLC under NCSA: page 2 under NCSA: page 2

– Mike Mayo:4440sm ( 7087km)/24 flights– Shannon Madsen: 5,848km– Uwe Kleinhempel:5,684km – Yuliy Gerchikov: 6,931km– Buzz Graves: (40th in the USA) for total  6,459sm

(10,394km),    55 flights– Ramy Yanetz: 36 flights totalling 12,522sm - flew

more miles and more hours -also more landouts - than any previous year - incl to Yuma, AZ

– NCSA ended in 6th place overall in USA!

PILOT OF THE YEAR: PILOT OF THE YEAR: ADVANCEDADVANCED

PILOT OF THE YEAR: PILOT OF THE YEAR: ADVANCEDADVANCED

– RAMY YANETZ - is in 6th place worldwide (and 5th in USA), as well as 1st in the US OLC-FAI  

– 5th in the U.S. under OLC - flew to Yuma, Az from the Bay Area

– SSA is honoring Ramy with an Award in Little Rock this Saturday at the SSA Awards Banquet for: SSA-OLC Champion FAI-OLC, Ramy Yanetz (Northern California Soaring Association) !!

– Mike Green wrote: Although Ramy's personal achievements have bought him recognition, his greatest achievements, IMHO, is that he has revitalized NCSA and other soring clubs and sites. His pioneering efforts in expanding cross-country soaring in

our region have been just wonderful.

PILOT OF THE YEAR: PILOT OF THE YEAR: STANDARDSTANDARD

– BUZZ GRAVES: seems to have fun in the sky most times, dozens of flights; shares his enthusiasm;

– #40 in the U.S on total flights on OLC; – #6 in Region 11

MOST IMPROVED PILOT OF MOST IMPROVED PILOT OF 2009- ADVANCED 2009- ADVANCED

– MORTEZA ANSARI - 750K, climb to 26.5K, flight over Mt. Whitney (nothing major, but have been a goal for a long time), flew over new areas (Tonopah, Austin)

MOST IMPROVED PILOT OF MOST IMPROVED PILOT OF 2009- STANDARD 2009- STANDARD

MARK VIOLET – PASCO’s Longest Silver Distance Award– Air Sailing XC Camp– First Unplanned Landout (Flannigan’s Dry Lake)– 53 Flights– G 103 Checkout– C-badge

2009 Instructors:2009 Instructors:

–Mike Schneider,

–Rolf Peterson,

–Buzz Graves,

–Mike Voie

–Tristan Duplan

–Monique Weil

TOTAL GLIDER INSTRUCTIONAL TOTAL GLIDER INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT/HOURS GIVEN:FLIGHT/HOURS GIVEN:

–Rolf Peterson: 96fl/41hr

–Mike Voie: 126/40hr

–Monique Weil: 257 fl/87hr

–Mike Schneider: ?? fl/ 117.4 hr

INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR (BEST BACKSEAT DRIVER):(BEST BACKSEAT DRIVER):

–Mike Schneider 117.4 hrs

2009Tow Pilots:2009Tow Pilots:

– Boris Deianov– Thomas Daniel (sub)– Steve Yoder– Edward Doerr– Don Brown– Uwe Kleinhempel– Ken Ferguson 8.7hr/52 tows (partial year)– Dennis Vied 24.4hr/125 tows– Rolf Peterson 12hr/47tows

TOW PILOT OF THE YEAR:TOW PILOT OF THE YEAR:

– Dennis Vied 24.4hr/125 tows

“That was so much fun I think I’ll do it again”

NCSA SPARK PLUG OF THE NCSA SPARK PLUG OF THE YEAR 2009:YEAR 2009:

Richard Duggan• Dozens of hours spent to keep the tow plane

running• Dozens of hours working on the Blanik AS control

surfaces project;• Always responds when help is needed: e.g. club

phone breaks down;• Work Day Boss - with lunches, etc.

SURVIVOR OF THE YEAR:SURVIVOR OF THE YEAR:

BILL LEVINSON- FIFTH YEAR AS NCSA PRESIDENT

BEST ARTICLE:BEST ARTICLE:

– PAUL MCDONALD - THERMAL CAMP

SOARING WITH CONDORS AWARDAWARD

– BUZZ GRAVES - for the magic he brings to his flights; for his enthusiasm, inspiration, describing what he sees and thinks in his flights so the rest of us can enjoy it vicariously

BEST PHOTO: ERIC NELSONBEST PHOTO: ERIC NELSONJan 25, 2009

MOST ORIGINAL SCREW-UP:MOST ORIGINAL SCREW-UP:

FRITZ HENSHAW

Taking the wrong 'baby' home

MOST FORGIVING CLUB MOST FORGIVING CLUB MEMBERMEMBER

ROY MOELLER

“I’m sure I parked it here somewhere”

FINALLY, WE CLOSE BY GIVING FINALLY, WE CLOSE BY GIVING BUZZ ONE LAST AWARDBUZZ ONE LAST AWARD

Welcome to the ADVANCED

CLASS