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N.C.S.A BUSINESS MEETING/

AWARDS DINNER - 2012

FIRST SOLO in 2011

• Chandler Lougée

FIRST SOLO in 2011


• Lorenzo Cico

FIRST SOLO in 2011


• Lorenzo Cico

• Michael Ang

FIRST SOLO in 2011


• Lorenzo Cico

• Michael Ang

• Shamim Mohamed

FIRST SOLO in 2011


• Lorenzo Cico

• Michael Ang

• Shamim Mohamed

• Evgeny Ivanov

FIRST SOLO in 2011


• Lorenzo Cico

• Michael Ang

• Shamim Mohamed

• Evgeny Ivanov

• Dhiren Ghandi

FIRST SOLO in 2011


• Lorenzo Cico

• Michael Ang

• Shamim Mohamed

• Evgeny Ivanov

• Dhiren Ghandi

• Jerry Robison

New Glider Ratings or Wings

• Biff Forbush- Private Pilot

• Maja Djurisic - Private Pilot

• Morteza Ansari – Wings Phase 2

• Mike Mayo – Wings Phase 1

• Rick Robbins- Commercial Add-on

• Shamim Mohamed- Private Pilot

• Terence Wilson- Commercial Add-on

BADGES & BADGE LEGS • Fritz Henshaw – A, B

• Lorenzo Cico – A

• Chandler Lougee – A

• Evgeny Ivanov – A

• Dhiren Gandhi – A

• Michael Ang - A

• Rick Robbins – A, B, C

• Maja Djurisic – B, C, Bronze

Camps

• Maja Djurisic – WSPA at El Tiro

• John Scott- XC at ASI

• Buzz Graves- Lead XC Pilot at ASI

CHECK-OUTS IN NEW GLIDERS

• Biff Forbush- SGS 2-33, SGS 1-34,

L-23, L-33, SDZ-50

• Chandler Lougee- Grob 103

• Fritz Henshaw- Grob 103

• Lorenzo Cico- Grob 103

• Maja Djurisic- PW5, PW6

CHECK-OUTS IN NEW GLIDERS

• Michael Ang- Grob 103

• Rick Robbins- ASK 21

• Terence Wilson- ASK 21

• Larry Suter- ASK 21

FLIGHTS AT NEW GLIDER SITES

• Biff Forbush- Estrella AZ, Sterling MA,

Tanner-Hiller MA, Franconia NH

• Buzz Graves- COSA Marien OH, Central

Ohio Soaring Association, Caesar's

Creek OH

• Fritz Henshaw- Minden

• Larry Suter- Minden

• Maja Djurisic- El Tiro, Tuscon AZ


(page 2)

• Mark Violet- Truckee

• Morteza Ansari- Montague

• Paul MacDonald- Williams

• Rachel Crosby- Minden

• Ramy Yanetz- Moriarity, Val Air CO

• Rick Robbins- Williams, Jean NV,

Warner Springs, Minden


(page 3)

• Shamim Mohamed- Williams, Boulder

CO

• Terence Wilson- Williams


• Dirk Vanderlaan - Byron!

• Lorenzo Cico - Byron!

• Michael Ang - Byron!

• Rachel Crosby - Byron!

• Shamim Mohamed - Byron!

PERSONAL BESTS in 2011

• Biff Forbush - 4 winch launches at Tanner-Hiller MA

• Bob Semans - 1st CAP flights at Byron

• Buzz Graves - Pasco Longest Straight out 720km, Truckee to Parowan (and back)

• Fritz Henshaw - Land out in Livermore with Buzz in a 20 kt x-wind

• Dirk Vanderlaan - 1st glider flight; Ed Ott's 1st "towee"

• Larry Suter- Made it to Mt. Siegel from ASI (and back)

PERSONAL BESTS in 2011 (pg 2)

• Lorenzo Cico - 1st glider flight; 1st solo

• Maja Djurisic - 3.4 hr flight at WSPA El Tiro

• Michael Ang - 1st glider flight; 1st solo

• Mike Green - Flew at Minden after a 13.5 year lapse

• Morteza Ansari - Byron to Big Sur and back

• Paul MacDonald - Became Tow Pilot in April

• Rachel Crosby- 1st flights

• Ramy Yanetz- Byron-Golden Gate with Buzz

PERSONAL BESTS in 2011 (pg 3)

• Rick Robbins - 1/22, >13,000, flew Mt Diablo almost to Martinez, back to Mt Diablo then over LVK almost to Calaveras reservoir then C83.

• Shamim Mohamed - Return to gliders after 10 years

• Terence Wilson - Commercial add-on

• Walter Friedrich - restarted after being out since 1997

TOTAL NUMBER OF FLIGHTS 2011

• Rachel Crosby- 13

• Shannon Madsen-16

• Morteza Ansari- 22

• Rolf Peterson - 24

• Mike Mayo - 25

• Mark Violet- 26

• Mike Green - 26

• Fritz Henshaw - 27

• Peter Kelemen -29

• Willie Snow - 31

• Lorenzo Cico - 32

• Boyang Zhang - 41

• Michael Ang - 42

• Ramy Yanez- 59

• Buzz Graves- 65

• Rick Robbins - 68

• Maja Djurisic – 85

• Evgeny Ivanov- 94

• Shamim Mohamed - 112

• John Boyce - 141

• Larry Suter - 204

TOTAL GLIDER HOURS- 2011

• Adv Class Mike Green - 48

Morteza Ansari - 60

Shannon Madsen - 68

Rolf Peterson - 93

Ramy Yanetz - 310

Buzz Graves – 350+

• Std Class Willie Snow - 30

Evgeny Ivanov – 30.4

Shamim Mohamed – 32

Peter Kelemen - 36

Bob Semans - 52

Maja Djurisic - 60

John Boyce - 68

Mike Schneider - 85

Mike Mayo - 104

Larry Suter - 131

TOTAL GLIDER CROSS-

COUNTRY KM 2011

• Std Class

John Boyce - 497

Willie Snow - 937

Peter Kelemen - 1151

Bob Semans - 3150

Larry Suter – 3233

Mike Mayo - 8351

TOTAL GLIDER CROSS-

COUNTRY KM 2011

• Adv Class Mike Green - 3152

Morteza Ansari - 4022

Shannon Madsen - 4806

Rolf Peterson – 6074

Buzz Graves – 23,836

Ramy Yanetz – 25,121

LONGEST FLIGHT (KM) – FROM

BYRON

Std Class • Peter Kelemen - 121


• Paul MacDonald – 156


BYRON

Std Class • Peter Keleman - 121


• Paul MacDonald – 156*


BYRON

Std Class • Peter Kelemen - 121


• Paul MacDonald – 156*

*Aerotow of 81C from Byron to Williams


BYRON

Advanced Class • Rolf Peterson - 74

• Shannon Madsen - 247

• Buzz Graves - 322

• Morteza Ansari - 400

• Ramy Yanetz - 505

LONGEST FLIGHT USING CLUB

SHIPS

• Paul MacDonald- 156 81C

LONGEST FLIGHT USING CLUB

SHIPS

• Paul MacDonald- 156* 81C

LONGEST DISTANCE (KM) -

ANYWHERE

• Standard Class John Boyce - 133

Maja Djurisic - 139

Peter Kelemen - 317

Larry Suter - 397

Bob Semans - 530

Mike Mayo - 610

LONGEST DISTANCE (KM) -

ANYWHERE

• Advanced Class Rolf Peterson - 311

Mike Green - 347


Shannon Madsen - 657

Buzz Graves - 814

Ramy Yanetz - 910

HIGHEST ALTITUDE ACHIEVED

FROM BYRON:

• Std Class Bob Semans - 4000

Mark Violet - 4500


John Boyce - 6500

Rick Robbins - 13100

Larry Suter- 13999

Michael Ang - 14000

• Adv Class Shannon Madsen - 5800


Ramy Yanetz - 14370

Buzz Graves - 17999


ANYWHERE: • Std Class Walter Friedrich -12400

Shamim Mohamed - 13000

Michael Ang - 14000

Rick Robbins - 15000


Mark Violet – 16200

John Boyce - 16200

Bob Semans 18K

Larry Suter 18K

Mike Mayo 18K

Maja Djurisic 18K


ANYWHERE:

• Adv Class = 18K Club Shannon Madsen

Morteza Ansari

Ramy Yanetz

Buzz Graves

FASTEST AVERAGE X-C SPEED

ANYWHERE

• Standard Class • Peter Kelemen – 81 km/hr over 151 km

• Larry Suter - 84 km/hr over 345 km

• Mike Mayo – 113 km/hr over 461 km

FASTEST AVERAGE X-C SPEED

ANYWHERE

• Advanced Class Morteza Ansari – 90 km/hr

Rolf Peterson – 102 km/hr over 334 km

Shannon Madsen – 107 km/hr over 657km

Buzz Graves – 126 km/hr over 644 km

Ramy Yanetz – 154 km/hr over 386 km

The 1-26 Award recognizing

longest flight and longest duration

• Next Year…….

YOUR NAME GOES HERE

2011 OLC Competition- NCSA

placed 2nd in Region 11

# Points Club km Flights Pilots

1 74,887.88 Minden Soaring Club (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 73,453.97 141 13

2 65,929.88 Northern California Soaring Ass. (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 68,384.03 210 15

3 59,539.33 Air Sailing Nevada (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 57,034.06 296 19

4 51,298.12 Hollister Gliding Cl (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 54,419.78 153 15

5 35,898.10 Soar Truckee (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 37,336.92 106 5

6 26,774.48 Las Vegas Valley Soaring Association (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 24,701.96 104 16

7 21,011.44 Williams Soaring Center (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 22,947.74 86 13

8 19,323.81 Hole in the Wall (US / R12: CA-S) 19,603.95 35 8

9 15,074.16 Caesar Creek Soaring (US / R6: IN KY MI OH) 15,228.47 24 2

10 14,347.77 Mount Shasta Soaring (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 15,611.42 42 2

11 14,277.39 Central California Soaring Club (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 13,846.73 79 7


placed #8 in the USA # Points Club km Flights Pilots

1 201,918.01 Albuquerque Soaring (US / R9: AZ CO NM UT WY) 194,383.75 599 46

2 164,787.94 TSA-Texas Soaring Association (US / R10: AR KS LA MO-W NE OK) 160,263.73 516 31

3 157,887.03 Tucson Soaring Club (US / R9: AZ CO NM UT WY) 139,326.19 672 37

4 107,590.54 Soaring Society of Boulder (US / R9: AZ CO NM UT WY) 107,307.49 424 48

5 102,777.59 SGC Seattle Glider Council (US / R8: AK ID MT OR WA) 102,154.37 374 31

6 102,755.52 Warner Springs Gliders (US / R12: CA-S) 104,578.67 348 27

7 82,482.15 Soaring Club of Houston (US / R10: AR KS LA MO-W NE OK) 78,971.64 285 21

8 78,001.71 Northern California Soaring Ass. (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 80,835.38 237 16

9 76,279.69 Tehachapi Soaring (US / R12: CA-S) 77,203.04 239 23


11 70,101.75 Hole in the Wall (US / R12: CA-S) 71,249.50 176 9

12 68,941.01 Greater Houston Soaring (US / R10: AR KS LA MO-W NE OK) 67,404.43 275 20

13 63,894.04 Caesar Creek Soaring (US / R6: IN KY MI OH) 66,723.70 238 13

14 61,824.32 Willamette Valley Soaring (US / R8: AK ID MT OR WA) 61,602.00 257 20

15 61,171.34 Carolina Soaring Association (US / R5: AL FL GA MS NC SC TN) 62,124.80 240 16

16 60,313.10 Air Sailing Nevada (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 57,649.68 310 19

17 56,614.03 M-ASA Mid-Atlantic Soaring Assn (US / R4: DE DC MD VA WV) 57,194.97 182 18


was #68 in the world # Points Club km Flights Pilots

1 274,275.30 AFZ Unterwössen (DE / BY) 266,614.86 797 73

2 219,972.26 SFZ Königsdorf (DE / BY) 220,178.70 721 104

3 209,800.21 Albuquerque Soaring (US / R9: AZ CO NM UT WY) 203,127.87 609 46

4 189,323.17 HAC Boberg (DE / HH) 194,152.34 630 66

5 187,749.52 FCC-Berlin (DE / BL) 188,348.41 564 53

6 172,446.87 LSV Burgdorf (DE / NI) 170,677.35 582 58

7 171,262.94 Amsterdamsche C v Zweefvliegen (NL / ) 175,781.25 541 62

8 164,787.94 TSA-Texas Soaring Association (US / R10: AR KS LA MO-W NE OK)160,263.73 516 31

9 157,887.03 Tucson Soaring Club (US / R9: AZ CO NM UT WY) 139,326.19 672 37

10 147,751.52 Fliegergruppe Wolf Hirth (DE / BW) 160,390.19 496 50

66 78,549.05 Montreal Soaring Council (CA / ON/Q) 76,372.22 425 31

67 78,244.41 LSV Bad Neuenahr (DE / RP) 78,247.05 237 23

68 78,001.71 Northern California Soaring Ass. (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV)80,835.38 237 16


70 77,073.69 Tehachapi Soaring (US / R12: CA-S) 77,966.24 243 23

15 pilots listed flights in OLC

under NCSA (pg 1)

Michael Ang (CA) 92

Michael Voie (US) 253

William Snow (US) 261

Dick Horn (US) 425

Uwe Kleinhempel (CA) 703

Peter Kelemen (US) 1255

Michael I Green (US) 2944

Larry Suter (US) 3234

15 pilots listed flights in OLC

under NCSA (pg 2)

Morteza Ansari (CA) 4022

Shannon Madsen (US) 4557

Rolf Peterson (US) 4930

Yuliy Gerchikov (RU) 5443

Michael Mayo (US) 8371

Ramy Yanetz (US) 15063

Buzz Graves (US) 18584

The 80,000+ NCSA OLC km were flown

from 13 locations

Truckee-Tahoe (US / 11) 33188

Byron CA (US / 11) 8116

Air Sailing (US / 11) 6968

Hollister CA (US / 11) 5660

Ely Arpt(Yelland) (US / 11) 4858

Parowan (US / 9) 4745

Eastern Sierra (US / 11) 3643

El Tiro (US / 9) 2876

Panoche (US / 11) 2539

King Mountain Park (US / 8) 2413

Minden-Tahoe (US / 11) 2209

Moriarty (US / 9) 2103

Williams CA (US / 11) 2025

Tonopah NV (US / 11) 467

Val Air (US / 9) 314

Siskiyou County (US / 11) 268

Gerlach (US / 11) 197

PILOT OF THE YEAR 2011:

STANDARD CLASS:

MIKE MAYO

•Longest single flight - 610 km

•Most total km – 8351 km

•Highest speed – 113 km/hr

•Byron and Truckee stalwart

•Great Chef!

PILOT OF THE YEAR 2011:

ADVANCED CLASS:

RAMY YANETZ •6th Place OLC in US

•Captured Pasco Egg Williams-ASI

•25,121 km

•310 hours

•910 km from Ely

•Most memorable flight from Byron across

the Bay to Golden Gate area with Buzz

•PASCO Awards Chair

•Great Mentor, Advisor, Source of

Encouragement

MOST IMPROVED PILOT 2011:

Chandler Lougée

2011 Instructors:

–Mike Schneider- Chief Instructor

–Rolf Peterson

–Buzz Graves

–Mike Voie

–Monique Weil

–John Randazzo

–John Boyce

–Larry Suter

TOTAL GLIDER INSTRUCTIONAL

FLIGHT/HOURS GIVEN: John Boyce – 130 46.5 hrs

Larry Suter - 168 44.6 hrs

Mike Schneider - ?? 80.5 hrs

“That was so much fun I think I‟ll

do it again”

INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR

(BEST BACKSEAT DRIVER):

– 80.5 hrs of instruction

– Many extended cross-country

instructional flights out of Minden

– Board and Safety Committee Member

– Continual presence at Byron

MIKE SCHNEIDER

2011 NCSA Tow Pilots

•Rolf Peterson- Chief Tow Pilot

•Dale Roberts

•Rick Robbins

•Dave Magaw

•Mike Schneider

•Yuichi Takagi

• Steve Yoder

•Thomas Daniel

•Paul MacDonald

•Ed Ott

“Thanks, Guys,

We‟ll Follow You Anywhere!”

TOW PILOT OF THE YEAR:

Dale Roberts •43.6 hrs / 178 tows

•Recruited Tow Pilots from his

Taildragger Friends

So be careful next time you radio,

“16Y…Request Tow Maneuvers”

Dale‟s Aerobatic Accomplishments in 2011:

•2nd place in Sportsman Category at Paso Robles

•FIRST place Sportsman Category at Borrego Springs

•Won „Grass Roots' Award @ Borrego for best score in an aircraft <=

180 horsepower

NCSA SPARK PLUG OF THE

YEAR 2011

Monique Weil

•Organizes Instructor Schedules

•Organizes Tow Pilot Schedules

•Organizes Field Manager Schedules

•Provides regular, helpful, patient reminders

•NCSA V.P. and Head of Safety Committee

•Long time flight instructor

•Tireless supporter of NCSA and Soaring

BEST BUZZARD BLOG:

• Mang‟s First Solo

It had been a long final stretch to my first glider solo.

Having been a power pilot back in Canada (through

the Royal Canadian Air Cadets, eh) my stick and

rudders skills just needed some waking up…… Oh

and let's not forget that other factor - paperwork!

BEST PHOTO 2011: Last Place

“What‟s wrong with this picture?”

BEST PHOTO 2011: Ramy Yanetz

SURVIVOR OF THE YEAR:

SEVENTH YEAR AS NCSA PRESIDENT

BILL LEVINSON

Thanks, Bill!

FINALLY, WE CLOSE BY GIVING

MIKE MAYO OVERDUE RECOGNITION

• Std Class

John Boyce - 497

Willie Snow - 937


Bob Semans - 3150

Larry Suter – 3233

Mike Mayo - 8351

• Std Class

Peter Kelemen – 81 km/hr

Larry Suter - 84 km/hr

Mike Mayo – 113 km/hr

Welcome to the

ADVANCED CLASS

Welcome to the

ADVANCED CLASS Mike

25,678 km 23,830 km

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