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N.C.S.A BUSINESS MEETING/
AWARDS DINNER - 2012
FIRST SOLO in 2011
• Chandler Lougée
FIRST SOLO in 2011
• Chandler Lougée
• Lorenzo Cico
FIRST SOLO in 2011
• Chandler Lougée
• Lorenzo Cico
• Michael Ang
FIRST SOLO in 2011
• Chandler Lougée
• Lorenzo Cico
• Michael Ang
• Shamim Mohamed
FIRST SOLO in 2011
• Chandler Lougée
• Lorenzo Cico
• Michael Ang
• Shamim Mohamed
• Evgeny Ivanov
FIRST SOLO in 2011
• Chandler Lougée
• Lorenzo Cico
• Michael Ang
• Shamim Mohamed
• Evgeny Ivanov
• Dhiren Ghandi
FIRST SOLO in 2011
• Chandler Lougée
• 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
FLIGHTS AT NEW GLIDER SITES
(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
FLIGHTS AT NEW GLIDER SITES
(page 3)
• Shamim Mohamed- Williams, Boulder
CO
• Terence Wilson- Williams
FLIGHTS AT NEW GLIDER SITES
• 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
• Larry Suter - 123
• Paul MacDonald – 156
LONGEST FLIGHT (KM) – FROM
BYRON
Std Class • Peter Keleman - 121
• Larry Suter - 123
• Paul MacDonald – 156*
LONGEST FLIGHT (KM) – FROM
BYRON
Std Class • Peter Kelemen - 121
• Larry Suter - 123
• Paul MacDonald – 156*
*Aerotow of 81C from Byron to Williams
LONGEST FLIGHT (KM) – FROM
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
Morteza Ansari - 500
Shannon Madsen - 657
Buzz Graves - 814
Ramy Yanetz - 910
HIGHEST ALTITUDE ACHIEVED
FROM BYRON:
• Std Class Bob Semans - 4000
Mark Violet - 4500
Peter Kelemen - 6000
John Boyce - 6500
Rick Robbins - 13100
Larry Suter- 13999
Michael Ang - 14000
• Adv Class Shannon Madsen - 5800
Morteza Ansari - 13500
Ramy Yanetz - 14370
Buzz Graves - 17999
HIGHEST ALTITUDE ACHIEVED
ANYWHERE: • Std Class Walter Friedrich -12400
Shamim Mohamed - 13000
Michael Ang - 14000
Rick Robbins - 15000
Peter Kelemen - 15300
Mark Violet – 16200
John Boyce - 16200
Bob Semans 18K
Larry Suter 18K
Mike Mayo 18K
Maja Djurisic 18K
HIGHEST ALTITUDE ACHIEVED
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
2011 OLC Competition- NCSA
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
10 74,887.88 Minden Soaring Club (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 73,453.97 141 13
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
2011 OLC Competition- NCSA
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
69 77,369.66 Minden Soaring Club (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 76,022.84 154 14
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
Peter Kelemen - 1151
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