PRESIDENT – RAY GIRARDO (2009-2010
SECRETARY - TREASURER – NEALE EILER (2009-2010)
VICE PRESIDENT EAST – BOB BLANTON (2009-2010)
VICE PRESIDENT WEST – BOB HALL (2009-2010)
TOW PLANE MANAGER – STEVE LEONARD (2009-2010)
DIRECTORS: K. C. ALEXANDER (PAST PRESIDENT)
NEAL PFEIFFER(2009-2010)
DAVE WILKUS (2009-2010) PUBLISHED TO RECORD
ANDREW PETERS (2008-2009) THE UPS AND DOWNS
FRANK O’DONNELL (2008-2009) OF THE RAY SHARP -EDITOR
KANSAS SOARING ASSOCIATION
JUNE, 2009
Move Questionnaire
K.C. Alexander
pikdriver@att.net
As you all know, Sunflower is for sale. It may sell next week, or it may not sell for years. When it sells the new owners may tell us to leave, or they may allow us to stay. If they do allow us to stay they will probably want significantly more money for hanger rent and facility use than we have been paying. We hope the new owners will love gliders and allow us to stay at prices close to what we are currently paying, but this may not be the case. We have to have a contingency plan in place in case we need to leave Sunflower or can not afford the new owners prices.
Where will we go? We have numerous options, each with it’s own set of plus’s and minus’s. We need to figure out as an organization what we really need, what we want, and what we can afford. I am asking everyone to please think over these issues and e-mail me your thoughts and ideas. Below is a list of topics which have come up in previous conversations. Please comment on these topics and suggest new ones for us to evaluate.
1.) Location - How far is too far?
2.) Availability of hanger space - Do you need it?
3.) Trailer tie downs or storage - Your needs.
4.) Fuel for tow plane - Buy gas from FBO or have our own.
5.) Runway type and length - Hard vs. soft, auto tow cap
6.) Co-exist with GA traffic or have a dedicated Glider Port
7.) Availability of bathrooms, air-conditioned office, phone
8.) Proximity to activities for non-flying family members
9.) Local businesses - Restaurants, hardware, gas stations, etc.
10.) Support of local community.
11.) Restricted Airspace too close
12.) Should KSA build our own hangers? Club house? Airport?
13.) Local Emergency Services
14.) Quality of Soaring Conditions
15.) Cost vs. everything above plus more?
16.) Everything else that ought to be on this list!
Date
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Tow Pilot
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Line Manager
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Instructor
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Sat June 13
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Dennis Brown
722-8351
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Albert Kaltenbaeck
617-8018
Doug Wilson
655-6700
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Brian Bird
620-664-7844
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Sun June 14
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K.C. Alexander
943-7641
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David Woody
682-1895
Chris Black
648-4279
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Sat June 20
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Richard Kirkland
682-7814
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Ron Blum
295-7812
Dan Camacho
733-0613
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Frank O’Donnell
316-788-3224
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Sun June 21
|
Frank O’Donnell
788-3224
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Everette Gould
620-662-0838
Gary Trimpe
620-656-7381
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Sat June 27
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Ben Sorensen
655-0521
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Rich Stone
612-2008
John Bird
620-728-1341
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Andrew Peters
316-393-2261
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Sun June 28
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Jack Seltman
316-636-4218
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Jerry Boone
620-474-4177
Neale Eyler
729-0659
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Friday July 3
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Bob Hall
620-664-9577
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|
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Sat July 4
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Dennis Brown
722-8351
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David Wilkus
788-0932
Jacob Duerksen
283-5430
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Aaron Martin
316-776-2287
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Sun July 5
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Richard Kirkland
682-7814
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John Bird
620-728-1341
Darren Liby
620-665-0035
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Sat July 11 (Kowbell)
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Pat Ensign
816-835-6580
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Bryan Pate
524-8829
Linda Pate
524-8829
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Ben Sorensen
316-655-0257
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Sun July 12
|
Bob Hall
620-664-9577
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Neal Pfeiffer
686-4306
John Bender
816-296-7453
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Date
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Tow Pilot
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Line Manager
|
Instructor
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Sat July 18
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Tony Condon
515-291-0089
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Bob Blanton
683-9759
Ron Blum
295-7812
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Brian Bird
620-664-7844
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Sun July 19
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Bernie Mohr
733-4524
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Ray Girardo
942-0638
John Peters
620-367-3711
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Sat July 25
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Ben Sorensen
655-0257
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David Woody
682-1895
Dan Camacho
733-0613
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Andrew Peters
316-393-2261
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Sun July 26
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Brian Bird
620-664-7844
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Harry Clayton
744-2389
Steve Leonard
729-0356
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Sat August 1
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Charles Pate
685-5695
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Bryan Pate
524-8829
Linda Pate
524-8829
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Mike Westemeir
316-729-2551
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Sun August 2
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Mark Schlegel
680-3263
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Neale Eyler
729-0659
John Bird
620-728-1341
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Sat August 8
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Bob Holliday
733-5403
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Jerry Boone
620-474-4177
Tony Hebert
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Frank O’Donnell
316-788-3224
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Sun August 9
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Frank O’Donnell
788-3224
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Steve Carlson
308-2839
Ray Girardo
942-0638
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Sat August 15
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Brian Bird
620-664-7844
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Richard Duerksen
283-5430
Gary Trimpe
620-656-7381
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Aaron Martin
316-776-2287
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Sun August 16
|
Aaron Martin
776-2287
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Neal Pfeiffer
686-4306
Ron Blum
295-7812
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Sat August 22
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Richard Kirkland
682-7814
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Ray Girardo
942-0638
Chris Black
648-4279
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Ben Sorensen
316-655-0257
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Date
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Tow Pilot
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Line Manager
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Instructor
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Sun August 23
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Frank O’Donnell
788-3224
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Bob Blanton
683-9759
Everette Gould
620-662-0838
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Sat August 29
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Mark Schlegel
680-3263
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John Bender
816-296-7453
Dakota Harms
282-6000
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Brian Bird
620-664-7844
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Sun August 30
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Tony Condon
515-291-0089
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Harry Clayton
744-2389
Jerry Boone
620-474-4177
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Sat September 5
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Ben Sorensen
655-0257
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Steve Carlson
308-2839
Darren Liby
620-662-0035
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Frank O’Donnell
316-788-3224
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Sun September 6
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K.C. Alexander
943-7641
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John Wells
685-1043
Dakota Harms
282-6000
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Mon September 7
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Bob Hall
620-664-9577
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David Woody
682-1895
Dan Camacho
733-0613
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Sat September 12
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Aaron Martin
776-2287
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Ray Girardo
942-0638
Chris Black
648-4279
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Mike Westemeir
316-729-2551
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Sun September 13
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Bernie Mohr
733-4524
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Steve Leonard
729-0356
Jacob Duerksen
283-5430
|
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Sat September 19
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Dennis Brown
722-8351
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John Peters
620-637-3711
Bob Blanton
683-9759
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Andrew Peters
316-393-2261
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Sun September 20
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Pat Ensign
816-835-6580
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Dave Wilkus
788-0932
John Bender
816-296-7453
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Sat September 26
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Bob Holliday
733-5403
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John Bird
620-728-1341
John Wells
685-1043
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Aaron Martin
316-776-2287
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Date
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Tow Pilot
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Line Manager
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Instructor
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Sun September 27
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Andrew Peters
393-2261
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Neale Eyler
729-0659
Everette Gould
620-662-0838
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The preceding was the Duty Schedule for the upcoming summer. There are towpilots, and line managers, and instructors for the rest of the summer. This same schedule will also get loaded up for on-line viewing and editing at: http://my.calendars.net/ksa Please help us keep this schedule up to date so we can know who to call if our workers aren’t there!
Also please note. Most, if not all, of our instructors that signed up to assist with the weekend training are also towpilots. These guys are doing double duty, and we owe then a HUGE Thank you for all their efforts.
One thing that the rest of us can do to help in showing this gratitude is to help out with doing the simple things, like washing the windshield on the towplane, or offering to fuel the towplane while the pilot gets to stretch his legs. The gliders also spend a lot of time in the bugs and could use a good washing more often than the once a year they seem to get it.
Students, if you can, get to the field early some time and sit in the back seat of the trainers. Then figure out what you could do to help make life more pleasant for the instructors that spend their afternoons back there! Also, part of learning to fly gliders is learning to hook up ropes and run the launch line. If you are up there to fly, but it is not your turn in the plane, please don’t just sit in the shade. I know it is more comfortable there, but we need help out on the launch line. And that goes for the private owners, too. Nothing much more frustrating than seeing one plane about to launch, one on short final, one that just stopped well short, and another on downwind with half a dozen people sitting in the shade and talking.
And for the rest of us, lets all chip in and help keep the place clean. The bathrooms could always use a little help (I will be bringing some hand soap up there this weekend), the grass by the tower could usually stand to be mowed (Pat Ensign has graciously again provided us with a mower. Lets try to see to it that he doesn’t have to spend every Saturday morning riding it to mow that grass!). Have a few older bath towels at home? Would you consider bringing them to Sunflower for our bathroom? Take home and wash the towels that are there, and leave some others in their place.
Andrew is planning a Last Chance Ratings Camp October 2-5. This will be for anyone that needs that last little push to complete a Private, Commercial or CFIG rating. Please contact him if you need more information or continue to read the variometer.
John Bender is offering his (slick) Ka-6 for sale for $7500. His ad is in Wings-and wheels. (editor thinks the bird may be at Sunflower)
Ed Limper is selling a hand held radio for best bid over $25. Talk to Frank O’Donnell.
KSA VARIOMETER
1950 S WEBB ROAD #112
WICHITA, KS 67207
rayandginisharp@juno.com
THE JUNE 2009 KSA MEETING
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2009,
AFTER THE DAYS FLYING AT SUNFLOWER
FIRE WILL LITE AROUND 6 PM
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