Soaring – August 2019

http://www.ssa.org • August 2019 • Soaring 39 K nowing about the use of oxy- gen when flying goes beyond the preflight planning ...

40 Soaring • August 2019 • http://www.ssa.org Falcon AeroLab student Ella Hurley (14) and CFI-G Mark Dickerson prepare for launc ...

http://www.ssa.org • August 2019 • Soaring 41 I can’t believe we are half way through the year already! Since I started the colu ...

42 Soaring • August 2019 • http://www.ssa.org T he Glider Aerodynamics Puz- zler is intended to stimulate your thinking about so ...

http://www.ssa.org • August 2019 • Soaring 43 Thermal Strength: The peak air mass lift (vertical velocity) at the core of the t ...

44 Soaring • August 2019 • http://www.ssa.org achieve optimum net climb rates with shallower angles of bank than high performanc ...

http://www.ssa.org • August 2019 • Soaring 45 ... High instincts before which our mortal nature Did tremble like a guilty thing ...

46 Soaring • August 2019 • http://www.ssa.org (Photos by the author.) N o one can tell you what it will take to make you a pilot ...

http://www.ssa.org • August 2019 • Soaring 47 riencing a stomach-dropping stall or a spin for the first time. I certainly didn’t ...

The SSA greatly appreciates the support of its members through both major gifts and our annual Eagle Fund Drive Recognizing thos ...

http://www.ssa.org • August 2019 • Soaring 49 APPROVED US NATIONAL RECORDS Roy Bourgeois; 01/18/2018 15 m Class; Single Place 50 ...

50 Soaring • August 2019 • http://www.ssa.org Event sponsors are requested to submit details of their events for the calendar. T ...

http://www.ssa.org • August 2019 • Soaring 51 own tow, flight, and bringing their own crew. Camping facilities and tows availabl ...

Seventy years ago: July / August 1949 O n April 9, Ted Pfeiffer and “the gang gathered as usual at Wurtsboro [NY ] Airport for a ...

http://www.ssa.org • August 2019 • Soaring 53 HOLLISTER, CA – Markus Broecker (R) successfully completed his Private Pilot – Gli ...

checkride on May 27, 2019. Benny is being congratulated by Rex Mayes, DPE, on his checkride. WILLIAMS, CA – Congratula- tions to ...

http://www.ssa.org • August 2019 • Soaring 55 CLERMONT, FL – Erdem Bural (C) from Ankara, Turkey, earned his U.S.A. Private – Gl ...

mending CFI-G was Mark A. Stan- field, known as “MAS.” Bill has been persistent and patient through the towplane challenges and ...

Tabb High School in Tabb, VA. Al- ready having a long experience with aviation, he wants to improve his abilities. Abdalla, a st ...

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