Tabb High School in Tabb, VA. Al-
ready having a long experience with
aviation, he wants to improve his
abilities.
Abdalla, a student at Denbigh High
School’s Aviation Academy in New-
port News, VA, is interested in going
to the Air Force Academy and becom-
ing an Aerospace Engineer.
Toni, a student at Denbigh High
School’s Aviation Academy in New-
port News, VA, wants to learn to fly
to help him to learn the mechanics of
airplanes and soaring. He is aiming for
a future in Aerospace Engineering.
ARLINGTON, WA – Terence
Smith completed his first solo flight in
an L-23 with Evergreen Soaring Club
on May 11, 2019. Nicolas (L) is being
congratulated by his Instructor, Mi-
chael Delaney (R). Congratulations to
Terence on his accomplishment.
PETERSBURG, WV – Garrett
Uphold (R) of Shenandoah Valley
Soaring received his SSA A Badge
on June 2, 2019 from SSA Instruc-
tor Graham Pitsenberger (L). Garrett
soloed a few weeks earlier, also at the
Club’s temporary operation at Grant
County Airport. Not shown in the
photo are two of Garrett’s other pri-
mary Instructors, Walter Grooms and
Jeanne Pitsenberger. Congratulations,
Garrett!
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Soaring Magazine
Milestones Guidelines
Please send all Milestones to
[email protected].
Milestone entries are welcomed
for soaring pilots who have soloed,
received their private pilot rating,
added-on the glider rating to a cur-
rent power rating, and any additional
ratings added to a current glider cer-
tificate. Due to the increasing num-
ber of Milestone submissions being
generated by the membership, the
Soaring staff asks that the following
guidelines be followed:
Text: Individual entries are lim-
ited to a minimum of 50 words and
a maximum of 100 words per pilot.
Entries with multiple persons be-
ing mentioned are allowed the same
minimum and maximum per person
mentioned. Identify everyone shown
in photos. Insure that you the text in-
cludes; Who, What, When, and Where.
Text must be written in the body
of the email, no attached text files.
Please include a headline.
Photos: Must be digital, high-
resolution .JPG image files, submit-
ted in the same email as the text file
(as a separate .JPG file, not embedded
in a page of text). The smallest image
file size that we are generally able to
reproduce in print is about 150 kb,
at 300 dpi. Entries with image files
smaller than 100 dpi will be returned
for correction and re-submission.
Generally, the photo files directly
from the camera works best. Do not
send links to online services such as
Shutterfly, send the image file.
Date Format: September 10, 2018
- not 9/10/18, not Sept. 9, 2018.
Changes or Re-Submissions: Re-
submission or changes to an entry for
any reason require a new text file and
a new photo file to be submitted via
email.
The Soaring staff makes every ef-
fort to run all Milestones entries in as
timely a manner as possible. The very
soonest to expect a Milestones entry
to appear is 90 days after submission.
Much longer delays can be expected
after the end of the soaring season.
If you have any questions, please
contact the editor via email: editor@
ssa.org