2006 March (529kB) - Pacific Soaring Council

definitely fascinating and informative. One of Carl's messages was "intuition based on experience" and that pilots fly
better with intuition than instruments. I never thought of "experience" as part of "intuition", but then thought to the
numerous times Kenny was telling me to acquire the "look" as I entered the landing pattern instead of depending on the
altimeter. I never thought I would acquire this "intuition", but after two years, with "experience", I did. Carl showed us a lot
of breath taking photos from his Bitterwasser (South Africa) experience. Carl doesn't limit his talk strictly to soaring; he
also included a lot of informative discussion of the people and geography. Carl also featured Guy Acheson (as ‘honorable
ballast’) as one of his examples of Cruising vs. Climb & Glide.
Peter Deane and Chip Garner
It was a pleasure listening to both Peter Deane and Chip Garner. It gave me a better understanding their progression from
beginner to winning races. It was very encouraging just listening to them talking about it. Peter had place 1st at the 2001
Tonopah Regional’s and 2003 Minden Regional’s. Chip is a US Team member, 3 times National Champion and developer
of Navigator 2.
PASCO Sawyer Award
I was pleasantly surprised to see so many names listed that I knew from Williams:
Among these were Gary Kemp, Pete Alexander, Ray Gimmey, Peter Kelly, Sergio Colacevich, Milton Hare.
LeConte Physics Building
Get use to this place! Carl wasn’t happy with the poor service he had received from hotels in the past. He said his future
seminars would be held at this site. It is a very nice facility. Although the campus is large, you just look for the huge
Campanile Tower sticking up in the air and the LeConte Physics Building is right next to it. Instead of paying the hotels,
Carl donates a significant part of the fees we pay to the UC Physics Department.
Join the Excitement!
At Silverado, we’re serious about having fun, and…
The fun just got funner!
Silverado Soaring has added a DG 505 to the fleet.
This high performance 2 place glider is a great addition to
our 2 Grob 103s.
● Enjoy a generous, reserved scheduling
allowance.
• No hourly use charges.
• Access to club gliders for cross-country flights.
• Silverado has member flight instructors.
• Gliders based at various locations, giving variety
to your flying and taking advantage of glider ports
seasonal conditions.
For additional information contact our membership
director:
Paul Wapensky, (650) 873-4341,
WapenskyPJ@mfr.usmc.mil or
Ray Sanford, (530) 671-4800,
RNCSAN4D@COMCAST.NET
Membership requirements are private pilot certificate for
power or glider, checkout with an approved instructor,
and initiation fee of $300. Pilots using gliders for crosscountry
and the DG 505 must meet certain requirements
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