The Region 9 Contest Begins Sunday 6-28

Your Tucson Soaring Club Cross Country Team will certainly spend some time at the Parowan Cafe over the next 9 days. The Region 9 contest in Parowan begins with Race Day 1 on Sunday 6-28. Most will also fly the practice day on Saturday 6-27.  Competition concludes on Day 7 which is July 4th this year. 
We have a fine line up of pilots this year and will probably have the largest number of pilots in the competition. Tony Smolder, Randy Acree and Mike Parker should be contenders in Standard, Sports and 18M classes. Also giving it their best will be Tom Dukerich, Mike Stringfellow (who provided weather briefings last year), Jeff Smith and Robert Lindeman. Attending for the 1st time this year are Bryce Sammeter, Scott Jones and Dave Dunteman. Craig McMillan will be working on staff and fun flying after the grid launches.
The countryside we will fly over is breathtakingly beautiful and sometimes is so much fun to look at it can cause distraction from the task at hand.  Follow the competition via the SSA website. We may be able to post an update or 2 here but the days are fairly jam packed with soaring goodness so no promises.  

by Robert Lindeman posted 06/01/2009
 

Zuni II AV8 Returning from a February flight !

LINE CHIEF 

Sunday         6/21 PM    Wednesday   6/24       Friday   6/26   Sunday    6/28 PM

TOW PILOT

Sunday         6/14 PM

TIME KEEPER

Saturday       6/6 PM  Wednesday   6/10      Friday   6/12     Friday    6/26
Sunday         6/28 PM

Members please sign up on the 15th each month to fill all duty positions.

Students Please book 15M for morning solos, leave 48W and 880 for dual instruction please.

Contact the Chief Flight Instructor if you have trouble finding a slot with a Duty Instructor and ask him to put on more Duty Instructor 2s. Also remember that students land primarily on 26L and that should also be the 1st choice for all of the 2 place ships. Solo students need to have an instructor on the ground when they launch. Just a reminder folks.



All members interested in creating a monthly or so Newsletter please contact Ryan Spicer or Robert Lindeman. We have an Editor, Ryan Spicer!  We still want Writers and Photograpers.