Good morning all, The following is forwarded from Mid Island Air Service concerning the storm’s effect on HWV… As we mentioned in our Facebook Post yesterday we have been tracking and watching the storm along with keeping in contact with airport ownership. At this time the Town has advised us that they will not begin snow plowing efforts until late Monday afternoon or early Tuesday morning. As such HWV will be NOTAMed closed until then. Therefore, HWV Offices will be closed from Sunday 1/25 - Tuesday 1/27 for the storm. We will begin our clean up efforts Monday after the snow has stopped falling and as such we want to remind our Hangar/Tiedown customers to NOT drive into the airport until at least Tuesday. If you wish to come clean off your aircraft we ask you park in the main parking lot and walk through the gates. We know this is an inconvenience but our crews will not be readily available to help get cars unstuck. Plus cars on the taxiways can impede snow clearing efforts. Please stay safe during this storm. MIAS
Consider a XC camp. 1-26ers encouraged to attend. June 28-July4 with Catherine Williams Hi, 1-26 friends. I am looking forward to being with many of you at Hinckley in May. For those of you who have yet to experience the pure fun of flying a 1-26 cross country or would like a chance to improve your XC skills, I encourage you to consider attending the M-ASA XC Camp at Mid-Atlantic Soaring Association, Fairfield, PA. The terrain is very 1-26 friendly. There will be 1-26 tasks called and 1-26 mentors to coach you. Info is on the attached flyer and the SSA website registration page. Feel free to contact me with any questions. Cathy Williams 097 717-253-1764 clsoar2@gmail.com
For those of you unfamiliar, the FAAST (FAA Safety Team) regularly puts together webinars on a wide range of topics. You may subscribe to be added to their email list when webinars are added. The below link is one recommended by a fellow member on “Avoiding the Base to Final Spin Accident“ https://www.faasafety.gov/SPANS/event_details.aspx?eid=139884&caller=/SPANS/events/EventList.aspx
Good afternoon all, The airport has put a new keypad on a 4x4 post to the entrance gate. Gate is operational, access to the field after hours has been restored. Code remains 530
Dear SSA Members, Please let me introduce myself. I am Phil Klauder, and I am the chief flight instructor with the Philadelphia Glider Council. Here in the northeast, the grass has stopped growing on our runways, so field is wet and muddy. This time of year we can only fly on mornings when the ground is frozen solid, and only if it isn’t covered with snow. So each winter we teach a glider pilot ground school. We’ve been teaching our members and those from some local clubs for decades, but a few years ago, we started offering the ground school on Zoom so that others could join us from around the country. Last year we had 30 students in our classroom, and over 300 students joining us on Zoom. We have found that the more the merrier. It is very rewarding to have participants sharing their experiences from different areas and different kinds of operations. We have brand new students, Private pilots preparing for their Commercial rating, pilots wanting a refresher or prepping for their BFR, and CFIG candidates. Our ground school has been approved by the FAA, and we issue 5 WINGS credits for our participants. I have attached our three page flyer describing our ground school. The SSA gave me your email address because a few of the SSA directors have participated in our course and believe that it would be valuable to the rest of the country. Our ground school was featured in the Saturday Morning Coffee Time newsletter on December 13th. Please reach out to me if you have any questions. Thank you very much. Safe Soaring, Phil Klauder phil.klauder@verizon.net 215-870-5136 Link to attached flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wx5iw6iibe0bJGIYPncOMxCyk6YuVkPi/view?usp=drivesdk