Hi all, Today, I received a letter from Transport Canada, revoking my medical certificate. I knew it was coming since I sent in my medical information on...
I can add to this; Val has defiantly confirmed he will help with advice, and possible manpower when available. He expressed an interest with getting a glider...
Larry: I would check into the medical. There have been a lot of changes in reference to medicals in the US and Canada in recent years. It may be possible for...
Hi all, I hope all on this list are well and spend a little time dreaming about soaring. I am in New Mexico again and have been flying with the White Sands...
It's been a while since I've gone soaring. I guess it's been three years now. I started browsing some glider sites and came across this video that I thought...
Thanks for the link on the video Paul. That was a well coordinated, well executed stunt. I was thinking of the elevator control needed while the fellow was on...
Examiner's Endorsement of Personal Log - Gliders ... 401.18(1) Where the applicant for a pilot licence - glider successfully completes the flight test required...
A USA endorsement on a Canadian pilot license is valid. I attained my motor glider endorsement on my Canadian license in Minden and have used it since. Charles...
Hello Everybody, over here in Europe we have been enjoying a very warn spring thus far. We also have had a nice cold air mass that moved in on Sunday that has...
Anton The NS Spring has been terrible -- four times last year's rain in April and it has been foggy/drizzly all this week and no sun forecast until maybe...
Great flight Anton, I found it interesting looking at your flight. I still have to convert from metres to feet to get a feel for the altitudes. I see your ...
Charles: We are having lots of rain in MI but great soaring conditions today and I had a good flight. I am President of Marshall Soaring and we are talking...
If you don't know there is an Air Currency Enhancement Society Facebook site. I am forwarding this from facebook since not everyone is on that media. Regards, ...
Hi Larry and others, I just got the message re last nights meeting. I was to be in NS since 30th April but the tenant in my house would not move out. Trying...
Hi All, Not much activity here. ACES doesn't seem to want to use the Yahoo Groups. As far as I know there has been no private soaring yet this year. There is a...
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Peter Rouleau
rouleau@...
Jul 4, 2011 11:48 pm
Glad it worked out Larry, sorry she had to go........Peter...
Larry: Sorry soaring has not yet made a recovery in NS. I learned to fly at Bluenose and have many fond memories of people and great soaring days. Our club...
Hi all, Today in the Chronicle Herald I read that Dick Vine died last Tuesday in the Dartmouth Hospital. There is a celebration of his life on Sunday Oct 2 at...
Unbelievable! Thanks for the heads-up Larry. To: SoarNS@yahoogroups.com From: larry@... Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:45:56 -0300 Subject: Re: [SoarNS] Dick...
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Ralph MacDermott
rm@...
Sep 30, 2011 12:35 am
Larry, Thanks for the news I guess. Dick was a wonderful mentor to me and I greatly appreciated our friendship. I know we all go eventually but it's hard to...
Came as a surprise. The Obituary said he was windsurfing with his son just a month ago. It looks like Dick savored life right to the end. There are lots of...
Truly sad news. Dick had a personality that I will always remember. He contributed greatly to the Bluenose Soaring Club for the few years that I was a member....
Hi Larry Gosh, I thought Dick would live forever. What a remarkable, dynamo of a man, and a genuinely decent fellow at that. So sorry to hear he has passed on....
Hi all, I ran into the following interesting article. What to do with an old Ka7? http://www.eaa.org/experimenter/articles/2011-11_project_patrol.asp ...
If you haven't found Soaring Cafe, it is a nice update on what is going on in parts of the soaring world. A couple articles I found interesting was the flight...
Hi all I would have not given my K7, C-FHFN, to ACES if I could have done this in Canada!!! I had planned to convert the K7 into a K13 except the rules changed...
Very nice Larry. That would be interesting to fly. I liked the K 8 and a self launch would be nice but penetration into the wind in a glide would be even...
