N.C.S.A BUSINESS MEETING/N.C.S.A BUSINESS MEETING/AWARDS DINNER - 2011AWARDS DINNER - 2011

FIRST SOLO in 2010FIRST SOLO in 2010• Maja Djurisic• Terence Wilson- 1st glider solo• Biff Forbush• Eric Yeargan• John Scott- 1st glider solo• Peter Gadd- 1st solo since 1991• Rick Robbins- 1st glider solo

New Glider Ratings or WingsNew Glider Ratings or Wings• John Boyce- Commercial Glider & CFIG• Larry Suter – CFIG• Tristan Duplan - CFIG• John Randazzo- Commercial Glider & CFIG• Terence Lowe- USofA PPG• Mike Green- Wings• John Randazzo- Wings• Willy Snow- Wings• Peter Madams- Wings

BADGES & BADGE LEGS- pg 1BADGES & BADGE LEGS- pg 1• Mark Violet- 5 hr, Bronze and Silver • Paul McDonald – 5 hr• John Pericich – B Badge• Fritz Henshaw – B Badge• Maja Djurisic – A Badge• Terence Wilson – A Badge• Biff Forbush – A Badge

BADGES & BADGE LEGS pg-2BADGES & BADGE LEGS pg-2

• Eric Yeargan- A Badge• Rick Robbins- A Badge• John Scott- A Badge• Buzz Graves – Alby Leg; C83-KCVH

Air Sailing Camps pg 1Air Sailing Camps pg 1• Monique Weil - WSPA• Maja Djurisic – WSPA• Biff Forbush - WSPA• Mike Green – WSPA• Tristan Duplan – Thermal Camp• Paul McDonald – WSPA, XC camp• Dale Roberts – WSPA• Mike Voie – WSPA

Air Sailing Camps pg 2Air Sailing Camps pg 2

• Seth Dunham – Thermal camp• Terence Lowe – Thermal• Taylor Nichols – XC camp• Buzz Graves- XC (Lead Pilot)

CHECK-OUTS IN NEW GLIDERSCHECK-OUTS IN NEW GLIDERS

• Mike Voie- DG 500 • Mark Violet – ASK 21• John Pericich – 1-26, G-103• John Boyce – ASK 21• Maja Djurisic- L-13, 1-26, G-103• Len Edmondson- 1-26• Terence Wilson- G-103

CHECK-OUTS IN NEW GLIDERSCHECK-OUTS IN NEW GLIDERS

• Biff Forbush – L-13, 1-26, G-103• Terry Lowe – G-103, G-102,

HPH Glasflugel 304 CZ-17• Eric Yeargan – L-13• Larry Suter – DG-300

FLIGHTS AT NEW GLIDER SITESFLIGHTS AT NEW GLIDER SITES• Buzz Graves- Tehachapi• Mike Voie- Avenal, Las Vegas • Mark Violet- Bishop• Bill Levinson- Bishop • Seth Dunham- ASI• John Pericich - Minden• Fritz Henshaw - Minden

FLIGHTS AT NEW GLIDER SITES FLIGHTS AT NEW GLIDER SITES (page 2)(page 2)

• John Boyce – Gerlach• John Scott – Air Sailing, Arizona Soaring• Maja Djurisic- ASI, Minden• Terry Lowe- ASI• Biff Forbush – ASI, Minden, Truckee• Shannon Madsen – San Antonio Valley • Ramy Yanetz – Kalispel, MT• Dhiren Gandhi – Byron!• John Jewell – Byron!• Ananth Racherla – Byron!

FLIGHTS AT NEW GLIDER SITESFLIGHTS AT NEW GLIDER SITES• Peter Gadd – Byron!• Jeff Herr – Byron!• Boyang Zhang – Byron!• Chandler Lougée – Byron!• Tristan Gounard – Byron!• Jeff Herr – Byron!• Tyler Connell – Byron!• Jerry Robison – Byron!• Chris Roybal – Byron!• Amanda Wells – Byron!

FIRST XC GLIDER FLIGHTFIRST XC GLIDER FLIGHT

• Mike Voie - Avenal • Maja Djurisic – dual at ASI & Minden• Terence Wilson – dual at Byron• Biff Forbush – dual at Minden

PERSONAL BESTS in 2010PERSONAL BESTS in 2010• Buzz Graves - 750km Truckee to Lone Pine

and back • Mike Green - Gave 38 Cross country rides

this season • Mike Voie - 399km flight • Mark Violet – Highest ever (16K), 5hrs

duration, Bishop-Lone Pine via Mt Witney in DG-1000

• Paul McDonald - Low save over Flannigan's 5800-13K and back to ASI

• Seth Dunham - Flannigan landout

PERSONAL BESTS in 2010 (pg 2)PERSONAL BESTS in 2010 (pg 2)• John Pericich - 6200' and 0.9 hrs in 1-26 • Fritz Henshaw - 16,200 and 3 hrs out of Minden

w/ Mike • John Boyce - ASI-Quincy-MtRose-

Amadee_ASI; landed on tow during CFIG training

• Maja Djurisic - Dual with Ed Lord 4.5 hrs • Terence Wilson – Dual with Mike V., 3.5 hr,

260km Oct 15 flight; Byron- E of Gilroy-Mt Diablo-Byron

• Shannon Madsen – 1st known landout in San Antonio Valley

TOTAL NUMBER OF FLIGHTS IN TOTAL NUMBER OF FLIGHTS IN 2010 2010

• Charlie Ferguson 13• Boyang Zhang 14• Rolf Peterson 14• Mike Mayo 16• Fritz Henshaw 16• John Pericich 27• Peter Kelemen 28• Yuliy Gerchikov 30• Mark Violet 30

• Peter Gadd 31• Mike Green 44• Ramy Yanetz 72• John Boyce 64• Buzz Graves 74 (OLC)• Larry Suter 161• Mike Voie 195• Monique Weil 195

TOTAL GLIDER HOURS- 2010TOTAL GLIDER HOURS- 2010• Adv Class– Yuliy Gerchikov:

156.6 hr– Buzz Graves-– RAMY YANETZ: 357 hr

• Std Class– John Boyce 49.5– Maja Djurisic 50– Terry Lowe 61.1– Mike Mayo 64– Peter Kelemen 66.2– Monique Weil 73.1– Mike Voie 91 hr– Larry Suter 98.2 hr– Mike Green: 106 hr

TOTAL GLIDER CROSS-TOTAL GLIDER CROSS-COUNTRY STATUTE MILES 2010 COUNTRY STATUTE MILES 2010 • Std ClassJohn Boyce - 919Mike Voie - 997Larry Suter -1012

Peter Kelemen -2168

Mike Mayo – 3300

Mike Green- 4334

TOTAL GLIDER CROSS-TOTAL GLIDER CROSS-COUNTRY STATUTE MILES 2010 COUNTRY STATUTE MILES 2010 • Adv Class

Rolf Peterson - 2344

Yuliy Gerchikov - 8156

Buzz Graves- 14184Ramy Yanetz - 18673

LONGEST FLIGHT (SM) – FROM LONGEST FLIGHT (SM) – FROM BYRONBYRON

Std Class• Charlie Ferguson – 45 sm• Larry Suter - 96• Peter Keleman -105

• Mike Voie - 157

LONGEST FLIGHT (SM) – FROM LONGEST FLIGHT (SM) – FROM BYRONBYRON

Adv Class• Buzz Graves – 184

• Ramy Yanetz - 368• Yuliy Gerchikov – 385 (The Record!)

LONGEST FLIGHT USING CLUB LONGEST FLIGHT USING CLUB SHIPSSHIPS

• Charlie Ferguson - 45 sm (L-13)• Larry Suter – 96 sm (SS)

• Mike Voie – 248 sm (SS)

LONGEST DISTANCE (SM) - LONGEST DISTANCE (SM) - ANYWHEREANYWHERE

• Standard Class• Peter Kelemen- 188 sm• Larry Suter - 190 sm• John Boyce – 220 sm• Mike Voie – 248 sm• Mike Mayo – 336 sm

LONGEST DISTANCE (SM) - LONGEST DISTANCE (SM) - ANYWHEREANYWHERE

• Advanced Class–Buzz Graves – 466 sm–Yuliy Gerchikov – 480 sm–Rolf Peterson – 540.6 sm–Ramy Yanetz – 673 sm

HIGHEST ALTITUDE ACHIEVED HIGHEST ALTITUDE ACHIEVED FROM BYRON:FROM BYRON:

• Std Class• Mark Violet 6100• John Pericich 6200 • Peter Gadd 6800• Peter Kelemen

15800• Mike Voie 15800

• Adv Class• Yuliy Gerchikov 13000• Buzz Graves 17999• Ramy Yanetz 17999

HIGHEST ALTITUDE ACHIEVED HIGHEST ALTITUDE ACHIEVED ANYWHERE:ANYWHERE:• Std Class

• Mike Green 17500 • Peter Kelemen 17600 • Mike Mayo 17999 • Mike Voie 15800 • Mark Violet 16200 • John Pericich 16000 • Fritz Henshaw 16200 • John Boyce 16500 • Maja Djurisic 17000• Larry Suter 17000• Terence Lowe 17999

• Adv Class• Yuliy Gerchikov 17900• Buzz Graves 17999• Ramy Yanetz 17999

FASTEST AVERAGE X-C SPEED FASTEST AVERAGE X-C SPEED ANYWHERE ANYWHERE

• Standard Class–Mike Voie 51.5/157sm –Larry Suter 54mph/198sm–Peter Kelemen 47.6/107sm

–Mike Green 74.5mph/257sm–Mike Mayo 71/336sm

FASTEST AVERAGE X-C SPEED FASTEST AVERAGE X-C SPEED ANYWHERE ANYWHERE

• Advanced Class• Yuliy Gerchikov 81 mph / 700km• Ramy Yanetz 100 mph / 400km

The 1-26 Award recognizing The 1-26 Award recognizing longest flight and longest durationlongest flight and longest duration• John Pericich 0.9 hrs (and about 10

miles) in his 1st flight in a 1-26

2010 OLC Competition- NCSA 2010 OLC Competition- NCSA placed 1placed 1stst (again) in Region 11 (again) in Region 11

# Points Club km Flights Pilots1 63,845.40 Northern California Soaring Ass. (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 73,779.88 220 132 49,748.97 Hollister Gliding Cl (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 58,193.11 195 163 42,948.17 Minden Soaring Club (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 49,337.37 105 134 37,641.03 Soar Truckee (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 43,982.30 111 45 31,804.88 Las Vegas Valley Soaring Association (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 35,194.15 138 136 29,092.22 Williams Soaring Center (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 34,840.51 109 197 14,636.76 Hole in the Wall (US / R12: CA-S) 16,548.01 37 78 9,786.75 Mount Shasta Soaring (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 13,292.05 41 39 8,812.13 Warner Springs Gliders (US / R12: CA-S) 9,037.18 18 7

10 8,363.24 Central California Soaring Club (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 9,165.87 44 311 8,230.28 Craggy Aero Flyers (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 9,704.23 28 112 7,323.83 Air Sailing Nevada (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 8,197.06 32 5

2010 OLC Competition- NCSA 2010 OLC Competition- NCSA placed #6 in the USAplaced #6 in the USA

# Points Club km Flights Pilots1 184,292.68 Tucson Soaring Club (US / R9: AZ CO NM UT WY) 202,985.40 882 382 159,159.11 Albuquerque Soaring (US / R9: AZ CO NM UT WY) 179,562.07 566 483 109,146.82 Warner Springs Gliders (US / R12: CA-S) 120,735.59 385 304 101,343.19 SGC Seattle Glider Council (US / R8: AK ID MT OR WA) 117,684.33 405 355 87,659.94 TSA-Texas Soaring Association (US / R10: AR KS LA MO-W NE OK) 102,261.59 452 286 76,891.97 Northern California Soaring Ass. (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 90,400.12 258 137 73,436.32 Tehachapi Soaring (US / R12: CA-S) 79,803.02 239 258 65,331.18 Willamette Valley Soaring (US / R8: AK ID MT OR WA) 70,662.68 356 209 63,512.64 Caesar Creek Soaring (US / R6: IN KY MI OH) 75,263.88 288 14

10 63,003.33 Hole in the Wall (US / R12: CA-S) 71,754.42 202 811 61,296.05 Soaring Society of Boulder (US / R9: AZ CO NM UT WY) 69,869.12 309 3712 61,258.69 Caracole Soaring (US / R12: CA-S) 68,810.92 225 2113 56,927.72 Hollister Gliding Cl (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 66,370.57 212 1714 54,322.41 M-ASA Mid-Atlantic Soaring Assn (US / R4: DE DC MD VA WV) 62,831.84 199 2115 52,653.32 Aero Club Albatross (US / R2: NJ NY-S PA-E) 55,179.94 207 1816 46,799.53 Carolina Soaring Association (US / R5: AL FL GA MS NC SC TN) 54,241.07 243 1717 46,768.87 Minden Soaring Club (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) 53,871.88 111 13

2010 OLC Competition- NCSA 2010 OLC Competition- NCSA was #50 in the worldwas #50 in the world

# Points Club km Flights Pilots Points/pilot1 221,039.33 AFZ Unterwössen (DE / BY) 251,954.53 757 69 3203.52 219,534.97 Amsterdamsche C v Zweefvliegen (NL / ) 261,135.18 738 65 3377.53 210,067.11 SFZ Königsdorf (DE / BY) 243,501.35 736 101 2079.94 204,500.02 HAC Boberg (DE / HH) 237,125.52 739 74 2763.55 184,292.68 Tucson Soaring Club (US / R9: AZ CO NM UT WY) 202,985.40 882 38 4849.86 176,894.76 FCC-Berlin (DE / BL) 206,933.26 640 54 3275.87 173,935.40 FG Oerlinghausen (DE / NW) 195,249.80 706 88 1976.58 172,173.89 Gliding Club of Victoria (AU / VIC) 200,061.48 583 54 3188.49 169,752.36 Fliegergruppe Wolf Hirth (DE / BW) 205,850.68 619 50 3395.0

10 168,035.30 Albuquerque Soaring (US / R9: AZ CO NM UT WY) 191,263.96 581 49 3429.311 154,806.92 LSV Burgdorf (DE / NI) 174,613.45 599 60 2580.112 132,712.58 AC Bonn-Hangelar (DE / NW) 159,727.90 451 43 3086.313 120,380.41 AC Esslingen (DE / BW) 141,277.47 397 33 3647.914 118,060.62 SFV Mannheim (DE / BW) 143,363.98 374 28 4216.515 116,700.12 LSV Gifhorn (DE / NI) 136,130.92 412 44 2652.316 116,548.92 LSV Bückeburg-Weinberg (DE / NI) 138,075.93 362 28 4162.517 116,355.98 Darling Downs Soaring Club (AU / QLD) 130,019.21 406 35 3324.5

47 77,459.51 Aero Team Klix (DE / SN) 87,283.60 260 37 2093.548 77,458.47 LSV Homberg/Ohm (DE / HE) 88,733.21 280 11 7041.749 77,083.28 SFG Bremen (DE / HB) 85,858.32 318 35 2202.450 76,891.97 Northern California Soaring Ass. (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV)90,400.12 258 13 5914.851 76,728.25 Tehachapi Soaring (US / R12: CA-S) 83,497.01 251 25 3069.152 75,555.98 LSV Mönchsheide (DE / RP) 90,754.13 196 15 5037.153 75,057.15 Aero-Club Rhein-Nahe (DE / RP) 90,428.78 276 36 2084.9

13 pilots listed flights in OLC 13 pilots listed flights in OLC under NCSA pg 1under NCSA pg 1

kmTaylor Nichols (US) 361.05Michael Voie (US) 1351.79Larry Suter (US) 1628.26Michael I Green (US) 2107.61Rolf Peterson (US) 2631.62Jim Conger (US) 2641.24Peter Kelemen (US) 3154.33Morteza Ansari (CA) 4406.53Michael Mayo (US) 4479.9Yuliy Gerchikov (RU) 8005.07

9923.02Ramy Yanetz (US) 16035.28Buzz Graves (US) 18722.23

13 pilots listed flights in OLC 13 pilots listed flights in OLC under NCSA pg 2under NCSA pg 2

kmTaylor Nichols (US) 361.05Michael Voie (US) 1351.79Larry Suter (US) 1628.26Michael I Green (US) 2107.61Rolf Peterson (US) 2631.62Jim Conger (US) 2641.24Peter Kelemen (US) 3154.33Morteza Ansari (CA) 4406.53Michael Mayo (US) 4479.9Yuliy Gerchikov (RU) 8005.07Uwe Kleinhempel (CA) 9923.02Ramy Yanetz (US) 16035.28Buzz Graves (US) 18722.23

The 75,000 NCSA Region 11 OLC km The 75,000 NCSA Region 11 OLC km were flown from 13 locationswere flown from 13 locations

km

33 (US / 11) 115.28Empire NV (US / 11) 224.89Gerlach (US / 11) 250.47Avenal (US / 11) 1351.79Panoche (US / 11) 1587.01Eastern Sierra (US / 11) 3195.7Williams CA (US / 11) 3956.55Air Sailing (US / 11) 5105.5Byron CA (US / 11) 6943.58Minden-Tahoe (US / 11) 8353.72Hollister CA (US / 11) 8997.49Ely Arpt(Yelland) (US / 11) 10309.27Truckee-Tahoe (US / 11) 25056.68

Grand Total 75447.93

km33 (US / 11) 115.28Empire NV (US / 11) 224.89Gerlach (US / 11) 250.47Avenal (US / 11) 1351.79Panoche (US / 11) 1587.01Eastern Sierra (US / 11) 3195.7Williams CA (US / 11) 3956.55Air Sailing (US / 11) 5105.5Byron CA (US / 11) 6943.58Minden-Tahoe (US / 11) 8353.72Hollister CA (US / 11) 8997.49Ely Arpt(Yelland) (US / 11) 10309.27Truckee-Tahoe (US / 11) 25056.68

Grand Total 75447.93

PILOT OF THE YEAR 2010: PILOT OF THE YEAR 2010: ADVANCED CLASS:ADVANCED CLASS:

Congratulation to Buzz Graves for winning the 2010 PASCO Sawyer award. Buzz flew this year to the true spirit of this award, milking out the soaring conditions to the max, whenever and wherever he could. He is usually the first to launch and the last to land, accumulating miles and hours. According to OLC, Buzz flew a total of 22,242 km in 2010, accumulating 15232 pts in Region 11. He also was a lead pilot at XC camp and flew Alby on the Byron to Hollister leg.

BUZZ GRAVESBUZZ GRAVES

PILOT OF THE YEAR 2010: PILOT OF THE YEAR 2010: STANDARD CLASS:STANDARD CLASS:

•Greatest standard class total XC distance, 4334 sm•Fastest average XC speed standard class 74.5mph/257sm•Most glider hours, standard class 106 hrs•Flew at WSPA•Personal best, “Gave 38 Cross country rides this season “

MIKE GREEN (MG)MIKE GREEN (MG)

MOST IMPROVED PILOT OF MOST IMPROVED PILOT OF 2010- STANDARD 2010- STANDARD

Went from humble immigrant to FAA approved PPG who logged 61.2 hrs, attended Thermal Camp and continued to fly in the mountains, checked out in 3 glass ships and now owns an HPH Glasflugel 304 CZ-17

TERRY LOWETERRY LOWE

2010 Instructors:2010 Instructors:–Mike Schneider- Chief Instructor–Rolf Peterson–Buzz Graves–Mike Voie–Monique Weil–John Randazzo–John Boyce–Larry Suter– Tristan Duplan–- Paul Searles

TOTAL GLIDER INSTRUCTIONAL TOTAL GLIDER INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT/HOURS GIVEN:FLIGHT/HOURS GIVEN:

–John Boyce 24 flights 4.6 hrs–Larry Suter 120 flights 42.3 hrs–Mike Voie 182 flights 62 hrs–Monique Weil 192 flights 72.3 hrs

TOTAL GLIDER INSTRUCTIONAL TOTAL GLIDER INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT/HOURS GIVEN:FLIGHT/HOURS GIVEN:

–John Boyce 24 flights 4.6 hrs–Larry Suter 120 flights 42.3 hrs–Mike Voie 182 flights 62 hrs–Monique Weil 192 flights 72.3 hrs

““That was so much fun I think I’ll That was so much fun I think I’ll do it again”do it again”

INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR (BEST BACKSEAT DRIVER):(BEST BACKSEAT DRIVER):

– 182 flights & 62 hrs of instruction– Successfully completed and wrote about 1st contest at Avenal– Notable instructional flights include epic XC out of Byron with

Terence Wilson and Jerry Robison’s wave flight

MIKE VOIEMIKE VOIE

2010 NCSA Tow Pilots2010 NCSA Tow Pilots

•Dale Roberts•Rick Robbins•Dave Magaw•Mike Schneider•Rolf Peterson•Bruce Walters

•Uwe Kleinhempel  •Steve Yoder • Boris Deianov •Tristan Duplan •Thomas Daniel

TOW PILOT OF THE YEAR:TOW PILOT OF THE YEAR:

•Rolf accepted the tough assignment to be Chief Tow Pilot •Coped with early problems training new tow pilots due to Scout and weather issues•Spontaneously made himself available to tow last summer and fall whenever the weather was conducive to soaring midweek.•Often planned to work on his glider and fly but ended up towing for us.

ROLF PETERSONROLF PETERSON

NCSA SPARK PLUG OF THE NCSA SPARK PLUG OF THE YEAR 2010YEAR 2010

• Urges club members to fly more and fly further• Encourages and advises pilots at all levels• Emails notice when great weather’s predicted• Shares what he’s learned in emails and blog posts• NCSA webmaster and blog-master• Leads by example and is a source of “soaring

inspiration”

RAMY YANETZRAMY YANETZ

SURVIVOR OF THE YEAR:SURVIVOR OF THE YEAR:

SIXTH YEAR AS NCSA PRESIDENT

BILL LEVINSONBILL LEVINSON

BEST ARTICLE:BEST ARTICLE:

• My First Sailplane Cross-Country

It all started on a Tuesday morning when I read an email from Ramy to the NorCalSoaring email list pointing to the very favorable soaring forecast for the coming days……

TERENCE WILSONTERENCE WILSON

BEST PHOTO RUNNER UP : BEST PHOTO RUNNER UP : Terry Lowe, “Landout on the Moon”Terry Lowe, “Landout on the Moon”

BEST PHOTO: BEST PHOTO: Seth Dunham “Lennies at Sunset”Seth Dunham “Lennies at Sunset”

SPECIAL AWARD:SPECIAL AWARD:

The most distance flown after declaring the season over, which he did prior to Labor Day weekend

3502 km in Sept/early Oct

YULIY GERCHIKOVYULIY GERCHIKOV

FINALLY, WE CLOSE BY GIVING FINALLY, WE CLOSE BY GIVING MIKE GREEN LONG OVERDUE RECOGNITIONMIKE GREEN LONG OVERDUE RECOGNITION

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