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2015 Safety Seminar & Awards Banquet
Seminar Held November 15, 2015
Focusing on all aspects of cross-country soaring
SEMINAR & BANQUET
The Pacific Soaring Council's 2015 Seminar and Awards Banquet was held Sunday, November 15th at the beautiful Sequoyah Country Club in Oakland, California.
This year's focus on cross-country soaring created a stimulating discussion, as well as useful information and a great opportunity to catch up with other pilots from around the region. Our dinner presentation was by noted racing pilot Justin Philipson.
Seminar Overview
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- Accidents That Nearly Happened - PASCO 2015 (PDF)
- Hans Van Weersch, Ramy Yanetz, Peter Deane
- Cross Country Flight Planning at Region 11 Sites - PASCO 2015 (PDF)
- Sergio Colacevich, Ramy Yanetz, Peter Deane
- Sergio Colacevich, Ramy Yanetz, Peter Deane
- Pilot Skill Development Advice - PASCO 2015 (PDF)
- Buzz Graves, Kenny Price, Sergio Colacevich
- Buzz Graves, Kenny Price, Sergio Colacevich
- Safe, Effective Cross Country Techniques and Decision Making - PASCO 2015 (PDF)
- Pete Alexander, John Cochrane, Peter Deane
- Pete Alexander, John Cochrane, Peter Deane
- Handicapping -- The Next Generation
(You had to attend the seminar to view this one!)- Peter Deane
Dinner Speaker
- Reno Air Racing –Safety and Performance,
by Justin Philipson, a noted racing pilot.
General Meeting and Awards
- 2015 Annual General Meeting Presentation (PDF doc)
- 2015 Annual Award Ceremony (PDF doc)
- Awards have been posted in the 2015 Awards Section
RAFFLE & Winners
This year we had something new, a no-cost raffle for the chance to win a cross-country flight mentored by one of our outstanding Region 11 pilots. Attendees received a free raffle ticket on entry to each event, seminar and dinner. That earned a chance to win a mentored flight, including cost of the tow from a few of our regions notable pilots.
- Kempton Izuno:
Kempton flies an ASH-25 glider out of Williams Soaring Center- WINNER: Dennis Lyon
- PILOT: Morgan Hall:
Morgan flies a Duo Discus glider out of Avenal, CA- WINNER: Thomas Greenhill (Thanks to Bill Gawthrop, the actual winner who donated his prize to Thomas)
- PILOT: Sergio Colacevich:
Sergio flies a DG-505 glider out of Truckee, CA- WINNER: Art Thompson
- PILOT: Tim Gardner, of SoaringNV, Minden, NV:
Tim will fly Duo Discus-X glider out of SoaringNV in Minden, NV- WINNER: Dan Colton
These mentored flights are perfect for aspiring XC glider pilots - fly with a Region 11 XC master!
Each location offers a unique opportunity to advance cross-country skills by taking a challenging flight in a high performance glider with an experienced mentor. The sponsors have generously agreed to donate the flight time and the tow to this PASCO initiative. Winners and pilots will co-ordinate to set the date and time of the flight. Watch this website for write-ups of the flights next spring, as part of the deal is that the winner must write a review of what they learned and experienced during the flight.