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AUGUST 2023 VOLUME 87 - NUMBER 8

Soaring News Information, Announcements,

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2023 Safety Program by

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19 Photo Showcase 25 Contest Corner by

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29 The Condor Corner by Scott Manley

34 Open Forum by Bill Hill 36 Growth & Retention by Ron Ridenour

38 Personalities in Soaring by Frauke Elber

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42 Soaring Stories

Silvercreek Junior Cross-Country Camp by

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50 Soaring Memories

Photo Essay: 1955 U.S. National Championships, Harris Hill by Jim

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Front Cover: Jacob Barnes joins a thermal in his new (to him) Nimbus 4, 1G," near Harris Hill, NY. The Nimbus once belonged to Harris Hill legend ‘Corky’ Gill. Photo by Jacob Barnes Jr. Centerfold: Cliff Hilty (CH) in his ASW 27 departs west towards the Silverbell Mountains on Practice Day 1 of the 2023 Region 9 Sports/Club Class Contest hosted by the Tucson Soaring Club. Photo by Eric Redweik.

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PUBLICATIONS STAFF Publisher, Denise Layton Editor, David Hart Advertising, Rosa Navarrete Art Director, Kevin D. O'Brien Contributors: Richard Carlson, Jim Carr, Frauke Elber, Jonathan Foster, Brian Hart, Bill Hill; Ursula Howland, Miguel Iturregui, Mark Lenox, Scott Manley, Dale Masters, Bozena Michalowski, Dave Michaud, Eric Redweik, Ron Ridenour, Joshua Rieger, Eric Tellmann, Steven Tellmann, Evelyn Tovar, Jack Wyman. Offices: SSA Business Office and Soaring magazine Business and Editorial: PO. Box 2100, Hobbs, NM 88241-2100. (575) 392-1177. SSA Fax: (575) 392-8154. Soaring Advertising E-mail: [email protected], Soaring Editorial E-Mail: [email protected], SSA Info: [email protected]. SSA internet address: www.ssa.org

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from Harris Hill, NY, the ‘Soaring Capital of America’ and host to the Team Flying Exhibition/Competition, where for ten days pilots compete in two-person teams, flying together from start to finish. I'm in LS6 ‘DZ’, and I'm paired up with Rich Thompson, a member of my club attending his first contest in a PIK-20. Here's Rich's take so far: “Team flying at Harris Hill is the best way to spool up when new to cross-country flying. From the briefings, techniques, team strategies, learning FAI race rules, learning formation flying callouts, setting up new (to me) LX instruments, and new Oudie N settings, it was drinking from a fire hose, but a very quick learning experience. I completed my first cross-country contest task ever, and I felt like a duckling following Mama Duck! DZ was a good lead, waited for my lower performing glider, and sniffed out better thermals and streets ahead of me.” Team flying is against the rules at U.S. national-level contests, but is allowed at regional contests. Bif Huss, Chair of the SSA Contest Committee and Contest Director of this event, explains that World Glider Championships allow team flying, and since teams have an advantage over individuals (two gliders can help each other find lifting air), the U.S. Team must master team flying to be competitive. Proven team flyers (and team players) will have the best chance of being successful on the world stage, and this camp is a way to practice. Not only is team flying the way of the future, but flying with a wingalso plain fun! Working in rhythm to make the most of the sky man is aerial ballet with some radio squawking mixed in. Thermaling, we call out climb rates to each other and coordinate our entries and departures, and cruising we watch our relative altitudes to find the best air. Each team is assigned a discrete frequency, so we don't step on other teams. There's no reason you can't team fly at your home gliderport: all it takes is two pilots of roughly comparable skill in gliders with similar performance. You'll have to brief your flight strategies (including the task) and agree on your radio jargon beforehand (some jargon can be deliberately cryptic to confuse other teams). The cockpit workload is a little higher than flying solo since you must continually monitor your teammate in addition to the other gliders in the sky, but finishing together feels more rewarding than finishing alone. Harris Hill is a great place to hold any glider event. The strong commercial operation has a large and well-maintained fleet of tugs and trainers, the glider club is one of the country’s largest with many members coming out every soaring day in season, and the youth program the best of any I've ever seen at any U.S. glider operation. Every day at least half a dozen young people are on hand to for line duty, instruction, joyride flying, and towing. Other attractions include the onsite National Soaring Museum and the adjacent county park with camping, swimming pool, amusement park, and restaurant. The region has plenty of things to do on non-flying days too, so be sure to put it on your soar-

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collection of composites, metal and electronics, my avatar, return that affection? I prefer to think she can.

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dedicated, professional staff headquartered in Hobbs, New Mexico. In this article, I would like to introduce you to these hard-working individuals who perform many of day-to-day functions that help the SSA to operate smoothly. Denise Layton has been with the SSA for 36 years and is the Executive Director. She joined the SSA when moved to Hobbs and has been there ever since. Besides managing the office staff at Hobbs, Denise helps to coordinate the efforts of the many volunteers and volunteer committees. Denise also works closely with your Regional Directors, the Executive Committee and Mike Shakman, SSA Chairman. As you may have noticed in Soaring magazine, Denise received the prestigious Eaton Memorial Trophy Award, the SSA's highest award, for her many years of dedicated service. Alexa Owens is the Manager of the Digital Marketing group which promotes the SSA to the public to gain new membership and promote the sport of soaring. Alexa assumed this position from John Seaborn who started the digital marketing effort a few years ago. Alexa oversees a few consultants who produce and place the ads and promotional spots. She works closely with the Communications Committee which coordinates the overall effort of communicating to the membership and the public. She also produces the SSA e-news which is sent by email to all members who by

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have email addresses on file. Rosa Navarrete is our new Membership Services Manager. She has been with the SSA office since Februreally enjoying her job. ary 2023 and Her job description is individual and chapter membership renewals, SSAI badges and records including the SSA ABC and Bronze Badge programs. With Alexa moving into Marketing, and Rosa taking over membership, we are pleased to announce Debbie Montes has joined SSA staff in Hobbs as the new merchandise person. She will also be helping with contests. David Hart is Editor of Soaring magazine, working remotely. David has focused on fresh, compelling writing and photography and this is reflected in the “new look” of the magazine. think you will all agree that Soaring is one of the many benefits of your SSA membership. David is always looking for articles and ideas for

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ports and paying bills. She also works on the non-profit report filings and payroll records. Lacy Clack also works in the accounting department in the areas of accounts payable and accounts receivable. She enters invoices to the accounting system to pay each vendor. Lacy also updates the accounting system for customer sales when a payment is received for merchandise. Lacy was born in Texas but now makes Hobbs her home. The next time you speak with one of these individuals, on the phone or in person, please thank them for their service.

Don’t Forget the Volunteers! In addition to these professional staff members, the SSA has a multitude of volunteers who serve on the many SSA committees. All these committees work toward common goals that benefit the membership of the SSA. The newly formed Communications Committee, led by Dan Mannisto and Philip DuPlessis, knows that the website is a vital link to the membership and is working to improve that user experience. Please be patient with those efforts as there is no “overnight fix”. However, your input is important and can be directed to Digital [email protected]. In the current Phase I, the committee is interviewing website vendors with experience with our platform and hopes to choose a vendor to be-

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for the rest of 2024 and will migrate the current websites and services into the new infrastructure. This is just a brief overview ofthe work that goes on behind the scenes that benefits the members ofthe SSA. In the coming months, I will highlight more of the work ofthe various SSA committees and what they do for you

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Bertha M. Ryan, 1928-2023 ertha Ryan was born in Boston, Massachusetts and had three older brothers. Her father, an attorney, passed away in 1931. Bertha fell in love with aviation during the mid ‘30's, probably due to the exploits of Amelia Earhart. When WWII started, her three brothers volunteered and served in the Pacific and, while still in high school, Bertha went to work for Raytheon testing and packing tubes to earn money for flying and college. As the end of the war approached, she started flying lessons in a Taylorcraft and soloed in October, 1945, eventually receiving her Private license. Paying her own way throughout, she went to Emmanuel College in Boston graduating in 1950, then started graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, first in Mathematics where she initially worked part time, later full time in operations research. Then she transferred her studies to the Aeronautical

Engineering where she worked for the

Aeroelastic and Structures Research Laboratory specializing in unsteady aerodynamics, flutter and boundary layer transition. At MIT she discovered soaring, joined the Aeronautical Engineering Society (glider club) and flew a glider for the first time, a Schweizer SGS 2-22, in October 1950. She soon had a Private glider license, started towing and instructing for the club and earned her glider commercial and instructor rating. She flew the flying club’s Cessna 140 around the northeast and went on excursions to various northeastern soaring sites, sometimes putting on air shows. She received her MIT degree in 1955, accepted a position with Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica, California, and purchased a Schweizer SGS 1-26A kit which she completed in California. While in Massachusetts, she was the SSA Governor for New Eng-

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land, published a newsletter, helped establish the New England Soaring Association, and was President of the Northeastern States Soaring Association. Her responsibilities at Douglas included supersonic drag reduction and wing/body interference studies. The SSA office was located at the same airport as Douglas so she soon became very active with Soaring Society operations. Upon completion of the 1-26, she flew the first test flight at El Mirage — a big thrill in her life. She continued instructing and started cross-country soaring going mostly to the east towards Las Vegas, sometimes to the southeast towards Phoenix and occasionally north towards Bishop. She explored other soaring sites in northern California, Arizona and Texas. The type of soaring she liked best was straight-out thermal soaring but she flew some wave. In 1959 she became a NASA aerospace engineer at Edwards Air Force Base where her first tasks were fluid flow problems and sonic boom studies. Her major effort was the lifting

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body project — analytical and experimental, both wind tunnel and flight. She wrote columns for Soaring and for some regional soaring publications, was scorekeeper for several national competitions and one world competition and for 18 years was responsible for the Record Homologation Committee of the SSA. She also served as SSA Treasurer and a Director. She helped establish the concept of state records and was instrumental with others in developing the photographic technique for turn point identification. In 1967 she went to work for the Navy at China Lake, California, where her main interest was aerothermodynamics with specialties in aerothermal heating, wing/body interference and boundary layer transition. She became an associate fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, served on the General Aviation Systems Committee, was Chair of the AIAA China Lake Section, and continued publishing technical papers. She began flying her sailplane out of nearby Inyokern and encouraged a towing operation (the previous one had closed a few years earlier). Additionally, she soared at several other Mountain/desert sites during this time. Her soaring flights from In-

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yokern were mostly to the north and she fell even more in love with the mountains (Sierra Nevada) now that she lived beside them. She then earned her commercial and instrument for airplanes and purchased a Piper Cherokee 140B which she flew across the country several times. She was the scorer for all the Smirnoff Derby races from the west coast to the east coast and several times flew along in her Cherokee to accomplish the task. It was during a Smirnoff Derby that the question came up of why don’t more women fly sailplanes? So, with the help and encouragement of the SSA, she sent a questionnaire to women members trying to find out. She continued the correspondence for a while with the name Hangar Soaring, which the Women Soaring Pilots Association later took over and formalized. Soon a more formal soaring FBO started at Inyokern. Bertha teamed up with a fellow whose main interest was enjoying flying sailplanes cross country in the Sierra. She then purchased an Eiri Avion PIK 20B which could get between the strong desert thermals more easily than the 1-26. There were several enjoyable years of soaring in this remote desert/mountain region. This was a good time.

After that she wrote for additional national publications as well as Soaring again, including a monthly column, and wrote a book about Einar Enevoldson. She worked with John Leibacher to make an index to Soaring available on his web page and served as a trustee of the National Soaring Museum where she took on the task of collecting oral histories of United States Soaring Hall of Fame members and writing short bios of them. She was elected to the Soaring Hall of Fame in 1972. Her other awards include the SSA Eaton Trophy, the Schweizer Lifetime Service Award, twice the SSA Exceptional Service Award (1967, 1980) and the FAT Pelagia Majewska Medal, the last of which she considered the greatest honor she could ever receive. >

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General Open Singleplace Michael Bamberg Triangle 100; 61.27 mph ASH 26¢; North Plains May 10, 2023

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State Record Applications must be submitted within 45 days of the flight. Application materials (original Documents) for US National and International Records on FAI Forms must be postmarked within 45 days after the flight, or within 15 days of any required post-flight calibration. You must also include the NAA form with Payment information with your documents.

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John Usher; LS4; Cordele, GA Steve Mason; Standard Cirrus; Silvercreek Gliding Club; IL

Christopher Behm; HPH 304 CZ-17; Air Sailing, NV

Babu Srinivasan; SZD-51-1; Air Sailing, NV

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Robert Reinaker; ASW 19; El Tiro, AZ Leslie McCurdy; Glasflugel 201B; Post Mills, VT Steven Snyder; 1-26C; Beecher, IL Peter Steinmetz; 1-26; Maricopa, AZ Frederic Vogt; LS1f; Albert Lea, MN Ingram Dartanyan; ASW 20; Albert Lea, MN John Usher; LS4; Cordele GA

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Glenn Betzoldt General Open Singleplace Triangle Speed 300km; 72.5 mph

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Glenn Betzoldt General Open Singleplace Out and Return Distance; 368.1 mi Free Out and Return Distance; 381.16 mi Free Distance up to 3 Turnpoints; 377.2 mi Out and Return Speed 500km; 68.95 mph General Sports Out and Return Distance; 296.32 hmi Free Out and Return Distance; 306.82 hmi ASH 31/21; Merillat June 7, 2023

John Foster; Phoebus A; Ephrata, WA Jim Nowacki; Open Cirrus; Richmond Field, MI Matthew Kleczynski; Duo Discus; USAF Academy, CO Frank Hansen; SZD-51-1; Spanish Springs, NV Babu Srinivasan; SZD-51-1; Air Sailing, NV Mauricio Pajon; Discus 2ct; Gregory, MI

Thomas Pratt General 15M Free 3 Turnpoint Distance; 298.75 mi General Standard Free 3 Turnpoint Distance; 298.75 mi General Sports Free 3 Turnpoint Distance; 322.85 mi Free Distance; 322.86 mi AMS Carat; Wexford County June 7, 2023

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NEW MEXICO RECORDS

Robert Reinaker; ASW 19; El Tiro, AZ Leslie McCurdy; Glasflugel 201B; Post Mills, VT Ingram Dartanyan; ASW 20; Albert Lea, MN

Robert Walker General Open Standard Triangle Speed 200km; 66.65 mph

Brian Hart; ASK 21; Hood River, OR

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ASW 24; Moriarty May 30, 2023 FLORIDA RECORDS

Robin Clark General Open Singleplace Out and Return Speed 300km; 75.42 mph ASG 29; Herlong May 29, 2023 COLORADO RECORDS

Avery Simer Feminine Open Singleplace Free Out and Return 300; 35.14 Feminine Open 15m Free Out and Return 300; 35.14 Feminine Standard Free Out and Return 300; 35.14 Feminine Sports Free Out and Return 300; 32.15 Discus 2b, Davis Airfield March 23, 2023

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Robert Walker General Standard Triangle Speed 200km; 56.76 mph ASW 24; Seymour Freeman June 8, 2023

General 15M Triangle Distance; 414.14 mi Free Triangle Distance; 421.55 mi Distance up to 3 Turnpoints; 414.21 mi Free Distance up to 3 Turnpoints; 421.62 mi General Open Singleplace Triangle Distance; 414.14 mi Free Triangle Distance; 421.55 mi Distance up to 3 Turnpoints; 414.21 mi ASW 27; Caesar Creek Soaring May 30, 2023 GEORGIA RECORDS

David McMaster Junior Open Singleplace Distance up to 3 Turnpoints; 311.88 mi Free Distance up to 3 Turnpoints; 312.78 mi Free Out and Return; 163.12 mi Free Distance; 131.17 mi Junior 15M Distance up to 3 Turnpoints; 311.88 mi Free Distance up to 3 Turnpoints; 312.78 mi Free Out and Return; 163.12 mi Free Distance; 131.17 mi

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Manolo Guzmann; Katy, TX Damien Deerinck; San Marcos, CA Audrey Topp; Reno, NV (Youth) Michael Gaedtke; Canton, MI Leslie Brown; St. Clair Shores, MI Timothy Bookwalter; Annandale, VA Mark Moran; Arlington, VA B BADGES

Norman Brudigam; LaFayette, CA Cromer; Berwyn, PA David Kuntz; Albuquerque, NM Paul Norden; Pearl River, NY Manolo Guzmann; Katy, TX Damien Deerinck; San Marcos, CA Frank S. Buchvalt; Bethlehem, PA Michael Gaedtke; Canton, MI Leslie Brown; St. Clair Shores, MI Timothy Bookwalter; Annandale, VA Mark Moran; Arlington, VA Anand Mohan; Vienna, VA D. Kirk

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General Open Singleplace Triangle 500 km; 66.27 mph General 15M Triangle 500 km; 66.27 mph ASW 27; Marion May 22, 2023

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