Overview
In the past we have held some very fun and
successful 3 day and 5 day cross-country soaring camps at Stanton. For
2006 the plan is to spread the event out over the soaring season and hold
the event at several different Minnesota soaring sites. At this point
the proposed sites include Faribault, Sleepy Eye, Osceola and Stanton.
Please note that I have moved the proposed dates to
weekend days to allow all flights to be used in the new OLC League contest.
The dates have also changed from the dates originally proposed so please
update your calendars.
Goals
for the Regatta Weekends
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Gather all MN soaring pilots at a single soaring site on several
occasions so that we can:
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Share in the fun together
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Help each other accomplish our goals
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Retrieve each other when we land out
(That really is part of the fun!)
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Learn from one another
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Promote relationship building (camaraderie) among MN soaring pilots.
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Promote cross-country soaring in MN.
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Promote participation in the Online Contest (OLC) and new OLC League
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Bring MN up in the US and international rankings in the OLC.
- By
bringing all the MN cross-country soaring pilots to a particular
soaring site, if we all submit our flights as if we belong to the
local club that club should rank highly in the OLC League for that
weekend.
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Promote attempts at breaking MN State Soaring Records. My 100
km Sports Class Speed Triangle flight should be easy to beat at only
52.09 mph. Someone go get it! I'll be your Official
Observer.
OLC League (Season-Long Weekend Speed
Contest)
There is new, fun, simple international contest for 2006. It is
part of the OLC (Online Contest) and is called the OLC League. It is a
very simple speed contest that runs from April through August. Points
are awarded on weekends only. Points are awarded on a soaring
club basis to the top 3 flights from each club for each weekend so you don't
need to fly every day to have your flight count toward the club's score.
I think this is going to be an extremely fun
contest! Let's put Minnesota on the OLC map in 2006!
OLC Overview
I have created an OLC Overview and Tips
web page which includes rules and tips
for flying in the OLC.
New Soaring Tasks and Waypoints for
Stanton, Faribault and Osceola
I have created some new task and waypoint files which are available
here:
Minnesota Soaring Waypoints and Tasks
The tasks are available in PDF files that are
perfect for printing and taking to the airport.
Important OLC League
Note
I am a big fan of the new OLC League contest. I really think it will
be a fun way to promote cross-country soaring and competition.
However, the rules state that pilots must register as a member of a
particular club and that each club must specify their home airport.
Only flights done from the home airport of the club will count in the OLC
League contest. That means that as a member of the MN Soaring Club if
I fly from Faribault, my flight can get points in the OLC Classic and FAI
OLC but not in the OLC League (at least not for the MSC). However, it is possible to change your
designated soaring club before you submit your flights. So my plan is
to change my club from the MN Soaring Club to Cross Country Soaring before
submitting any flights from Faribault and to RWSA before submitting my
flights from Osceola. For many weeks I have been bummed about this
because I wanted to rack up as many OLC League points for the MN Soaring
Club as possible. But I think it is worth it to move the event to
Faribault and Osceola because it will be fun to get everyone together at a
single soaring site for those weekends. Also, if all of us submit the
flights as members of the local gliding club then that club should rank
pretty high in the OLC League for that weekend - which will be very cool!
It will be as if a team of MN pilots is scoring OLC League points that put
MN on the OLC League map. I don't imagine that the hosting club's will
mind having some "unofficial" club members racking up OLC League points for
their club.
Feedback Requested
Please let me know if you have any suggestions for the event.
Please also let me know ASAP if you are planning to participate in the
regatta and/or the OLC League contest.
Schedule
I am
proposing 4 Saturday and Sunday get-togethers - plus Monday, June 5th
because that day is an OLC League day. To compete you
don't need to fly
from the scheduled airport, but if you don't join us you will miss out
on all the fun and camaraderie. Since the OLC League runs from
April 29th through September 3rd it is not mandatory that you attend the regatta
weekends to compete in that contest. However, the more you fly, the more fun you will have, and the higher
your probability for long, high-scoring flights.
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Schedule - Tentative |
| Date |
Day |
Location |
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May 6 |
Saturday |
Faribault Airport |
| May 7 |
Sunday |
Faribault Airport |
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|
|
June 3 |
Saturday |
Stanton Airport |
| June 4 |
Sunday |
Stanton Airport |
| June 5 |
Monday |
Stanton Airport |
| |
|
|
|
July 29 |
Saturday |
Osceola Airport |
| July 30 |
Sunday |
Osceola Airport |
| |
|
|
|
Aug 19 |
Saturday |
Faribault Airport |
| Aug 20 |
Sunday |
Faribault Airport |
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Participants |
| |
Location |
Faribault |
Stanton |
Osceola |
Faribault |
| |
Dates |
May 6 |
May 7 |
June 3 |
June 4 |
June
5 |
July 29 |
July 30 |
Aug 19 |
Aug 19 |
Aug 20 |
| |
|
Sat. |
Sun. |
Sat. |
Sun. |
Monday |
Sat. |
Sun. |
Sat. |
Sat. |
Sun. |
| Name |
Glider |
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Flying |
Dinner
at Don's |
Flying |
|
Paul Algren and family |
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5 |
|
|
Dick Andrews |
DG-1000 |
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|
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
|
1 |
Y |
|
Alan Benfel |
Pik-20b |
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|
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
Rodney & Jill Carey |
Schweizer 1-26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
| Tom
Chrisfield |
DG-101 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y |
1 |
Y |
|
Tony Condon (IA) |
Cherokee |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
John DeRosa |
DG-101G Elan |
|
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
|
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Scott Elhardt |
Mosquito, Discus |
|
|
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Mike Finegan |
Pik-20b |
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
Barry Jaeger |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Ben
Jeffrey |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fred Hewitt |
DG-1000 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
1 |
|
| Tom
Kuhfeld |
PW-5 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alan Mathewson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Chris McConnell and
Kyrsten |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
Matt Michael |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Blake Miller |
Silent |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y |
|
Grant Nielsen |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
George Penokie |
Libelle |
|
|
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chris Prince |
Schweizer 1-35 |
|
|
|
|
|
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
Paul Remde |
Junior (May and July)
DG-1000 (June and Aug) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
5 |
Y |
| Tom Rent |
Schweizer 1-35c |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ed and Doris Saunier plus child |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
| Matthew Sawhill (IA) |
Foka 4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maybe |
Maybe |
Maybe |
| Dan Shallbetter |
ASW-28 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
|
| Eric Strandjord |
Ventus 2cxM |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
|
|
|
| Dean and "Sam" Sunderlin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
| Charlie Svoboda |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Brian Utley |
DG-800M |
|
|
Y |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Steve and Teddy VonBevern |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
| John Wastvedt |
LS-6a |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y |
2 |
Y |
| Steve & Elizabeth Wheeler |
ASK-21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
| Andrew Wood |
Ventus 2cxM |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
Y |
|
Y |
| Leon Zeug |
Ka-6E |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
|
Y |
1 |
Y |
| Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
36 |
7 |
Towplanes
Two towplanes will be used this weekend. Non-MSC members can get a
tow from the MSC towplane if a commercial towpilot is flying the MSC
towplane, and the glider pilot is an SSA member. I believe we will
have a commercial towpilot on Saturday. The Stanton towplane can be
used for MSC club members and non-MSC club members. Please present
payment to the Field Operations Officer for tows using the MSC towplane.
Please pay Stanton Sport Aviation for tows using the Stanton towplane.
The tow rates are the same for both towplanes - $43 for a tow to 2,000
feet and $48 for a tow to $3,000 feet.
Tow List
The first
thing you should do when you arrive at Stanton is to find the F.O.O.
cart (a white trailer) and put your name on the tow list. If you wait
until you are ready to fly to put your name on the list you will have a
long wait for a tow. If you name comes up before you are ready, that is
fine - just tell the F.O.O. (Field Operations Officer) when you are
completely ready to fly and he/she will get you launched ASAP. When
your name comes to the top of the list, you will get the first tow from
the towplane that you can use.
Radio Frequencies
CTAF/Unicom: 122.8
AWOS: 119.35 (also available at 507-664-3806)
Glider to Glider: 123.5
Landing
Patterns
Left hand
patterns are used for all runways.
No Circling
in the Landing Pattern
Stanton has a fair amount of traffic on weekends so please be aware and
courteous to other traffic.
Runways
Stanton has
2 grass runways (0/36 and 9/27).
Landing
over Hwy 19
For safety
reasons, please be sure that when you land on runway 36 you fly over Hwy
19 at an altitude of 50' or more. The runway starts very close to Hwy
19. From time to time a glider will be seen crossing low over the
highway. Of course, a chance encounter with a semi would be disastrous.
Be Ready to
Fly
Do not tell
the F.O.O. that you are ready for a tow until you are completely ready.
We will be doing many tows this weekend and time is critical. If your
towplane is ready and you are not ready, you will be pulled off the
runway and put behind the next glider. We often pull gliders around
behind the staged glider so that pilots can get in their glider and be
ready when the glider in front of them takes off.
Golf Carts
The MSC
owns and uses 2 gas powered golf carts for towing gliders to and from
the runway. Cars are not allowed near the runways. Each cart is
equipped with a family band radio so you may be able to request a cart
using a radio if you bring one.
Stanton
Sport Aviation also has a similar golf cart with the number 21 on the
side. This one is reserved for use by Stanton Sport Aviation customers
and airport personnel. Since non-MSC members will be getting tows from
the Stanton towplane then it is my understanding that they can use that
cart, but I recommend that you ask first. Non-MSC members may also use
MSC golf carts as well.
Help Out on
the Flight Line
The MSC is
a club operation. We all help run the flight line. When you are
waiting for a tow please help pull gliders out to the flight line and
pull gliders back when they land. This is not a commercial operation.
Non-MSC members are guests at the airport and we are very glad you are
joining us, but we do expect you to lend a hand as any club member
would.
Hand
Signals at Launch
When you
are ready to for the slack to be taken out of the rope please give a
"thumbs up" signal to the wing runner. When the slack is out and the
towpilot is ready to go, please give a "thumbs up" signal with your
pointer finger pointing down the runway to indicate that you are ready
to go. You may also wag your rudder if you want to, but it is not
necessary.
MSC
Clubhouse
The MSC has
a very nice little clubhouse. Feel free to use it but please keep it
clean. The refrigerator is usually stocked with beer and other items
that you can buy at a very reasonable price by putting money into the
can.
Links
Paul Remde's OLC Overview and Tips
aerokurier Online-Contest - To go
to the US contest click on the link near the top left of the page
"aerokurier Online-Contest". Then click on the link on the right side
of the 3rd row from the top "US".
Rules
- OLC Classic and FAI-OLC
Rules -
OLC League |
