2017 Annual Meeting is Saturday 18-November

Abridged from CJ’s e-mail sent to the CBCC listserve:

Our annual meeting is on this coming-up Saturday evening, at the Swepstons. You don’t have to be at the meeting to vote, but you DO need to send your vote via email or text or phone call to any of the BOD members before the voting takes place on Saturday evening.

The ballot is as follows, all positions appear to be uncontested:

  • Pres: Ron Barbera
  • VP: Aaron Swepston
  • Sec: Kerie Swepston
  • Treasurer: Tina Jorgenson

Directors:

  • Eric Ollikainen
  • Tom Johns

Must be present to vote. Default is current people stay in their positions if they don’t resign and there’s no competition for the slot.

40th Annual Can-Am Black Mountain Fly-in

The North Cascades Soaring Club (NCSC) welcomes you all to The Group Camp at Whatcom County’s Silver Lake Park in Maple Falls. Paragliders, hang gliders, family & friends from both sides of the border will show up for this stellar event.

This fundraising keeps our north end sites Rocking!

Money collected pays for campground, food & supplies and helps support Whatcom and Skagit County foot launched site development, preservation and advocacy efforts.
Your donation pays for 2 nights camping, Saturday night Main dish.

Schedule

Pilot Meeting Saturday a.m.

Food

The BarBChoo will be doing its thing! and Sunday morning breakfast! Bring your potluck dish to go with dinner and expect sing – along fun and fabulous stargazing.

Fun

Silver Lake Campground is great for kids and non pilots!
Hiking, fishing, swimming, boating, horse camp, bike trails, nearby wineries.

Volunteers

We love volunteers – just check in when you arrive.

Blue Skies and Happy Flying!

Chelan Bike-n-Fly

The conditions in Chelan are looking pretty good for this weekend. The smoke has been really bad this season, but has finally cleared. If you’re thinking about getting some fun flying this weekend, come on over and join us.

Meet at the soccer field LZ Saturday morning 9am.

2017 Chelan Cross Country All-Summer Classic

The Classic took a year off in 2016, but now it’s bigger, easier, longer and cheaper than ever in 2017! Sounds like a dream? But it’s true! Read on.

For 2017 we’ve decided to extend the flying days and not limit the pilots to one week but to expand it out to the entire summer, so the meet will run from June 24 all the way until August 26. You will still need to produce 4 decent flights to be in the running for awards.

We will have a Kickoff weekend, June 24 and 25. You will be able to register, download waypoints, fly your brains out, and have a burger and a brew with your buddies. Then we will have a Wrap Up and Awards day on August 26. Fly your brains out then have a burger and a brew with your buddies then too.

This year, you will be asked to submit your tracklogs via E-mail to the Score Keeper, Aaron Rinn. He will evaluate your flight, score it and post it.

Donations

In lieu of an entry fee, a donation to the Chelan Site Fund is requested but not required. Your donation to the site fund will keep Chelan open and available for you to fly this year and for many years to come. Think of your donation when you are using the launch area out houses, stocked with toilet paper. Think of your donation when you are on final approach for an easy late evening landing into the Chelan Falls Soccer fields, or the Junkyard because your contribution helped pay for site insurance to keep those LZs open and available.

Registration

Send the following information to Lenny using the e-mail address in the contact information at the bottom of this event page.

  • Pilot’s name
  • USHPA number and rating
  • phone number (cell number)
  • home mailing address
  • type of glider (see choices in rule 4.0.)

Maps

Waypoints

2017 Chelan Cross Country All-Summer Classic

2017 Competitors Guide

It’s now mid May, the flying season is here and the Chelan dust devils are taunting us to come out and play… or maybe the Butte is covered in snow – one of those two!

The Classic took a year off in 2016, but now it’s bigger, easier, longer and cheaper than ever in 2017! Sounds like a dream? But it’s true! Read on.

For 2017 we’ve decided to extend the flying days and not limit the pilots to one week but to expand it out to the entire summer, so the meet will run from June 24 all the way until August 26.  You will still need to produce 4 decent flights to be in the running for awards.

We will have a Kickoff weekend, June 24 and 25. You will be able to register, download waypoints, fly your brains out, and have a burger and a brew with your buddies. Then we will have a Wrap Up and Awards day on August 26. Fly your brains out then have a burger and a brew with your buddies then too.

This year, you will be asked to submit your tracklogs via E-mail to the Score Keeper, Aaron Rinn. He will evaluate your flight, score it and post it.

We are lowering our meet costs therefore we are lowering your entry fee. (read that again, please). This year, entry fee will be a mere $60. But don’t think of it as an entry fee, think of it as a contribution to the site fund to keep it open and available for you to fly this year and for many years to come. Think of your, $60 entry fee when you are using the launch area out houses, stocked with toilet paper. Think of your $60 when you are on final approach for an easy late evening landing into the Chelan Falls Soccer fields, or the Junkyard because your contribution helped pay for site insurance to keep those LZs open and available.

Hey everybody sign up today and make your plan and come fly Chelan!

Lenny Baron, 2017 Chelan Cross Country All-Summer Classic Meet Director