Crestline Soaring Society

Our very own Juanita jackson (of Andy Jackson Airpark) is making t-shirts for the upcoming memorial fly-in September 11th 2010. I am attaching a word document [Reproduced below - cssAdmin] she has made that describes the shirts and ordering info. Please place your order with her right away!!! Thanks.
rob mckenzie

Our annual end-of-summer bash to celebrate the memory of Andy Jackson, who moved his family to an unimproved dirt lot in the 1970s to ensure that pilots had a legal place to land when flying from Crestline. The existence of Pinecrest Airpark led directly to our ability to negotiate with the State of California to secure the current AJ Airpark when their expansion of the Devil Canyon hydroelectric plant shut Pinecrest down. We lost Andy to cancer in 1985.

The Hang Gliding & Paragliding Club for San Bernardino, CA, USA

The CSS is a non-profit organization (501(c)(3)) which exists to serve the foot-launched flying community in the San Bernardino Mountains - Crestline & Marshall Peak in particular - and Southern California and beyond in general.

Our club maintains launches in the San Bernardino National Forest and leases a landing zone, Andy Jackson Airpark, in the valley to ensure that our right to fly is not infringed. As a chapter of the United States Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association (USHPA) we play a part in furthering HG & PG nationwide. The club also sponsors fun events a few times a year which attract pilots from far and wide.

The replacement anemometer has been reporting non-zero winds speeds for a couple of days now, so I guess we can start relying on the data again. The old anemometer will be sent in for counseling and possibly to a reeducation camp to instill that 24/7 work ethic. I put a weatherproof junction box on the tower, so now we can just go with the stock (cheaper) 40-foot cable length when next we need to order a replacement anemo/vane. They seem to last about two years up at Crestline.

I met the Airsites tower owner, Bill Cody, this morning at Crestline launch and installed the replacement temperature/humidity sensor for Simba, so we now have temperature data in our wind graph again. Rebar Dan went up the other tower and cleaned the clear dome on the PTZ cam, so the views are clearer now. Airsites had a new dish installed on the tower with the cams and anemometers, and the Windtalker anemometer was sort of in the wind shadow (for SW) of the new dish, so I raised that up a foot or so to be in the clear.

It is just a few days until the official start of Summer but the flying is starting to feel ‘summery’ all ready.
 
Wednesday ‘Fly Days’ are in full swing.  Come out and join us for some wonderful evening glass-off, food, and beverage.
 
Progress is taking place on the Ranch RV and Tent camping.  I have met with John Schatz, County Planning Engineer, received some assistance from Bobby Vega of the Conservation Corp, and a few of us will be meeting with a civil engineer to walk the project this Friday.  Be watching for a ‘trench digging work morning’ coming soon.

On July 10th we will have our Annual CSS Fly In with contests, prizes, raffles, and dinner.

Hello Everyone!

Thank you for electing me as the CSS President for 2010. I am very
excited about the year. See the CSS Directory for the complete list of CSS officers for 2010/11.

Get ready to mark up your calendar for an event a month during the season.

On April 24 we will have our Spring General Membership Meeting.

In May we are planning a club trip to Dunlap in central California.

The CSS Board met this past weekend and we are excited about the development of the X-Country Ranch and the future of the CSS in this regard. Please see the minutes from the meeting at http://www.crestlinesoaring.org/2010_feb_special_meeting_minutes .

Many of you will recall that back in 2006, while the developer was pressing ahead with plans to develop the property to our east; the Ranch property to our north came up for sale. There were at least three bidders: the developer; a lady who wanted to plant an orchard; and pilots Len and Owen. Fortunately for us, Len and Owen were the successful purchasers. Our approach has been protected, our water supply increased, the fence between the properties and the 'paragliding eating tree' are gone, and now the Big O project is in mid-flight.

Crestline Soaring Society.

Special Meeting February 27, 2010

Minutes

In attendance:

Board Members: Alan Crouse, Megret Olewiler, Mike Blakely, Ken Howells, Dianne McKenzie, Mike Zeller.

Board Members on slate for upcoming election: Dan DeWeese, Kevin Williams

Members: Owen Morse, Len Szafaryn, Rob McKenzie, Ken Westfall, John Wright