To add: if you fix your membership or renew your USHPA membership, all you have to do on the CSS site to “refresh” your information is to log out and log back in to the website. Every time you log into the website (not just opening the website – any time you enter your email address and password), your USHPA information is pulled fresh.

My gawd – can we all STFU with our personal opinions on whether COVID is real or if mask wearing is effective? Since wearing a mask and socially distancing hurts literally no one, and since it’s recommended by the CDC, that’s the message we’re going with and what we should be telling our members and visiting pilots.

Please take the conspiracy theories and other non-flight related banter over to Facebook. There’s plenty to be had there. If you want to have a say about the messaging on the homepage of the club’s site, why not become a member and run for a board position?

Agree.

In my opinion, option 2 seems like it would satisfy most of the responses I’ve seen so far.

I think those wimpy little thermals yesterday needed both wing types to come alive :)

Awfully quiet!

Throwing up another idea, since I’ve seen a lot of feedback about either sinking the containers into the hill or just overall reducing turbulence. This one makes the shade structure up top completely open – artificial turf under the whole thing which leaves lots of room underneath to breakdown gear or sit. Would probably be a good place for the hang simulators too.

Went with the dugout idea someone brought up – all 4 HG storage containers plus the one up top sunken into the berm at the north end of the parking lot (but not so far back that they interfere with the road at all). Kitchen, table area, fridge, and soda machine moved in there, plus a bunch of shelf space to temporarily store bags & wings. Classroom area (enough for 2 instructors) on the west side of the structure.

Whole thing would be low enough to fly over for east wind approaches and the wind shadow on the shade structure up top should be significantly less – it’s completely open and also doesn’t extend as far to the north as it used to.

One more requested variation: was suggested that the existing kitchen might not be in an ideal position, so this one moves it to the south side of the structure (so definitely more effort/cost involved). This would free up more clearance for HG’s making approaches in East wind conditions.