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  • in reply to: To shreds, you say? #10653
    David Webb
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    Awesome! Thanks Mario.

    in reply to: To shreds, you say? #10642
    David Webb
    General Member

    Big thanks Tim and Gene!

    Maybe if someone has a couple of hours and a metal detector (or a super powerful magnet) they could sweep the parking lot with it?

    in reply to: RASP & Windgrams #10634
    David Webb
    General Member

    That’s great news, Alan. Appreciate your follow-up.

    in reply to: New Shade Structure Member Input (Wishlist) #10626
    David Webb
    General Member

    Adding Tim’s items from the other thread:

    As long as weโ€™re doing it, cover the entire concrete slab area, kitchen area included. Maybe pour the missing southeast corner as well. The missing northeast corner is steep enough that leaving it as grass is probably okay.

    Bring the eaves of the structure down to possibly 8 feet from 10. Having some slope on the roof will make it drain. The flat roof dripped for a long time after a rain. Lower eaves will give shade earlier in the day.

    Build it with welded steel trusses. Possibly concrete or masonry columns. I suspect part of the issue here was rot at the base of the wooden posts. Iโ€™ll have to get out there and look. One turning loose would be all it took.

    Extend the roof on the west side, and have a vertical plywood wall on the edge of the slope. Put in some hammocks or shelves to hold PGs and harnesses out of the wind and sun. That will leave more space for people on the east, social side of the container. It will also cover up the ugly infrastructure side of the container, and shade the A/C unit.

    in reply to: AJX Shade Structure #10623
    David Webb
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    So far, you guys are killin’ it on donations! – big thanks to everyone that’s contributed in the last couple of days. Keep the support coming.

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    in reply to: New Shade Structure Member Input (Wishlist) #10605
    David Webb
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    I propose a more visible area to post the approach pattern and site guideline posters (someplace thatโ€™s hard to miss and not blocked by seating or pilots hanging out). I think because of the benches they were getting missed by visitors not wanting to push through a group of people sitting on the benches.

    Also, blackjack table and full bar.

    in reply to: AJX Shade Structure #10598
    David Webb
    General Member

    Wind perspectives.

    Hereโ€™s a peek at the afternoon Marshall was having yesterday.

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    in reply to: AJX Shade Structure #10555
    David Webb
    General Member

    Request: for any of you that might be onsite assisting with the cleanup, would you keep an eye out for the AJX weather station? Itโ€™s a small gray box with a solar panel on the front. Picture here:

    https://holfuy.com/en

    Its still sending data, so it would be good to ascertain if itโ€™s still in good working order (one less thing to buy in the rebuilding effort). Last seen attached to a small mast on a tripod that was mounted to the roof. If you find it, please put it in a safe place and shoot me an email at info@crestlinesoaring.org to let me know where it is. Once we get ahold of it I can work with the vendor to test its functionality and then get it remounted.

    Thanks in advance!

    in reply to: AJX Shade Structure #10513
    David Webb
    General Member

    Page about the shade structure beating and info on how to donate can be found here.

    Tell a friend!

    in reply to: AJX Shade Structure #10501
    David Webb
    General Member

    Well-said, Tim.

    in reply to: RASP & Windgrams #10413
    David Webb
    General Member

    Awesome! Thanks Alan.

    in reply to: NWS Forecast Graphs #10390
    David Webb
    General Member

    Forecast graphs are back online.

    in reply to: National Forest Closure – Cancelled! #10376
    David Webb
    General Member

    in reply to: National Forest Closure – Cancelled! #10372
    David Webb
    General Member

    I saw that earlier today, but didnโ€™t know how to read that, since on this other page, it says that only 3 national forests were reopened (not SB):

    https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD816967

    I also tried calling the various phone numbers on their site today to try to get a status, but couldnโ€™t get a human. If anyone has a real contact in the Forest Service, it might be good to politely inquire about the status of San Bernardino.

    I would wait until later this evening to see if the closure was extended. The last few times, it was released around 9PM, so if we get to 10PM tonight with no extension, Iโ€™d hope weโ€™re good to go. Fingers and toes crossed.

    in reply to: COVID-19: AJX Status #10354
    David Webb
    General Member

    This is the worst thread ever.