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  • in reply to: Mentone LZ Citrus Goves – Then & Now #11711
    Dan DeWeese
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    I remember spring flying over that area, getting low and the orange blossom fragrance wafting up with the wind. Way cool.

    in reply to: Altitude caution advisory #11487
    Dan DeWeese
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    Heres a kmz file. actual paths curve through the waypoints.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/9d744i4dyrf8iox/Ziggy7.kmz?dl=0

    in reply to: Accident Report – Rigid wing launch at Regionals #11273
    Dan DeWeese
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    Did the glider fare well? or farewell glider?

    in reply to: Whose Aolus at vintage fly-in? #11227
    Dan DeWeese
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    I think it was Maynard’s.

    in reply to: CSS Board Member Motivations #11217
    Dan DeWeese
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    1 board member cannot force the rest of the board to follow. Whatever the issue is, it takes a majority to move forward and implement. (Unless you can rule by executive order, that is) Preventing motivated people from holding board positions? Really? Take a look at the USHPA board. Virtually every person there are stakeholders in the flying community. They have “skin in the game”, businesses that depend on the survival of the sport.  Sometimes what seems to be a self serving action actually is beneficial to all. Knee jerk reactions, should be avoided.  If you are that passionate, run for a board position. Next year.

    in reply to: CSS Board Member Motivations #11215
    Dan DeWeese
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    Wouldnt that require a bylaw change?

    in reply to: Discussion Quality #11213
    Dan DeWeese
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    3 strike sounds fair.

    Restore mitch in a month? Maybe he can consult his thesaurus and find less offensive synonyms for his top 100 derogatory terms. I know, it wont be as fun to read, but maybe the gist of it will get through.

    in reply to: Discussion Quality #11212
    Dan DeWeese
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    According to this study (CNN: Cursing may be a sign of intelligence)

    Or a sign you learned to write and speak during your stint in the navy.

    reminds me of a lyric:

    but if I really say it, the radio wont play it, unless I lay it between the lines.

     

     

    in reply to: New Shade Structure Member Input (Wishlist) #10828
    Dan DeWeese
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    Way cool JP.  Steel frame. Minimal wind profile.

    in reply to: COVID-19: AJX Status #10462
    Dan DeWeese
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    The biggest crimes against humanity were legal. Made legal by….politicians. Thought up by…experts…Carried out by..citizens who believed the rationale put forth by said politicians and experts, and acted without questioning.

    in reply to: COVID-19: AJX Status #10394
    Dan DeWeese
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    Government would never lie to you. They are not at all predatory and are here to help you. Stop resisting.

     

    Pushing back IS the American way.

    in reply to: Sprinkler Timing #10133
    Dan DeWeese
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    33.538698°,-117.196291°

    in reply to: Radio Frequencies #10030
    Dan DeWeese
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    We’re good Stan. CSS’s 145.555 conforms to the band plan. The club’s former frequency was a repeater frequency that was in use way out by San Fernando Valley. When the repeater moved to chino or corona, our site was within range of the repeater’s output, so all we heard was ham radio blab at high output. The club needed a new freq and selected a simplex channel from the band plan.

    I thought it would be cool to get with the TASMA people to designate a narrow width to free flight, but that mission is yet unaccomplished and looking for a commanding officer to forward it.

    in reply to: More Approach Pattern Stuff #9987
    Dan DeWeese
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    PG pilot, 3d flight off instruction, flying west along the eucalyptus, encounters a touch of sink then descends into the base leg of the hg approach. HG pilot, also brand new, up to the brim with anxiety, eyes just left the slope indicator and turning base leg suddenly see this pg in front of him. He’s thinks he’s too low to make the field by going around either left or right.  He’s mistaken, of course, but he’s never considered this situation and now, thrust into this, he’s overwhelmed. The shade structure judges all offer up opinion, some yell commands but the sounds blend in the the helmets wind noise.

    Mid air? Close call? Stall, dive, fatality? Double fatal tangle dive? No way to tell. By placing both in the same path for sure pushes the probability of it being a here and now and us, instead of over there, then, and them.

    If I can para-phrase Patton, Let that other dumb son of a bitch die doing what he loves. I and mine want to make it home for dinner.

    in reply to: Marshall Weather Station Update #8400
    Dan DeWeese
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    get a room