Stan sent me a couple of progress pics, for the curious.

If you’d like to donate toward the project, please do so here: https://crestlinesoaring.org/product/ajx-shade-structure-donations/

We’ve raised close to $18,000 so far, but more will be needed to complete all three phases. 🙏

I’ve been taking some progress photos on weekends. A lot has been done so far. Thank you all for doing the hard work! 🙏

Cool! That’s Stephen on a tandem and Tyler.

It’s definitely a great way to get better and fine tune one’s launches and landings! I’d highly recommend getting someone to record your launch and landing and then go over it with an instructor.

For example I was in complete denial that I was jumping on some of my launches, until I saw myself doing it on video. It didn’t -feel- like a jump, but it sure looked like one! While an instructor can try to argue with their students about what did or didn’t happen on launch, video doesn’t lie.

So ya,… great idea. Open yourself up to a detailed critique and don’t get offended by someone trying to help you. We all make mistakes, nobody is perfect, so try not to feel hurt by it. Use it to get better!

Update: Looks like they’re finally gone.

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It’s now the 5th of April and they’re still there. We seriously need to do something. We cannot allow our launch site to turn into a tweaker camp. I’ve tried to do my part, but looks like it’s time for better ideas, or for more people to call on whoever has the power to remove them. As much as I’d love to confront them, I’m not exactly intimidating and I don’t wanna get shanked.

Nacho and the gang did an amazing job with the BBQ, especially because it was a last minute kind of thing!!! He managed to raise around $1,400 in cash donations last Saturday (I need to re-count some extra cash from a couple of envelopes to the total), so that puts us in the neighborhood of $11,200 raised so far! 🤩

I want to give a shout out to all you super generous donors out there, both local and visiting! We are so appreciative of your caring and hope you get to enjoy the fruits of your labor very soon. THANK YOU!!! 🙏😊

In case you haven’t seen it, this is what the new shade structure may look like (designed by one of our own architect pilots, Jai Pal), once we have all the funds in place. If you haven’t yet, there’s still time to throw some cash into the pile. The more we raise, the better the facilities will be! Our final fundraising goal is being calculated by those who know what they’re doing, so I’ll wait to share the numbers with you as soon as we have them.