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Urgent Messages
| New Detroit (DTW) Class B Proposal - Comment Period Ends 9/6/10 |
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Overview: The FAA has begun the process of proposing changes to the Detroit (DTW) Class B airspace to accommodate new traffic patterns with now four parallel runways, and the future growth anticipated at Detroit Metropolitan Airport (KDTW). This process often can take a year or more to complete. The DTW process has reached the stage of Public Hearings & Comments on the proposal. The Public Hearings were 7/20-22 (See FAA Notice of Public Meetings). The Comment Period for anyone to now respond to or raise any questions/issues on the Formal Proposal (See below), ends September 6th 2010. Comments should be sent to:
Mr. Roger McGrath
FAA ATO Central Service Center
Operations Support Group, AJO-2C2
2601 Meacham Blvd.
Fort Worth, TX 76137
Formal/Final Proposal (July 2010) Clearly the FAA considered the comments & input received during the informal Ad-hoc Process (See below) which resulted in their revised Formal Proposal now being put forth. Most significantly for the SE Michigan Soaring Community is the notable reduction of the 30NM 6K' ring/ceiling being proposed. It also revised the shape of the outer rings and ceiling over Meyers Divers (3TE) and our friends at Skydive Tecumseh based there. Here is the Formal Proposal depicted as PDF's on both the VFR Flyways Chart and the Terminal Area Chart. In addtion, here are the Formal Hearing Slides shown during the public meetings to explain the need.
Note: the proposal is based on the DXO VOR as the center and not the standard reference point on the airport that the existing Class B and 30NM Mode C Veil are currently based on. This explains why some of the lines and curves do not line up, and is not a printing error.
Informal DRAFT Proposal (Pre July 2010)The initially proposed Detroit Class B changes (6MB) reviewed during the Informal Committee process included several significant revisions including a new 30NM radius ring from 6K up to 10K feet which could have impacted areas & airports that we regularly soar to and over. It would have forced us under this 6,000' ceiling in these areas. In addition it would have forced other GA traffic outwards into the area heavily trafficked by gliders and down into our altitudes too.
As a result of the Informal process, the ad-hoc committee formed of interested aviation organizations potentially impacted by this proposal, including our Adrian Soaring Club, concluded by delivering the attached Ad-Hoc Committee Comments & Recommendations to the FAA for consideration. As part of this, was ASC's response indicating the Soaring Impact
Summary: We thank the FAA and particularly the staff of the DTW Tower for their consideration & involvement in the process to date, and their help here in making these documents available for you to review. Please be sure to submit any/all comments & questions you might have on or before September 6th, 2010. We will update this article with the latest progress. Thanks |
| Updated: Aug 28th, 2010 Expires: Never |
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General News
| VIDEOS - Watch ASC in Action! |
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Watch ASC's own videos showing what countless guests, new members & students have experienced with us for over 74 years now in Adrian, Michigan! See our YouTube Channel for 200+ glider & soaring videos from around the world!
Or watch NBC's Video on Freedom's Wings pilots helping veterans & others with disabilities experience the freedom of flight found only in gliders.
ASC has also enjoyed hosting numerous guests with similar disablities over the years. We encourage anyone interested locally to contact us about sharing the same thrill & experience! |
| Updated: Aug 28th, 2010 Expires: Never |
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| ASC is Tweeting! Are you Following? |
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 Yes, that's right even 76 year olds like ASC are learning to Tweet - maybe it's the bird connection? And another first for our own Joe Budion as both the first to find ASC on Twitter and also the first to tweet to us!
We're trying it out as a way of pushing quick news bytes, schedule changes, first solo news, even pictures, out to the club & public, or short news items from around the world & web related to soaring/flying. We can do this literally from the field, heck even from the gliders (passengers only!) with just cell phones and without a PC to update the site. How do you find us? Easy, we've already added a quick link in our banner above to find @AdrianSoaring on Twitter |
| Updated: Aug 28th, 2010 Expires: Never |
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| SSA FAST Package - GLIDER LESSONS - LEARN TO FLY |
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 ASC is a non-profit club focused on teaching new glider pilots. All glider instruction is FREE to club members & provided by our member CFIG's - you pay only the glider & tow cost like all members.
The Soaring Society of America (SSA) started the FAST (Fly A Sailplane Today) program to jump start anyones goal of learning to fly gliders. You can purchase a FAST package for $99 now directly thru Adrian Soaring at our hangar, which gives you your first student glider flight, the required soaring text book, a glider pilot logbook, & three month membership to SSA. Students can be of ANY age!
ASC then adds on even more to your FAST package with another 3000' flight and student lesson (2 flights total). Email is us to start your glider license training Today!! |
| Updated: Aug 28th, 2010 Expires: Never |
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| Rainy Day Soaring |
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In case you need a Soaring fix on a rainy day or just a clue how much fun soaring is around the world, Check out our Top 10 latest favorite Soaring videos - There are some new ones in here!
(Don't forget there are 250+ more Soaring & Gliding videos below on two of the largest YouTube playlists out there) |
| Updated: Aug 28th, 2010 Expires: Never |
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| 2010 FLYING SCHEDULE |
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10am-12pm Saturday Student Training - Only if arranged before with CFIG & Tow Pilot!
12pm-6pm Normal Flights - All flights by sign-up sheet order
Schedule: Towing > CFIG > Ops: Click More... for full schedule
Week 23: Sat 8/28 Tom > ??? > ??? Sun 8/29 Mark > Bob > ??? Wed 9/01 Shipp > Bob > Neiderman
Week 24: Sat 9/04 Mark > Rick > ??? Sun 9/05 Shipp > Bob > ??? Wed 9/08 Shipp > Bob > Neiderman |
| Updated: Aug 28th, 2010 Expires: Never |
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| 2010 STATS & AWARDS |
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2010 Flight Totals: Tows = 537, Hours = 224
2009: Tows = 596, Hours = 260 <> 2008: Tows = 878, Hours = 373 <> 2007: Tows = 993, Hours = 434 <> 2006: Tows = 851, Hours = 350
2005: Tows = 538, Hours = 209 <> 2004: Tows = 405, Hours = 153 <> 2003: Tows = 494, Hours = 207
Chicken Runs - Adrian = 0 : Sandhill = 1
Pilot Licenses = 2 Private (2) Lynch, Schultz Commercial (0)
Soaring Badges = 1 Silver () Altitude: Bronze () A / Solo (1) Budion B () C () |
| Updated: Aug 31st, 2010 Expires: Never |
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| MILESTONES !! |
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08/22/10 Joe Budion: Glider Solo - Joe in pretty short order this season has gone from 1st time in glider to true First Solo in Glider on Sunday! (and the motion sickness ended quicker than normal for tow pilots too - kidding Joe!) - See Joe's own pictures, Pictures of the drowning & shirt tailing coming soon - Congrats
07/25/10 Tom Shipp: 7K Tows - Tom turned in his 7,000th tow today, not bad realizing he turned 6,000 just back on 6/29/08 - Congrats & thanks Tom! (Pictures)
07/25/10 Matt Schultz: Glider Rating! - Matt easily completed the FAA Practical Exam for a Private Pilot-Glider License at Adrian in the K-13 with family on hand to witness it then enjoy their first flights as his passengers - Congrats Matt! (Pictures)
03/18/10 Bill Lynch: Glider Rating! - Bill successfully completed the FAA Practical Exam for a Private Pilot-Glider License at Estrella Sailport outside Phoenix flying a SGS 2-33 - Been a long road Bill, great news!
9/5/09 Ken Andrews: Glider Rating - Ken just added his Glider endorsement on a quick trip out to Sugarbush this weekend - Congrats Ken!
9/2/09 Matt Schultz: True First Solo - Our first of the year and quick progress with Matt just starting ealier this season. Great having his family on hand to witness it all - Congrats! (Pictures 9/2/09) |
| Updated: Aug 31st, 2010 Expires: Never |
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