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Surprise! After a first solo, you should have known this was coming ... - A Few Words from Ulli
- A Man With His Glider in an Alfalfa Field
Steve Lazuk is seen with the club's LS4 glider after his land out today. Photo courtesy Tim Forbes (1Aug17) - A Quick End to a Gliding Day
Localized thunder clouds rolled through the area starting at 1400hrs local. (28Jun17) - Accordion Player Rocks the Crowd
Working the crowd...wild accordion solo. (2Sep17) - Airport Property Line
The club's Grob is tied down at the edge of the tree line, ski jumping runs are seen in the distance. (6Oct17) - All Gliders Tied Down
Gliding Ops done for the day due to bad weather. (28Jun17) - And they're off...
Mayfly 2017 - Attaching Tow Rope
Connie Hatzis, one of the club's newest members, is seen attaching the tow rope to the tow plane. (28Jun17) - Back Seat View
This is my view from the rear seat...awesome visability with new canopy on the Puchacz. (3Jul17) - Back to the Launch Point
RVS is being towed back to the launch point, this is a time for the instructor to debrief the student and the student to describe how they thought the flight went. (3Jun17) - Beautiful
Attractive, pretty, handsome, good-looking, alluring...what adjective best describes the Puchacz. (28Jun17) - Beautiful
Beautiful...what more can I say. Photo courtesy Victoria Ward (RVS) - Big Knobby Knees
Trying to keep my feet off the rudder pedals and hands off the stick...who's flying? (14Jun17) - BKN3500 Over the Sentinels
Broken at 3500' over the Sentinel Ridge near Lake Placid Airport. (6Oct17) - Blue Thermal Day
- Can't forget the chute!
Mayfly 2017 - Challenger II Ultralight
Today C-IROY landed at Kars airfield to participate in the RAA Fly In. (15Jul17) - Colden Peak and Algonquin Peak
Colden Peak left foreground and Algonquin Peak, higher mountain on right side of photo. Photo by Maryna Tsybulska. - Daily Inspection (DI) of Grob
Here Ayush Gupta, one of the club's newest members, is seen doing a daily inspection (DI) on IAK. (3Jun17) - Dave Villeneuve 1st Solo (After)
- Dave Villeneuve 1st Solo (Just Before)
- Delta Bravo Uniform
DBU tied down at KLKP. (6Oct17) - DSC 0008
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- Early Spring Colours
Hopefully it will green up soon...and dry up. (14Apr17) - Empennage
Shinny new tail. (28Jun17) - Enjoying the Moment
Enjoying the music with a cold beverage. (2Sep17) - Farm visit
Mayfly 2017. First land-out of the season. - Fill Her Up
Paul Fortier is seen here fueling the tow plane during a busy morning. (3Jun17) - Final check-over
Mayfly 2017 - First DI of Puchazc After New Paint Job
Mark ward is seen conducting the first DI of HGW after it's new paint job. (3Jun17) - Flight Debrief
Gord Lundrum is seen debriefing his student as the glider is towed back to the launch point. (3Jun17) - FOP Tied Down
FOP tied down in the tree line. (6Oct17) - GGC Tow Plane
Thanks GGC for bringing one of your tow planes...waiting for next tow. Photo by Maryna Tsybulska (RVS) - Glider and Tow Plane
Photo courtesy Victoria Ward (RVS) - Glider Launch
Here the glider is seen being launched on Rwy 08, the glider lifts off before the tow plane. Photo courtesy Victoria Ward (29Jul17) - Glider Pilot and His Tent
Gord G by his tent, from this location he had the best view of launch point on Rwy32. All he needed now was a coffee in his hand. (6Oct17) - Glider Pilot and his Tent
Gad is seen by his tent...snug and cozy. (6Oct17) - Glider Pilot Playing a Trumpet
John Mitchell toots his horn. (2Sep17) - Gliders in a Thermal
PZQ (LS4) seen on the left and BON (Libella201) seen on the right, photo was taken while flying in glider IAK (Grob103). Photo by Victoria Ward. (29Jul17) - Grob on Tow
In a turn the nose of the glider is pointed at the outside wing of the tow plane, in this case a turn to the right so the nose of the glider is pointed at the left wing of the tow plane. Photo courtesy Victoria Ward (29Jul17) - Grob Tied Down
Grob seen tied down and covered at Lake Placid (KLKP) wave camp, there was no flying this day, Friday 6Oct17. (6Oct17) - Hand Held Radio
George Domardzki (instructor in the back seat) is showing Tom Leslie how to adjust the squelch on one of the hand held radios before their flight. (28Jun17) - Hanger Row
East end of the field, a few gliders still on the ground. Photo courtesy Victoria Ward (29Jul17) - HAPPY CANADA DAY !!!!
The photo was actually taken on Monday (3Jul17) the weather on 1 July 2017 was a wash. Left to Right is Paul Fortier, Dominik Prymicz, Steve Lazuk, Tom Leslie, Mark Ward, and Jim Mantle. (3Jul17) - Heart Lake
Heart Lake is 5 nm south of KLKP. There was no flying this day so George, Gord L, Mark W, and Gord G took a drive to see the lake at ground level. Photo by Gord G (6Oct17) - Hotel Gulf Whisky
The Puchacz is finally back at Kars field after a long winter in London getting a new paint job. (3Jun17) - IMG 0002 - Lightened
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Note the arena, which is as far NorthEast as we can go (2500') - IMG 0122a
Northern end of airspace gliders can go in (2500') - IMG 0212a
North-Western edge of where gliders can go when CYA open - IMG 0213a
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You should be able to see where the pipeline is from the air. This marks the boundary between CYA528 and CYA534 ("dog's ear") - IMG 0298a
The quarry is quite visible from the surounding area. CPL3 is north and a little west from there - IMG 0417a
Ultralight field near RVSS