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Event Calendar
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Be sure to e-mail us your club activities and get them on the PASCO Event Calendar.
E-mail: webmaster@pacificsoaring.org with the details of your event.
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PASCO Cap & T-shirt
T-shirts $15, Caps $20 each. Shipping is only $2.50 per item. Indicate T-shirt Size when ordering.
E-mail: Joel at GliderPilotJoel@gmail.com
OLC Posts & Sawyer Award
Post your flights on the OLC and you automatically join the Region 11 Sawyer contest. Read more on the PASCO Sawyer Award page.
Where's The PASCO Egg?
PASCO Egg Capture Trophy
5-11-2013 Avenal, CA: Julie Butler captured the egg. After 9 months at Hollister, the Egg has headed south for warmer weather. Come and get it. READ ABOUT IT..
Alby - The Traveler
4-29-13: Alby is in Monroe, Georgia, and he must really like it in Monroe, as he has stayed there since 8-26-2012. It he ever flying East!?
Read about it...
Follow Alby's voyage:
albysvoyage.blogspot.com
PowerFlarm
VFR Collision Avoidance
Pacific Soaring Council, Inc., (PASCO) supports Transponders and other safety instruments in gliders and other aircraft. PASCO does not receive any financial support for endorsing products. Our concern is for the safety of our pilots.
For more information about the POWERFlarm product in the USA go to: www.PowerFlarm.us
Call your local Gliderport to find out more about the PowerFlarm.
Air Sailing Egg Defense League
Looks like the ASI defenses have to be on guard again, now that Lee captured the egg from Williams Soaring. Watch the movie: In Pursuit of the Egg - You have to watch this..(Funny!) Thanks ASI
SSA Region 11 News
2013 Soaring Season is going strong
Check the PASCO Event Calendar and register for several soaring events this summer.
Where's The PASCO Egg: Avenal, CA
The PASCO Egg has been captured by Avenal, Julie Butler - May 11, 2013
I launched Avenal at 1:30, released at 1200AGL, and quickly climbed to 3500 MSL. I spent the next hour and and a half... [More]
Alby (The Traveler) seems to like Monroe, GA
Read the latest news about Alby
4/29/2013 – It has been really amazing the weather this past month in Monroe, GA: all weekends have been a washout. Joe Flores, his glider, and Alby are all ready to go, they just need a change and a chance. Hopefully next weekend will be the good one!
Be sure to support your local soaring club and business.
We need them around so we can enjoy our sport. Buy gift certificates, soaring apparel, or glider rides for your friends, or rent a 2 place and take them for a ride yourself.
Reno Area NorCal Approach Cockpit Card
and Procedures Updated
Thanks to the hard work and untiring persistence of Sergio Colacevich, the Reno Area Cockpit card has been updated and uploaded to the PASCO website safety page.
You can save a step and download them here:
Reno Pilot Cockpit Card 2-14-2013 - (PDF 213)
Reno Glider Pilot RNO Procedures Revised 2-14-2013 - (PDF 350KB)
2012 Safety Seminar and Awards Banquet
AWARDS PRESENTATION
2012 PASCO Award Ceremony by Ramy Yanetz [221KB PDF]
SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
2012 Soaring For Distance by Ramy Yanetz [619KB PDF]