Get Ready, Get Set, Go To Eltopia, WA for the 42 nd Annual NWSS Tournament!!!

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1 September 2018 Get Ready, Get Set, Go To Eltopia, WA for the 42 nd Annual NWSS Tournament!!! How to be a Successful Woman in the RC Soaring Hobby By Anne Stimers and Jim Frahm 1. Become a cute disciple with the Cute Disciple Organization (CDO) 2. Put your bio on the CDO website 3. Link it to all the soaring club websites in your area 4. Wait for a sucker to respond and offer to help teach you to fly 5. Learn to bat your eyes at the guys on the flight line (hardest lesson) 6. Learn to giggle and smile at everyone while flying at an event while simultaneously thinking to yourself, "I'm gonna bury you all." 7. Steadily improve your flying skills, but never show your full potential early on in your career. i.e. Always be aware of the fragility of a man's ego. 8. Take tips from the Grande Dame of flying, Sandie Pugh, on how to win without hurting the men's feelings, and the secret thermal indicator tongue placement. 9. Save up money during the off season because staying in a hotel room every weekend by yourself is expensive. 10. Learn the art of dishing out a zinger (while remembering a man's fragile ego). 11. Grow a thick skin. As you interact more and more with the men, they'll treat you as such and have diverse conversations in your presence.

2 NWSS Eagle September 2018 Volume 2018 The Eagle is the official newsletter of the Northwest Soaring Society. More information about the NWSS can be found at our website: Newsletter Editor: Jim Pugh Hardcopy production and mailing: Kevin Martin Contact Jim Pugh for address corrections, technical issues with electronic editions and information about receiving The Eagle. Send articles, classified and photos to Jim at Flyers for NWSS contests should be sent to Richard Van Dijk, NWSS Contest Coordinator ) who will proof them and forward to the newsletter editor and webmaster. Two delivery methods are available for The Eagle: hard copy, or copy of the newsletter (PDF format) NWSS Calendar/Coming Events September 14, 2018 Board of Directors meeting before the Tournament at the flying field. September 15, nd Annual NWSS Tournament September 15, 2018 Board of Directors meeting reconvened after flying for election of Officers for 2019 March 2019 Board of Directors Meeting Tentatively in March 2019 at central location. Shavings from the editor s desk. By Jim Well darn, it looks like another flying season is ending, I guess that time really goes fast when you are having fun. The 42 nd annual tournament is just around the corner, once again being held at beautiful Basin Sod Farm in Eltopia, WA. Hope that the weather holds and we have great weather like we did last year. A few things to cover in this issue. Many thanks to Anne Stimers and Jim Frahm for the article How to be a Successful Woman in the RC Soaring Hobby, Rex Grace for the latest season points standings and Kevin Martin for the Thermal Search article. Yours truly recently found out that Our AMA district XI VP is planning a Jamboree for next year. Here is the info for the Jamboree. The 1st Annual AMA NW Jamboree will be June 7-9, 2019, at the Tri-Cities RC field, in the Tri-Cities, Washington.

3 We tried to come up with a large field that in this case, has 2 runways that can be flown from simultaneously, grass and paved runways, and we could have a third area for FPV racing. Dry camping is available too, and the city with hotels, airport, and rental cars is not far away. It is roughly 3.5 hours from Sea-Tac, and PTL airports, 3 hours from Spokane, and about 5.5 hours from Boise and similar large cities in Oregon. We want to demo all types of aircraft, and this field can have large scale gas, and turbines as well with no noise restrictions. Our goal is to have control line demo, and maybe have the ability to buddy handle folks that want to try it. So please plan now for next year s event. We tried like hell to make it on a weekend that didn't have a Father s Day, Mother s Day, graduation or similar, and still have good weather that usually isn't raining or 110 degrees. This isn't my show. This is your show, it's our show. The goal is to build our own Joe Nall type event! But We need your help to make this awesome! This event will be all inclusive. We will set aside time each day for demos of CL also AMA President Rich Hansen and Robert Dodgson, of sailplane fame has been awarded the AMA Hall of Fame. Rich Hansen will be presented his induction into the AMA Hall of Fame at the Jamboree. Also, Mandee Mikulski from the AMA foundation, and Tony Stillman the AMA Flying Site Coordinator and owner of Radio South/Radio Repair Guy will also attend. We may even get someone from Boeing to show up. Another potential highlight will be sailplane designs exhibited. They plan to launch them following the award ceremony is concluded. They will launch off winches and high starts!! Seems like every week there is another fabulous update. More news to come, so stay tuned. OK comments from the Editor, besides what I said about the glider exhibit, it is great to see Bob Dodgson receive recognition for his many contributions to glider flying. I know that many flyers in the NWSS have flown his gliders in competition. Myself the first Flap/Aileron glider I had was the Camino, like wise it was the first Flap/Aileron glider that my wife Sandie flew. Before we had programable transmitters, Bob came up some unique mechanical mixing devices that allowed horizontal stab compensation when the flaps came down, plus Crow at the same time, plus several more. Since I didn t fly some of his earlier designs, can t comment on them, but the Windsong, Pixie and Anthem were ones that we flew for many years. I hope that our District XI AMA VP Bryan Wood contacts the various clubs in the NWSS for advice, info and help with the Soaring aspect of our hobby, for this Jamboree. OK now back to the regular scheduled Newsletter. But wait, that is it for this issue. Fair winds and Strong Lift. Jim

4 Thermal Search August 4-5, 2018 By Kevin Martin After numerous days in the 90s the weather finally cooled down a bit for the weekend of Thermal Search. However, even with temps in the low to mid 80s it was still hot there was almost no breeze either day. What little wind that passed through was stirred up by passing thermals. Lift was consistent both days, but so was the sink. A few times planes seemed to be falling out of the air so rapidly that it appeared like radio failure (I ve never witnessed sink like that at Brooks). Note that the high score for Saturday was achieved by Jim Gibson in RES class. Saturday RES (5000 possible) Sunday RES (5000 possible) 1 Jim Gibson Chris Staats Jason Hood Jim Gibson Chris Staats Kevin Martin Dan Fiedler Jason Hood Kevin Martin John Long John Long Richard Van Dijk Bill Keenan Richard Van Dijk 4031 Expert Expert 1 Jim Frahm Anne Stimers David Portwood David Portwood Jim Pugh Jim Gibson Anne Stimers Tom Brightbill Jim Frahm Tom Culmsee Tom Culmsee Jim Pugh Jim Gibson Sandie Pugh Robin Robinson Robin Robinson Sandie Pugh Tom Brightbill 3820 Competitor Competitor 1 Chris Staats John Long Sherrell Steinhauer John Long 4817 Two Meter 3 Mike Skeen Chris Staats Jason Hood Keith Ragsdale David Portwood Dan Fiedler Tom Brightbill Bill Keenan 4397 Two Meter 1 Keith Ragsdale Jason Hood Tom Brightbill David Portwood 3847

5 Dennis Otter Memorial Contest Report. By Sandie and Jim Pugh Saturday s contest opened with 80% threat of rain; however, thermals were abundant and cooler temperatures were a nice change from the heat we have been having. Some minor mishaps, well one might be considered major, one flyer got too close to one of the glider eating trees. He did get the name and phone number of a tree climbing person from Seth for a retrieval operation (at this writing, recovery has been unsuccessful). When a storm cell did push in about the middle of the 4 th round it came with buckets of water and strong wind; but it didn t last long. After consulting weather radar the CD decided to stop the contest at this point. Hanger flying continued at Pete s in Carnation. We had a nice turnout with 19 pilots and 22 gliders with some of the flyers flying two classes. We are starting to see more and more electric launched gliders at these contests. Sunday s weather was better with light winds and warmer temperatures, but thermals were harder to find. We had 13 pilots and 17 gliders flying again with some of the pilots flying two classes. We were able to get in 5 rounds. Thanks to Tom Culmsee of PASS for doing the scoring. And thanks to everyone for helping with the teardown on Sunday. That s a big job when you have winches. It was a fun contest with friends from Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Eastern Washington flying in the contest. Saturday Expert Open Sunday Expert Open 1. Curtis Headrick Jim Frahm Jim Frahm Tom Brightbill Dave Portwood Dave Portwood Ken Eaton Curtis Headrick Tom Brightbill Rex Grace Rex Grace Ken Eaton Sherman Knight Anne Stimers Tom Culmsee Tom Culmsee David Webb Duane Cassidy Duane Cassidy Sandie Pugh Anne Stimers Sherman Knight Seth Arlow Paul Measel Rick Helgeson Jim Pugh Michael Woods Paul Measel Jim Pugh Sandie Pugh scratched (glider damage) RES/2-meter RES/2-meter 1. David Portwood David Portwood Ken Eaton Richard VanDijk Tom Brightbill Ken Eaton Paul Bower Tom Brightbill Richard VanDijk 2953

6 Board of Directors President Kevin Martin Vice President Richard Van Dijk Jim Pugh Ken Eaton Jim Frahm NWSS Rex Grace Tom Culmsee Anne Stimers Don Stewart Officers Art Boysen, Secretary Colleen Bumgarner, Treasurer/NWSS Archivist Jim Pugh, Newsletter Editor Rex Grace, Scorekeeper Kevin Martin, Newsletter Production. Assistant Newsletter Editor Richard Van Dijk Contest Coordinator Dave Portwood, Webmaster NWSS Membership Application New Member/Renewal Name: AMA/MACC # Address: Phone: City: State/Provence: Zip: Address: Can we publish your address on the NWSS webpage? (Anti-spamming measures are taken) Y/N Dues: Individual $20.00/year Family $25/year Junior $12.00/year Please select the type of newsletter delivery you want. Please mail me a hard copy: Y/N Please send me and telling me when a newsletter is available to download from the NWSS webpage, (Acrobat pdf format): Y/N Please the newsletter directly to me, (Acrobat pdf format): Y/N Use address above: Y/N Use an alternate address: Y/N Mail application and Check made out to the NWSS to: Colleen Bumgarner, NWSS Treasurer Good Samaritan Society Moscow Village Apartments Apt # N. Eisenhower St Moscow Idaho 83843

7 North Idaho Soaring Championships Inland Empire Quiet Flyers Farragut State Park Athol, Idaho Sept.1,2, 2018 Classes and Tasks: Open (expert and competitor), Two-meter, R.E.S., Pilots limited to two classes All rounds will be flown as CD s choice Equipment: 12-volt winches and retrievers, 50 landing lines ALES launch planes will compete in their respective classes Times and Entry Fee: flying will begin at 9:00am. Pilots meeting at 8:45am. AMA or MAAC membership required to fly $15 per day 1 st plane, $5 per day 2 nd plane Two-day total score: Last round will be 3:00pm Sunday Location: Farragut State Park-Flyers Field. 4 Miles East of Athol, Idaho Everyone pays park usage fee at park entrance. Other Stuff: Lunch will not be available, please bring your own food. CD: Lee Urbaniak Lee.Urbaniak@comcast.net

8 42nd NWSS TOURNAMENT 2018 September 15 th & 16 th Tri-Cities, Washington by the Northwest Soaring Society AMA or MAAC license required Entry Fees: Individual - $65.00, Team - $5.00 OPEN Class Sailplane Competition Alternate Electric Glider Launch Allowed: Set Altitude Limit to 150m (matched to winches) Pilots meeting: 8:20 am each day Qualifying Rounds: One throw-out round at end of preliminaries. First round each day 5 min ID. All remaining rounds 8-minute ID 8:30 am to approx. 4 pm Saturday and 8:30 to noon Sunday. Landings scored via standard 50 landing lines (radius allowed at far end). Flight windows will be used. Championship Rounds: Top TEN qualifiers will fly off Sunday afternoon. Five rounds of I0 min. ID, MAN-ON-MAN scoring for flights. Landings scored via 10 dia. graduated spot landing circle. Team Event: Sign up on the entry form. Qualifying round scores only will be used. Teams consist of 3 pilots Expert/Competitor (combined.) Winning team awarded classic pie trophy. Registration: Pre-registration by mail, or phone is required. PayPal can be used. entry ok. Field registration and check in: 3-5 p.m. on Friday evening or 7:30 am Saturday at the flying site. Frequencies: Please notify us if you plan to fly anything other than 2.4ghz. Officials: CD Tom Culmsee ( ) TECulmsee@gmail.com 2607 SW Linneman Dr. Gresham, OR Asst CD Kevin Martin ( ) Kg7xg@aol.com 2495 N.W. 121st Pl. Portland, Oregon Check-in: Friday September 14, 2018 at contest site 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Location: Basin Sod Farm Eltopia, WA From Pasco on Hiway 395 to Spokane. Go North about 8.6 miles from the Kartchner road overpass (near King City truck stop) to Sagemoor road. From the North go about 14.3 miles south of Highway 17 intersection to Sagemoor road. Turn East on Sagemoor and go about 3 miles to bridge over canal and follow NWSS and/or SOARING signs. Facilities: Porta-potty at field, no running water. Self-contained camping allowed. No food service available

9 Banquet Site: Roundtable Pizza 3201 West Court Street Pasco, WA When: Saturday, September 15th, 2018 (gathering around 6:30pm) How much: Pay for what you get when you get it... Motels: Knights Inn 2100 East Hillsboro Street Pasco Motel N Oregon Pasco Super N Columbia Center Blvd. Kennewick Bali Hi 1201 Geo. Wash. Way Richland Days Inn 615 Jadwin Richland Quality Inn 7901 W Quinault Ave Kennewick Red Lion 2525 N 20th Ave Pasco Presentations: Saturday Night Dinner Presentations NWSS Open, 2M, RES Season Points Winners Steve Yerchevich Most Improved Pilot Cliff Mink Service Award Silver Cup (70 min age) Sunday Presentations at Field Team Trophy Highest Placing Competitor Highest Placing RES NWSS Tournament Winners 2018 NWSS Tournament Preregistration Form Name: AMA(MAAC): Street: Phone: City: State: Zip: Frequency Choice: Alternate: Enter me in the team event: YES NO (circle one) ($5) Enter me in the Friday ALES event: YES NO (circle one) ($5) Enter me in the RES class: YES NO (circle one) ($0) Enter me in the Silver Cup event YES NO (circle one) ($0) (age 70 or over): Birth Date: JOBS I CAN DO (check one or more) Winch/Retriever Maintenance Flight control Setup/Teardown Crew (default if none checked) address: Can we publish it on the NWSS Website? YES NO (circle one) How would you like to receive your NWSS newsletter? a) Please send me an when I can download it from NWSS web site (Acrobat pdf format) b) Please the newsletter directly to me (Acrobat pdf format) c) Please send me a hard copy via USPS. (circle one: a or b or c ) ALL FEES IN US DOLLARS Entry fee $65. Team entry $5 ALES $5 Make checks payable to N.W.S.S. Send to: Kevin Martin Entry Fee: 2495 N.W. 121st Pl. Team Fee: ALES Fee Portland, Oregon Total Owed: OR log in to PayPal, send total to PASSPayment@gmail.com as a friend. Then send this page to Kevin.

10 2018 Aerotow Schedule Sept 9th (Sunday only) PASS Salem OR (Jim Gibson) Sept Kamloops, B.C. (Dave Smith) Sept Othello, WA. Fall Aerotow at Weaver s Field (Robert Skiba) For Updates: (Editors Note) Thanks to Debbie and Tom Culmsee for submitting the Easy Baked Beans Recipe. Easy Baked Beans Ingredients 28 oz. Bush s original baked beans 15 oz. canned kidney beans 15 oz. canned cannellini beans 1 lb. ground beef 1/2 lb. bacon cut in strips 3/4 cup onion coarsely chopped 1/4 cup ketchup 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 tablespoon yellow mustard Instructions 1. Brown bacon. Set aside. 2. Brown hamburger, then add onion and sauté until onion is clear. 3. Drain the hamburger mixture. 4. Mix all ingredients together. Do not drain the beans. 5. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Serves This recipe is very flexible. I like to add a bit more mustard, another small can of baked beans, more onion and more bacon.

11 Season Points Standings As of 8/6/2018 Open Season Points Standings Name Class Days Days season pts % of perfect seas pts avg flown counted for all days for all days Frahm Jim E Portwood David E Headrick Curtis E Stimers Anne E Eaton Ken E Culmsee Tom E Grace Rex E Cassidy Duane E Brightbill Tom E Baumer Martin E Webb David E Pugh Jim E Burke John E Skiba Rob C Urbaniak Lee E Pugh Sandie E Adams Steve E Lynch Tim E Boysen Art E Kirkpatrick Robin C Stewart Don E RES Season Points Standings Name Class Days Days season pts % of perfect seas pts avg flown counted for all days for all days Eaton Ken E Hood Jason E Portwood David E Culmsee Tom E Martin Kevin E Van Dijk Richard E Urbaniak Lee E Pugh Jim E Pugh Sandie E Boysen Art E Meter Season Points Standings Name Class Days Days season pts % of perfect seas pts avg flown counted for all days for all days Hood Jason E Portwood David E Brightbill Tom E Culmsee Tom E Headrick Curtis E Grace Rex E

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