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PRESIDENT'S
MESSAGE
The
past month has been more than interesting for CISS on a number
of fronts - not the least of which was a series of complaints
directed towards operations a couple of weeks ago. I received
a number of responses to the email I sent out, and I am happy
to report that there was a great amount of consistency in those
responses about what did, or did not occur. The positive side
is that those club members who were forced to be involved in a
very ugly situation with another pilot appear to have handled
the situation with a great amount of restraint and diplomacy considering
the extreme nature of the actions of the other pilot. My congratulations
to all involved for the handling of that incident.
The down side
is that we had an incident where situational awareness, head out
of the cockpit, or whatever you want to call it apparently suffered.
With our increased traffic, we all need to talk to ourselves a
little more when near the airport, and especially when entering
the pattern, to make sure we are seeing and hearing all other
traffic that we must be aware of. Our safety committee is looking
at both our pattern use and that of the power traffic to give
us all a better understanding of where everyone is, or should
be. Then of course, theres thems who aint where they is supposed
to be! And, as Kurt Ristow spoke of in last month's WT, we all
need to make sure we are
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calling
out MSL, whether we set the altimeter that way or not. If we all
call MSL, then the need for the follow-up call "Was that AGL or
MSL?" won't be needed, and those who burn avgas won't be
confused - or worse!
Jeff Melin,
our membership chair, has submitted a summary in this month's
WT on page 2 that covers the results of a special board meeting
to deal with certain membership issues that had to be resolved.
If there are any questions, please let Jeff or any board member
know.
The relocation
committee continues to investigate the options available for the
future of CISS. If you have any thoughts, suggestions, etc., please
share your ideas with Mike Warren or any member of that committee.
And last,
but not least, mark your calendar for the club meeting this month
on July 18, at 7:00 P.M., Leppert & Hensley. We hope to have available
what should be a very enjoyable half hour or so of video from
a recent Nationals contest. Hope to see you there.
Tom Ruble
truble@chilitech.com
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