GHSA hosted our annual banquet on Saturday Night at our Aviation Center. We all had a great time. Thanks to Lou, Mike, Julie, and the board of directors for all their work that went into this event!
Annual Banquet
David Stratton solos!
David Stratton (L) soloed today! Uwe Prigge (R) was the instructor who signed him off. Way to go Dave!
Todd Hahn passes his commercial check-ride
Todd (L) passed his commercial check-ride with DPE Gregg Squires (R) this past weekend at GHSA. On to studying for the certified flight instructor tests!
John Sexton solos!
John Sexton (R) soloed in 5ST on November 10, 2019! Mike Brooks (L) signed him off for his first solo. Way to go John!
Keegan solos
Keegan soloed 5ST this past weekend! Congrats Keegan!
Three members pass their check-rides this weekend
The Greater Houston Soaring Association is proud to announce we had three pilots pass their check-rides this weekend. Brad Hansen, Bill Cooke, and David Buttram will now have their Private Pilot - Glider certificate. Thanks to Gregg Squires, the Designated Pilot Examiner who flew in from San Antonio. Also a big thanks to our GHSA instructors, especially Mike Brooks, Michael Hunter and Lou Landucci who helped get these guys ready. We also need to mention and thank those volunteers who made this weekend's flight operations possible.
Burgers and Beer social
A couple of weekends ago, we had a great time at the Burgers and Beer social after the day’s flying.
Photos from the Memorial Day Soaring Event
We hosted a soaring event over Memorial Day weekend, 2019. We had a great time with pilots from all over Texas.
Many of these photos are by Osvaldo Bins Ely.
GHSA now has a Mach 0.1/Condor 2 soaring simulator!
We now have a soaring simulator! Come check it out!
Jason Bridger, Todd Hahn, Alex Hahn and Michael Hunter put the Mach 0.1 soaring cockpit together on Friday night. Todd and Alex had previously built the computer and setup the Condor 2 soaring software. Because of the on-and-off weather on Saturday, some of our students used the simulator already! This will be a great addition to our set of instructional tools.
Check out the photos below:
Annual Banquet
We had 28 people at our annual banquet last night. Everyone attending had a good time. Lou almost burned the place down with his 12 pound brie.
Here are the awards:
Total Glider Flights (non-intro, non-instructional): Dak Davis - 130 flights
Total Glider Flight Hours (non-intro, non-instructional): Dak Davis - 68:39
Average of Longest Five Flights (From GHSA, non-contest): Steve Nichols: 4:05
Tow Pilot of the Year: Adam Harris, 111 tows
Intro Pilot of the Year: Dak Davis, 45 flights
Iron Man of the Year: Uwe Prigge 103 flights (73 instruction, 2 intro, 33 tows)
Flight Safety Crew Person of the Year: Jason Bridger, 117.3 hours
Dispatcher of the Year: Beth Aslaksen: 118.8 hours
Maintenance Crew Person of the Year: Travis LaGrone, 136.6 hours
Volunteer of the Year (total volunteer hours, exclusive of board time): Craig Shoemaker, 336 hours
Thank you to ALL of our volunteers. You make this organization possible!
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