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Editor | Jeff Keay |
New club in Lethbridge, decisions on a cross-country, Canadian Nationals 2013, flight along a Rockies convergence zone, great flights in great eastern weather, a Diamond flight that almost got back home, decision fatigue, Junior Worlds in Poland, a retrieve adventure, history of the Cosim vario, current competition seeding list, be quiet around the aircraft during preflight.
Uncertain FAA rules, 1000 km in the Egret, into the woods!, 2013 MayFly, analogies on a glider flight, the quest for Nick, never too old to learn (ridgetop winds), new compact gliding simulator, new 13.5m glider from LAK, working hard at hardly working, a simplified Sporting Code, Gordon Bruce obit, training points for instructors, setting up for failure (allowing flight errors to pass unremarked), Hold Fast to Your Dreams (book by George Lee)
clubs using social media to advertise, a vintage T21 comes to Canada, human factors articles (on perception, fear, and effects of adrenaline), air cadet flying in Terrace BC, 2012 annual reports (Sporting, FT&S, accidents, Marketing, Airspace, Insurance), readying for Junior World Gliding comp, PowerFlarm in Canada, mid-air incident story at GGC, membership retention through skills enhancement (the performance triangle), Charles Yeates obit, la vie d’un pilote Français au Canada, local training flights for skills, crash analysis from Italy, current records table
Gliding is the answer (answers to member growth), gliding in Bahia, high and fast (100 speed records in Cowley wave), Adolfo Gonzales Chaves (contest crewing in Argentina), an Omarama get-away, just a little faster please (“real” MacCready soaring), Bailout!, in praise of old gliers (history of Vintage Gliding Assn), winning the Boomerang trophy, the Risk Assessment matrix (a checklist on if you should fly today)
Shivering (effect of cold on flight), into the woods (quicksand in the Gatineau Hills!), the “S” curve and the flattening of glider performance, 2014 Nationals, flying MAT and TAT tasks, attempting the holy grail (a DDD), the ladies meet Chris Hadfield, racing to Melita (the 1966 Nats), manpowered ornithopter goes to museum, PIOs in training flights, motion induced blindness, what the job of “free flight” editor is all about.
New SAC website update, pilots of mythology, 672 k triangle in an ASW-15, 500 FAI triangle in a Russia, hangar collapse at CAGC, XC in the French Alps, MayFly 2014, a remote landout under Centre Peak, Jay gets his Diamond Goal flight, the “reincairnation” (repairing the gliding xairn on Centre Peak, uncompromising flight discipline, undershoots during instruction, tales from 1964 – a Nats fatality, 1-26 Travelling Trophy new rules, perceived risk is not actual risk, 31 records from one flight in Australia, Dick Georgeson obit.
Introducing the SAC Board of Directors, 2013 annual safety report, competing in the Nats at the low end of the performance curve, the good and bad aspects about fear, 2013 Sporting Committee annual report, the big sim (building a 6 degrees of freedom gliding rig), History of the Air100 glider, hard landings during instruction, wing runner checklist, major effort at Sporting Code simplification fails, Cu Nim– a dynamic club, 2013 SAC insurance report.
New SAC grant to clubs for hosting contests, a club’s electronic “presence”, ubuntu (on a friendly club atmosphere), how I spent my summer vacation (teen solos in gliding and power), going to the desert (a Moriarty contest), comparing the Shark and LAK-17, perceptual factors that cause disorientation in flight, the turning cone illusion, club safety cultures – lethal to excellent, André Dumas obit, notes on contest letters.
An ode to a dear gliding comrade, a glimpse into the life of a crew, a throwback to 1990, a day in the wave, and a myriad of competition stories.
A report from the 2015 Nationals, news from the Women Soaring Pilots Seminar, a few flight safety discussions, and two stories from the big skies of Alberta.
Annual reports from the Flight Training, Safety, Sporting, and Insurance committees. The glider pilot personality and its link to safety, Nevada desert experiences at Ely, the humidity effect on thermal strength, can you become addicted to risk?
The third issue of free flight 2016 is filled with stories from record flights, the Canadian Nationals, the Ontario Provincials, and the Canadian World Team as well as part two of an interview with Colonel Chris Hadfield. The magazine is produced by the Soaring Association of Canada.
Greetings from two new SAC Directors, an introduction to flying in Bitterwasser, stories from an African adventure and 1000km triangle, an interview with Col. Chris Hadfield, and minutes from the 2016 SAC AGM.
A farewell from the old free flight editors, a greeting from the new free flight editors, highlights from the International Vintage Sailplane Meet, Freedom’s Wings Canada, and the 2015 Safety Report.
The second edition of Free Flight for 2017 includes summaries of two major competitions (34th WGC in Australia, Region 5 North at Perry), a look back with some coverage of SAC’s history as well as coverage from the International Vintage Sailplane Meeting, plus more great photos from soaring across Canada by our skillful pilots (and photographers).
The first issue of free flight magazine 2017 includes flight stories about 750km in Southern Ontario, 352km in a Junior, and a low release and an update from the WSPA Soaring Seminar. In the safety section you’ll find three articles including “Curious, Caring, and Connected – For Safety”, “Recall vs Reflection-Based Learning”, and “Safety Metrics”. Also in this issue are competition stories about contest directing, a report from the WGC in Benalla, and FAI Racing.
Welcome to the new Free Flight editor, Ben Hornett of Cu Nim Gliding Club. In his first edition, and the first edition for SAC members in a while. Free Flight returns with a new look and great content from across Canada, with a specific focus on the 3rd Pan-American Gliding Championships hosted at SOSA in July & August of 2019.
A recount of a husband and wife 1000km flight from December 2018 out of Cu Nim, Winnipeg Gliding Club welcomes their two new PW-6s, shared reflections on a flight from CVVQ, FTSC’s 2019 annual report,SAC’s new safety grant, The Thermal’s interview with the creator of Skysight.io, Part 1 of ‘Lookout: How the Eye Can Lie”, three generations of Diamond’s, and a fliying dispatch from Seminole Lake Florida. Plus, many of great member photos!
Anecdotes from the front seat and back seat of a record breaking climb from Fall Cowley, the birth of an XC pilot, a rescue in the Rockies, flying stories from Japan, Cowley and Namibia and a look back to the 1976 Nationals.
The 2017 edition of ‘ASCent’, the magazine for the Alberta Soaring Council.
The 2018 edition of ‘ASCent’, the magazine for the Alberta Soaring Council.
The 2019 edition of ‘ASCent’, the magazine for the Alberta Soaring Council.
The 2020 edition of ‘ASCent’, the magazine for the Alberta Soaring Council.
The 2021 edition of ‘ASCent’, the magazine for the Alberta Soaring Council.
The 2022 edition of ‘ASCent’, the magazine for the Alberta Soaring Council.
The 2023 edition of ‘ASCent’, the magazine for the Alberta Soaring Council.
The 2024 edition of ‘ASCent’, the magazine for the Alberta Soaring Council.
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