N.C.S.A BUSINESS MEETING/ AWARDS DINNER

FIRST SOLO in 2010 Maja Djurisic Terence Wilson- 1 st glider solo Biff Forbush Eric Yeargan John Scott- 1 st glider solo Peter Gadd- 1 st solo since 1991 Rick Robbins- 1 st glider solo

New Glider Ratings or Wings John Boyce- Commercial Glider & CFIG Larry Suter – CFIG Tristan Duplan - CFIG John Randazzo- Commercial Glider & CFIG Terence Lowe- USofA PPG Mike Green- Wings John Randazzo- Wings Willy Snow- Wings Peter Madams- Wings

BADGES & BADGE LEGS- pg 1 Mark Violet- 5 hr, Bronze and Silver Paul McDonald – 5 hr John Pericich – B Badge Fritz Henshaw – B Badge Maja Djurisic – A Badge Terence Wilson – A Badge Biff Forbush – A Badge

BADGES & BADGE LEGS pg-2 Eric Yeargan- A Badge Rick Robbins- A Badge John Scott- A Badge Buzz Graves – Alby Leg; C83-KCVH

Air Sailing Camps pg 1 Monique Weil - WSPA Maja Djurisic – WSPA Biff Forbush - WSPA Mike Green – WSPA Tristan Duplan – Thermal Camp Paul McDonald – WSPA, XC camp Dale Roberts – WSPA Mike Voie – WSPA

Air Sailing Camps pg 2 Seth Dunham – Thermal camp Terence Lowe – Thermal Taylor Nichols – XC camp Buzz Graves- XC (Lead Pilot)

CHECK-OUTS IN NEW GLIDERS Mike Voie- DG 500 Mark Violet – ASK 21 John Pericich – 1-26, G-103 John Boyce – ASK 21 Maja Djurisic- L-13, 1-26, G-103 Len Edmondson Terence Wilson- G-103

CHECK-OUTS IN NEW GLIDERS Biff Forbush – L-13, 1-26, G-103 Terry Lowe – G-103, G-102, HPH Glasflugel 304 CZ-17 Eric Yeargan – L-13 Larry Suter – DG-300

FLIGHTS AT NEW GLIDER SITES Buzz Graves- Tehachapi Mike Voie- Avenal, Las Vegas Mark Violet- Bishop Bill Levinson- Bishop Seth Dunham- ASI John Pericich - Minden Fritz Henshaw - Minden

FLIGHTS AT NEW GLIDER SITES (page 2) John Boyce – Gerlach John Scott – Air Sailing, Arizona Soaring Maja Djurisic- ASI, Minden Terry Lowe- ASI Biff Forbush – ASI, Minden, Truckee Shannon Madsen – San Antonio Valley Ramy Yanetz – Kalispel, MT Dhiren Gandhi – Byron! John Jewell – Byron! Ananth Racherla – Byron!

FLIGHTS AT NEW GLIDER SITES Peter Gadd – Byron! Jeff Herr – Byron! Boyang Zhang – Byron! Chandler Lougée – Byron! Tristan Gounard – Byron! Jeff Herr – Byron! Tyler Connell – Byron! Jerry Robison – Byron! Chris Roybal – Byron! Amanda Wells – Byron!

FIRST XC GLIDER FLIGHT Mike Voie - Avenal Maja Djurisic – dual at ASI & Minden Terence Wilson – dual at Byron Biff Forbush – dual at Minden

PERSONAL BESTS in 2010 Buzz Graves - 750km Truckee to Lone Pine and back Mike Green - Gave 38 Cross country rides this season Mike Voie - 399km flight Mark Violet – Highest ever (16K), 5hrs duration, Bishop-Lone Pine via Mt Witney in DG-1000 Paul McDonald - Low save over Flannigan's K and back to ASI Seth Dunham - Flannigan landout

PERSONAL BESTS in 2010 (pg 2) John Pericich ' and 0.9 hrs in 1-26 Fritz Henshaw - 16,200 and 3 hrs out of Minden w/ Mike John Boyce - ASI-Quincy-MtRose- Amadee_ASI; landed on tow during CFIG training Maja Djurisic - Dual with Ed Lord 4.5 hrs Terence Wilson – Dual with Mike V., 3.5 hr, 260km Oct 15 flight; Byron- E of Gilroy-Mt Diablo-Byron Shannon Madsen – 1 st known landout in San Antonio Valley

TOTAL NUMBER OF FLIGHTS IN 2010 Charlie Ferguson 13 Boyang Zhang 14 Rolf Peterson 14 Mike Mayo 16 Fritz Henshaw 16 John Pericich 27 Peter Kelemen 28 Yuliy Gerchikov 30 Mark Violet 30 Peter Gadd 31 Mike Green 44 Ramy Yanetz 72 John Boyce 64 Buzz Graves 74 (OLC) Larry Suter 161 Mike Voie 195 Monique Weil 195

TOTAL GLIDER HOURS Adv Class –Yuliy Gerchikov: hr –Buzz Graves- –RAMY YANETZ: 357 hr Std Class –John Boyce 49.5 –Maja Djurisic 50 –Terry Lowe 61.1 –Mike Mayo 64 –Peter Kelemen 66.2 –Monique Weil 73.1 –Mike Voie 91 hr –Larry Suter 98.2 hr –Mike Green: 106 hr

TOTAL GLIDER CROSS- COUNTRY STATUTE MILES 2010 Std Class John Boyce Mike Voie Larry Suter Peter Kelemen Mike Mayo – 3300 Mike Green- 4334

TOTAL GLIDER CROSS- COUNTRY STATUTE MILES 2010 Adv Class Rolf Peterson Yuliy Gerchikov Buzz Graves Ramy Yanetz

LONGEST FLIGHT (SM) – FROM BYRON Std Class Charlie Ferguson – 45 sm Larry Suter - 96 Peter Keleman -105 Mike Voie - 157

LONGEST FLIGHT (SM) – FROM BYRON Adv Class Buzz Graves – 184 Ramy Yanetz Yuliy Gerchikov – 385 (The Record!)

LONGEST FLIGHT USING CLUB SHIPS Charlie Ferguson - 45 sm (L-13) Larry Suter – 96 sm (SS) Mike Voie – 248 sm (SS)

LONGEST DISTANCE (SM) - ANYWHERE Standard Class Peter Kelemen- 188 sm Larry Suter sm John Boyce – 220 sm Mike Voie – 248 sm Mike Mayo – 336 sm

LONGEST DISTANCE (SM) - ANYWHERE Advanced Class –Buzz Graves – 466 sm –Yuliy Gerchikov – 480 sm –Rolf Peterson – sm –Ramy Yanetz – 673 sm

HIGHEST ALTITUDE ACHIEVED FROM BYRON: Std Class Mark Violet 6100 John Pericich 6200 Peter Gadd 6800 Peter Kelemen Mike Voie Adv Class Yuliy Gerchikov Buzz Graves Ramy Yanetz 17999

HIGHEST ALTITUDE ACHIEVED ANYWHERE: Std Class Mike Green Peter Kelemen Mike Mayo Mike Voie Mark Violet John Pericich Fritz Henshaw John Boyce Maja Djurisic Larry Suter Terence Lowe Adv Class Yuliy Gerchikov Buzz Graves Ramy Yanetz 17999

FASTEST AVERAGE X-C SPEED ANYWHERE Standard Class –Mike Voie 51.5/157sm –Larry Suter 54mph/198sm –Peter Kelemen 47.6/107sm –Mike Green 74.5mph/257sm –Mike Mayo 71/336sm

FASTEST AVERAGE X-C SPEED ANYWHERE Advanced Class Yuliy Gerchikov 81 mph / 700km Ramy Yanetz 100 mph / 400km

The 1-26 Award recognizing longest flight and longest duration John Pericich 0.9 hrs (and about 10 miles) in his 1 st flight in a 1-26

2010 OLC Competition- NCSA placed 1 st (again) in Region 11

2010 OLC Competition- NCSA placed #6 in the USA

2010 OLC Competition- NCSA was #50 in the world

13 pilots listed flights in OLC under NCSA pg 1

13 pilots listed flights in OLC under NCSA pg 2

The 75,000 NCSA Region 11 OLC km were flown from 13 locations

PILOT OF THE YEAR 2010: ADVANCED CLASS: Congratulation to Buzz Graves for winning the 2010 PASCO Sawyer award. Buzz flew this year to the true spirit of this award, milking out the soaring conditions to the max, whenever and wherever he could. He is usually the first to launch and the last to land, accumulating miles and hours. According to OLC, Buzz flew a total of 22,242 km in 2010, accumulating pts in Region 11. He also was a lead pilot at XC camp and flew Alby on the Byron to Hollister leg. BUZZ GRAVES

PILOT OF THE YEAR 2010: STANDARD CLASS: Greatest standard class total XC distance, 4334 sm Fastest average XC speed standard class 74.5mph/257sm Most glider hours, standard class 106 hrs Flew at WSPA Personal best, “Gave 38 Cross country rides this season “ MIKE GREEN (MG)

MOST IMPROVED PILOT OF STANDARD Went from humble immigrant to FAA approved PPG who logged 61.2 hrs, attended Thermal Camp and continued to fly in the mountains, checked out in 3 glass ships and now owns an HPH Glasflugel 304 CZ-17 TERRY LOWE

2010 Instructors: –Mike Schneider- Chief Instructor –Rolf Peterson –Buzz Graves –Mike Voie –Monique Weil –John Randazzo –John Boyce –Larry Suter – Tristan Duplan –- Paul Searles

TOTAL GLIDER INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT/HOURS GIVEN: –John Boyce 24 flights 4.6 hrs –Larry Suter 120 flights 42.3 hrs –Mike Voie 182 flights 62 hrs –Monique Weil 192 flights 72.3 hrs

TOTAL GLIDER INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT/HOURS GIVEN: –John Boyce 24 flights 4.6 hrs –Larry Suter 120 flights 42.3 hrs –Mike Voie 182 flights 62 hrs –Monique Weil 192 flights 72.3 hrs “That was so much fun I think I’ll do it again”

INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR (BEST BACKSEAT DRIVER): –182 flights & 62 hrs of instruction –Successfully completed and wrote about 1 st contest at Avenal –Notable instructional flights include epic XC out of Byron with Terence Wilson and Jerry Robison’s wave flight MIKE VOIE

2010 NCSA Tow Pilots Dale Roberts Rick Robbins Dave Magaw Mike Schneider Rolf Peterson Bruce Walters Uwe Kleinhempel Steve Yoder Boris Deianov Tristan Duplan Thomas Daniel

TOW PILOT OF THE YEAR: Rolf accepted the tough assignment to be Chief Tow Pilot Coped with early problems training new tow pilots due to Scout and weather issues Spontaneously made himself available to tow last summer and fall whenever the weather was conducive to soaring midweek. Often planned to work on his glider and fly but ended up towing for us. ROLF PETERSON

NCSA SPARK PLUG OF THE YEAR 2010 Urges club members to fly more and fly further Encourages and advises pilots at all levels s notice when great weather’s predicted Shares what he’s learned in s and blog posts NCSA webmaster and blog-master Leads by example and is a source of “soaring inspiration” RAMY YANETZ

SURVIVOR OF THE YEAR: SIXTH YEAR AS NCSA PRESIDENT BILL LEVINSON

BEST ARTICLE: My First Sailplane Cross-Country It all started on a Tuesday morning when I read an from Ramy to the NorCalSoaring list pointing to the very favorable soaring forecast for the coming days…… TERENCE WILSON

BEST PHOTO RUNNER UP : Terry Lowe, “Landout on the Moon”

BEST PHOTO: Seth Dunham “Lennies at Sunset”

SPECIAL AWARD: The most distance flown after declaring the season over, which he did prior to Labor Day weekend 3502 km in Sept/early Oct YULIY GERCHIKOV

FINALLY, WE CLOSE BY GIVING MIKE GREEN LONG OVERDUE RECOGNITION Welcome to the ADVANCED CLASS